Architects: Una arquitetos / Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara e Fernando Viégas Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Collaborators: Ana Paula de Castro, Gabriela Gurgel, Jimmy Liendo, José Carlos Silveira Junior, Luis Eduardo Menezes, Maria Cristina Motta, Sílio de Almeida Structure and Fundation: Stec Engenharia Hydraulic Instalations: Nestor Caiuby Electric Instalations: Pascoal d´Apri..
German practice Kadawittfeldarchitektur have completed a kindergarten in Sighartstein near Salzburg, Austria, clad with metal elements designed to look like blades of grass. This green ornamentation shelters the upper floor of the two-storey building and is made of powder-coated aluminium. The building houses a kindergarten on the ground floor with access to the gardens and floor-to-ceiling wind..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Huarte, Navarra, Spain Project manager: David Eguinoa, architect Riggers: SIAT Structure: Tadeo Errea - DASEIN Contractor: OBENASA Project year: 2003 Finished year: 2004 Photographs: José Manuel Cutillas The genesis of the project starts from a basic minimum cell, which as the minimal optimal space can be multiplied, a..
Dutch design studio Bloomming have designed a modular system where diamond-shaped components can be individually rotated to vary the amount of light allowed to penetrate. Called Lightfacet, the product can be used as a room divider or window blind. It is produced in the Netherlands and made of an injection-moulded, polycarbonate-ABS blend and stainless steel. Its “smart click” modular constructi..
Architects: Rodrigo Duque Motta / Rafael Hevia García-Huidobro Location: Talca, Chile Client: Gran Casino y Hotel de Talca Collaborators: Cristóbal Martínez / Catalina Ventura Structural Engineer: Eduardo Valenzuela Interior Design: Francisca Varela Lighting Design: Ramón López / Matías López Technical Inspection: José Tomás Vargas Contractor: Inarco Constructed Area: 15.000 sqm Project year: 20..
The new Dublin Veterans Park (in Dublin, Ohio) was awarded to PLANT after an invited international two-stage competition. Our project, entitled The Grounds of Remembrance, is organized into a Walk, Loggia, and Grove, all surrounding an historical 1840s cemetery. Together they define the limits of the grounds and guide movement through the site on days of significance, including Memorial Day and ..
Architecture: Morphosis Architects Location: Pasadena, California, USA Project Manager: Kim Groves Job Captain: Salvador Hidalgo Project Architect: David Rindlaub Project Designers: Martin Summers, Shanna Yates Project Team: Irena Bedenikovic, Pavel Getov, Debbie Lin, Kristina Loock, David Rindlaub Project Assistants: Patrick Dunn-Baker with Adam Bressler, Laura Foxman, Brock Hinze, Amy Kwok, Hu..
i remember reading about the stadium featured in the video above a couple of years back, just after construction had begun. fast forward what seems like a week and whaddya know, it's finished. and stunning. practically every square inch of its dragonesque roof is covered by 8'844 solar panels, ready to supply the enormous record-breaking building with clean power. at the moment it's called (in e..
Architect: Armon Choros Architects / Eleftheria Serghidou, Vasilis Pashiourtides Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Structural Engineering: Nicos Kalathas, George Demetriades Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Giannos Zempylas, Kyriakos Ioannides Budget: US $13.5 M Design Year: 1999 Construction Year: 2006 Photographs: Christos Papantoniou The design for the Olympic House and Park sought to achieve an ..
The Yas Hotel by Asymptote architects is nearing completion in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The building forms part of the Yas Marina development accompanying a new Formula One circuit. The race track will pass through the complex under a bridge linking the two towers of the hotel. A canopy made of steel and diamond-shaped, glass panels will be supported over the towers and bridge. The 500-room hotel is due ..