The NoRA structure designed by students of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, was presented at the Venice Architecture Biennale as an interactive architecture exploring how advanced architectural computing and sensor technology could attach the individual perception of place to temporary structures acting as agents for urban experiences. Architectural entities often closing up communicat..
LA based architects Yazdani Studio shared with us the Taj Lands End Hotel competition entry in Mumbai, India. In a single sweeping gesture, the “wave” gathers the multitude of public and private spaces within the new hotel into a seamless composition, immediately iconic against the rectilinear skyline of Mumbai. This graceful arc also echoes the form of multiple bays that make up the city’s west..
The 2010 AIA New York winners were recently announced (we’ll share the full over view this weekend with you), and this project by Kohn Pedersen Fox received a design award in the Unbuilt category. Just like the other winning projects, the design showcases New York talent and was chosen for its “design quality, program resolution, innovation, thoughtfulness and technique.” The project, entitled U..
In 2009, the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) announced a competition for its new headquarters to be built in a city near Naju, South Korea. The new KEPCO headquarters, which would include nearly 120,000 square meters of office space and public exhibition program, will constitute a major anchor point of this emerging city. KEPCO has mandated an ambitious program of objectives for the fac..
Client Private Investor Architect: Future Systems Services Engineers: Arup Structural Engineers:Arup Quantity Surveyors: Savant Cladding Consultant: Billings Design Associates Completion: 2008 Architects Future Systems have completed the facade of a building on Oxford Street in London. The project involved adding an extra floor to the existing building and two new facades. The faceted glass surf..
Architects: Gianni Botsford Location: Cahuita, Costa Rica Client: Confidential Budget: UK ￡55,000 (US $108,971) Contractor: Lechenne Construction Structural Engineers: Tall Engineers Photographs: Christian Richters A few months ago i spotted this house with an amazing private library in Domus magazine, on an issue dedicated to contemporary libraries. It has a very detalied wood work. I love the ..
Work has started on the construction of 56 Leonard Street, a 56-storey residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. The tower, the architects’ first, will be built on the corner of Leonard Street and Church Street in Tribeca. A specially commissioned sculpture by Anish Kapoor will sit at the corner of the building at street level. All images are Copyright Herzog & de ..
Architect: OFIS arhitekti Location: Bled, Slovenia DesignYear: 2001 Construction years: 2001-2005 Strcutural Engineer: Elea IC d. o. Mechanical Engineer: Celarc d. o. o. Electrical Engineer: IPE d. o. o. Constructed Area: 1,200 sqm (residential area); 150 sqm (garages); 20,000 sqm (site area) Budget: 2.5 M EURO (US $3.85 M) Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric The project involves an extension of a 19th-..
The Serpentine Gallery in London has published a few photos of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, designed by Frank Gehry.
Greek studio Point Supreme sent us their entry for the international competition for the new UGM Art Gallery in Maribor, Slovenia (previously on Bustler). The Gallery Competition is part of a larger, international architectural ideas competition ‘EPK - DRAVA RIVER 2012’ Project Details: Status: competition Program: urban plan, contemporary art museum, architecture centre, design centre, children..
