Architects: White arkitekter AB Location:Kastrup, Denmark Landscape:White arkitekter AB Engineering:NIRAS Rådgivende ingeniører og Planlæggere A/S Contractor:Københavns Dykkerentreprise A/S Construction year: 2004 Photographs: Ole Haupt, White Arkitekter, Erco Lighting, Åke E:son Lindman Reaching out into the Øresund from Kastrup Strandpark in Kastrup, Kastrup Sea Bath forms a living and integra..
Architect: McBride Charles Ryan - Rob McBride & Debbie-Lyn Ryan Location: Melbourne, Australia Project year: 2007 Photographs: Trevor Mein This is a new 4 storey building located in a largely pedestrian lane (Ridgway place) at the East end of Melbourne’s CBD. Dominant in the lane is the historic Melbourne Club wall and the gigantic plane trees emanating from the Melbourne Club Garden which ar..
Designer Fabio Novembre has belatedly sent us these images of Insegna Anche a Me la Liberta delle Rondine, a retrospective exhibition of his work at Rotonda di via Besana in Milan, which ended last month. The exhibition title means ‘Teach me too the freedom of swallows’. Open from 11 April to 8 June, the exhibition was designed by Peter Bottazzi and curated by Beppe Finessi.
About a month ago the Rolex Learning Center designed by SANAA opened its doors and we feature it with a great video and some images they shared with us. Now, Iwan Baan sent us this great photoset he made for March’s issue of Domus magazine, where we can see much more of the sloped interiors and some amazing images of the perforated curved concrete+glass volume that gives form to the building. fr..
California-based Forward Design Office shared with us their design for a Monterey Residence in California. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Monterey Residence reinterprets traditional hacienda architecture to create a contemporary design focused around an inner courtyard. The client’s concern for privacy, desire for an ocean view and performance requirements drive the..
Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC Location: Guangzhou, China Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium) Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium) Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France) Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium) Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven This project recently won the civic category at the World Architec..
Architects: ACXT Location: Boroa, Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Spain Project Architects: Javier Pérez Uribarri, Xabier Aparicio Ortega Client: AIC Fundation Project Team: Jose Cavallero, Nuno Lobo, Roberto Fdez De Gamboa, Roberto Aparicio, Cristina Lamikiz, Oscar Costa, Marc Rips, Jose Cavallero, Nuno Lobo, Fernado Ortega, Marina Duran, Oscar Malo, Arrate Achalandobaso, Ziortza Bardeci, Francisco ..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos Location: Desierto de los Leones, Mexico DF, Mexico Project Leader: Derek Dellekamp Project Team: Honore Carmona, Fernando Valencia, Horacio Merediz, Omar Chavez Godoy Program: Single Family House Constructed Area: 130 sqm Project Year: 2002-2003 Photographs: Dellekamp arquitectos This 130m2 house is located on a rural area adjacent to Mexico City. Built with a ..
Influenced by the coming season and of nature, this chair is inspired by a bird’s nest. My idea was to create a graphical chaos which still felt like a unified whole. The chair’s supporting structure consists of a bottom, seat and four stabilizing legs. To create a “nest feeling” I played with birch strips in different thicknesses and hurled them around the supporting structure. In order not to ..
Peru studio 51-1 Arquitectos and Colombian architects Ctrl G have won a competition to design an extension to the Modern Art Museum of Medellin, Colombia. Drawing on the brick structures of the local barrios, the new building will be made up of stacked boxes. These will create a series of terraces that visitors will access by internal or external circulation. The information below is from the ar..
