Architects: Behnisch Architekten Location: Hamburg, Germany Client: HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung Project Area: 38,000 sqm Competition year: 2006 Project year: 2007–2009 Photographs: Adam Mørk The new Unilever headquarter building for Germany, Austria and Switzerland is located right by the river Elbe in Hamburg’s HafenCity. It marks the end of the route out of the town centre to Hamburg’s new att..
Viva Store is a conversion by Bolivian architects Roca + Paz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The rebuild, completed last year, involved wrapping a new curving “cover” around the L-shaped building. The “cover” is animated by changing light patterns at night. The following is by Roca + Paz estudio: – Viva Store by Roca + Paz estudio Santo Domingo City is the capital of Dominican Republic. It..
Architect: René van Zuuk Architekten Location: Oosterdok, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Client: Ontwikkelingsbedrijf Gemeente Amsterdam / NL Building Contractor: H.J.Jurrïens b.v., Utrecht/ NL Structural Ingeneering: Advies en Ingenieursbureau Van der Laar, Eindhoven/ NL Project Year: 2002-2003 Site Area: 300 sqm Constructed Area: 477 sqm Budget: US $2.03 M Photographs: Luuk Kramer The ARchitecture..
Walking around the streets of Bangkok, it is possible to find inspiration in the way building owners modify their shop houses. These buildings usually begin as concrete constructions, but owners would later add layers over existing surfaces in order to block out heat and sun. Low cost and lightweight metal materials are cut into panels or pieces to create a pattern over the existing shop house. ..
NL Architects have designed a stepped volume for the office of SOZAWE (Welfare Department and Work Agency) in the city of Groningen. The design includes an open marketplace which supports the architects’ intentions of creating an “open, inviting and sustainable place.” This public from archdaily
British designers Dan Ziglam and Elliot Brook have created the Capsule Collection of seating for their furniture brand Deadgood. This fully upholstered collection of seating utilises off cuts of fabric to create a graduated run of colour tones and textures that cover an arrangement of irregular sized buttons. The forms themselves are derived from a simple three-dimensional capsule shape which cr..
Architects: Elenberg Fraser Architecture Location: Falls Creek, Victoria, Australia Client: Zacamoco Project team: Callum Fraser, Valerie Tan, Hazel Porter, Frank Olbrich, Lorenzo Nuti, Kathrin Wheib, Marcus Ieraci, Caroline King, Iva Foschia, Andrew Prodromou, Beth Solomon, Karl Engstrom Project Management: PDS Group Structural consultant: Bonacci Group Pty Ltd & VSL Australia Pty Ltd Builder: ..
The benign climate that prevails during the whole year in the Caribbean island, as well as the situation of the plot of 7.000 m2 first coast line, they determine in advance the project executed by A-cero Studio. With a singular architectural idea and a certain level of risky, peculiar of the team that Joaquin Torres directs. There appear two blocks well separated from that there arises a game of..
shared with us another project built in Manhattan, the Diane von Furstenberg HQ in TriBeca. An amazing renewal of an historic building. The light use is accented by the use of hanging crystals. I personally like the landscaping on the rooftop, wich reminds me of the High Line passing nearby. You can also see the new The Standard hotel in the back, which is actually being built over the High Line..
British designer Toby Howes has sent us the Escher coffee table. Description of the Escher Coffee Table by Toby Howes: As the name suggests, the design was inspired by one of Escher’s bird & fish tessellation sketches & proved every bit as difficult as it looks to perfect all the angles! I wanted to create a modern design piece that combined my usual simplicity of style with a real edge & this i..
