2005 - 2007 Hohenzollernring 93, 13587 Berlin Bauherr ASB Kinder- und Jugendhilfe gGmbH (jetzt: Orte für Kinder GmbH) Projektleitung Susanne Hofmann Baupiloten Niklaus Haller, Ole Hallier, Daniel Hülseweg, Annika Köster, Christian Necker, Katrin Zietz, Katja Zimmerling, Ilja Gendelmann, Susan Jutrowski, Anna Meditsch, Anne Pind, Mirko Wanders Unterstützer Christos Stremmenos Jörg Zander Entwurf ..
Architects: Chiasmus Partners Principal Architect: James Wei Ke, Hyunho Lee Project Team: Oscar Ko, Gu Yun Duan, Feng Bo Client: Beijing Modern Dance Company Location: Beijing, China Program: Performance Hall, Practice Hall, Saloon Project years: 2008-2009 Photographer: Chiasmus, Jenny Hung The Red Diamond was until recently used as an old factory complex in the historic DongCheng district of Be..
Architects: ACXT Location: Derio, Bizkaia, Spain Project Architects: Gonzalo Carro & Javier Pérez Uribarri Collaborator: Carlos Miguel Guimaraes Project Development: Gonzalo Carro & ATHOS (Pedro Berroya, Aitziber Goikoetxea) Structure: Javier Eskubi, Amaia Oyón, Ángel Gómez Project Area: 2,600 sqm Budget: 2,600 sqm Design year: 2006–2007 Construction year: 2007–2009 Photographer: Aitor Ortiz BTE..
Architect: Verónica Arcos Clients: Rodrigo Arcos, Alejandra Schmidt Location: Santiago de Chile Structural Engenieer: José Manuel Morales Design: 2006 Construction: 2007-2008 Built surface: 220m2 Photographs: Gonzalo Puga Work in progress photographs: Verónica Arcos Chile-based architect Veronica Arcos has completed an angular house in the El Arrayán area of Santiago, Chile. Called Casadetodos, ..
Architects: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL / Einar Jarmund, Hakon Vigsnæs & Alessandra Kosberg Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Design Period: 2001-2003 Construction period: 2003-2005 Collaborators: Anders Granli, Nevzat Vize, Sissil Morseth Gromholt, Thor Christian Pethon, Halina Noach, Harald Lode, Stian Schjelderup Client: Statsbygg / Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction a..
Polish Design Season: Jakub Szczęsny of Centrala has designed a floating island that purifies river water, powered by exercise machines. The river water is passed through four filters by kinetic pumps attached to the exercise equipment. It is then collected in four tanks before being returned to the river through a fountain in the raft’s centre. Szczęsny created the installation for architecture..
Architects: Barkow Leibinger Architects - Frank Barkow & Regine Leibinger Location: Stuttgart, Germany Design Phase Team: Jason Sandy, Johanna Doherty, Christina Eickmeier, Klaus Reintjes Construction Phase Team: Lukas Weder (Project Architect), Philipp Heidemann, Caspar Hoesch, Christina Möller, Mathias Oliva, Dagmar Pelger, Jason Sandy Project Year: 2006-2008 Constructed Area: 5,400 sqm Client..
Louisiana based Trahan Architects, a firm with expertise in institutional design and religious architecture (check the Holy Rosary Church Complex, remarkable project), recently unveiled conceptual design for the renovation and expansion of the River Center Branch Library. The project stands at the intersection between civic buildings and the city’s arts and entertainment district, overlooking a ..
Copenhagen- and Rotterdam-based architects Powerhouse Company have completed a spiral-shaped extension to a house in Burgundy, France. Called Spiral House, the extension is arranged around a central patio, where visitors enter the structure. A shallow staircase wraps around this central space, leading from a living room and library on the ground floor to two guest rooms on the first floor. Glaze..
The city council of Weilburg, Germany, a dense medieval city, organized a design competition upon the demolition of an existing parking structure. ACME’s terrace design is a contemporary spin on the Baroque terraced-landscape building typology found nearby in the Weilburg Castle Gardens. The form becomes an integrated part of the landscape, allowing the project to blend into the surrounding cont..
