Architects: x Architekten Location: Oberosterreich, Austria Client: Private Construction: Concrete Constructed Area: 273 sqm Project Year: 2003-2005 Photographs: Max Nirnberger Task: The client has commissioned a residential house with integrated working area. The task was to create a clear separation between the working and living areas via a shared neutral entrance. The house was built on a cl..
In 2007, eight designers were asked to submit two designs for an international competition for Zero Energy Housing, on six sites in the middle of Sentul Park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From sixteen designs six designs were chosen to be constructed. The project is envisaged as one of the the first showcases of Sustainable Zero Energy Housing in the world. The competition brief called for houses t..
Yesterday, Bustler announced that the proposal by SPAN & Zeytinoglu has won the architectural competition for the design of the Austrian Pavilion at the Shanghai EXPO 2010. Here’s another noteworthy entry by Vienna-based studio Architects Collective that made it into the round of finalists. The title of the entry is “Waltz Me!”. Rendering of Architects Collective’s entry for the Austrian Expo Pa..
Just a few minutes ago, Bustler posted the news of Italian architect Alberto Catalano of Teknoarch winning the international competition to design the new House of Arts and Culture in Beirut, Lebanon. Here’s another very exciting entry for this international competition by Portuguese studio Kaputt! that was awarded an Honorable Mention. Kaputt! was founded in Lisbon in 2004 by eight young archit..
Israeli designer Arik Levy will present Osmosis, a collaboration with rapid prototyping company .MGX by Materialise, in Milan later this month. The crystal-inspired pieces will be shown at the Swarovski Crystal Palace exhibition at Via Savona 56 in Zona Tortona, from 22-27 April. Here’s a statement from Levy followed by a press release from .MGX by Materialise: – “Osmosis: Through the membrane o..
On March 25, Singapore unveiled the theme and design of the Singapore Pavilion for World Expo Shanghai 2010. The winning design “Urban Symphony” pays tribute to Singapore symbolizing its harmony of culture, progress and sustainability. Following the call for design submissions last year, Kay Ngee Tan Architects and partners were awarded lead architect for their winning concept. The winning desig..
Leeser Architecture,an internationally recognized design firm, has won a invitedcompetition for a five-star luxury hotel in the Zayed Bay in Abu Dhabi,UAE. Called the Helix Hotel for itsstaggered floor plates, it rests in the bay, partially floating in thewater and adjacent to the serpentineSheik Zayed Bridge currently under construction by designer Zaha Hadid.With the Helix, LeeserArchitecture ..
Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos - Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutierrez Zarza Location: Jaca (Huesca), Spain Collaborators: Pablo Castro, Gorka Garcia, Estibaliz Sanz Reyero, Jorge Bilbao Project year: 2004-2005 Construction year: 2005-2008 Constructed area: 18,123 sqm Budget: 24,418,149 EURO (US $32,97M) Structure: Arup Ice Production: Ati Contractor: Vias Photographs: Aleix Bague The City of..
Architects: JDS Architects Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox A house of 1000 sqm can almost be populated rather than inhabited to the least it can entertain quite a party! We have designed a house around the principle ..
Architect Dietmar Koering of Arphenotype has designed these electricity pylons for a competition to envisage a new power transmission network in Iceland. Each pylon would be between 17 and 32 metres tall, with the shape of each one varying according to its longitude and latitude. “A parametric code drives the heights in an continuous gradient, which will be manufactured physically through help o..
