Sep 28, 2009 0
Image courtesy SHL Architects
Schmidt hammer lassen architects‘ largest school project to date has been completed in Norway. The project is one of Norway’s Schools for the Future, enhancing cross disciplinary learning.Schmidt hammer lassen are also the architects behind City of Westminster College Paddington Green Campus under construction in London.
Sep 24, 2009 0
Photographer: Torben Eskerod
Monday 14 September marks the grand opening of the new Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum in London, with the participation of Prince William and Sir David Attenborough. From Tuesday 15 September, the centre will be open for the public.
The Natural History Museum is both one of the UK’s top five visitor attractions, and a world-leading science research centre. The architecture of both phases of the Darwin Centre are designed to reflect this dual role, and, through innovative and ambitious design, reveal to the public for the first time the incredible range and diversity of the Museum’s collections and the cutting-edge scientific research they support. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 22, 2009 0
Photo @ Tomaz Gregoric
Office, Store & Shop Concrete Container from OFIS
Project start: 2007
Construction start 2008 /
Completed 2009 Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 17, 2009 0
Photograph©Peter Wright Photography
A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION
The Threshing Barn is a Grade 2 listed farm building dating from the 16th century. Through the sensitive work of owners Janine and Roy Naismith, and their architect the Haddow Partnership, it has been transformed it into a striking and award-winning contemporary home.
Hidden in a small village in southern England, the barn lay derelict for many years before its current owners spotted its potential.“The character and history of old wood combined with the opportunity for open-plan living attracted us to this old barn” said Roy Naismith. “But we wanted to put a contemporary home inside the old timbers, not a faux farmhouse” Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 15, 2009 0
Image courtesy DRDS
DRDS in collaboration with Junglim, DMP, Haenglim and A&U have designed the Hwaseong Sports Complex for Hyundai/Samsung Consortium located in Hwaseong, Korea.It is scheduled to open in 2010, including a 35,000 seat soccer, 5000 seat arena and 2000 seat practice field. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 11, 2009 0
Visualization©ATP Architects and Engineers
This well proportion-stacking wooden box form resort turns out to be a winning design for the Crown Resort Motafon. It was designed by ATP Architects and Engineers, the followings are their statement;
This new interpretation of the once so successful type of alpine GRAND HOTEL is based on the LEED criteria and focuses on the reduction of the physical footprint by the use of a compact form and an intelligent energy concept with the use of renewable energies as well as favouring traditional methods of construction and the local materials (pine in the sleeping areas, etc). Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 10, 2009 0
Photos©Djan Chu
Again, Alan Chu & Cristiano Kato, our friends from Brazil demonstrates how clean & simple architecture can give a very cool result. The follows are from the architects;
Originally, the property with 450 m² of covered area was a house that has been adapted to be an administration office.The area that will be most affected by the project is concentrated, apart from the façade, the top floor of the building, where the private area of the house used to be. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 7, 2009 2
After making lots of attention in my home town Bangkok with Project ” Mahanakhon”, now OMA led by Ole Scheeren unveils design for The Interlace residential complex in Singapore. Here are from the architects:
Singapore, 4 September, 2009 – Ole Scheeren of OMA introduces a new residential typology to Singapore with The Interlace, a large-scale complex of interconnected apartment buildings stacked in an innovative hexagonal arrangement, developed by CapitaLand and Hotel Properties Limited.
Sep 5, 2009 0
Madinaty City Center, An Urban Oasis of Business and Pleasure designed by Perkins Eastman. Follows are from them;
Challenged to carve out a self-sustaining community from an empty landscape, Perkins Eastman was commissioned by the Talaat Moustafa Group to develop the master plan for a 106-hectare (262-acre) urban center. The Madinaty City Center is envisioned as an integrative network of open and green spaces that establish connective links between neighborhood nodes and functional identities. Iconic architecture is utilized to establish visual landmarks and anchor points in a flexible plan that can stand alone or integrate with the surrounding development. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 4, 2009 0
Photography©Kenji Arai
Nice living wall on simple form with the full connection with the garden, This extension designed by Bricault Design is well-worth to feature and buzz with you guys.
The clients for this project needed more space to accommodate the needs of a growing family, but they were reluctant to leave their location in Venice – one of the few walkable neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The solution was to maintain and remodel their existing 2000 square foot home, while creating a 1700 square foot addition and courtyard on the rear lane side.
