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Warsaw based architects RE have designed a 4 Star hotel for Pobierowo in Northern Poland. Here is from architect;

The main idea is to create an object that would be a counterpoint to the chaotic construction of low architectural values. Polish Pomerania has a rich tradition of modernist, which in the interwar period brought many avant-garde implementations. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©John Chisholm

Cottesloe House designed by Paul Burnham Architect from Australia. Here’s architect statement;

A new house on a narrow, elevated north facing site for a structural engineer / builder client. The design has achieved north facing aspects to all internal and external living areas. The saw tooth roof profile allows deep winter sun penetration throughout the length of the upper floor. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Oskar Da Riz

The Rothoblaas office is a large scale commercial operation specializing in assembling systems and power tools for the woodworking industry. Warehouse and commissioning are situated on the ground floor and a showroom can be found on the upper floor. The aim of the project was to create a compact building with a high level of recognition. Read the rest of this entry »

Renderings © UNStudio & SZ Silkroad Digi Tech Co. LTD., China

UNStudio/ Ben van Berkel’s design selected for new football stadium in China

Unstudio has won the limited competition for a 40,000 spectator football stadium for the most successful club in the Chinese Super League: Dalian Shide FC. The stadium will be built in the club’s hometown of the city of Dalian, on the southern tip of Liaodong peninsula in Northeast China. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Scagliola/Brakkee

Designed by GROUP A, Student housing tower Blok 1 serves as a landmark and a visual beacon of change and renewal for the Presikhaaf area. The buiding is part of a larger redevelopment scheme, which forsees in the partial demolition of post-war housing estates in the neighbourhood making way for new, more upmarket, housing developements. Additionally, student housing is included in the scheme, as the presence of students will lead to differentiation and rejuvenation of the neighbourhood. Thus, the tower provides Presikhaaf with a much needed social impulse. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo courtesy Terry Pawson Architects

Terry Pawson Architects’ VISUAL & the George Bernard Shaw Theatre provides Ireland with a significant new arts space to showcase contemporary visual arts and theatre of national and international importance. Unique to Ireland, the new building features an expansive gallery space with a ceiling height of12m to accommodate large-scale sculpture and installation, the scale of which has not been easily accommodated in Ireland to date. Read the rest of this entry »

Image courtesy Klab Architects

Designed by Klab Architects,the extension of a famous gathering space in Psiri, Greek. The rusted steel facade has been chosen to metaphor the transformation of the neighborhood as well as nice interior inspired by jazz music’s improvisation. Followings from architects;

Guru Bar’ was one of the first bars to open in the central area of Psiri in Athens at a time when the neighbourhood was beginning to be transformed into a vibrant cultural area. The rebuilding of the district was intended to be a model example of urban regeneration in the period running up to and after the Olympic games however this was not to be. Read the rest of this entry »

DnB NOR Headquarters – South-east aerial, rendering courtesy of MVRDV

In 2003, Rotterdam-based architectural firm MVRDV, together with Norwegian firms Dark and A-Lab, won the competition for the Bjørvika waterfront development and designed a dense urban masterplan along Nyland Allé, the Oslo Barcode, that will be developed and realized by OSU in phases. Read the rest of this entry »

Celosia Residence, image courtesy of Ricardo Espinosa

MVRDV with Blanca Lleó complete Celosia Residence, Madrid

In Madrid-Sanchinarro the first residents received the keys to their apartments in the just completed Celosia building. Jacob van Rijs of MVRDV and Blanca Lleó have completed the social housing block near the Mirador Building, which is an earlier collaboration. The perforated block of Celosia assembles 146 apartments, communal outside areas throughout the building, and parking and commercial program in the plinth. The total floor area is 21,550m2. With a construction cost of 12,6 million Euro the apartments can be sold for affordable prizes. The city block is opened and allows wind and light to enter the building, offering vistas and outside spaces contrasting the surrounding area. The client is EMVS, the public housing corporation of the city of Madrid. Read the rest of this entry »