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Image Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects

At a ceremony in the Jordanian capital, His Excellency Omar Maani, the mayor of Amman, announced the new King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art by Zaha Hadid Architects – a performing arts and cultural centre that includes a 1600-seat concert theatre, 400-seat theatre, educational centre, rehearsal rooms, and galleries.

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4 Collective Housing Units, rendering courtesy of LAN Architecture

A new, ecological and social living space geared to the 21st century. It is a competition winning designed form LAN Architecture.

The project’s richness and major interest lie in the possibility of inventing an urban lifestyle set in a highly experimental framework enabling the affirmation of new ecological and contemporary architectures. The diversity of architectural propositions and communal and private spaces had to ensure and enhance this specificity. Read the rest of this entry »

Photographer: Toshiyuki Yano

Architect: Bunzo Ogawa / FUTURE STUDIO
Project Name: WRAP HOUSE
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Program: Private House
Size: 2 stories
Structure: Wood
Site Area: 108.75sqm
Building Area: 64.46sqm
Total Floor Area: 118.86sqm
Design: Sep.2008 – Jun.2009
Construction: Jul.2009 – Nov.2009 Read the rest of this entry »

Photo courtesy Tisselli Studio Architetti

Architects: Tisselli Studio Architetti
Location: Cesena, Italy
Principals in Charge: Filippo Tisselli, Cinzia Mondello
Collaborators: Filippo Tombaccini, Flavia Benigni, Elena Fantoni
Project Year: 2007-2009 Read the rest of this entry »

Image courtesy Mikou design studio

Zero Energy School  and Sports Complex, Saint Ouen – France

Architect : Mikou Design Studio
Salwa Mikou, Selma Mikou, Cécile Jalby, Iskra Pencheva, Samiel Musolino, Lorenzo Donati, Mickael Courtay
Client : City of Saint-Ouen
Programme : Elementary school, primary school, sports and recreation centre, cafeteria, administration, parking lot 38 places.
Budget : 11 M € HT
Surface : 4 820 m2 Gross Floor Area
Location : ZAC of the Docks in Saint-Ouen
Date : competition 2009, first prize, completion 2011 Read the rest of this entry »

Photographs: Peter Cook

CBS Building | Dasic Architects

Location: Shinbashi . Tokyo
Site area: 93.19 m2 / 28.23 tsubo
Building area: 49.09 m2 / 14.58 tsubo
Floor area: 196.36 m2 / 59.50 tsubo
Design: Jan 2007 – Dec 2007
Construction: Jan 2008 – Dec 2008

Project Team

Architects: George Dasic Architects: George Dasic – principal; Yushi Kobayashi – project
architect; Toru Usui; Yuki Miyoshi Nikitaki; Tamaki Suzuki.
Structure:Arup Japan
Construction: Eiger Sangyou
Client: Craig Dibble
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uvre lens by SANAA, imrey culbert and mosbach paysagistes

Construction has begun for the louvre lens atop an abandoned mine field near the cityof lille in northern france. Co-designed by tokyo-based SANAA, New york-based imrey culbert,and Paris-based mosbach paysagistes, the new branch of the louvre will span 300,000 squarefeet of new construction, devoting over 75,000 square feet of galleries and visitable storage areas for hundreds of treasures from the louvre’s collection. Read the rest of this entry »

Photograph by Nigel Young, image courtesy of Foster + Partners

CircleBath is Foster + Partners’ first hospital and represents a radical departure from orthodox approaches to hospital planning. The three-storey building is set into the hills on the edge of protected green belt nine kilometres south east of Bath and its compact arrangement provides a ‘corridor-less’ environment, encouraging a sense of community and well-being. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Dianna Snape

Designed by Marcus O’Reilly Architects, this single story house is located on a leafy well established street in Kyneton. While appropriately scaled for the neighbourhood it is a variation on the local typology. Whereas the typical suburban model of a distinct front yard and back yard is the norm in the area, this design focuses the house to a generous north facing outdoor room.   Read the rest of this entry »

Image courtesy of Schmidt hammer lassen architects

A crystalline landmark for Helsingborg

Schmidt hammer lassen architects have won a competition for a Congress and Hotel Centre on the central harbour front of Helsingborg in Sweden, which is a 15-minute ferry trip from Elsinore in Denmark. The property development competition was won in conjunction with Swedish developer Midroc and engineering/architect consultants Sweco. Read the rest of this entry »