architecture buzz!!

I would like to buzz on the product design from time to time. This is a product called landpeel.It is a project of Shin Yamashita the student of Kyoto Institute of Technology.Following story and images are via freshome

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Image courtesy of DRDS and Kunwon

Turnkey design competition for a new $50 Million research and experiment facility for the Pangyo Housing Development District that is part of a master plan designed to attract R&D centers of multinational businesses equipped with advanced technologies. The project intent is to promote the HI TECH desires of the region by attracting global companies specialized in high tech industries information technology (IT), Biotechnology (BT), and Green Technique (GT). Read the rest of this entry »

Copyright Antoine Duhamel Photographie

Emerging Gateway to EXPO 2010 Features Sprawling Underground Facility Filled with Daylight Surmounted by Floating Glass Orb

The eyes of the world are turning to Shanghai as the city prepares for EXPO 2010, and one of the most defining projects to emerge during the city’s preparations is the Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal, designed by New York’s Frank Repas Architecture (FRA). The recently completed facility is a sprawling, almost other-worldly, 635,000-square-foot ocean liner terminal and exhibition space sunk into a kilometer-long section of the new Shanghai Waterfront Park System, adjacent to the historic Bund district.   Read the rest of this entry »

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010
Designed by Jean Nouvel
© Ateliers Jean Nouvel

In its 40th anniversary year, the Serpentine Gallery is delighted to announce that the 10th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is being designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel. This year’s Pavilion is the 10th commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. It will be the architect’s first completed building in the UK. The Pavilion commission has become an international site for architectural experimentation and follows a long tradition of Pavilions by some of the world’s greatest architects. The immediacy of the commission – a maximum of six months from invitation to completion – provides a unique model worldwide.

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Photo courtesy Studio Tamassociati

Project : Medical housing compound in Sudan
Location and date: Soba, Khartoum (Sudan), 2008-09
Client: Emergency ngo
Dimension: Area: 8.663 sq. metres. Covered surface: 1668 sq. metres.
Design team:
Program coordinator: Emergency Technical Office,Pietro Parrino;

Project: Studio tamassociati Raul Pantaleo, Massimo Lepore, Simone Sfriso, con Pietro Parrino e Gino Strada;
Structural engineering: Francesco Steffinlongo;
Mechanical/services engineering: Nicola Zoppi;
Site engineer: Roberto Crestan, Alessandro Tamai, Claudio Gatti;
Builder: ISNAD Sudan. Read the rest of this entry »

Image courtesy Luca Peralta Studio

“Mother Earth” is the winning design competition entry for a kindergarten school and connected public spaces that will be built in Bisceglie, south Italy. The project, commissioned by the local municipality and sponsored by the Department of Architecture and Landscape of the Italian Ministry of Culture, is expected to be completed in July 2011. The competition winner, Luca Peralta Studio, will lead all project design phases and direction of the construction site. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo ©Edward Hendricks & Patrick Bingham-Hall

Lien Residence by Ministry of Design

Area : 600 sq m
Location : Singapore 2009.
Design Consultant – Architecture &Interiors : Ministry of Design
Lead Designer : Colin Seah
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Image courtesy SHL Architects

schmidt hammer lassen architects wins the competition for the International Criminal Court in The Hague

After years of accommodation in temporary premises, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has revealed its design for new permanent headquarters by schmidt hammer lassen architects (SHL).  The Danish office was selected in a prestigious architectural design competition with a twenty strong international shortlist including David Chipperfield, Mecanoo Architecten, OMA/Search, Ingenhoven, Wiel Arets, and Kengo Kuma & Associates. Read the rest of this entry »

I just found  the presentation vdo of the Petra inspiration work from Zaha Hadid Architects that we posted last week. Please enjoy.

© KieranTimberlake/studio amd

U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, announced today that KieranTimberlake of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has won the design competition for the New London Embassy. Read the rest of this entry »