
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 »

Photo©Babis Louizidis
Wunderman offices in Athens, designed by KLAb Architecture-Konstantinos Labrinopoulos and Miltos Farmakis. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Ali Daghigh
Fluid Motion Architects led by Catherine Spiridonoff and Reza Daneshmir have recently updated with us the Mellat Park Cineplex. It is located in the municipal district 3 of Tehran in an extended and indefinite piece of land with the area of 6000 sq m, has been designed and constructed in the far south-east side of Mellat Park.. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©Elsa Ramirez
Designed by Jose Orrego, The house is located on the first row of lots and was designed so that the architecture acted like a frame to the view of the beach and the islands that are found in front of the house.The esthetic of the house celebrates the summer with modern curves that remind us of the Brazilian architecture of the sixties. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo courtesy ARK House Architects
Designed by ARK-house architects, The plot for the projected Helsinki Seafarers´ Centre is situated by the main entrance to the Vuosaari harbour, on the northern corner of the area. In practice the building location is the only point in the whole harbour area that contains any natural forms and elements. As the only public building in the area, its role is to serve as a place of respite; a small multipurpose building for the seamen that arrive at the harbour form afar. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo©tomaz gregoric
Designed by OFIS, A farewell chapel is located in a village close to Ljubljana.The site plot is next to the existing graveyard. The chapel is cut into the rising landscape. The shape is following the lines of the landscape trajectories around the graveyard. Read the rest of this entry »

All images from Leeser Architecture
Iconic design and state of the art technology create dynamic mini-city in the UAE
Leeser Architecture, an internationally recognized design firm, has won an invited competition for a five-star luxury hotel in the Zayed Bay in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Called the Helix Hotel for its staggered floor plates, it rests in the bay, partially floating in the water and adjacent to the serpentine Sheik Zayed Bridge currently under construction by designer Zaha Hadid. With the Helix, Leeser Architecture has devised a new way to consider hotel culture in the Emirates, highlighting elements that are usually unseen, and playfully enlivening those parts that traditionally remain static and mundane. Read the rest of this entry »