Umbrella Mechanism for Madrid Pavilion
3Gatti Architecture Studio will add a facade of opening and closing steel umbrellas to Foreign Office Architects’ Madrid Pavilion from the 2010 Shanghai Expo. The new cladding, designed by 3Gatti...
View ArticlePolice Station in Madeleine converted into a Médiathèque
Originally a police station, at the end of the summer in French city of Madeleine the renovated place will re-open as a Médiathèque – public library and visitor center, deeply integrated with the...
View ArticleRaw Concrete Spectacle / Cais das Artes in Vitória by Paulo Mendes da Rocha...
Cais das Artes, new museum located on the waterfront of Vitória, north of Rio de Janeiro, has successfully transformed Suá Bay area of the city into cultural host of national importance. Designed in...
View ArticleCatalclysm / Investigating Fatal Scenarios
Cataclysm, research project done at the University in Bologna, is a disaster caused by natural phenomenon, but in this particular case shows the fatal outcome of man-kind action in order to warn about...
View ArticleHarpa Wins Mies Van Der Rohe Award
Olafur Eliasson, in charge for the building’s radiant façade, together with Olafur Eliasson team, Henning Larsen Architects, and Baterii∂ Architects wins 2013 Mies Van Der Rohe Award for the...
View ArticleGrand Canopy Wins the Competition for the Art Museum
Successful collaboration between US firms SO-IL and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson resulted with a winning proposal – Grand Canopy was awarded first prize on a competition to design an art museum at the...
View ArticleLo Monaco House by Tom Wiscombe Design
This uniquely shaped private residence by Tom Wiscombe Design consists of two main components – the crystal figure and the pedestal. The crystal figure is a strong statement design, containing...
View ArticleSkyscraper For Bees
The high-rise, named Elevator B, is an urban habitat for a colony of honeybees, designed by architecture students from the University at Buffalo. The tower is a winning entry of the university’s Hive...
View ArticleNew Stadium For The Golden State Warriors / Snøhetta + AECOM
The Golden State Warriors recently announced that Snøhetta and AECOM have been selected as the architecture team to design the Warriors’ new sports and entertainment complex on the San Francisco...
View ArticleDeveloping A Coherent Strategy For Innovative Design Through Digital Fabrication
Find(&)MERGE by SVEN is a project derived from the research of a coherent strategy, enabled to be implemented regardless of changing conditions. SVEN are Andrea Barbieri, Filippo Conti, Giulia...
View ArticlePrishtina Central Mosque by OODA + AND-RÉ
The international architectural competition for Central Prishtina Mosque, held in March 2013 still doesn’t have a clear winner. This proposal by OODA + AND-RÉ is one of over seventy entries, and the...
View ArticleZaha Hadid Will Design The Metro Station For Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Zaha Hadid Architects won the competition for The King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This organic, amorphous metro station will be located on the edge...
View ArticleThe Blade – Slender High-Rise For South Korea’s Dream Hub
The Blade, 300 meter-high landmark piece by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is one of many statement designs chosen to be built and represent the power of the future Yongsan International Business...
View ArticleWinning Proposal For General Department Of The Information System In Kuwait
AGi Architects, in collaboration with Bonyan Design, recently won the competition to design the General Department of the Information System in Kuwait. The winning concept is clear in its duality,...
View ArticleSphere-Shaped Offices For Amazon Seattle / NBBJ
NBBJ designed Amazon’s Seattle Headquarters in 2012, but now they added three biospheres to as the “heart” of its high-rise complex in Seattle’s Denny Triangle. Planned for employees only, the...
View ArticleSustainable Design for Campus Commons / Expansion of State University of New...
In order to provide informal gathering spaces for students, the existing 1970 building of The State University of New York at New Paltz needed expansion. Designed by Ikon.5 Architects, The Campus...
View ArticleGotham Gateway for New York’s Penn Station
Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, SOM, SHoP Architects and H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture – four top architecture firms were challenged recently to re-envision New York’s Penn Station and Madison Square...
View ArticleNew Cultural Center In Mexico
Thoughtfully designed as a singular form, the competition entry for Cultural Center in, Mexico, by collaborative design team consisting of architects Adrian Yau, Frisly Colop Morales, Jason Easter,...
View ArticleInvestigation On The Future Of Housing – Chlorophyll Tower For Manhattan Skyline
Chlorophyll Tower by IAMZ Design Studio is re-investigation on future of housing in near future. The concept may seem apocalyptic and dark, but the way units are connected is much rooted in the field...
View ArticleVivid Assemblage / Music And Dance Center In Israel By Manuelle Gautrand...
The Music and Dance Center in Ashkelon, Israel, by Manuelle Gautrand Architecture is a two-purpose building – one wing of this assembly, resembling of stacked boxes one on top of another, is dedicated...
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