Architect: Hohyun Park + Hyunjoo Kim Location: Gwangju Si, Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea Use: Residential Structure: Reinforced Concrete Exterior Finishes: Black Zinc, Basalt, Red Cedar, Slate Interior Finishes: Paint, Cedar, Pine, Wenge Flooring, Wenge& Zebrano staircase, Slate Design year: … [Read more...]
Colossal Green Volcano Building Rises in Italy
A jaw-dropping feat of architecture has risen in the Italian city of Nola, just a stone’s throw away from the cataclysmic Mt. Vesuvius. Designed by Renzo Piano, Vulcano Buono is an epic cone-shaped commercial center crowned with a gorgeous sloping green roof. Piano’s “good volcano” contributes a … [Read more...]
Dance School for Moulin Rouge – Winners announced – Paris 2009
Brought to you from Archtracker Arquitectum organized the competition “PARIS 2009, Dance School for Moulin Rouge” which proposed a reinterpretation of “The New Moulin Rouge”, the most famous cabaret in the world and a symbol of what is an important aspect of Parisian Life. They asked the design … [Read more...]
The Phoenix Collection- Manutti Outdoor Furniture
The Phoenix collection of outdoor furniture by Belgian furniture company Manutti brings exquisite shapes, designs and style to any outdoor area. The weave is very simple making it sure to work in almost any outdoor decorative setting. Cushions are available in an array of colors to complete the … [Read more...]
OMA + LMN – Seattle Central Library
This is -by far- one of the most inspiring projects I know. And it´s not just the skin or the structure. It´s the new program relations, that make of this more than a mere library, but an enhaced public space around knowledge. Architects: OMA + LMN Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Key … [Read more...]
BIG – Shenzhen International Energy Mansion
Architect: BIG Partner in charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Leader: Andreas Klok Pedersen Team: Cat Huang, Alex Cozma, Fan Zhang, Kuba Snopek, Flavien Menu, Stanley Lung Collaborators: ARUP, Transsolar Invited Competition, 1st prize. Size: 96,000sqm Client: Shenzhen Energy Company Exterior … [Read more...]
Scale Outdoor People Photography – Living Large
Digital photo editing makes all kinds of images possible – but Julia Fullerton-Batten did not need edit her photos in creating these incredibly strange suburban and city scenes featuring models spectacularly out of scale with their surroundings, giants in the streets. Inspired in part by the … [Read more...]
Structural Concept – TERMES Pavillion at London’s Pestival
Joseph Burns The much anticipated Termite Pavilion arrived at the International Arts Pestival in London earlier this week. The Pestival is “a festival celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect…it is a rare creature: an international, inter-disciplinary, community-led festival.” … [Read more...]
Greenhouse Design: Solar Heat-Trapping Prefab Home
Greenhouse design principles are becoming increasingly integrated with home solar heating strategies, the heat of the sun drawn in through expansive windows and then trapped within super-insulated interiors. This particular greenhouse building also references the aesthetics of its inspiration, with … [Read more...]
OMA – The Interlace
© OMA A year and a half ago, OMA unveiled the first images for a residential project in Singapore, on schematic design phase. Basically it was a set of stacked low-rise blocks. Today OMA sent us an update on this project, The Interlace, and more details appear. The project is located on a … [Read more...]
INNOCAD – Rose am Lend
Architects: INNOCAD Planung und Projektmanagement GmbH Location: Graz, Austria Project Architect: DI Oliver Kupfner Project team: DI Martin Lesjak, DI Roland List, Reinhard Schütz, DI Margit Spreitzer, DI Bernd Steinhuber Site area: 509 sqm Constructed area: 1,085 sqm Budget: 980,000 … [Read more...]
John Wardle Architects + Office dA – University of Melbourne Announces Winners
A few months ago, we shared the University of Melbourne’s six short-listed finalists for their new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning building (short list can be read here). Of the six finalists, the team of Melbourne-based John Wardle Architects and Boston-based Office dA have been … [Read more...]
James May Builds Himself a Real LEGO House
If you have a passion for cars you may have heard about James May. The guy is producer and co-presenter on one of Britain’s best TV Shows, Top Gear. Also known as Captain Slow, James is more than just a guy with a passion for engines. He also loves LEGO and to prove that he’s serious about it, after … [Read more...]
The Shanghai Corporate Pavillion for World Expo 2010
In 1976, Centre Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, turned the building inside out and made utility ductworks part of the architectural expression. It was unprecedented thus a breakthrough in the field of architecture. In 2010, we will have gone through a long period of … [Read more...]
Eichler House : Mid-Century Modern Home Renovation Done Right
Home renovation is on the rise for obvious reasons; so many well made architecturally and geographically desirable homes are reaching the age of needing a serious face lift. Metropolitan Home recently featured the stunning mid-century (1960) Eichler House of Marika Sakellariou renovated by … [Read more...]
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