September 2010
96 posts
Villa Linnanmaki / Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen... →
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Architects: Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects Location: Somero, Finland Directors in Charge: Risto Huttunen, Santeri Lipasti Project Area: 111 sqm…
J. Mayer H. winner proposal for Audi Urban Future... →
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This morning, we featured BIG’s proposal for the Audi Urban Future Award. Now, we show you the winning proposal by German architect J. Mayer H. More…
AD Round Up: Health Architecture Part IV →
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Two medical care facilities, two dental clinics, and one nursing home. It’s our health architecture selection, part IV. Check them all after the break.
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Laposa Winery / Atelier Peter Kis →
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Architects: Atelier Peter Kis / Péter Kis, Bea Molnár Location: Badacsonytomaj, Hungary Structure: FRT Raszter Mérnökiroda Landscape:…
B(h)uis / Hoogte Twee Architecten →
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Netherlands-based Hoogte Twee Architecten shared with us their project B(h)uis, a small pavilion built with PVC tubes. More images and architect’s…
BIG’s proposal for the Audi Urban Future Award →
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“(Driver)less is more”, BIG’s proposal for the Audi Urban Future Award was one of the five finalists of the competition won by J. Mayer H. More…
What Makes Us Human: Reactions to the Shelters for... →
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Shawn Swisher, architecture student at the USC School of Architecture, is currently on a traveling research fellowship focusing on the work of Peter Zumthor. The…
OMA wins competition for new BMVR library in Caen,... →
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A few weeks ago we were discussing on Twitter how OMA has developed several innovations in cultural and educational buildings. The Wyly Theater (in partnership…
A House Awaiting Death / EASTERN Design Office →
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EASTERN Design Office shared with us their latest project, designed for a very particular client, awaiting for his death.
You can read the complete story behind…
CAAC / Paredes Pino →
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Architects: Paredes Pino - Fernando G. Pino, Manuel G. de Paredes Location: Islas Sisargas c/v Formentera c/v Cies, Cordoba, Spain Collaborators: Raquel…
Life Will Kill You / Sports →
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Check out this temporary installation, entitled “Life Will Kill You”, for the Revolve Clothing showroom in West Hollywood. For the …
The Indicator: Either/Or →
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The numbers look good/bad. The economy is recovering/anemic. The markets are up/down. If you follow economic reporting and…
Territorial Dissonances / NOVAE Architecture →
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NOVAE Architecture has been recently selected as one of the 10 Young Italian Architects under 35 at the “Architects Meet at Fuori Biennale”,…
Parklife / Arrhov Frick →
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Stockholm-based Arrhov Frick received 1st Prize in Europan 10 for their project “Parklife”, a park, hotel and spa in Östhammar, Sweden. More images…
Sfera Building / Claesson Koivisto Rune →
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Architects: Claesson Koivisto Rune Location: Kyoto, Japan Project team: Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, Ola Rune, Kumi Nakagaki,…
House 53 / Marcio Kogan →
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Architect: Marcio Kogan Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Co-Author: Suzana Glogowski Interior Design: Diana Radomysler, Mariana Simas Project Team: Beatriz…
Flow 2 / Studio Gorm →
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Short on space but still need the functionality of a kitchen? Check out this cool design we spotted over on Core77 designed by Netherlands-based design firm …
Vallecas Public Housing / Estudio.Entresitio →
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Architects: Estudio.Entresitio / María Hurtado de Mendoza Wahrolén, César Jiménez de Tejada Benavides, José María Hurtado de Mendoza Wahrolén Location: …
IT University of Copenhagen video by Henning... →
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Henning Larsen Architects recently released a short film on the IT University in Ørestad City, Copenhagen. The film focuses on the main ideas…
Houle-Thibault Residence / Chevalier Morales... →
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Architects: Chevalier Morales Architectes Location: Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Canada Project managers: Sergio Morales, Stephan Chevalier Project team: Sergio…
Painting Construct / Joseph N. Biondo →
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Joseph N. Biondo has paired with internationally recognized abstract painter Ed Kerns to design a conceptual, unbuilt project that will house Kerns’ Bones Like…
Rome City Vision Experience →
The Rome City Vision Experience project, organized by Francesco Lipari and Vanessa Todaro, starts September 21st at the House of Architecture, where architect Juergen Mayer H. will…
Material Parametrics Workshop →
Material Parametrics is a two-day intensive design and prototyping workshop (with an optional third day) to be held in New York City during the weekend of September 25. Over the course…
4am by dePaor Architects at Venice Biennale →
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dePaor Architects present a folly in pleated linen and lavendered softwood, called “4am”, in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini of Venice. The project…
Hinduja Hospital S2 / Nuru Karim →
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Architect Nuru Karim, founding director of LIVE (Laboratory for Interactive Visionary Environments), shared with us his project Hinduja Hospital S2, located…
Atelier-House / Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen... →
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Architects: Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects Location: Espoo, Finland Site Area: 2,300 sqm Project Area: 87 sqm Project Year: 2004 Photographs: …
Finishing touches for Lincoln Center / DS + R →
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Amidst finishing the second installation of the High Line with James Corner Field Operations, and beginning to design the Broad Museum in…
Sports Pavilion / MoederscheimMoonen Architects →
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Architect: MoederscheimMoonen Architects Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Project Architect: Erik Moederscheim Project Team: Erik Moederscheim, Ruud Moonen,…
AD Round Up: Cultural Projects in Brazil →
Today, Brazil celebrates its Independence Day! Congratulations to all of our friends there, we surely know they are celebrating the way they should be! Check five great cultural projects…
Chão das Giestas House / AVA Architects →
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Architects: AVA Architects Location: São Miguel da Guarda, Portugal Project Architects: Carlos Jorge Coelho Veloso, Rui Filipe…
CAA Águeda Arts Center / AND-RÉ →
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Portuguese architects AND-RÉ shared with us their project CAA, for which they received 1st Prize on the Competition for the Design of the new Arts Center in
Pannonhalma Abdij Visitor Centre / Roeleveld... →
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Architects: Roeleveld Sikkes Location: Pannonhalma, Hungary Landscape: Pigment Studio Structural Design: Földvári Mérnökiroda Kft. Building…
House on Cedar Hill / Cunningham Architects →
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Architects: Cunningham Architects Location: Cedar Hill, TX, USA Project Team: Gary Cunningham, Paul Field Structural Engineering: GroupStructural Engineers,…
Parc Disponible / Stefan Gzyl →
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Stefan Gzyl shared with us his project “Parc Disponible”, one of the finalists on an international competition recently held in Paris on ways to incorporate…
Jasper Place Branch Library / HCMA →
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Canadian architects HCMA shared with us their project “Jasper Place Branch Library”, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. See more images and architect’s…
Tama Plaza Station / LaguardaLow Architects →
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Architects: LaguardaLow Architects Location: Tokyo, Japan Client: Tokyu Corporation Contractor: Tokyu Construction Consultants: Tokyu…
Alexandria / Anonymous Studio →
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“Alexandria”, a new digitally fabricated installation by Jonathan Henry + Arseni Zaitev from Anonymous Studio, will be placed in the Architecture…
Farmville / AND-RÉ →
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Portuguese architects AND-RÉ shared with us their project Farmville, for which they received 1st Prize on the Competition for the Design of the new Agricultural…
Generic City / Milos Zivkovic →
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In the time of globalization, expansion of technologies and explosion of information, society takes different shape. People and cultures mix and the city…
AD Recommends: Best of the Week →
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Here are five great articles you may have missed last week! Check them all after the break.
Horse on the Ceiling / Zauberscho(e)n The Leonardo Campus in the north…
The Hollow / Visiondivision →
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Recently, we shared Visiondivision’s Cancer City project – if you haven’t seen it, be sure to check it out as the firm’s fresh outlook results in a new kind of…
Intefeel / Tsubasa Iwahashi Architecture →
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Architects: Tsubasa Iwahashi Architecture Location: Osaka, Japan Project Area: 4,281.12 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Takumi Ota
Waterfront Synopsis Conference in Norway →
Nordic Urban Design Association (NUDA) and Project for Public Spaces (PPS), in partnership with City of Stavanger, Cities of the Future (Framtidens Byer), Urban Sjøfront and…
Prism Cloud / Logan + Johnson →
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Architects Matthew Johnson and Jason Logan shared with us their project “Prism Cloud”, their entry for the Land Art Generator Competition near Abu…
Urban Gardens in Sicily / Luca Bullaro... →
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Architect: Luca Bullaro Location: Bagheria, Sicily, Italy Collaborators: Domenica Mistretta, Armando Grech, Giulia Camerata, Maria Paula Vallejo…
Mark Magazine #27 →
We received the latest issue of one of our favorite magazines: Mark Magazine #27.
In the cover we find a new house by Miuchael Maltzan, analyzed in depth at the Long Section. As…
Playhouse / Aboday Architects →
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Architects: Aboday Architects Location: Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang, Indonesia Project Team: Ary Indra, Rafael David, Johansen Yap, Wahid Annasir, Armeyn…
House of Tolerance, conference →
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A few days ago the Croatian architecture scene amazed us with their pavilion for the Venice Biennale. And there’s more coming from this country: House of Tolerance,…
Apartment Building in Beirut / Paul Kaloustian →
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Paul Kaloustian Architect shared with us his latest project, an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon. See more images and architect’s…
Salgueiros Social Housing / AVA Architects →
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Architects: AVA Architects Location: Rua de Cervantes, Porto, Portugal Project Architects: Carlos Jorge Coelho Veloso, Gil Miguel Monte Gonçalves, Hélder Manuel…