Green Project

The second section of the High Line was opened on June 2011, revealing green lawn, unique lounging spots and a less industrial feel to the Section 1. The second section of the High Line runs from West 20th Street to West 30th Street, connecting the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by James Corner Field Operations, project lead, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Piet Oudolf…

The Iron Market in Port-au-Prince is a cultural, historic and architectural landmark in Haiti. Its location in the centre of the city means it is a significant commercial and social hub. John McAslan + Partners will rebuild and restore the market in time for it to re-open on the first anniversary of January 2010′s earthquake. The Iron Market will be an important resource for the residents of Port-au-Prince as well as an important symbol for the country’s recovery from devastation…

The Buddhist Meditation Centre Metta Vihara is located in Hengstdijk – a small village near the Belgian border – in a remote area of the Netherlands. The new accommodation provides 22 beds in 13 one and two person bedrooms, a meditation hall, library, and dining hall. Form and materials used in the centre relate to the rural vernacular building, but used in a new and fresh way…

Starbucks “Reclamation Drive-Thru” in Tukwila, Washington, has opened a drive-thru location built out of recycled shipping containers. The store opened in December in Tukwila, Wash., and features four shipping containers. Three of the containers are 40 feet long and one is 20 feet long…

The Prefab house ’055 House of Would’ by Madrid-based architects – Elii arquitectura, This house is located in a 1316m2 sloping plot of land in the district of Pedrezuela, 45 km north of Madrid. The house is made up from seven modules of identical geometry structural timber are arranged around a central courtyard. Each specializes in different domestic situations, according to functional needs…

CCS Architecture completed The Middlebrook Studios, consisting of four new studios for The Djerassi Resident Artists Program. The property consists of over 582 acres of rolling hills, forests and meadows high in the coastal hills of Woodside, CA. The project was conceived as a memorial to Diane Middlebrook…

Prefabricated Lotus Hotel by PLaT Architects, located in Xiangshawan Desert, in the middle of Ordos and Baotou 800 kilometers west to Beijing. Lotus Hotel is comprised of a series of prefabricated steel elements that are fixed in the fluid sands, which provide a kind of stabilizing element…