Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,COLOR,Concrete,Condominium,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Roof,NATURAL VENTILATION,Skyscraper,SUSTAINABILITY,VOIDMay 22, 2013
The Met designed by WOHA & Tandem Architects, currently Thailand’s fourth tallest building at 228 meters in height, demonstrates creative ideas for high-rise, high-density living in the tropics. The project explores how aspects of low-rise tropical housing can be adapted to provide high amenity through indoor-outdoor spaces in the sky…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Featured,FUNCTIONAL,Green Project,Harmony With The Context,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,NATURAL VENTILATION,Prefabricated elements,Steel,SUSTAINABILITY,Training Centre,USABILITYMay 18, 2013
The design effort has been led by Steven Holl architects, a Columbia University faculty member and world-renowned architect who has won several awards including the AIA NY Sustainable Design Award and the American Architect Award. The Campbell Sports Center, the flagship of Columbia’s athletic renewal. The first new athletics building since the Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center was built in the mid-1970s, The Campbell Sports Center is the new cornerstone of the revitalized Baker Athletics Complex…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Composites,DAYLIGHTING,FACADE / SKIN,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Roof,Harmony With The Context,Hospital,NATURAL VENTILATION,Prefabricated elements,SUSTAINABILITY,VOIDMay 16, 2013
Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos propose to transform the citizen into a client, for a new type of hospital which, in addition to assisting the proven effectiveness of the healthcare system, he can feel at all times to be the centre of all care and all attention. The concept is based on demographic, socio-economic structures and formulas for effective care, management and organisation…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in ATMOSPHERE,DAYLIGHTING,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Gallery,glass facade,GREEN AREA,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,Landform / Contour / Lawn,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MATERIALS USED,Memorial & Museum Space,Metal Sheet,Museum,NATURAL VENTILATION,OUTDOOR SPACE,Steel,TravelMay 8, 2013
Situated on a former coal mine in Lens, a quiet town in northern France, the newly opened branch of the Musée du Louvre stands as a stunning essay in transparency and geometry. Designed by the Japanese firm SANAA in collaboration with the Manhattan studio Imrey Culbert…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,DAYLIGHTING,Featured,Green Project,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,INTERIORs SPACE,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,NATURAL VENTILATION,Prefabricated elements,Steel,STRUCTURAL,Structural Award,Terminal / Station,TravelMay 4, 2013
The refurbishment of the Grade I Listed Western Range is a fundamental part of the overall King’s Cross redevelopment programme. The design and construction teams from Arup, John McAslan + Partners, and VINCI Construction, along with key external stakeholders English Heritage and Camden Council, have sympathetically restored the 150 year old building to reflect its heritage, meet the current operational needs of the station and its staff, and complement the new Western Concourse…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in Apartment,Architecture Award,Exotic Idea,Housing,Marble,MASS & SHAPE,NATURAL VENTILATION,SOLUTION,USABILITY,VOIDMay 4, 2013
JDS Architects, Danish studio CEBRA, together with the Dutch firm SeARCH and French architect Louis Paillard are currently completing the Iceberg housing complex in the new Aarhus Docklands development area in Aarhus, Denmark…
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Posted by DesignalmicPosted in 5. Large House - (more than 650 sqm),Architecture Award,ATMOSPHERE,Courtyard,Cozy,Editor's Picks,Green & Sustainable House,GREEN AREA,Harmony With The Context,House Interior,Indoor / Outdoor : Garden,Island House,MATERIALS USED,Modern Tropical Style,NATURAL VENTILATION,Ocean House,OUTDOOR SPACE,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry,Plaster / Mortar / Masonry House,Refreshing,Relax,Resort,Romantic,Roof,Site Environment,SUSTAINABILITY,Swimming Pool,Terrace / Deck,Travel,Tropical House,Ventilation,Views,VillaMarch 14, 2013
Laemsingh Villas by Bedmar & Shi, These five magnificent homes enjoy an exquisite hill-side location affording ocean panoramas from north to south and mesmerising views. A gated community of the most exclusive villas in Phuket, Thailand…
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