Posted in Apartment,Architecture Award,Exotic Idea,Housing,Marble,MASS & SHAPE,NATURAL VENTILATION,SOLUTION,USABILITY,VOIDMay 4, 2013No comments
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 in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Editor's Picks,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Lodge & Tented Camp,Prefabricated elements,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITY,Travel,WoodenApril 30, 2013No comments
Designed by AATA Arquitectos Asociados, Prefabricated Cottages that are put on the terrain with the aim of transforming the land as less as possible. In it`s design special attention was given to sun light and cross ventilation to avoid the usage of mechanical systems to achieve thermal and luminance comfort…
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Posted in Adaptive Reuse,Architecture Award,Brick Block,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Editor's Picks,Exotic Idea,Friendly / social,Green Project,HIP,Interior Award,INTERIORs SPACE,Lounge / Bar / Restaurant / Night Clubs,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,Modern Industrial Style,Open,Prefabricated elements,Restaurant / Coffee shop / Cafe,SOLUTION,Steel,SUSTAINABILITY,TravelMarch 17, 2013No comments
Charles Smith Wines Tasting Room and World Headquarters , by Olson Kundig Architects (Walla Walla, Wash.): Olson Kundig took a 1917 Johnson Auto Electric building and outfitted it with a tasting room, offices, and retail store, including flexible spaces, such as a large unit that the firm calls the “armadillo.”…
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Posted in Bridge,Exotic Idea,Footbridge,Green Project,MATERIALS USED,Pedestrian / Street,SOLUTION,Steel,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITYMarch 14, 2013No comments
The Weave Bridge at the University of Pennsylvania creates a pedestrian passage over the Amtrak train tracks that currently separate the main campus from athletic fields along the Schuylkill River. The Weave Bridge is a 145 ft (44 m) bridge at The University of Pennsylvania, USA which was conceptualized by Cecil Balmond and engineered by Ammann & Whitney. It was commissioned by the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, and opened in June 2009…
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Posted in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,Charming,Clear,DAYLIGHTING,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,Friendly / social,Fun / Playful,Green Project,Interior Award,INTERIORs SPACE,Library,Library Interior,LIGHTING EFFECTIVE,MATERIALS USED,Metal Sheet,Modern Contempory Style,OUTDOOR SPACE,Prefabricated elements,Refreshing,SOLUTION,SUSTAINABILITY,TravelMarch 9, 20131 comment
The Hive, Britain’s first joint university and public library, offers a rich variety of resources for students and researchers. This library in Worcester, England, by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, The scheme accommodates the county archives and records office, history centre, archaeology service and multi-agency customer service centre, in addition to commercial and retail space. The Hive is additionally set to become one of the world’s most sustainable buildings with a 50 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, and a BREEAM “Excellent” rating…
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Posted in Architecture Award,BUILDING SYSTEMS,COLOR,FACADE / SKIN,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,GREEN AREA,Green Project,Green Roof,HISTORY & STORY OF THE BUILDING,Landform / Contour / Lawn,LEED,MASS & SHAPE,Mixed Use,NATURAL VENTILATION,Office Space,OUTDOOR SPACE,Planting Area,Pool / Pond,SCALE & SIZE,SOLUTION,Steel,SUSTAINABILITYMarch 6, 2013No comments
The Horizontal Skyscraper, designed by Steven Holl Architects and completed in 2009, is a mixed-use building that includes offices for the Vanke Co., a conference center, restaurant, an auditorium, a hotel, apartments and a large public park. By raising the 1,296,459 sf building on eight cores — as far as 50 meters apart and positioning the building right under the 35-meter high limit of the area…
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Posted in Architecture Award,Concrete,Condominium,Famous / Popular / Great / World : Building,Featured,MASS & SHAPE,SCALE & SIZE,Skyscraper,SOLUTION,STRUCTURAL,SUSTAINABILITYMarch 1, 2013No comments
Designed by Beijing-based MAD Architects, These two 56- and 50-storey towers feature elliptical-shaped slabs that are twisted around a central vertical axis resulting in a curvaceous shape that has prompted the Marilyn Monroe nickname. The rotating slabs presented two key structural challenges. The rotation of every floor meant that the engineers had to calculate the maximum load on every structural element…
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