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May 2012
© Robert Leš
Architects: DVA Arhitekta – Tomislav Ćurković, Zoran Zidarić
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Client: Private
Collaborator: Maja Markus, m.arch
Completion: 2011
Total Floor Area: 400 sqm
Photographs: Robert Leš
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May 2012
Courtesy of Mecanoo Architecten
The design for Onze Droomschool by Mecanoo Architecten focuses on human scale and security as its key concepts. By splitting the building up into a family of little brick houses it reflects the typical saddleback roofs found in the vicinity of the school. The new 5,322 m² school, which began construction last month, rings together education, care and medical science. In addition to classrooms the building will house practical training studios, a mediatheque, music studio, sports centre and an outdoor Johan Cruijff court for soccer and basketball. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
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May 2012
By Daniel Portilla — Filed under: Films & Architecture , Andrew Niccol, Antoine Predock, Ethan Hawke, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gattaca, Uma Thurman
Two weeks ago we started proposing films relevant to our field for you to primarily enjoy and also to encourage its discussion. First with “The Belly of an Architect”, and then “Blade Runner”, this week is the turn for a slightly more contemporary movie written and directed by Andrew Niccol, Gattaca. The film presents a future were the human condition is already defined in DNA, therefore human’s opportunities for life development are pre-established. Beyond the interesting ethical issue, the architecture where this story occurs are carefully selected in order to fit the director’s image of the future. Locations include the Marin County Civic Center by Frank Lloyd Wright and the CLA Building by Antoine Predock.
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May 2012
Uploaded by Rodrigo Frey — Filed under: Houses ,Selected , Argentina, Buenos Aires, Estudio Martin Gomez arquitectos
© Alejandro Mezza
Architects: Estudio Martín Gómez Arquitectos - Martín Gomez & Gonzalo Veloso
Location: Núñez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Associate Architects: Agustina Bottinelli, Lucía Korcarz, Lucía Fescina
Built Area: 1,000 sqm
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Alejandro Mezza
Masterplan for National Creative Cluster / Sasaki Associates
The masterplan for the National Creative Cluster by Sasaki Associates… integrates the urban form with the surrounding landscape by creating a series of green wedges, interspersed within the urban clusters and forming a series of community parks. Located near Songzhuang,
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May 2012
Uploaded by Nico Saieh — Filed under: Featured ,Public Facilities ,Selected , Barcelona, Jean Nouvel, Spain
© Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre
Spanish photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre just shared with us these beautiful photos of one of Jean Nouvel‘s latest project in Barcelona, Spain: A gastronomy and cultural center for Catalan beer company Moritz.
Some more photographs after the break.
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May 2012
By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Office Buildings , Atelier Zündel & Cristea, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Courtesy of Atelier Zündel Cristea
The project for an office buiding in Boulogne Billancourt, France consists of the renovation of building B’s existing 10,402m² surface area, the redesign of the facade taking into account the overall structure, the renovation of the technical premises, and the optimizing of office surface space. The competition winning design by Atelier Zündel Cristea is conceived with the logic of functional flexibility in which a central technical core frees the 8 floors, including the ground floor, from bearing concerns.
Built during the 1970’s, building B forms part of a larger whole located at 122, avenue du Général Leclerc, in the Silly-Gallieni neighborhood. The complex is made up of 11 buildings for housing, situated in the northern section of the site, along with the two office buildings, interconnected at ground floor level via a shared lobby with accompanying spaces for businesses to the south. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
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May 2012
Uploaded by Victoria King — Filed under: Institutional Architecture ,Selected , Barcelona, Mizien, Spain
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May 2012
By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Public Facilities ,Urban Design , Domitianus Arquitectura, Oporto, Portugal
© Inês d’Orey
The public space project by Domitianus Arquitectura of this unique urban neighbourhood comes at a time of re-foundation of the modern process, reflecting in its urban structure the main issues from the time it was done. In this housing complex, their design overcomes the idea of urban center, and instead, long sets of “bands” are adapting along the road structure, promoting advances and setbacks of buildings or misalignments in the implementation of several blocks, situations diversity, which take on greater meaning when incorporated into the structure of green frame. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
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May 2012
© Gordon Mackenzie- Kennedy
Architects: Rethink Studio
Location: Pereybere, Mauritius
Client: Private
Project Team: Nitish Chummun, Michael Leclezio, Verity Nesbitt, Yannick Goldsmith
Engineers: Dawn Engineering Ltd.
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: House 01 aprox. 250 sqm, House 02 aprox. 200 sqm
Photographs: Gordon Mackenzie – Kennedy
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May 2012
Uploaded by Victoria King — Filed under: Healthcare Architecture ,Selected , Barcelona, Pinearq, Spain
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May 2012
By Irina Vinnitskaya — Filed under: Competitions ,Office Buildings ,Skyscrapers , Istanbul, Swanke Hayden Connell, Turkey
Courtesy of Swanke Hayden Connell
International architectural practice Swanke Hayden Connell has won the international competition commissioned by Tahincioglu Gayrimenkul (Tahincioglu Real Estate) for the Palladium Tower in Istanbul, Turkey. The 49,500 sq meter tower will be situated on a 1.7 hectare site. The project is due for completion in 2014.
More after the break.
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May 2012
Uploaded by Victoria King — Filed under: Educational ,Featured ,Mixed Use ,Selected ,Sports Architecture , Estudio Gonzalo Moure, Madrid, Spain
© Jorge Crooke Carballal
Architects: Estudio Gonzalo Moure – Gonzalo Moure Lorenzo
Location: Escuelas Pías de San Antón, Madrid, Spain
Design Team: Myriam Pascual Luján, Pedro Barranco Vara, Jose María Cristobal González, Marcos S. Gutiérrez, Fernando Ruiz Martínez, Enrique Carreras Rufín, David Torres Barrón, Pablo Matilla Pérez, David Manso Pulido, Verónica San José González
Structure Consultant: Juan Carlos Salvá
Installation Consultant: Ignacio Menéndez-Azcárraga, Integral Ingeniería
Photographs: Jorge Crooke Carballal
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May 2012
Uploaded by Kritiana Ross — Filed under: Featured ,Houses ,Selected , Greece, Paros Cyclades, React Architects
© Elias Chandelis
Architects: React Architects – Yiorgos Spiridonos, Natasha Deliyianni
Location: Paros Cyclades, Greece
Project Manager: Yiorgos Spiridonos, Architect
Civil Engineer: MFP consulting engineers
Mechanical Study: Gregoriades Dimitris, Mechanical Engineer
Area: 450 sqm
Plot Area: 9,000 sqm
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Elias Chandelis
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May 2012
© Ben Hosking
Architects: Bloxas - Black Line One X Architecture Studio
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Completion: 2012
Client: Grange Road Kindergarten Association and Bayside City Council
Photographs: Ben Hosking
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May 2012
In celebration of LEG0’s 80th birthday, Danish Crown Prince Frederik unveiled the world’s largest LEGO tower in South Korea last week. Nearly 4,000 children stacked 50,000 bricks in five days to help build the 105-foot-tall tower in front of Seoul’s Olympic Stadium. The structure surpassed the previous records set last year in France at 103-feet and in Brazil at 102-feet. As reported by The Daily Mail, the record has been broken more than 30 times since the first LEGO tower was constructed in London in 1988 at a height of less than 50-feet.
Reference: The Huffington Post, The Daily Mail
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May 2012
Uploaded by Kritiana Ross — Filed under: Educational ,Featured ,Selected , Corell Monfort Palacios Arquitectos, Spain, Valencia
© Mariela Apollonio
Architects: Corell Monfort Palacios Arquitectos – Vicente Corell Farinós, Joaquín Monfort, Salvador, José Vicente Palacio Espasa
Location: Valencia, Spain
Partnership in project and construction management: Mariano Conesa Tejada Architect
Engineering: VALNU, servicios de ingeniería
Site manager: CG técnica, José Lozano Gin
Developer / owner: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Manufacturer: ECSA-VIALOBRA UTE
Completion: April 2010
Total Area: 17,156.39 sqm
Photograhps: Mariela Apollonio
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May 2012
By Irina Vinnitskaya — Filed under: Educational ,Healthcare Architecture ,Mixed Use , British Columbia, Canada, Stantec, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Courtesy of Stantec
Stantec’s design for the DjavafMowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC, in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada is envisioned as a translational research facility defined by present and future medical practices that collaborate under research and patient care. To achieve this, designers considered the intersections within the spatial dynamics of the facility to coordinate interactions between researchers and clinicians. The facility is 134,500 square feet and includes exam / consultation rooms, lab benches, a full conference centre, a brain tissue and DNA bank of samples collected from consenting patients, and patient and animal MRI capabilities.
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May 2012
By Vanessa Quirk — Filed under: Publications , Architecture for Humanity, Cameron Sinclair, Public Interest Design
There are few organizations that would utter the words: “we need to constantly look for ways to make ourselves redundant” (46).
But Architecture for Humanity isn’t your typical organization. Since its inception in 1999, the company has put design professionals in the service of local communities, empowering these locals to the point where, frankly, they don’t need the architects any more.
And Design Like You Give A Damn [2] : Building Change from the Ground Up, written by Architecture for Humanity co-founders Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr, isn’t your typical architecture book. More like an inspiration design manual, Design Like You Give A Damn [2] offers practical advise and over 100 case studies of projects that share Architecture for Humanity’s mission of building a sustainable future.
Beyond chronicling inspired designs and against-the-odds accomplishments, the book importantly offers a provocative philosophy : architecture belongs, not to the architect, but to the people and the world for whom it is designed.
More about life lessons and tips from Design Like You Give A Damn [2] after the break…
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May 2012
Courtesy of AECOM
Commissioned by the Golden Harbor Group, the design for the masterplan for the Honghe project by AECOM is aimed to help Longgang, an emerging area of Shenzhen, to function positively on the city’s renovation and upgrading. Located in a new rising area, the project covers the south area of the main venue for last year’s University Games. Their design will not only become the complex of services in east Shenzhen, but will lead the development of sports and mice industries, which will also be important for Shenzhen to become the base radiation to the development of east Guangdong Province. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
