© Rafael Gamo
Architects: Arqmov Workshop
Location: Mexico City, DF
Builder: Espacio Vectorial
Built Area: 2000 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photography: Rafael Gamo
© Renaud Chaignet
Architect: Jean Paul Viguier Architecture
Location: ZAC de Bonne, Grenoble, France
Contractor: Nexity / Vinci Immobilier
Architect of operations: Tomasini Design
Technical Design Engineering: IBSE ( structure, VRD), GECC AICC (fluides) / Adret ( HQE)
Project Surface Area: 12 100 sq.m . net
Project Date: 2011
Cost: 20 M € HT
Photographs: Renaud Chaignet
© Diego Opazo
Architect: Antonio Altarriba Comes
Location: Avenida Ausias March Almassera, Valencia, Spain
Team: Antonio Altarriba Comes, Carlos Maeso de Vicente
Collaborators: María Salinas Molto
Photographs: Diego Opazo
Courtesy of Studioninedots + HVDN
Studioninedots + HVDN shared with us their winning proposal for the student housing competition for TU Delft Campus. The project parameters were to design a volume of 67 meters long and 5 storeys high, with its own strong identity and a collective space on the roof including a rain water harvesting element. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Mikael Schilling
Architect: Matthew Lloyd Architects
Location: Spital, Austria
Clients: Hammerson UK and Native Land Ltd
Contract Value: £2m (Twenty Bishops Square apartments)
Completion: 2008
Photographs: Mikael Schilling
© Nick Pironio
Architects: Aguinaga y Asociados Arquitectos - Eugenio Aguinaga, Jose María Jiménez Urrutia, Ignacio López Fernández
Location: Bulevar de la Naturaleza nº 1ªA a 1N (garaje nº 3), Parcela 1.34, Ensanche de Vallecas, Madrid, Spain
Area: 5,568.68 sqm.
Client: Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda de Madrid (EMV)
Quantity Surveyor: Manuel López Lara
Completion: 2008
Photographs: José Latova
© Katon Redgen Mathieson
Architects: Katon Redgen Mathieson
Location: Manly, Sydne, Australia
Year: 2008
Photographs: Katon Redgen Mathieson
© Christian Richters
Architects: Casanova + Hernandez Architects - Helena Casanova, Jesus Hernandez
Location: Beekbergen, The Netherlands
Surface: 4,100 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Christian Richters, John Lewis Marshall, Casanova + Hernandez Architects
Courtesy of MDR Architectes
Architects: MDR Architecte
Location: Montpellier, France
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of MDR Architectes
Maxime Delvaux @ 354 photographers
Architects: Lhoas & Lhoas Architectes
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 9,520 sqm
Photographs: Maxime Delvaux @ 354 photographers
© Simon Devitt
Architect: Stephenson&Turner
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Client: 152 Quay St Body Corporate
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Simon Devitt, Stephenson&Turner
© John Edward Linden
Architects: Brooks & Scarpa
Location: Palm Springs, California, USA
Client: Coachella Valley Housing Coalition
Project Team: Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA – Lead Designer
Angela Brooks, AIA, Omar Barcena, Mark Buckland, Brad Buter, Silke Clemens, Emily Hodgdon, Ching Luk, Gwynne Pugh, Sri Sumantri – Project Design Team
Project Year: 2011
Project area: 93,000 sqf
Photographs: John Edward Linden
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Location: Paris, France
Client: BNP Paribas Immobilier Résidentiel IDF
Project Team: Justyna Swat, Marcus Himmel, Katja Pargger, Florian Vadjoux, Anna Zottl, Mathias Neveling, Arne Speiser, Hugo Enlart
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 7,360 sqm
Photographs: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Courtesy of OFIS arhitekti
Architects: OFIS arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project Team: Rok Oman, Spela Videcnik, Andrej Gregoric, Janez Martincic, Janja Del Linz, Laura Carroll, Erin Durno, Leonor Coutinho, Maria Trnovska, Jolien Maes, Sergio Silva Santos, Grzegorz Ostrowski, Javier Carrera, Magdalena Lacka, Estefania Lopez Tornay, Nika Zufic
Structural Engineering: Elea IC d.o.o.
Mechanical Engineering: ISP d.o.o.
Electrical Engineering: Eurolux d.o.o.
Client: DZS d.d
Site Area: 692 sqm
Gross Floor Area: 2,420 sqm
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric, Jan Celeda
Courtesy of Matharoo Associates
Architects: Matharoo Associates
Location: Pavapuri, Rajasthan, India
Principal in Charge: Gurjit Singh Matharoo
Project Team: Ramesh Patel (Architect), Janmay Mehta (Trainee)
Clients: K.P Sangvi charitable trust, Shri pavapuri tirth dham jeev maitri dham
Structural Engineer: Matharoo associates – R.S Matharoo, Ritesh Chauhan
Mechanical Engineer: Jhaveri Associates
Interior Designer: Matharoo Associates
Landscape Architect: Vagish Naganur
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 3100 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Matharoo Associates
Courtesy of JAJA Architects
JAJA Architects makes it to the top with their project proposal ”Sundbyen” in the competition for a new harbor front in Ålesund, Norway. ”Sundbyen” was a proposal amongst many in the open international competition that attracted proposals from 10 different countries. JAJA based their project in the Ålesund’s existing identity and closeness to water. The project enhances the city’s existing qualitites, interprets it and creates a natural coherence between place, history and future development. More images and project description after the break. read more »
Courtesy of KILO Architectures
The hill of Montabo looms over the city of Cayenne and provides a dramatic backdrop for an architectural project which addresses the raw and unremitting power of nature. The winning competition entry by KILO Architectures derives from a dual strategy to conserve the natural environment and to protect the building from an undesirable degree of the jungle’s encroachment. The project preserves as much of the natural hilltop as possible, transforming it into a public space by creating a park at the crown of the hill. Thus, the highest point in the city becomes a part of the public realm. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Philippe Ruault
Architects: PPA
Location: Toulouse, France
Client /developer: Habitat Toulouse
Collaborators: Isabelle Fabre, Guillaume Calsou
Landscaping: Quinconces
Structure engineer: Bernadberoy
Fluids engineer: Ceercé
Hqe engineer: Franck Boutté
Economist: Alayrac
Project Area: 5 300 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Philippe Ruault
© Zander Olsen
Architects: Make Architects
Location: London, UK
Client: St James Group Ltd
Collaborators: Sheppard Robson, Arup, Barton Willmore, Charles Funke Associates, Davis Langdon, EDP, Faithful+Gould, FPD Savills, Future City, Herbert Smith
Project Area: 25,000 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Zander Olsen, Make Architects: Charles Funke; Cooper Rose
The project by AQSO Arquitectos, a high density residential complex in Guangyuan, China, is conceived as a strong element in consonance with the surrounding hilly scene. The buildings rise over the landscape becoming a milestone, a sober and expressive landmark. This massing makes it possible to archive the desired plot ratio and increases the green areas on the ground, minimizing the building footprint. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill International Terminal San Francisco International Airport
Published in 2008 this book details the SOM’s design of the International Terminal at the San Francisco International Airport. The mid-rise terminal is a case study in light and lightness. It has plans, sections, elevations, models, text by Anne-Catrin…
This is Hybrid / a+t research group
Following years of research, a+t publishers presents the first theoretical-practical book on hybrid buildings. Taking its inspiration from the four issues of a+t magazine’s Hybrid series, the book takes a look at the theories and projects which have had…
Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Collective Form
Thom Mayne recently sent us his latest book, Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Collective Form. MIT Professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Alan Berger, hails this book as “nothing short of a tour de force and should be…
