Courtesy of New World Design LLC
New World Design LLC,a consortium of Harvard trained design professionals, have shared with ArchDaily one of their recent Iraqi humanitarian aid and infrastructure development projects, a truck stop at Nassiriyah, Iraq. Additional images and a narrative from the architects after the break.
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Architects: Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos
Location: Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Project area: 2,130 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Eloy Taboada
Architects: João Luís Carrilho da Graça, arquitecto + AFA, Consult, Lda.
Location: Covilhã, Portugal
Project Team: Pedro Abreu Pereira, João Rosado Baptista, Porfirio Pontes, Yutaka Shiki, Nuno Pinto
Structural and mechanical engineers: AFAconsult
Electrical Installations: Engenheiro Ruben Sobral
Landscape Architecture: ARPAS – Arquitecto Luís Cabral, Lucile Dubroca
Client: PolisCovilhã, S.A./câmara municipal da covilhã
Video & Photographs: Vítor Gabriel
Courtesy Endemic Architecture
Clark Thenhaus, of Endemic Architecture has shared with Arch Daily his design for a gateway to the Indianapolis Art Center. While the project has been canceled, we felt the design was still worth sharing to our readers. Follow after the break for additional renderings, diagrams and a description from the architect.
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Courtesy of LEA Invent
Paris-based LEA Invent along with Burcak Pekin shared with us their winning proposal for the Pedestrian Footbridge Design Competition in Fatih Vatan Street, Istanbul, Turkey. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
© Courtesy of DVVD
Architects: DVVD / Daniel Vaniche, Vincent Dominguez, Bertrand Potel
Location: Meaux, France
Engineers: DVVD
Landscape Architects: Mutabilis
Client: City of Meaux
Builders: Brisard Dampierre (framework) / Demathieu & Bard (concrete building)
Construction Year: 2010-2011
Photographs & Images: Courtesy of DVVD
Courtesy Uros Novakovic + Nevena Radojevic
The team of Uros Novakovic and Nevena Radojevic have shared with us their proposal for a Urban Design Contest in Florence, Italy which focuses specifically on the development of Santa Maria Novella Square. Additional images and a project description after the break.
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Architects: Logon Architecture
Location: Jing’an district, Shanghai, China
Building area: 22,000 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2009
Photographs: Logon Architecture
Courtesy of Buensalido Architects
Buensalido Architects, based on the city of Makati, Philippines, shared with us their proposal for an airport competition in Caticlan Island, the gateway to Boracay Island. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
Courtesy of Paolo Cucchi Architects
Paolo Cucchi Architects, based in Italy and Malaysia, shared with us their proposal for the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Centre International Competition. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
© Daria Scagliola & Stein Brakkee
Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Location: Houten, The Netherlands
Project area: 254 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Daria Scagliola & Stein Brakkee
© Kim Müller
Architects: STEIN HALVORSEN AS sivilarkitekter MNAL
Location: Bergen, Norway
Project area: 8,000 sqm
Project year: 2007
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Courtesy of Ervin Garip
Ervin Garip shared with us his competition entry for the Urban Design Competition for the shoreline of Izmit, Turkey where he was awarded the first prize. For this competition, his main goal was to improve the daily social life by creating urban squares, seafront recreation, new urban parks and annotating the required program with a holistic approach. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
Courtesy of Malone Chang + Yu-lin Chen Architects
Our latest proposal for the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition proposal comes from Malone Chang + Yu-lin Chen Architects (in association with OZ-P and You-Yi Lu Architect). More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
© Daria Scagliola, Stein Brakkee
Architects: Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
Location: Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Client: City Council of Rijswijk
Project area: 3,400 sqm
Photographs: Daria Scagliola, Stein Brakkee, Jeanne Dekkers Architectuur
© STEIN HALVORSEN AS sivilarkitekter MNAL
Architects: Stein Halvorsen Sivilarkitekter
Location: Forsøket, 9010 Tromsø, Norway
Project area: 5,300 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Bent Raanes, Sarah Sørensen
© Steve Troes Fotodesign
Architecture: Metaform Architects
Location: Esch, Alzette, Luxembourg
Length: 150 mt
Structural engineering: T6-Ney&partners
Lighting conception: Speirs and Major Associates
Contractor: CDC sàrl & Cie Secs
Project year: 2008 – 2009
Photographs: Steve Troes Fotodesign
Courtesy of HMC Architects
Los Angeles-based HMC Architects shared with us their proposal for the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Terminal Competition in Taiwan. They were selected as one of the five finalists. More images and press release after the break. read more »
© Gidon Fuehrer
The 40 metre Spencer Dock Bridge with its fluid lines and undulating concrete surface takes trams, traffic and pedestrians across the Royal Canal. Amanda Levete Architects design for the span bridge peels down the edges of the deck to reveal a space for pedestrians to pause and take in views of the dock and Linear Park which is currently under construction.
Follow the break for more photographs of the Spencer Dock Bridge.
Architects: Amanda Levete Architects
Location: Dublin, Ireland
AL_A Team: Amanda Levete, Alan Dempsey – Project Architect, Peter Feldman, Jordy Fu, Alvin Huang, Theo Sarantoglou
Structural Engineers: Arup
Main Contractor: Laing O’Rourke
Client: Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Railway Procurement Agency
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Gidon Fuehrer
© Asymptote Architecture
Asymptote Architecture and Artech Architects were awarded a close second place finish for the Kaohsiung Marine Gateway project. The project proposes a 200m long structure situated between two 14 story towers located at the cities newly developed harbor edge. The proposal calls for a new urban intervention at the cities waterfront combining both cultural and commercial aspects with the port terminal functions the building is designed to house. The buildings technological envelope and architecture and is designed to be a striking and elegant addition to the quickly changing city of Kaohsiung and to act as a catalyst for unique and sustained urban development over the coming years and decades.
Further description and renderings of Asymptote Architecture and Artech Architects proposal after the break.
For the winning proposal by Reiser + Umemoto click here.
Architects: Asymptote Architecture and Artech Architects
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Project Team: Asymptote Architecture – Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture, Artech Architects – Kris Yao
Structural Engineering: Knippers Helbig
Environmental Engineering: Transsolar
Cruise Consultant: Parsons Brinckerhoff
Fire, Electrical & Plumbing: Heng Kai
Traffic Engineering: Everest
Project Area: 40,000 sqm
Client: Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau
Competition: Kaohsiung Port Terminal 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Asymptote Architecture
Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide / David Bergman
Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design… provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple
The Architectural Detail / Edward R. Ford
We all know the mantra first expressed by French novelist Gustave Flaubert and later by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, “le bon Dieu est dans le detail,” (God dwells in the details.) But what is a detail? Is it merely…
Architecture Humanitarian Emergencies / Jorge Lobos
2/3 of the world population have no link to professional architecture, it means 4.400.000.000 of people has not relation with academic knowledge of architecture. This book tries to explain how this knowledge can come to everywhere of our planet and…
