© Ruben P. Bescos

Architects: Vaíllo & Irigaray & Galar - Antonio Vaíllo i Daniel, Juan L. Irigaray Huarte
Location: Pamplona, Spain
Project Manager: Daniel Galar Irurre
Collaborators: Borja Benavent, David Eguinoa, Oscar Martínez, Juan Carlos de la Iglesia, Ángel Álvarez, Isabel Franco
Client: Navarre Health Service
Completion: 2011
Cost: 18,000,000 €
Area: 12,150 sqm
Photographs: Jose Manuel Cutillas, Ruben P. Bescos

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© Bruno Delamain

Architects : SCAU
Location: Colombes, France
Client:  SIAAP
Area: 15,000 sqm
Cost: 28 M°€ before tax
Photographs: Bruno Delamain

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Courtesy of JB Ferrari & Associates

The iconic nature of the winning proposal for the Planetarium, Centre for Eco Tourism, and Science and Technology Centre is balanced by a rational response to the brief and the constraints of the site. By isolating the planetarium and the activities linked closely to it the design by JB Ferrari & Associates is able to exploit the strong potential for volumetric expression. This allows for a more subdued intervention to the historic buildings. Seemingly evident, such a direction is not an obvious reading of the brief but is made possible through astute reinterpretation of the district plan. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects

Henning Larsen Architects and a team consisting of Signal Architects and SLA Landscape Architects have won the competition for Nordea Bank’s new office building of 40,000 m2 in Ørestad North, Copenhagen, next to the premises of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and the Concert Hall – Koncerthuset. The building will comprise Scandinavia’s largest trading floor of 5,500 m2 with a view of the green area of Amager Fælled. More images and complete press release after the break.

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© Juan Rodríguez

Architects: Francisco Mangado
Location: Teulada, Alicante, Spain
Collaborators: Jose Gastaldo, Idoia Alonso, Birte Lattermann, Borja Fernández, Edurne Pradera. Jaime Sepulcre
Total Area: 5,100 sqm
Budget: 11,000,000 €
Completion: 2011
Client: Teulada Town Hall, Generalitat de Valencia
Photographs: Juan Rodríguez

   
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Courtesy of Lucem Lightbeton

The idea of light and nature showing through a building was the fundamental concept of redesigning the headquarter of Bank of Georgia. Designed by Architectural Group & Partners, a great and extraordinary office building was created: Incorporating nature in the whole interior design in forms of light. The architects also realized a special highlight by using illuminated translucent concrete. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Črt Slavec & Photo Shark

Architect: Tria Studio
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project Team: Jernej Hočevar u.d.i.a., Matevž Vrhovnik u.d.i.a., Martin Lovrečić u.d.i.a., Blaž Češka u.d.i.a., Anže Kveder g.t.
Client: Razum d.o.o.
Builder: Panta Rhei d.o.o.
Completion: 2010
Floor Area: 320 sqm
Photographs: Črt Slavec & Photo Shark

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Courtesy of Dominique Perrault Architecture

Dominique Perrault Architecture shared with us their winning proposal in the international architecture competition launched by General Electric Capital Real Estate for the requalification of the Pont de Sèvres Towers. Their design response, which could at first appear minimalist, proposes a luminous landmark for one of the most ambitious programs in the service sector of the Western Paris area. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Element Arkitekter AS

Architects: Element Arkitekter AS
Location: Osterhaus gate 4, Oslo, Norway
Client: Union of Education Norway
Structural Engineer: Dr. Tech Kristoffer Apeland AS
Energy Consultant: Siv. Ing. JP Dybdahl AS
Artists: Jorunn Sannes (main façade), May Bente Aronsen (acoustic artpiece in lobby)
Total Area: 1,794 sqm
Photographs: Element Arkitekter AS

   
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Courtesy of Canvas Arquitectos

Architects: Canvas Arquitectos - Juan Vicente and Pablo Núñez.
Location: Salamanca, Spain
Built Area: 5,750 sqm
Completion: 2007
Collaborators architects: José Riesco Urrejola, Francisca Rivera Palma, Marta González Antón, Íñigo Pericacho Sánchez, Jesús Domínguez Miñambres, Carmen Figueiras Lorenzo, Claudia Henao Ocampo, Luís Ferreira Villar and Eduardo Dorado Díaz.
Collaborators Surveyors: Tomás Martín Luengo, Domingo Infante Chozas and Andrés García Pinto.
Clients: University of Salamanca / Government of Castilla y León
Prize: First Prize on Open Competition for project design and site supervision.
Photographs: Luis Asín, Pedro Ivan Ramos Martín, Fotografia Nodal

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© Philippe Ruault

Architects: Barré Lambot Architectes - Philippe Barre, Agnès Lambot
Location: Roscoff, France
Project Manager: SARL Barré-Lambot, ISATEG (BET Structures, BET Fluides)
Contractor: Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Program: Biologic Station
Cost: 2,229,500 € HT
Surface: 1,486 sqm
Mission’s Architects: Architect agent
Photographs: Philippe Ruault

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Courtesy of J. MAYER H. Architects

Architects: J. Mayer H. Architects
Location: Mestia, Georgia
Design Team: Jürgen Mayer H., Christoph Emenlauer, Hugo Reis, Danny Te Kloese
Completion: 2012
Clients: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Georgia
Photographs: Courtesy of J. MAYER H. Architects

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© Beka Pkhakadze, Jesko M. Johnsson-Zahn

J. MAYER H. Architects, known for focusing on works that demonstrate the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology, shared with us their House of Justice project. Their building serves as a two storey civic centre for the people in the area, a village with a strong cultural heritage in the Caucasus Mountains. More images and architects’  brief description after the break.

Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects
Location: Mestia, Georgia
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Jesko M. Johnsson-Zahn, Danny te Kloese, Hugo Reis
Client: Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Floor Space: 350m2
Project: 2011
Completion: 2012
Photographs: Beka Pkhakadze, Jesko M. Johnsson-Zahn

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© Dave Southwood

Architects: Makeka Design Lab
Location: Franschhoek, South Africa
Project Area: 1,500 sqm
Contractor: JJ Dempers Master Builders
Completion: December 2011
Photographs: Dave Southwood

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© Luis Asín

Architects: Canvas Arquitectos
Location: Salamanca, Spain
Collaborators Architects: Marta Gonzalez Antón, Iñigo Pericacho Sánchez, Jesús Domínguez Miñambres, Carmen Figueiras Lorenzo, Jaime Pérez Linares, Claudia Henao Ocampo, Miguel Angel Zarzoso, Luis Ferreira Villar, Eduardo Dorado Díaz, Iñigo Pericacho Sánchez
Client: Fundacion Parque Cientifico Usal
Contractor: Dragados
Built area: 4,800 sqm
Photographs: Luis Asín

   
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© JM Monthiers

Architects: X-TU – Anouk Legendre & Nicolas Desmazieres
Location: Saint-Denis, France
Design Team: Roel Dehoorne, Gaelle Leborgne, Melanie Bury, Ingrid Manger
Client: Ministery of Interior
Cost: 5,790,000 € TTC with tax
Total Floor Area: 3,857 sqm shon
Engineering: Estair L. Labrousse
Photographs: JM Monthiers

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Courtesy of Zephyr Architects

Architects: Zephyr Architects 
Location: Dalian, China
Client: Genghai Co.
Project Area: 1,500 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Partner-in-Charge: Zhao Zhonggui
Project Architect: Yu Tong
Photographs: Shu He, Yao Li

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Courtesy of Andreas Tjeldflaat and Greg Knobloch

With the guidance of their instructor Matthias Hollwich, students Andreas Tjeldflaat and Greg Knobloch from University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design have proposed an alternative to the traditional prisons seen throughout the United States. The innovative high-rise penitentiary acknowledges the fact that nearly two-thirds of the 14,000 inmates released annually from New Jersey correctional facilities will return to prison within five years. 499.SUMMIT offers a solution that intends to reverse that statistic and help inmates successfully transition back into society.

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© Paul Kozlowski

Architects: N+B Architectes - Elodie Nourrigat, Jacques Brion
Location: La Grande Motte City, Montpellier, France
Project Manager: Representative
Associated Architect: Julien Wafflart
Client: La ville de la Grande Motte
Site Area: 1,515 sqm
Building Scale: RDC
Cost: 835,000 € HT
Photographs: Paul Kozlowski

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© Aitor Ortiz

Architects: ACXT Arquitectos
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Architect in Charge: Javier Perez Uribarri
Collaborators: Oscar Ferreira da Costa, Jabier Fernández Sánchez, Josu Eguileor Astigarraga
Contractor: BALZOLA
Project Area: 14,400 sqm
Project Year: 2010-2011
Photographs: Aitor Ortiz

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