© Francisco Nogueira
Architects: Oficina Ideias em Linha – José Laranjeira
Location: Estremoz, Portugal
Project area: 13,000 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2010
Photographs: Francisco Nogueira
© Cornbread Works
Architects: BYTR Architects
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Project year: 2006 – 2011
Photographs: Cornbread Works
© Peter Zaytsev
Architects: za bor architects / Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Project Year: 2008-2009
Project Area: 1840 sqm
Photographs: Peter Zaytsev
commercial center: © b720
b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos shared with us their plan for a new waterfront in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The project, which includes a 2.5-km stretch of waterfront in the city’s dock area, is aimed at transforming the Cais Mauá dock area, a rundown, disused part of the city, into a business, culture and leisure centre for the 2014 World Cup. The project, to revitalize the former dock area, is expected to cost approximately E198 million. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Architects: Pedro Pacheco
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Project area: 90 sqm
Project year: 2011
Photographs: FG + SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
© Ricardo Machado
Architects: OGO Arquitectos
Location: Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Client: Berma, centro de impressão digital lda.
Collaborator: Rui Loureiro
Project area: 1,965 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Ricardo Machado
© De Bever Architecten
Architects: De Bever Architecten
Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Project Team: Stefan de Bever, Heleen van Heel, Martijn Wilms
Project area: 110 sqm
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of De Bever Architecten
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© Nicolas O.S. Marques
The Lafayette Park Recreation Center is the first completed LEED-certified building for The City of Los Angeles. The project is a 15,000 sqf addition to, and remodel of an existing 1963 community center, resulting in an L-shaped plan. The design challenge was to deliver an inexpensive public building that would be low- to no- maintenance, functional and attractive.
Architects: Kanner Architects
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Client: The City of Los Angeles
Photographs: Nicolas O.S. Marques
© Roos Aldershoff
Architects: SNITKER/BORST/ARCHITECTEN/ – Leen Borst, Mark Snitker
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project Team: Brigitte Kwa, Janet André, Pieter van der Pot, Rudy Davi, Petty Tang, Patrick Colly
Design Team – Urban Design: Andrea Alvarez, Sebastian Soelberg
Landscape Architect: Ruwan Aluvihare
Project year: 2007 – 2009
Photographs: Roos Aldershoff
© Boris Becker
Architects: Manuel Herz Architects – Manuel Herz
Location: Cologne, Germany
Project Team: Emmanuelle Raoul, Sven Röttger
Site Supervision: Martin Schäfer
Structural Engineers: Ove Arup GmbH
Technical Services: Frank Rapita
Project area: 400 sqm
Project year: 2004
Photographs: Boris Becker
Courtesy of RDH Architects
The Bloor/Gladstone Branch library project is a renovation and addition to a listed heritage library in downtown Toronto. The architects were commissioned to design for an additional 12,000 sqf, bringing the collection and facilities to a level consistent with that of a Toronto District Library. The final design includes major renovations to the existing building as well as the construction of an addition.
Architect: RDH Architects Inc.
Location: 1101 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Project Team: Bob Goyeche (partner, RDH Architects Inc.), Tyler Sharp (associate, project designer, RDH Architects Inc.), Gerry Shoalts (partner, Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd.), Graham Gavine (project manager, RDH Architects Inc.), Sanjoy Pal, Scott Wilson, Marnie Williams, Amir Kafifar.
Associate Architect: Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd.
Heritage Architect: ERA Architects Inc.
Landscape Architect: NAK Design
Structural Engineers: Halsall Associates Ltd.
Mechanical / Electrical Engineering: Jain Associates Ltd.
Civil Engineers: Valdor Engineering Inc.
Contractor: Pre-Eng Contracting Ltd.
Project Area: 12,000 sqf
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of RDH Architects
© Mirjana Berkeš, Ana Kovencz-Vujić
Architects: Mirjana Berkeš, Ana Kovencz-Vujić
Location: Donji Milanovac, Serbia
Project area: 600 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Mirjana Berkeš, Ana Kovencz-Vujić
© Archishot & Tanja Milbourne Photography
Architects: GGF Architects
Location: Wahroonga, Australia
Builder: Admire Build Pty Ltd
Engineer: Eclipse Consulting & Martens & Associates
Town Planner: Glendinning Minto & Associates
Heritage: NBRS+Partners
Photographs: Archishot & Tanja Milbourne Photography
© Neil Alexander Photography
Architects: Finegold Alexander + Associates – Jim Alexander, Dan Ricciarelli, Christopher Lane, Tony Hsiao
Location: USA
Developer: New Boston Ventures
Project area: Metric Construction
Landscape Architect: Gray Architects Inc
Survey: Hancock Associates Inc
Structural Engineer: Weidlinger Associates Inc
MEP/FP Engineer: BLW Engineers Inc
Civil Engineer: H.W. Moore Associates Inc
Photographs: Neil Alexander Photography
© Vimal Jain
Architects: Architecture Paradigm Private
Location: Bangalore, India
Project Team: Sandeep J, Manoj Ladhad, Vimal Jain, Aishwarya & Dharma
Structural Engineering: BL Manjunath & Co
Project area: 400 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Vimal Jain
© MVRDV
The city of Dijon and Teletech International have chosen MVRDV to transform a disused Dijon Mustard laboratory completed in 2004 into an innovative call centre with an education centre, incubator and social program. Transformation through reuse is one of the contemporary issues in European architecture since the current crisis. Completion of the 6000m2 refurbishment is planned for 2012. More images and complete press release after the break. read more »
© Bruno Tonelli
Architects: Studioartec
Location: Monticelli Brusati, Brescia, Italy
Design Team: Bruno Tonelli, Marcello Peli, Giovanni Mosca, Massimiliano Gorlani
Project area: 4,022 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2008
Photographs: Bruno Tonelli
Photo by Gaston Bergeret
Check out this beautiful restoration project by Pascale Guédot and Michel Corajoud which transforms an industrial factory into a Multimedia Center. Situated in Oloron Saint Marie, the site is part of a larger urban renewal project intended to reconnect the abandoned site to the center of the city and infuse a new spirit into the building while reclaiming the site’s natural setting.
More images and more about the project after the break. read more »
© Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects
Winner of the prestigious Mies van der Rohe 2011 Award, The Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island was originally designed by Friedrich August Stüler and built between 1841 and 1859. In 1997, David Chipperfield Architects won the international competition for the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in collaboration with Julian Harrap. The design focused on repairing and restoring the original volume, respecting the historical structure. Both the restoration and repair of the existing is driven by the idea that the original structure should be emphasized in its spatial context and original materiality – the new reflects the lost without imitating it.
Architects: David Chipperfield Architects in collaboration with Julian Harrap
Location: Berlin, Germany
Landscape Architect: Levin Monsigny Landschaftsarchitekten
Exhibition Design: architetto Michele de Lucchi S.r.L.
Structural Engineer: Ingenieurgruppe Bauen
Services Engineer: Jaeger, Mornhinweg+Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft
Site Supervision: Lubic & Woehrlin GmbH
Project Area: 20,500 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects, Courtesy of Flickr CC License / jonas-k, christiane-necker, stijn, audringje, dizdau
Dutch Mountains / Francine Houben / Mecanoo Architecten
We are pleased to bring attention to the book Dutch Mountains that focuses on Francine Houben from Mecanoo Architecten and her inspiring work that spans the globe. We have featured Mecanoo Architecten… before and you can see them here. Houben
DP Architects / Collin Anderson
We recently received a monograph of DP Architects…‘ work. Started in 1967 DP Architects have become internationally acclaimed architecture firm with 1200 employees in 12 offices worldwide. DP Architects have devoted themselves to “improving the quality of the city,”
Design Like You Give A Damn [2] / Architecture for Humanity
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There are few organizations that would utter the words: “we need to constantly look for ways to make ourselves redundant” (46).
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