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Kunsthülle LPL / OSA

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Selected , Structures , , , ,

In 2006, Foundation Greenland Street invited Office for Subversive Architecture to develop the first of their annual architecture commissions which will inhabit the roof of The Blade Factory.

More pictures by Johannes Marburg and text form the architects after the break.

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Art installation at Clark Shoes International Headquarters / ROSO

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Art , Selected , , ,

ROSO has launched a major art installation at Clark Shoes Headquarters in Street Somerset, South England. This was commissioned by Mr Lance Clark and is the first phase of two, of the art work situated in the communal court yard in the heart of Clarks office buildings.

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Night Club / Moomoo

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , Interiors , Selected , ,

Stylish interiors for a night club in Poland. I like the curtain-like skin that encloses spaces, as it lets light drop on it, generating an ever-changing interior. 

Architects: Moomoo - Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka
Location: Poland
Project year: 2008

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Research Facilities in UMH University / SUBARQUITECTURA

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Educational , Selected , , ,

Architects: SUBARQUITECTURA + J.M. Torres Nadal
Location: Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
Client: UMH - Universidad Miguel Hernández
Contractor: UTE ECISA + COMSA
Site Area: 1,954 sqm
Competition: 2004
Construction finished: 2008
Photographs: Juan de la Cruz Megías

concept model

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Museum Liaunig / Querkraft

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Museums and Libraries , Selected , , , ,

Architects: Querkraft - Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt, Peter Sapp
Location: Neuhaus, Carinthia, Austria
Project Architect: Erwin Stättner
Project team: Sandra Denk, Dominique Dinies, Vera Kittler, Janine Hochrieser, Jan Geldermann, Charlotte Lieske, Tobias Colz, Petra Meisenbichler, Dana Rakova
Client: dkfm herbert liaunig
Project year: 2006
Construction year: 2007-2008
Constructed area: 4,810 sqm
General Contractor: werkstatt wien, vienna
Structural Engineering: werkraum wien ingenieure, project management: jan umlauf, vienna
Photographs: Lisa Rastl

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Barreiro College of Technology / ARX

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Educational , Selected , , , ,

Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus
Location: Barreiro, Portugal
Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Clara Martins, Marco Roque Antunes, Nuno Grancho, Pedro Alves, Pedro Dourado, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro, Francisco Marques, Sónia Luz
Client: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal
Project year: 2001- 2003
Construction year: 2005- 2007
Constructed area: 10,500 sqm
Landscape: GLOBAL, Arquitectura Paisagista Lda.
Structure: TAL PROJECTO, Projectos, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda.
Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra

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Rota House / Manuel Ocaña Arquitectos

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , ,

This project contemplates the refurbishment of an old house, on which the client wanted a swimming pool. The result is amazing, with a vertical space bringing daylight to the inner spaces, ending on a pool on the first level.

Architects: Manuel Ocaña Arquitectos
Location: Madrid, Spain
Collaborators: Roberto González García, Lucía Martínez, Sebastian Camacho
Promoter: C.R.
Project year: 2006
Constructued Area: 163 sqm
Budget: 130.000 EURO (US $177.112)
Photographs: Miguel de Guzman

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Sheet Lightning Cafeteria / Die Baupiloten

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Hotels and Restaurants , Interiors , Selected , , ,

Architects: Die Baupiloten
Location: Berlin, Germany
Client: TU Berlin
Project Team: Susanne Hofmann with Marlen Weiser, Monica Wurfbaum, Martin Janekovic and the Baupiloten Christian Baalß, Tobias Bernecker, Anne Doose, Julian Fissler, Patrick Hoffmann, Denitsa Ilieva, Christoph Jantos, Elena Pavlidou-Reisig, Simone Sexauer, Benedikt Tulinius, Katya Vangelova, Ines Wegner und Mario Bär, Jens Kärcher, Eva Kanagasabai, Martin Mohelnicky, Mari Pape, Helen Ströh, Ivonne Weichold
TU Berlin Collaborators: Dipl.-Ing. Roland Lippke, FG Prof. Dr. Rückert, structural design / Reimund Ross, fire protections requirements / Dr. Ing. Paul W. Schmits, FG Prof. Kase, light engineering / Dr. Ing. Joachim Feldmann, TU Berlin, acousics / FG Prof. Mertes, quantity surveying / FG Prof. Dr. Hirche, CAD / FG Prof. Dr. Schäfer, building laws / Dipl.-Ing. Astrid Zimmermann, FG Landscape and Object
Main Materials: fabric, light, terrazzo, medium density fibreboard, ethernit
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Jan Bitter

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PC-1 / Pb Elemental Architecture

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , ,

The guys from Pb Elemental Architecture sent us their latest house in Queen Anne, Seattle.

More pictures & architect’s description after the break.

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Altamirano Walk Public Furniture / oficina de arquitectura

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Infrastructure , Public Facilities , Selected , , ,

Architects: oficina de arquitectura - Emilio Marín, Nicolás Norero (competition phase)
Location: Paseo Altamirano, Camino la Pólvora, Valparaíso, V Región, Chile
Collaborators: Diego Rossel (development phase)
Structural Engineer: INGEVSA S.A.
Project year: January - March, 2007
Construction year: April - October, 2007
Materials: GRAU concrete ground slab, Concrete, galvanize steel

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Jaegersborg Water tower / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Heritage , Housing , Selected , ,

Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps
Location: Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Year: 2006
Landscape Architect: Marianne Levinsen Landscape architects
Client: Gentofte Municipality and Domea
Engineer: Hansen, Carlsen & Frølund A/S
Site Area: 5,370 sqm
Constructed Area: 2,880 sqm
Photographs: Jens Markus Lindhe, Torben Eskerod & DMA

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Bubbletecture H / Shuhei Endo

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Building Technology and Materials , Institutional Architecture , Selected , , ,

Architects: Shuhei Endo
Location: Sayo-cho, Hyogo, Japan
Project team: Kengo Sasamoto, Aya Umemoto
Design year: 2005-2006
Construction year: 2006-2008
Principal use: Institution and exhibition of earth environmental
Site Area: 5,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 968 sqm

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