© Shen Zhonghai
Architects: One Design Inc
Location: Beijing, China
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Shen Zhonghai
Courtesy of Rockwell Group
In Dubai, Rockwell Group has created an extension of the Nobu brand for the first Middle East location. The design is an evolution of many of the concepts developed for the flagship Nobu 57, such as the emphasis on craftsmanship, natural materials and storytelling. Large-scale computer generated woven panels surround the restaurant walls and ceiling, creating a fluid, curvilinear environment for dining. The textures and materials in this particular location were chosen to reflect the finely crafted cuisine and Nobu’s roots in the Japanese countryside, while also celebrating the Dubai beachfront context. David Rockwell, Founder and CEO of Rockwell Group, explained: “The context, landscape and history of this new restaurant brought about all sorts of new and exciting challenges. We had to think about its location not only in the Middle East, but also in Dubai as the epicenter of an ever-growing and flourishing environment for building, not to mention being more specifically in the larger-than-life Atlantis resort on Palm Jumeirah.”
Architect: Rockwell Group
Location: Atlantis The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai
Project Area: 11,500 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of Rockwell Group
Architects: Jesús Torres García
Location: Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata, Nijar, Spain
Collaborators: Silvia Cama, Barbara Costantino, Laura González Romero, Sara Pavón, Alba Márquez, Alba del Castillo
Construction: Grucal Andalucía S.A. / Juan José Viciana
Technical architect: Juan Diego Guarderas García
Photographs: Courtesy of Jesús Torres García
© Sam Van Fleet
Architects: SABArchitects
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Interior Design: Nell Studio
Project team: Steve Erickson, Nell Sanger, Christopher Mosier
Project area: 28,500 sqf
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Sam Van Fleet
© Pitupong Chaowakul
Architects: Supermachine Studio
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Design team: Pitupong Chaowakul with Suchart Ouypornchaisakul, Wattikon Kosolkit, Santi Sarasuphab and Nuntawat Tassanasangsoon
Client: Sansiri Public Company Limited
Project area: 425 sqm
Photographs: Pitupong Chaowakul
© Architectural Imageworks
The challenge in this project was to convert an unsightly and dangerous alleyway between two existing buildings into a central public gathering space for the community as well as students. The new school commons would eliminate the need for upperclassmen to walk outside to the existing dining hall at the east end of the campus.
Architect: Dake | Wells Architecture
Location: Stoutland, Missouri, USA
Project Area: 14,000 sqf (New Construction), 40,000 sqf (Renovation)
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Architectural Imageworks
© Peter Aaron/Esto
Yale University’s Rudolph Building – formerly known as the Art and Architecture Building – was designed in 1963 by the modern master and then chair of the School of Architecture, Paul Rudolph. It is considered one of his most important works and was recently completely renovated and expanded, restoring the structure to its original 1963 intention and providing space for the History of Art department.
Architect: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Mechanical Engineer: Altieri Sebor Wieber
Cost Estimating: Faithful & Gould
Specifications: Construction Specifications
Acoustics/AV/Telecommunications: Harvey Marshall Berling Associates
Building Code: Bruce Spiewak, AIA
Elevators: VDA
Landscape: Semmens Associates
Preservation: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects; Hoffmann Architects (Partner-in-Charge: Russell Sanders; Project Architect: Kevin Magness)
Lighting: HDLC
Security: Ducibella Venter & Santore
Exterior Diagnostics/Design: Hoffmann Architects (Partner-in-Charge: Russell Sanders; Project Architect: Kevin Magness)
Exterior Wall Consultant: Gordon H. Smith Corporation
Furnishings: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects with Newman
Architects, LLC (Associate Principal: Gwen Wood Emery; Junior Designer: Jessica Alpert)
Environmental Consultant: Atelier Ten
Civil Engineer: BVH Integrated Services
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company
Photographs: Courtesy of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, Peter Aaron/Esto
© Jay Goodrich
Architects: Prentiss Architects
Location: San Juan Island, Washington, USA
Project designer: Geoff Prentiss, Brandon Woodward
Design team: Geoff Prentiss, Brandon Woodward, Johanna Schorr, Dan Wickline, Seth Grizzle
Consultants: Perbix Bykonen (structural), Holly McKinley (interiors), Wocka Hubber (landscaping), Definitive Audio (Audio/Visual), Lighting Supply (lighting), Alpha Radiant (HVAC)
Builder: Jerry Price; Joe Cooper; Peter Kilpatrick; Ravenhill Construction
Project area: 2,800 sqf
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Jay Goodrich, Prentiss Architects
© Thomas Ott
Architects: Christian Kronaus + Erhard An-He Kinzelbach
Location: Sankt Poelten, Austria
Project team: Sigrid Müller-Welt, Lukas Staudinger, Manuela Wind, Jakub Smagacz
General planner: ARGE Vasko+Partner Ingenieure and Kronaus Kinzelbach Architekten
Client: BIG Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft m.b.H.
Project area: 2,633 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2011
Photographs: Thomas Ott
© Nelson Kon
Architects: Gruposp - Alvaro Puntoni, Luciano Margotto, João Sodré, Jonathan Davies
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Client: SEBRAE Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service
Project area: 25,000 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Nelson Kon
Courtesy of Quadrangle Architects Limited
130 Bloor Street West / 155 Cumberland Street is an integrated mixed-use project that includes below-grade parking, high street grade retail, featuring Gucci, Hermes, LuluLemon, 10 floors of premium office space and 10 floors of 15 premium condominium residences. The office building is accessed from Bloor through a newly renovated lobby.
Architect: Quadrangle Architects Limited
Location: 130 Bloor Street West / 155 Cumberland Street, Toronto, Canada
Developer: KingSett Capital Inc.
Project Management: PHA Project Management Inc.
Residential Interior Design: J.F. Brennan Design/Build Inc. and Taylor Hannah Architect Inc.
Landscape Architect: Holbrook + Associates
General Contractor: PCL Constructors Canada
Photographs: Courtesy of Quadrangle Architects Limited
© Yoshihiro Koitani
Architects: MMX - Jorge Arvizu, Ignacio del Rio, Emmanuel Ramirez, Diego Ricalde
Location: Mexico DF, Mexico
Collaborators: Federico Pepe, Cecilia Pardo
Client: Museo Experimental Eco, Revista TOMO
Construction: Tiburcio Casares
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Yoshihiro Koitani
© Jordan Rickard
Architects: Tectonic Design – Tonino Vicari
Location: Moorsville, NC, USA
Engineer: Robert Darvas Associates
Contractor: Todd Mason
Photographs: Jordan Rickard
© Mateo Pérez
Architects: Oficina Informal - Antonio Yemail + Michel Pineda
Location: Sisga, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Design: Antonio Yemail and Michel Pineda
Construction: Informal Office, Carlos Picón (master builder), Benjamín González (metal structures)
Project area: 240 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2008
Photographs: Mateo Pérez
© Adrian Gregorutti
This Welcome Pavilion provides space for ticketing, information and membership services at the inaugural Slow Food Nation event. The reclaimed shipping container, topped with plants and a windmill, creates an iconic image while providing the introductory public interface for the festival.
Architect: Jensen Architects
Location: Civic Center and Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, USA
Project Team: Mark Jensen (Principal), Lincoln Lighthill (Project Architect)
Contractor: Therm
Project Area: 400 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Mark Darley, Adrian Gregorutti, and Henrik Kam
© Fran Parente
Architects: FGMF Arquitetos – Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project team: Renata Davi, Marília Caetano, Ana Beatriz Lima, Bruno Araújo, Marina Almeida
Construction: FGMF Architects + Lar Construtora
Structure engineer: Oppea
Lightning design: FGMF + Lumini
Project area: 600 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Fran Parente
© Raimond Koch
We were first introduced to Onion Flats by you, our readers. After posting our Architecture City Guide to Philadelphia we received numerous comments suggesting that Onion Flats’s work should be among the cannot miss list if you visit Philadelphia. We certainly agree. We chose to showcase their project Rag Flats first, but we will bring you more of their work in the coming days. Rag Flats is an experiment in and a critique of sustainable forms of urban dwelling. The former industrial rag factory has been re-conceptualized as a residential garden community created by prototypical forms of dwellings commonly found in Philadelphia: the row house, the trinity, the loft, and the pavilion. Rag Flats intentionally explores the necessary relationships between density, intimacy, and privacy in any urban community. Rag Flats was a collaborative design/build project.
More on this project after the break!
Architect: Onion Flats
Location: 1338-52 E. Berks St., Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Developer/Builder: Onion Flats
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Courtesy of Onion Flats
© Ioana Marinescu
Architects: Reiach And Hall Architects
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Consultant Architect: KSS Design Group
Cost Consultant: Thomson Bethune
Structural Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts
Services Engineer: KJ Tait Engineers
Landscape Architect: Horner + Maclennan
Sports Surface Specialist: PSD
Planning Supervisor: Reiach and Hall
Fire Engineer: Arup
Acoustic Consultant: Arup
Project Manager: Drivers Jonas Sport
Project area: 17,650 sqm
Photographs: Ioana Marinescu
© Yoshimura Masay
Architects: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU
Location: Seto, Japan
Interior Design: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU
Landscape Design: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU
Structural engineer: Kenji NAWA/NAWAKENJI-M
Constructional engineer: Mizuno construction company
Supervision: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU
Project area: 182,63 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Yoshimura Masaya
© Sharon Risedorph
This new house is sited on a north-facing ridge overlooking the Dry Creek Valley. The site and climate required an architecture that tempers the seasonally intense sun and wind while still engaging the spectacular landscape and views.
Architect: Cary Bernstein Architect
Location: Sonoma County, California, USA
Project Team: Sarah Garber, Hector Martell, Klara Keyane, Sini Kamparri, Tomas Rizo
Landscape Architect: Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture
Construction: JEC Structural Consulting
Project Area: 3,900 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Sharon Risedorph
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