Fronton Bizkaia / Gastón & Ruiz Pardo
Architects: Gastón & Ruiz Pardo
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Architect In Charge: Javier Gastón, Marcelo Ruiz Pardo
Technical Architect: Juan Luis Urresti
Collaborators: David Gastón, Carolina Lombana, Carlos Viladoms, Daniel Alvaladejo, Naia Landa
Area: 24011.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Jesus Granada, Jorge Allende
Covus / sbp
Interior Designers: sbp
Location: Berlin, Germany
Client: Covus Central GmbH, Berlin
Area: 1,200 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Karsten Knocke
Qingdao Harborfront Redevelopment Proposal / EE&K a Perkins Eastman Company
Designed by EE&K a Perkins Eastman Company…, their proposal for the Qingdao Harborfront Redevelopment project was recently awarded a 2013 Urban Design Honor Award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter. The Harborfront occupies 26 hectares of
Transformation and Extension of the Central Building of Zanka / Modum
Architects: Modum
Location: Zanka, Hungary
Architect In Charge: András Krizsán
Design Team: Judit Csontó, Szabolcs Debreczeni
Engineer: Csaba Rosza
Contractor: Kuti & Fia
Year: 2012
Photographs: Tamás Bujnovszky
‘Infrastructural Monument’ Conference
[ April 8, 2013; 0:00 to 2:00. ] Taking place April 8-9 at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning the ‘Infrastructural Monument’ Conference hosted by the Center for Advanced Urbanism (CAU), focuses on the development of infrastructural research agendas and projects which is a key mission for MIT’s CAU. This conference is…
Commonage Summer School Project 2012 / Cowshed Collective
Architects: Cowshed Collective
Location: Westcourt, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Year: 2012
Photographs: Henrietta Williams, Ste Murray
Hunter Medical Research Institute / Denton Corker Marshall + SKM-S2F Architects
Architects: Denton Corker Marshall + SKM-S2F Architects
Location: Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Area: 15,900 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Denton Corker Marshall and SKM-S2F Architects in Association
Re-Think Athens Competition Entry / Gianmaria Socci Architecture + Also Known As Architects + Alkistis Thomidou
A multidisciplinary, international team led by Alkistis Thomidou, Chryssa Komantou & George Anagnostakis of Also Known As Architects, and Gianmaria Socci… won a special mention for the “Rethink Athens: towards a new city center” competition with a proposal
37 Dwellings in Guadix / Studio Wet + Antonio G. Liñan
Architects: Studio Wet + Antonio G. Liñan
Location: Guadix, Granada, Spain
Architect In Charge: Daniel Montes, Jose Gómez Mora, Antonio G. Liñan
Area: 4,636 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Fernando Alda
Nova Lima House / Denise Macedo Arquitetos Associados
Architects: Denise Macedo Arquitetos Associados
Location: Nova Lima, MG, Brazil
Project Architects: Denise Macedo, in partnership with Jr Piacesi
Collaborators: Patrícia Takamatsu, Ana Beatriz Cançado, Renato de Pieri, Bárbara Impelizieri, Alexandre Vasconcelos
Area: 1,100 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Gustavo Xavier
Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science / Grimshaw Architects
Slated to open in 2015, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science is on its way to become the world’s most innovative and sustainable science museum with the structural foundation now complete and the vertical construction currently in progress. Designed by Grimshaw Architects, the 250,000 square-foot complex will harness energy from water, sun, wind and even museum visitors to power exhibits and conserve resources. More images and architects’ description after the break.
House in Opatova / P-U-R-A
Architects: P-U-R-A
Location: Opatova, Slovakia
Design Team: René Dlesk, Roy Nash
Cooperation: Michael Franke, Branislav Repka
Site Area: 960 sqm
Area: 152 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Courtesy of Aparat
Providence Wins Bloomberg’s Mayors Challenge
Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced the winners of the Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with other cities to improve…
Nikau House / Strachan Group Architects
Architects: Strachan Group Architects
Location: Parnell, Auckland
Architect In Charge: Strachan Group Architects
Design Team: Dave Strachan, Pat de Pont, Jessica Knight
Engineer: Thorne Dwyer Structures
Builder: Dave McGillivray
Area: 230.0 sqm
Photographs: Jackie Meiring
House with Music Room / Beer Architektur Städtebau
Architects: Beer Architektur Städtebau
Location: Munich, Germany
Structural Engineering: Gordian Kley
Area: 440 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Daniel Mosch
SEED Evaluator 3.0 to Launch During PID Week
Design Corps – a partner of Public Interest Design Week – has announced that Version 3.0 of the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) Evaluator, an evolving web-based tool, will officially launch next Saturday, March 23, during the Structures for Inclusion (SFI) conference…
UK Government Grants Approval to Liverpool Waters Scheme
A controversial plan to redevelop a large area of Liverpool’s waterfront has received an effective green light after the Communities Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, chose not to call in the scheme for a public inquiry. The £5.5 billion scheme is designed by Chapman Taylor and provides 9,000 homes, 300,000 square meters of office space and 50,000 square meters of hotel and other facilities. The scheme also includes the 55-story ‘Shanghai Tower’ and a cruise ferry terminal.
The plan has attracted criticism, in particular from English Heritage and UNESCO who worry that the size of the developments will negatively affect the Liverpool skyline, dominated for almost a century by the ‘Three Graces’ a trio of listed buildings that have come to define the view from the Mersey River. UNESCO has strongly opposed the development, placing Liverpool’s world heritage site on it’s ‘endangered’ list and threatening that if the scheme goes ahead, the area could lose its world heritage status.
Read more about the reaction to the scheme after the break…
Mosquito Coast Factory / Tolila+Gilliland
Architects: Tolila+Gilliland
Location: Campbon, France
Client: Mosquito Coast Factory
Area: 517.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Philippe Ruault
Makoko Floating School / NLE Architects
Unpredictable climate changes along the world’s most vulnerable coastal communities, have produced some fascinating design solutions that test the resiliency of architectural possibilities and the need for adaptation that will produce these changes. The coastal community of Makoko, a slum neighborhood, off the Lagos Lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria, is receiving an upgrade to its current solution, which is building homes supported on stilts within the lagoon’s waters. NLE Architects, with sponsoring from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Heinrich Boell Foundation from Germany, designed the Makoko Floating School, phase one of a three-phase development that will become a floating community of interlocked and floating residences. Construction on the project began in October 2012 and was completed just last month with grand appraisal from the community and UN visitors.
More on Makoko’s floating schools after the break…
Fresno House / Felix Raspall + Federico Papandrea
Architects: Felix Raspall + Federico Papandrea
Location: Cariló, Argentina
Architect In Charge: Felix Raspall, Federico Papandrea
Structure: Roberto Alfie
Area: 135 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Gustavo Sosa Pinilla
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