Clyfford Still Museum / Allied Works Architecture
Architects: Allied Works Architecture
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Project Team: Brad Cloepfil, Design Principal Chris Bixby, Project Lead
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 28,500 sqf
Photographs: Jeremy Bittermann
Fünf Häuser / TIP
Architects: TIP
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Walter Mair, Tonatiuh Ambrosetti, Lukas Lenherr
Toda House / Office of Kimihiko Okada
Architects: Office of Kimihiko Okada
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Building area: 90.21 sqm
Total floor area: 114.26 sqm
Structural Engineer: Structured Environment
Mechanical Engineer: System Design Laboratory
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano
Villa Veth / 123DV
Architect: 123DV
Location: Hattem, The Netherlands
Design Team: Berry van Empel, Andrea Sollazzo, Robin Rook
Contractor: Building company Felix
Description: Abstract villa in forest
Status: completed 2011
Surface: 475 sqm floor surface, 6000 sqm land
Photographs: Christiaan de Bruijne
Hatert Housing / 24H architecture
Architects: 24H architecture
Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 8,000 sqm
Photographs: 24H architecture
Video: House NA / Sou Fujimoto Architects
Shinkenchiku brings you an exclusive inside tour of the contemporary House NA, designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Thin, steel poles delicately support the transparent “pile of boxes” at varying heights. In an interview conducted by F.W. Monocle, Sou Fujimoto explains, “In one way the house is like a single space, but each room is also a tiny space of its own. The clients said they wanted to live like nomads within the house – they didn’t have specific plans for each room. The house looks radical but for the clients it seemed quite natural.”
Sarreguemines Nursery / Michel Grasso + Paul Le Quernec
Architects: Michel Grasso & Paul Le Quernec
Location: Sarreguemines, France
Client: Communauté d’Agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences
Project Area: 1,350 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Michel Grasso + Paul Le Quernec
Adidas Laces / kadawittfeldarchitektur
Architects: kadawittfeldarchitektur
Location: Herzogenaurach, Germany
Project Partner: Dirk Zweering
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 62,000 sqm
Photographs: Werner Huthmacher
Update: Museum der Kulturen Basel / Herzog & de Meuron
In early September we reported that the Museum der Kulturen Basel reopened its doors after two years of reconstruction, refurbishment and expansion. Now we are providing you with some more images of this exciting design.
Among the updates was a Herzog & de Meuron design described as a ‘stunning crown for the historical walls: the beautiful rooftop of irregular folds fits harmoniously into the rooftops surrounding the cathedral’.
In Progress: Beekman Tower / Frank Gehry
Our director, David Assael, took some shots of Gehry’s latest creation – a wavy residential tower clad in undulating metal panels. While still in the construction phase, it is easy to get the overall idea of the structure. In person, the tower demands attention as its presence, due both to scale and materiality, is unmatched within its context. Throughout the day, the light plays upon the curves making the hard metallic color almost glisten. Some of Assael’s photos capture the tower in the early evening – the perfect time of day to see the reds and oranges of the setting sun against the building. What do you think of Gehry’s skyscraper?
More of Assael’s photos after the break.
NORD Architects wins new healthcare center competition
The young office NORD Architects has won the competition for a new healthcare center for cancer patients in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winning design is founded by principles of healing architecture and at the same time it suggests aesthetics which are in contrast with that of a conventional health institution.
The design is an elaboration on the recognizable contour and scale of a house. At the same time the design becomes an iconographic building, as the small individual houses are interconnected by a sculptural roof structure. The building is enriched by the close relation to the surrounding landscape consisting of an inner courtyard, several terraces and themed gardens.
The design will be realised in collaboration with Hellerup Byg, Bravida Danmark, Wessberg Ingeniører and Metopos Landscape. More images after the break.
Soe Ker Tie House / TYIN Tegnestue
Architects: TYIN Tegnestue
Location: Noh Bo, Tak, Thailand
Project team: Pasi Aalto, Andreas Grøntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad, Magnus Henriksen, Line Ramstad, Erlend Bauck Sole
Client: Ole Jørgen Edna
Program: 6 sleeping units
Budget: 68.000 NOK (Approx. 10.000 USD)
Project year: November 2008 – February 2009
Photographs: Pasi Aalto
TYIN tegnestue is a non-profit organization working humanitarian through architecture. TYIN is run by five architect students from NTNU and the projects are financed by more than 60 Norwegian companies, as well as private contributions.
Through the course of the last year TYIN has worked with planning and constructing small scale projects in Thailand. We aim to build strategic projects that can improve the lives for people in difficult situations. Through extensive collaboration with locals, and mutual learning, we hope that our projects can have an impact beyond the physical structures.
