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Emergency Terminal / Produkcija 004

By David Basulto — Filed under: Public Facilities , Selected , , , ,

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Architect: Produkcija 004
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Client: City of Zagreb and Zagreb Holding
Project architects: Davor Katušic & Martina Ljubičic
Project team: Margareta Ćurić,d.i.a., Jana Kocbek, u.d.i.a., Robert Franjo, arh. teh., Ivo Petrić, d.i.a., Marija Burmas, d.i.a.
Graphic Design: Juri Armanda, Karl Geisler, Bor Dizdar
Builder: Dalekovod d.d., ZagrebMontaža d.d.
Project area: 15,000 sqm
Budget: 15 mil. Euro
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Produkcija 004

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Garden house / Tham & Videgård Hansson

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , , , ,
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Architects: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter
Location: Södermanland, Sweden
Architects in charge: Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård Hansson
Site Area: 1,006 sqm
Constructed Area: 360 sqm + roof terrace
Project year: 2006-2008
Client: Private
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman

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Student Housing in Epinay / ECDM

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

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Architects: Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec
Location: Epinay, France
Project Manager: Aliette Chauchat
Client: Espacil Habitat
Project Management Associate: Betom, BET – Michel Larsonneur
Constructed Area: 9,000 sqm
Project year: 2003-2008
Photographs: Benoit Fougeirol

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Orange Office / Sander Architects

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

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Architects: Sander Architects
Location: Venice, California, USA
Constructed Area: 672 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Sander Architects

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Business Center Miramare / 3LHD

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Offices , , , ,

Architects: 3LHD
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Project team: Sasa Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Tatjana Grozdanic Begovic, Silvije Novak, Tin Kavuric, Josko Kotula, Krunoslav Szörsen
Collaborators: Freya (3D), Tehnicke konstrukcije doo, Nikola Miletic, Gadaf Zulbeari
Project year: 2009
Site area: 4,037 sqm
Gross floor area: 37,040 sqm (23,940 + 13,100 underground)
Footprint: 2,084 sqm
Images: 3LHD

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House Q / Vaillo + Irigaray

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

Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray
Location: Gorraiz, Navarra, Spain
Project manager: Ibón Ibarlucea Ochandiano, architect
Graphic design of facades: Alex Viladrich, ALDRICH
Riggers: José Ingacio Sola y Julián Damboriena
Structure: Gonzalo Díez
Contractor: GOSA S.L.
Project year: 1998
Finished year: 2004
Photographs: José Manuel Cutillas, Albert Font, Joan Mundó

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Phare Tower / Morphosis Achitects

By Ethel Baraona Pohl — Filed under: Featured , Skyscrapers , , ,

Architecture: Morphosis Architects
Location: Puteaux, France
Project Principal (through Design Development): Tim Christ
Project Director: Charles Lamy
Project Manager: Matt Grady
Project Architect: David Rindlaub
Project Designer: Chandler Ahrens
Client: Unibail
Program: Commercial office tower with office space, employee restaurants, public café, trading floors, public amenities, and parking for 450 cars
Type: Commercial
Constructed Area: 185,494 sqm
Design Year: 2006-2009
Construction Year: 2010-2014
Images: © Morphosis Architects
Texts: Thom Mayne and Morphosis
More info: http://www.morphopedia.com/

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Black Beauty / x Architekten

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

Architects: x Architekten
Location: Oberösterreich, Austria
Client: Private
Construction: Concrete
Constructed Area: 273 sqm
Project Year: 2003-2005
Photographs: Max Nirnberger

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Ex Ducati / Mario Cucinella Architects

By Ethel Baraona Pohl — Filed under: Offices , Selected , , ,

Architects: Mario Cucinella Architects
Location: Rimini, Italy
Project Team: Mario Cucinella, Elizabeth Francis, Davide Paolini, Enrico Iascone
Structure: Gilberto Sarti, Fabio Bombardini
Construction Management: Arch Massimo Morandi
Design year: 2004-2006
client: Edile Carpentieri Srl
Construction Area: 1,500 sqm
Photographs: Daniele Domenicali

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Mush / Studio 0.10 Architects

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

Architect: Studio 0.10 Architects
Location: West Los Angeles, California, USA
Design Team: Debbie Chen, Mark Claborne, Eiko Hamada-Ano, Gregory Haynes, Andrew Liang, Li Wen, Elizabeth Wendell
Structural Engineering: William Koh and Associates
Project Year: 2005 – 2006
Construction Year: 2006 – 2008
Constructed Area: 5,400s.f.
Photographs: fotoworks – Benny Chan; Studio 0.10

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Formosa 1140 / Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

By Ethel Baraona Pohl — Filed under: Housing , Selected , , , , ,

Architects: LOHA Architects
Location: West Hollywood, California, USA
Principal in Charge: Lorcan O’Herlihy
Project Team: Katherine Williams (PM), Kevin Tsai, Evan Brinkman, Kevin Southerland
Client: Habitat Group Los Angeles, LLC
Project year: 2008
Constructed Area: 1,486 sqm
Area per unit: 140 sqm aprox.
Photographs: Lawrence Anderson

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Arcam / René van Zuuk Architekten

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Institutional Architecture , Selected , , , , ,

Architect: René van Zuuk Architekten
Location: Oosterdok, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Client: Ontwikkelingsbedrijf Gemeente Amsterdam / NL
Building Contractor: H.J.Jurrïens b.v., Utrecht/ NL
Structural Ingeneering: Advies en Ingenieursbureau Van der Laar, Eindhoven/ NL
Project Year: 2002-2003
Site Area: 300 sqm
Constructed Area: 477 sqm
Budget: US $2.03 M
Photographs: Luuk Kramer

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Seattle Central Library / OMA + LMN

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

This is -by far- one of the most inspiring projects I know. And it´s not just the skin or the structure. It´s the new program relations, that make of this more than a mere library, but an enhaced public space around knowledge.

Architects: OMA + LMN
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Key Personnel: Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus (Partner-in-Charge), with Mark von Hof-Zogrotzki, Natasha Sandmeier, Meghan Corwin, Bjarke Ingels, Carol Patterson
Consultants: Arup, Bruce Mau Design, Davis Langdon, Dewhurst Macfarlane, Front, HKA, Hoffman Construction, Inside/Oustide, Jones & Jones, Kugler Tillotson, Magnusson Klemencic, McGuire, Michael Yantis, Pielow Fair, Quinze & Milan, Seele
Client: Seattle Public Library
Program: Central library for Seattle’s 28-branch library system, including 33,700 sqm of hq, reading room, book spiral, mixing chamber, meeting platform, living room, staff floor, children’s collection, and auditorium, and 4,600 sqm of parking.
Project year: 1999-2004
Constructed Area: 38,300 sqm
Budget: US $169.2 M
Photographs: Ramon Prat, Philippe Ruault, Iwan Baan, Fernando Herrera

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The Prayer Chapel / debartolo architects

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Religious Architecture , Selected , , , , ,

Architects: debartolo architects ltd.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Project team: Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, J. Eric Huffman, Aaron Taylor, Tim Smith, Kent McClure
Civil + Landscape: wrg design
Structural Engineer: rudow + berry
Mechanical engineer: kunka engineering
Electrical Engineer: associated engineering
Contractor: arthur porter construction
Landscape Design: michael boucher landscape architect
Lighting Design: roger smith lighting design
Constructed Area: 578 sqm
Design year: 2003-2006
Construction year: 2007
Photographs: Bill Timmerman

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Copper House 2 / Smiljan Radic

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

Architect: Smiljan Radic Clarke
Location: Talca, Chile
Collaborators: Loreto Lyon, Danilo Lazcano, Augusto Vergara, Gonzalo Torres
Contractor: Constructora Covasa Ltda.
Constructive System: Steel frame
Project Year: 2004
Construction Year: 2005
Site Area: 5,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 165 sqm
Photographs: Cristobal Palma

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Consorcio Building Concepcion / Enrique Browne

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Institutional Architecture , Offices , Selected , , , , ,

Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos
Location: Concepción, Chile
Associated Architect: Patricio Browne
Collaborators: Enrique C. Browne, Sebastián Morandé, Davor Pavlovic
Project year: 2003-2004
Site Area: 1,096 sqm
Constructed Area: 3,789 sqm
Structural Consultants: Ruiz y Saavedra Ingenieros
Contractor: Ignacio Hurtado y Cia.
Technical Inspection: Juan Eduardo Mujica
Photographs: Guy Wenborne

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Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center / BURO II + CITIC

By Amber P — Filed under: Public Facilities , Selected , , ,

Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC
Location: Guangzhou, China
Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium)
Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium)
Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France)
Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium)
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven

This project recently won the civic category at the World Architecture Festival

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UQAM’s Campus / Tétreault Parent Languedoc & Saia Barbarese Topouzanov

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

Architects: Tétreault Parent Languedoc & Saia Barbarese Topouzanov
Location: Montreal, Canada
Project year: 1992-2006
Architect Team: Michel Languedoc (project architect), Mario Saia (director of design). Team members: Dino Barbarese, Vladimir Topouzanov, Trong Tuan Nguyen, Sylvain Bastien, Michel Beauchemin, Richard Beaudoin, Nicolas Bokobza, Patrick De Barros, Suzanne Essiambre, Naomi Frangos, Cathy Gagnon, David Griffin, Vivian Irschick, Laurence Kerr, Jean-Louis Léger, Pascal Lessard, Julie Marchand, Yvan Marion, Nadia Meratla. Marie-Eve Méthot, Annie Morrissette, Marc Pape, Louis-Guillaume Paquet, Marianne Potvin, Steve Proulx, Pascal Roffi, Véronique Roy, Annie-Claude Sauvé, Yvon Théoret, Sam Yip
Landscape: Claude Cormier architectes paysagistes inc.
General Contractor: Hervé Pomerleau inc.
Site Area: 5,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 63,215 sqm
Photographs: Marc Cramer, Nathalie St-Pierre, Ivanoh Demers, Michel Brunelle, Jean-François Vézina, Claude Duchaîne, Andrew Dobrowolskyj

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FARO wins sustainable design competition with residencial tower

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Awarded Competitions , Housing , Sustainability , , , ,

FARO architecten bv just shared with us their latest project, the winning entry for a sustainable residential tower design competition.

Text from the architects and more images after the break.

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K:fem department store / Wingardh

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

Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Architects in charge: Gert Wingårdh, Cecilia Ström, Per Söderberg
Collaborators: Gustav Appell, Ewa Bialecka-Colin, David Christoffersson, Daniel Frickeus, Bengt Hellsten, Robert Hendberg, Rickard Karlsson, Stefan Nilsson, Hanna Samuelsson
Design Year: 2003
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Client: AB Svenska Bostäder
Construction: Tyréns AB
Installations: PO Andersson Konstruktionsbyrå AB
Lighting: Ljusarkitektur P&Ö AB
Constructed Area: 16,600 sqm
Photographer: Patrik Gunnar Helin

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