Architects: MAPA / Cristián Larraín, Matías Madsen, Bernardo Valdés
Location: Curacavi, Chile
Collaborators: Karina Pardo, Eduardo Colares
Structural Design: Alex Popp
Contractor: Daniel Matte
Project Area: 130 sqm
Project Year: 2010-2011
Photographs: Cristobal Palma
© Roland Halbe
Architects: Ensamble Studio
Location: Mexico D.F, Mexico
Architect in Charge: Antón García- Abril
Associate Architect: Elena Pérez
Construction manager architect: Alba Cortés
Project Team: Débora Mesa, Joaquín Gallegos, Alba Beroiz, Jaime Alcayde, Cristina Moya, Juan Ruiz Antón, Tomaso Boano, Federico Letizia
Developer: SGAE – GRUPO CARSO
Project Management: INPROS
Construction Company: GRUPO PC
Structural Engineering: COLINAS DE BUEN
Project Area: 11,500 sqm
Photographs: Roland Halbe, Ensamble Studio
Forecourt and St Stephen Walbrook at night © OMA by Philippe Ruault
OMA recently completed their first building in London. The new 21,000sqm building is located in the narrow medieval alley of St Swithin’s Lane, in the heart of the City, a dense context where OMA’s precise intervention is able to blend and become an active urban piece.
The building, thanks to its structural steel design, is lifted from the ground exposing new situations, connections and views, detonator of a new streetscape where the public realm is as important as the office space above.
You can see Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon discussing this project on a video posted earlier at ArchDaily.
More information courtesy of OMA after the break:
Project: Rothschild Bank Headquarters
Year: 2011
Client: NM Rothschild & Sons
Location: St Swithin’s Lane, City of London
Site: New Court, enclosed in cluster of buildings, adjacent to the 17th century St. Stephen Walbrook church; with main entrance on the narrow St. Swithin’s Lane
Program: Office headquarters: 13,000m2
Partners in charge: Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon
© Mariela Apollonio
© Wayne Johnson, Main Street Studio
Architect: OPN Architects
Location: Coralville, Iowa
Project Year: 2009
Engineer: KJWW Engineering Consultants
Photographs: Wayne Johnson, Main Street Studio
The BioVentures Center is a new office and laboratory facility on the campus of the University of Iowa that functions as a collaborative environment and business incubator for biotech start-ups and the academic field. The 80,000sf facility was designed by OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in conjunction with KJWW Engineering and Consultants. In addition to traditional academic functions, half of the buildings usable area was designed as speculative lab space and is available for commercial lease.
© Luuk Kramer
Architects: BBVH Architecten
Location: Den Haag, The Netherlands
Constractor: BB-X
Developer: Willson Real Estate
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 250 sqm
Photographs: Luuk Kramer
© Silvio Posada
Architects: ALT arquitectura / Ángel Luis Tendero, Bernardo Cummins
Location: Madrid, Spain
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Silvio Posada
© James Steinkamp
Architect: Legat Architects, Inc.
Location: Matteson, Illinois
Construction Manager: Louis Jones Enterprises, Inc.
Technology/Audio-visual/Security/Geothermal Feasibility Consultant: KJWW Engineering Consultants
MEP/Structural/Civil Engineer: Globetrotters
Photographs: James Steinkamp
Designed by Legat Architects, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois, the 122,000sf Colin Powell Middle School is an academic facility that serves grades 6-8 for Illinois School District 159. According to the architect, “The design of Colin Powell Middle School responds to the client’s desire to provide a progressive symbol of education to its students and community. Energy efficiency, environmental conscientiousness, and openness were all driving factors in the design.” More images and description after the break.
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Architects: za bor Architects / Arseniy Borisenko, Peter Zaytsev
Location: Moscow Region, Russia
Engineering: za bor architects
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Peter Zaytsev
© www.flickr.com / Jaume Meneses
The Bac de Roda Bridge by Santiago Calatrava marks his first foray into bridge design. Part of a larger development plan in preparation for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the bridge functions as both a symbolic and physical connection to two previously disjointed districts; Sant Marti and Sant Andreu. More information after the break. read more »
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Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design
Location: Saitama, Japan
Project Architect: Keiji Ashizawa
Structural Engineer: Ejiri Engneer
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Daici Ano
© Brininstool, Kerwin, & Lynch
Designed by Brininstool, Kerwin, and Lynch, the Beijing Core Area Master Plan is a massive civic proposal of over 27 million square feet of building area and an additional 1.5 million square feet of public space design for the Central Business District of Beijing, China. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
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The twin office towers known as Puerta de Europa I and II located in Madrid, Spain defy the typical conventions of skyscraper construction. Designed by American architects Philip Johnson & John Burgee and commissioned by the Kuwait Investment Office (KIO), these structural expressionistic towers straddle one of Madrid’s most important boulevards – the Paseo de la Castellana. More details after the break. read more »
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Architect: Brininstool, Kerwin, & Lynch
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Christopher Barrett
The 37signals project is a 10,000sf commercial build-out for a software company in Chicago, Illinois. The build-out was designed by Brininstool, Kerwin, and Lynch of Chicago, Illinois and was completed with full occupancy in March 2010. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »
© Masao Nishikawa
Architects: Apollo Architects & Associates / Satoshi Kurosaki
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Structural Engineer: Kenta Masaki
Mechanical Engineer: Zennei Shimada
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 122.50 sqm
Photographs: Masao Nishikawa
© Steve Hall of Hedrich Blessing
Architect: Flad Architects
Location: Stony Brook, New York
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Steve Hall of Hedrich Blessing
© Samoo Architects & Engineers
Architect: DeStefano Partners, Samoo Architects & Engineers
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Project Year: 2o11
Photographs: Samoo Architects & Engineers
Originally called the Dongnam Distribution Center (DDC), the recently renamed Garden 5 Tool complex is a mega-shopping center in Seoul, South Korea. The structure was designed by DeStefano Partners of Chicago, Illinois in conjunction with Samoo Architects & Engineers as the associate architect. read more »
Architects: Ensamble Studio
Location: Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
Principal in Charge: Antón García- Abril
Collaborators: Elena Pérez, Débora Mesa, Jorge Consuegra, Marina Otero, Ricardo Sanz
Technical Architect: Javier Cuesta
Promotor: Hemeroscopium
Contractor: Materia Inorgánica
Project year: 2005-2008
Constructed Area: 400 sqm
Photographs: Ensamble Studio
© Barbara Karant / Karant + Associates, Inc.
Architect: DeStefano Partners
Location: Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Project Year: 2o10
Photographs: Barbara Karant / Karant + Associates, Inc.
© Merel van Beukering
Architects: boetzkes|helder
Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Structural Engineer: Bartels Engineers
Facade Engineer: Metadecor
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 160 sqm
Photographs: Merel van Beukering
Bing Thom Works / Bing Thom Architects
We recently received a book by Bing Thom Architects, a firm we have previously featured. Beyond the traditional display of selected projects this book provides a range of essays by Bing Thom that deal with the questions he…
Encyclopedia of Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture
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This is Hybrid / a+t research group
Following years of research, a+t publishers presents the first theoretical-practical book on hybrid buildings. Taking its inspiration from the four issues of a+t magazine’s Hybrid series, the book takes a look at the theories and projects which have had…
