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Architects: Driss Kettani
- Area: 450 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Duravit, Astral Intonaco, Kawneer, Zellige
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Professionals: Atelier Bertrand Houin, BET Rouane
Casablanca: The Latest Architecture and News
Villa Agava / Driss Kettani
Hamonic+Masson & Associés Envisions a New Casablanca When Redesigning its Financial District
Hamonic+Masson & Associés is envisioning a new Casablanca via the redesign of its financial district, Casa Anfa. The Paris-based firm, which just won a city-sponsored competition to pioneer a transformation of the area, has unveiled big plans for Lot 65-2. The plans respond to questions on the urban scale as well as preservation and sustainability.
"Form and urbanity” underscore the project’s drive for reimagining the links between high-rise entities in the Moroccan city.
Morphosis Architects Releases Casablanca Finance City Tower Design
Mophosis Architects have just released their design for the Casablanca Finance City tower in Morocco. The building's iconic crown, coupled with the way the building interacts with ground-level public space, creates an "inverted double-crown" that will serve as social symbol and meeting place. Following the model set in Paris' La Defense district, the project will anchor a new business district (Casablanca Finance City) and embody "Morocco’s vision for the future and setting precedents in building performance, scale, and style for a city that does not yet exist." Slated for completion in 2017, the 226,042 sq. ft building broke ground in December of 2014.
Read on to learn more about Morphosis' brise-soleil-wrapped tower.
Casa-Port Railway Station / AREP + Groupe3 Architectes
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Architects: AREP, Groupe3 Architectes
- Area: 2500 m²
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Manufacturers: Ductal®
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Professionals: Atelier Bertrand Houin, MAP3 -Emmanuel Livadiotti
Edouard François Designs Mixed-Use "Gardens of Anfa" for Casablanca
Maison Edouard François has masterplanned a new mixed-use neighborhood for the Moroccan city Casablanca: “The Gardens of Anfa.” Scheduled for completion in 2017, the plan calls for three mid-rise residential towers, a low-rise office tower, and a series of residential blocks connected by a central piazza and concealed within a lush multicolored landscape. Each “organically-shaped” tower will be enhanced by a trellised facade that fosters the growth of bougainvilleas and jasmine, further camouflaging the structure and “demarcating the limits of a garden.”
Casa Mirador / Matias Zegers
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Architects: Matias Zegers
- Area: 364 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: CMPC Maderas
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Professionals: Constructora Altiplano, DIAV, HISA, ICG Ingenierìa, Ingevsa
Pangal Cabin / emA Arquitectos
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Architects: emA Arquitectos
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2012
Productive Services, Morande Winery / Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
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Architects: Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
- Area: 552 m²
- Year: 2005