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Cyclone Shelter / Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees
Jan 28th
Courtesy of Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees The proposal for the international competition for a cyclone shelter in Bangladesh by Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees is conceptualized as a boat-building, referencing two local typologies – the boat and the landing ghat. Located in Ranggabali , a small village in the Patuakhali Province, the building is half submerged in water in times of cyclone flooding while beached against a concrete ghat in dry seasons. Sheltering its occupants in the liminal zone between land and water, it makes place by transitioning from depth and section to surface and plan
Seaside House / A2 Architects
Jan 28th
Courtesy of A2 Architetcs Architect: A2 Architects Location: East Coast of Ireland Project Area: 150 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Courtesy of A2 Architetcs Courtesy of A2 Architetcs A new seaside holiday house occupies the former site of a longstanding summer chalet with existing private access to a beach. Resonating with the scale and placement of neighbouring mobile homes, two untreated douglas fir timber enclosures rest on a cast concrete podium over a drift geology. Shelter unfolds between parallel wall planes to embrace views east over the Irish Sea and west over potato fields
Remodeling On Apartment Of New York / INNOCAD Architektur ZT GmbH
Jan 27th
© Thomas Schauer Architect: INNOCAD Architektur ZT GmbH Location: 459 West 18th Street, 10011, New York , USA Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 250 sqm Photographs: Thomas Schauer © Thomas Schauer Situated between the Meatpacking Districts at the borders of Highline Park the rooftop appartement was remodelled to meet the needs of its new inhabitants.
Jameson House by Foster + Partners
Jan 27th
Architects Foster + Partners have attached a 35-storey tower onto the side of two renovated 1920s buildings in Vancouver’s financial district. (more…)
Sports Concert Complex by GMP Architekten
Jan 27th
Following their Eurovision Song Contest win last summer, Azerbaijan rushed to commission German firm GMP Architekten to design a new stadium that will be complete in time to host this year’s competition. (more…)
University of Birmingham Steam Bridge by MJP Architects
Jan 27th
This 60 metre-long metal bridge is a route for heating and power pipes, rather than people. (more…)
Parametric Fragment / Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates
Jan 27th
© Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates Architect: Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates Location: Matsusaka , Mie, Japan Contractor: Sanyo Construction Corporation Site Area: 667.84 sqm Architectural Area: 189.15 sqm Total Floor Area: 293.19 sqm Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates © Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates The structure consists of double skin system of the main frame and a surface of aluminum panels. To reduce the amount of radiant heat in summer, west and south sides are designed without openings and the width of space in the double skin of walls and roof on west and south are wider. This system controls the circulation of warm air so that it rises through the inside of double skin and extracted through louvers
Bukiya by Archiee
Jan 27th
The display system at this Japanese souvenir shop in Paris is just key rings hung on screws in the walls. (more…)
Alma Hotel Residence Winning Proposal / Kouvo & Partanen
Jan 27th
view towards main building Kouvo & Partanen was recently announced as the winners of design competition for the Alma Hotel Residence in the Atacama Observatory and Research Center in the desert of northern Chile . The aim of the competition was to find the best solution on a fixed design fee and construction price for the building that offers the astronomers, engineers, and other staff working at the observatory accommodation, restaurant and office services and recreational spaces
“From Suburb to City” International Summer Academy 2012
Jan 27th
Courtesy of Krokodil & D-ARCH Between 22 July – 05 August 2012, the architects group Krokodil ( EM2N , pool, Roger Boltshauser, Frank Zierau, Schweingruber Zulauf) and the Department of Architecture of the ETH Zurich (D-ARCH) will jointly run the International Summer Academy 2012 in Zurich with the title “From Suburb to City”. Well-known architects from Switzerland and other countries will examine the themes of agglomeration/city/landscape using the example of the Zurich metropolitan area. The two-week-long International Summer Academy Zurich is directed at students and those embarking upon their professional careers in the areas of architecture/urban planning and landscape architecture from Switzerland and abroad.
