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Archive for December, 2010
AD Round Up: Classics Part II
Dec 31st
Last day and Round Up of 2010. So to honour this new year, we’d like to show you our second selection of those buildings that will always be a Classic, no matter what year we are
Center for Promotion of Science / Milos Zivkovic, Nebojsa Stevanovic, Janko Tadic, Aleksandar Gusic & Slobodanka Tadic
Dec 31st
street view A couple days ago, we featured Wolfgang Tschapeller ‘s entry for the international competition initiated by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia . Now, Milos Zivkovic , Nebojsa Stevanovic, Janko Tadic, Aleksandar Gusic and Slobodanka Tadic have teamed up for this competition and shared with us their entry for The Center for Promotion of Science where they aim to mitigate the many problems New Belgrade creates for its citizens by creating different environments through a continuous movement within the space.
2010 review: December
Dec 31st
To conclude our review of 2010 , here are the five most-viewed stories from Dezeen in December , starting off with Charrat Transformation by Geneva studio clavienrossier , two concrete volumes on top of a stone house and barn in the Swiss Alps. (more…)
Architecture for Humanity: Year in Review
Dec 31st
© Kristel Gonzales Photography As 2010 comes to an end we wanted to share with you some of the highlights from Architecture for Humanity . AFH has been involved in fifty three projects this year, completing a project on each continent
2010 review: November
Dec 31st
Next up: the five most popular Dezeen stories from November , kicking off with Chengdu Contemporary Art Centre in China by Zaha Hadid Architects . (more…)
The Zephyros Project / Koutsoftides Architects
Dec 31st
© Koutsoftides Architects Architects: Koutsoftides Architects Location: Pomos, Cyprus Team: G.Kolonias Structural engineer: T.Karseras m/e consultant Project area: 351 sqm Project year: 2009 Photographs: Costas Koutsoftides, Christos Papantoniou, Costas Efstathopoulos © Koutsoftides Architects “The shadow of your project is captured in the landscape, so you must first hearken it” said Renzo Piano. From the early stages of the elaboration of the sketches we had in mind these words of the great architect. We tried to extrude those elements which would contribue and reflect these thoughts so building and landscape become one:to receive at any time of the day and night,regardeless season the glorious sun,the Zephyros,the magestic blue sea and the mysterious silver moon of August,as when we were kids going camping and enjoying nature,so the users can embrace all the elements under one…permanent camping tent! © Koutsoftides Architects The house was initially designed as a holiday house.In the process ,our clients decided to leave London and come to reside in Cyprus.
2010 review: October
Dec 31st
Moving on to the five most popular stories of October 2010 , Homemade is Best , a cookbook featuring pictures of ingredients laid out in patterns for IKEA, was in at number one. (more…)
House Built Into The City / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Dec 31st
© Diego Opazo Architects: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Location: Valencia, Spain Collaborators: Dos Interiorismo (kitchen design), José Angel Ruiz Millo ı Architecture, Jose Vicente Miguel Lopez ı Architecture Interior Design: Alfaro Hofmann Project area: 295 sqm Photographs: Diego Opazo © Diego Opazo The apartment is located in the city centre of Valencia on the first floor of a five-storey building. This project remodels two apartments that have been joined together, radically altering the former layout.
Cox Communications Distribution Center / el dorado
Dec 31st
© Mike Sinclair The site is a light industrial office park of conventional box buildings primarily from the 1960s and 1970s located in Topeka , Kansas. Cox Communications Distribution Center is the first building within the park to be renovated, as the owner has decided to revamp the entire park over the next several years. With a limited budget, the architects of el dorado were asked to create an innovative, yet simple tone for future development
Airport in Caticlan Island / Buensalido Architects
Dec 30th
Courtesy of Buensalido Architects Buensalido Architects , based on the city of Makati, Philippines, shared with us their proposal for an airport competition in Caticlan Island, the gateway to Boracay Island. More images and architect’s description after the break
