Architecture News
Archive for March, 2011
Slow Food Nation Welcome Pavilion / Jensen Architects
Mar 31st
© Adrian Gregorutti This Welcome Pavilion provides space for ticketing, information and membership services at the inaugural Slow Food Nation event. The reclaimed shipping container, topped with plants and a windmill, creates an iconic image while providing the introductory public interface for the festival. Architect: Jensen Architects Location: Civic Center and Fort Mason, San Francisco, California, USA Project Team: Mark Jensen (Principal), Lincoln Lighthill (Project Architect) Contractor: Therm Project Area: 400 sqf Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Mark Darley , Adrian Gregorutti , and Henrik Kam © Property of Jensen Architects Part billboard, part box-office, and part way-finding beacon, the pavilion announces the Slow Food movement’s dedication to sustainability and social responsibility
2012 London Olympic Stadium by Populous
Mar 31st
Here are some photos of the completed 2012 London Olympic Stadium designed by HOK Sport (now known as Populous ). (more…)
Aberdeen Sports Village / Reiach And Hall Architects
Mar 31st
© Ioana Marinescu Architects: Reiach And Hall Architects Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Consultant Architect: KSS Design Group Cost Consultant: Thomson Bethune Structural Engineer: SKM Anthony Hunts Services Engineer: KJ Tait Engineers Landscape Architect: Horner + Maclennan Sports Surface Specialist: PSD Planning Supervisor: Reiach and Hall Fire Engineer: Arup Acoustic Consultant: Arup Project Manager: Drivers Jonas Sport Project area: 17,650 sqm Photographs: Ioana Marinescu © Ioana Marinescu The new building at Aberdeen Sports Village is a civic building and the product of an enlightened community of client groups.
Competition! Five copies of Twenty-First Century Design by Marcus Fairs to be won
Mar 31st
We’re offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of the new paperback edition of Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. (more…)
Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Kilian Schindler
Mar 31st
German designer Kilian Schindler talks about starting out as a designer and learning to work with manufacturers in this last movie interview in our series filmed at Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents in Cologne earlier this year (more…)
Wear House / Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU
Mar 31st
© Yoshimura Masay Architects: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU Location: Seto, Japan Interior Design: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU Landscape Design: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU Structural engineer: Kenji NAWA/NAWAKENJI-M Constructional engineer: Mizuno construction company Supervision: Akitoshi Ukai/AUAU Project area: 182,63 sqm Project year: 2010 Photographs: Yoshimura Masaya © Yoshimura Masay Outline of design It is a small house for two small children and a young couple.
Roofer by Benjamin Hubert for Fabbian
Mar 31st
Italian lighting brand Fabbian will present a collection of pendant lamps covered in silicone tiles by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next month. (more…)
Dior Illustrated: Rene Gruau and the Line of Beauty by Gitta Gschwendtner
Mar 31st
This exhibition designed by Gitta Gschwendtne r for London’s Somerset House displayed fashion drawings on gauze-covered boxes.
Piana by David Chipperfield for Alessi
Mar 31st
Italian design company Alessi will present this folding chair by British architect David Chipperfield in Milan next month. (more…)
AD Classics: Kimbell Art Museum / Louis Kahn
Mar 31st
© Parker Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the Kimbell Art Museum by Louis Kahn has become a mecca for all who are interested in modern architecture. The element of natural light is the main focus of the design, and creates elegant spaces that are perfectly suited for the art that it houses.
