Architecture News
Archive for September, 2011
P[RAY]HOUSE / Julian Palapa
Sep 30th
© Ardha Dian Rizki Architects: Julian Palapa Location: Cibubur , Indonesia Design Team: Nurul Andini (Architect Embassy) Project Manager: Wira Farrel Project Team: Eri Eko, Arief Hakim, Aris Fanany, Arief Adiharsa, Indrajati Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 180 sqm Photographs: Ardha Dian Rizki, Julian Palapa In the beginning, this mosque was a simple aspiration from the surrounding residence to celebrate Ramadhan 2011. They work together according to their own ability to donate for the mosque that will be used in Ramadhan 2011, it can be said that the social aspect in this architecture piece is so bold. © Ardha Dian Rizki Small doesn’t mean it unattractive, small doesn’t mean it doesn’t have “architectural statement” the low budget doesn’t limit the architectural intervention to be shown, even though there is a probability to reduce the entire architectural statement

RAKE Showroom / RAKE visningsrom
Sep 30th
© Courtesy of RAKE visningsrom Architects: RAKE visningsrom Location: Trondheim , Norway Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of RAKE visningsrom The showroom RAKE is the latest addition to Trondheim’s art landscape. It is the result of a student workshop in which thirty students from the architecture schools of Trondheim, Oslo and Bergen joined forces to design and construct this new exhibition space for art and architecture. © Courtesy of RAKE visningsrom A majority of the materials used in the construction of the room came from a nearby office building set for demolition

CSYS by Jake Dyson
Sep 30th
London Design Festival: industrial designer Jake Dyson presented an LED task light with a heat-pipe cooling system at designjunction last week.

Fraunhofer Headquarters / Pedra Silva Architects
Sep 30th
© João Morgado Architect: Pedra Silva Architects Location: Porto , Portugal Project Coordination: Luís Pedra Silva Project Area: 1,660 sqm Project year: 2011 Photographs: João Morgado © João Morgado Associação Fraunhofer Portugal is a non-‐profit private research association and is part of the German Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft, the largest organization for applied research in Europe.

Living Boavista / José António Barbosa
Sep 30th
© João Morgado Architect: José António Barbosa Location: Porto , Portugal Project Area: 5600 sqm Houses: 16 (T4 and T4+1) Project Year: 2011 Photographs: João Morgado © João Morgado These houses are part of a new private street in Porto, taking advantage of a central and prestigious location. With immediate access to Avenida da Boavista, enjoying the nearness of reference facilities like Casa da Música, the German School and the Botanical Garden. © João Morgado With two or three fronts, all the house feature a private garden, garage for 4 cars and enjoy the advantage of being independent, not condo

Dezeen Screen: Change the Record by Paul Cocksedge
Sep 30th
London Design Festival 2011: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designer Paul Cocksedge explains the ideas behind Change the Record, a project where vinyl records are moulded into amplifiers for smartphones. Watch the movie here and see our earlier story here .

Today at Dezeen Platform: Florian Schmid
Sep 30th
Dezeen Space: Florian Schmid presents his Stitching Concrete Project at our micro-exhibtion Dezeen Platform in Dezeen Space today.

Punt Road Oval Redevelopment / Suters Architects
Sep 30th
© Emma Cross Architects: Suters Architects Location: Richmond, VIC , Australia Project Team: Stephen Cheney, Mark van den Enden, Mike McGrath, Joshua McAlister, Kellie Adler, Kris McIsaac, Michael Hubbard, Neil Zimmerman, Rebecca Brewer, Vicky Tsang, Stuart Stark, Shea O’Donoghue Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 4,600 sqm Photographs: Emma Cross Situated in Tigerland, the redevelopment of the Punt Road Oval fuels the themed landscape of the Richmond Football Club. Our desire to root the design within a Melbourne context, as well as reference the athletic grace of the human body led us to the work of sculptor Clement Meadmore

