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Biscay Statutory Library / IMB Arquitectos
Oct 3rd
© Åke E:son Lindman Architects: IMB Arquitectos / Gloria Iriarte, Eduardo Múgica, Agustín de la Brena Location: Bilbao, Spain Project Year: 2007 Client: Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia Project Staff: Pedro Múgica, David Salvador, Mariano Ortega, Josu Iriarte, Gorka Apraiz, Iñigo Barberena, José Luis Olaeta Project Consultants: Ingeniería INARGEST (Structure), Javier Mendieta (Air Conditioning) Main Contractor: UTE Balzola Urazca Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman The project, resulting from an open competition of ideas, influences a complete unit of Bilbao’s urban grid. The area includes an existing building, which has had to be reformed, and an open space, permitting a new construction in response to the demand of the client.
V&A acquire work by Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard
Jun 17th
Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo , BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. (more…)
Miranda Winery / Popov Bass Architects
Mar 15th
© Kraig Carlstrom Architects: Popov Bass Architects Location: Oxley , Australia Project area: 300 sqm Project year: 2010 Photographs: Kraig Carlstrom © Kraig Carlstrom Conceptual Framework The Sam Miranda Wines cellar door represents the first of a two-stage project. The brief was for a modern facility that improves the winery’s viability by creating a landmark destination for tourists and gourmands to the region’s growing viticultural industry.
AD Classics: Sendai Mediatheque / Toyo Ito
Mar 10th
© RIBA With the intentions of designing a transparent cultural media center that is supported by a unique system to allow complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community, the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito is revolutionary in it’s engineering and aesthetic. Six steel-ribbed slabs slabs, each 15-3/4″ thick, appear to float from the street, supported by only thirteen vertical steel lattice columns that stretch from ground plane to the roof
Villa Rotterdam by Ooze
Mar 4th
Architects Ooze of Paris and Rotterdam extended this Rotterdam residence by wrapping a new faceted skin over the house’s existing collection of buildings and extensions. (more…)
Student Dormitory / Nickl & Partner Architekten
Feb 17th
© Stefan Müller-Naumann Architects: Nickl & Partner Architekten Location: Im Neuenheimer Feld 136, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Client: Studentenwerk Heidelberg Project area: 3,800 sqm Project year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Stefan Müller-Naumann © Stefan Müller-Naumann The newly constructed dormitory for the University of Heidelberg is situated in a prominent position on the banks of the Neckar, in the area known as the Neuenheimer Feld. Friendly, communal accommodation has been created for 194 students in an area characterized by solitary elevations and separately arranged structures. Two terraced units, each with three or four stories, merge to form a compact residential complex: One wing anchors the structure and provides an architectural finish
A101 Urban Block Competition proposal / Onat Öktem and Ziya Imren
Jan 15th
Courtesy of Onat Öktem and Ziya Imren Architects Onat Öktem and Ziya Imren shared with us their proposal for the A101 Urban Block City International Architectural Competition in Moscow, Russia. More images and architect’s description after the break.
El Porvenir Social Kindergarden / Giancarlo Mazzanti
Nov 21st
© Rodrigo Davila Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti Location: Bosa, Bogota, Colombia Project Team: Fredy Pantoja, Susana Somoza, Ricardo Silva, Andrés Sarmiento, Juliana Angarita, Rocio Lamprea, Jairo Ovalle, Andrés Morales, Maria Alejandra Perez Collaborators: Felipe Castro, Beatriz Robayo, Ramon Morales Model: Jaime Borbon Project Area: 2,100 sqm Project Year: 2007-2009 Photographs: Rodrigo Davila model diagram 1.
Villa In Darvishabad / Pouya Khazaeli Parsa
Nov 12th
© Mohsen Jazayeri Architects: Pouya Khazaeli Parsa Location: Darvishabad, Mazandaran, Iran Client: Nastaran Shahbazi Structure: Peyman Khezri Project area: 240 sqm Project year: 2010 Photographs: Mohsen Jazayeri © Mohsen Jazayeri model 01 This project is a spatial dialog between traditional Persian Architecture and aspects of modern architecture. It creates an architectural space through the incorporation of modern architecture tenets with traditional Persian architecture.
Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi Architecture
Nov 5th
Tokyo 2010: Japanese studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture presented this armchair for holding and hiding things at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this week.
