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Primary School / Mecanoo Architecten
May 18th
Courtesy of Mecanoo Architecten Mecanoo recently won the commission to design a new primary school in Mill , the Netherlands through a European procurement competition in combination with Giesbers-Wijchen Bouw. The 4,200 m² school building will be the new home for primary schools De Kameleon and De LenS, and houses a preschool, day and youth care and a youth and family center. Construction is to begin in 2013 with doors opening at the end of the summer in 2014.
Rambla Vilafranca / Vora Arquitectura
May 18th
© Adrià Goula Sardà Architects: Vora Arquitectura Location: Rambla de Sant Francesc, Vilafranca del Penedès , Spain Design Team: Rui Santos, Eva Cotman Area: 8,500 sqm Completion: 2010 Photographer: Adrià Goula Sardà © Adrià Goula Sardà The new Sant Francesc Boulevard brings the vineyards landscape of the Penedès region into the heart of Vilafranca and improves the versatility of this central space, scenery of many important urban events.
Project R6 by REX
May 17th
New York firm REX was another of the fifteen architects commissioned to design skyscrapers for the fast-growing Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. They’ve proposed a tower with blocks of storeys offset from the centre and cantilevered from each end. (more…)
Postcard House / Hufft Projects
May 17th
Courtesy of Hufft Projects Architect: Hufft Projects Location: Missouri, USA Principal in charge: Matthew Hufft Design Team: Kendra Kirchmer, Dan Brown Casework/Custom Fabrication: Hufft Projects General Contractor: Kenson Goff Homes Area: 5,700 sq.
Leatop Plaza / Murphy/Jahn
May 17th
Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Architects: Murphy/Jahn Location: Guangzhou , China Completion: 2012 Height: 270M Area: 161,000 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Courtesy of Murphy/Jahn The Leatop Plaza development represents a key project for the completion of the “Gateway” at the North End of the central city axis of the Zhujiang New Town.
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
May 17th
The next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault , with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. (more…)
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
May 17th
The next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault , with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. (more…)
World Architecture Festival 2012: MAXXI by Zaha Hadid
May 17th
World Architecture Festival 2012: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is the focus of our next movie about the World Architecture Festival , as programme director Paul Finch explains why the jury unanimously voted for it to win the festival’s World Building of the Year award in 2010. (more…)
World Architecture Festival 2012: MAXXI by Zaha Hadid
May 17th
World Architecture Festival 2012: Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is the focus of our next movie about the World Architecture Festival , as programme director Paul Finch explains why the jury unanimously voted for it to win the festival’s World Building of the Year award in 2010. (more…)
Dezeen Mail #101
May 17th
The latest issue of our Dezeen Mail newsletter leads with the completion of London’s Olympic venues and, in particular, our readers’ horrified reaction to Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture (above), which one commenter described as an “
