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Seaside House / A2 Architects
Jan 28th
Courtesy of A2 Architetcs Architect: A2 Architects Location: East Coast of Ireland Project Area: 150 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Courtesy of A2 Architetcs Courtesy of A2 Architetcs A new seaside holiday house occupies the former site of a longstanding summer chalet with existing private access to a beach. Resonating with the scale and placement of neighbouring mobile homes, two untreated douglas fir timber enclosures rest on a cast concrete podium over a drift geology. Shelter unfolds between parallel wall planes to embrace views east over the Irish Sea and west over potato fields
University of Birmingham Steam Bridge by MJP Architects
Jan 27th
This 60 metre-long metal bridge is a route for heating and power pipes, rather than people. (more…)
“From Suburb to City” International Summer Academy 2012
Jan 27th
Courtesy of Krokodil & D-ARCH Between 22 July – 05 August 2012, the architects group Krokodil ( EM2N , pool, Roger Boltshauser, Frank Zierau, Schweingruber Zulauf) and the Department of Architecture of the ETH Zurich (D-ARCH) will jointly run the International Summer Academy 2012 in Zurich with the title “From Suburb to City”. Well-known architects from Switzerland and other countries will examine the themes of agglomeration/city/landscape using the example of the Zurich metropolitan area.
The University of Nottingham – The Gateway Building / Make Architects
Jan 26th
Courtesy of Make Architects Architects: Make Architects Location: Nottingham , UK Client: The University of Nottingham Collaborators: Couch Perry & Wilkes, Herbert Baggaley Construction Ltd, Price & Myers, Sand Project Management Strawbale specialists: Eurban Project Area: 3,100 sqm Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Zander Olsen , Make Architects Courtesy of Make Architects Completed in May 2011 for The University of Nottingham, the new Gateway Building brings together the School of Biosciences and the School of Veterinary and Medical Sciences. The project is the first stage of a 20-year visionary masterplan which aims to expand the Sutton Bonington Campus and enhance its reputation as a leading destination for the study of plant and animal sciences. Courtesy of Make Architects Make has taken one of the most traditional building materials, straw, and elevated it into cutting edge, sustainable building technology
‘Sundbyen’ Harbor Front Proposal / JAJA Architects
Jan 25th
Courtesy of JAJA Architects JAJA Architects makes it to the top with their project proposal ”Sundbyen” in the competition for a new harbor front in Ålesund, Norway . ”Sundbyen” was a proposal amongst many in the open international competition that attracted proposals from 10 different countries.
Zagreb Badel Site Redevelopment Competition
Jan 25th
Courtesy of Zagreb Society of Architects The Zagreb Society of Architects (DAZ), acting as Organizer and Manager on behalf of The City of Zagreb is launching an open, on-line, one-stage, anonymous, ideas Competition for the urban-architectural conceptual design for the Zagreb Badel Site redevelopment. More information find on the official web site of the Competition
K3 House / Bruce Stafford Architects
Jan 23rd
© Karl Beath Architect: Bruce Stafford Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Project Team: Bruce Stafford, Anna Antoniades, Rachel Kayode Structural Engineer: Northern Beaches Consulting Engineers Landscaping Consultant: Nicholas Bray Landscapes & Richard Allen Landscapes Contractor: Horizon Habitats Quantity Surveyor: Heymann-Cohen Photographs: Karl Beath © Karl Beath This dramatic renovation centers around a spacious internal courtyard defined by natural rock face and lush vegetation.
Campus Park Skara / AART Architects + Schonherr Landscape
Jan 23rd
© AART Architects / Schonherr Landscape AART Architects and Schonherr Landscape recently won the competition for the new Campus Park Skara in Sweden , including a 10,000m2 school and a 49 acre green park. Skara Municipality appointed the two teams to carry on the city’s proud school tradition with their design located in the heart of the city
Orchard Library / HMC Architects
Jan 23rd
© David Wakely Architects: HMC Architects Location: California , USA Project Year: 2011 Photographs: David Wakely © David Wakely Numerous studies have shown that elementary and middle school students who have access to and regularly use libraries achieve higher test scores than those students who don’t. With this in mind, officials at Orchard School—an elementary and middle school campus in northeastern San Jose—sought to improve their outdated and overcrowded campus library, with the goals of housing their growing book collection, improving student access to technology, and creating a central focus for the school. The completed project resulted in an eye-catching library that enlivens the campus, creating a destination that attracts both students and teachers.
The Cube / Make Architects
Jan 23rd
Courtesy of Make Architects Architect: Make Architects Location: Birmingham , UK Client: Birmingham Development Company Collaborators: BuroHappold, Faber Mansell Fire, Faithful+Gould, GMJ, Hoare Lea Project Area: 42,000 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Zander Olsen , Make Architects , Craig Holmes/Images of Birmingham , Crew Photography Courtesy of Make Architects The Cube is the final phase of Birmingham’s Mailbox development and one of Make’s largest buildings to date. Comprising offices, an automated car park, apartments, retail units, a hotel, spa, restaurant and ‘sky bar’, The Cube was conceived as a building which would never close; crafted to open up routes and views to emerging neighbouring districts and permeable to both the users of the building and the community as a whole. Pivotal to the continued regeneration of the surrounding area,The Cube’s striking appearance has had a dramatic impact on the Birmingham city skyline.
