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Ultralight Centrifugal Pavilion / Clavel Arquitectos
Feb 22nd
© Cristóbal Palma Architects: Clavel Arquitectos – Manuel Clavel Rojo Location: Shenzhen, China Collaborators: Ricardo Carcelén González, Diego Victoria García, Robin Harloff, Rafael de Giles González, David Hernández Conesa Client: 2011 Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture Completion: December 2011 Total area: 150 sqm Photographs: Cristóbal Palma © Cristóbal Palma ¿How much does your building weight?, asked Buckminster Fuller and now again curator Terence Riley asks to the six international teams invited to the Ultra Lightweight Village project. Apart from the obvious answer we could conclude that any structure avoiding the effects of the gravity would weight nothing. So, can we make gravity disappear
Hauptschule Rattenberg / Daniel Fügenschuh
Feb 22nd
© Christian Flatscher Architect: Daniel Fügenschuh Location: Rattenberg , Österreich, Austria Client: Rattenberger Immobilien GmbH Project Year: 2011 Floor Space: 250 sqm Photographs: Christian Flatscher © Christian Flatscher A 15th century monastery in Rattenberg, Tyrol was first transformed to a secondary school with a new gym extension in the early 1970ies. To meet today’s social needs and pedagogic standards a new school extension became necessary so pupils can stay after school and get lunch. Open plan zones will free up space to allow for alternative teaching methods.
Old Workshop by Jack Woolley
Feb 22nd
Slideshow: people strolling by this brick wall in London might miss the disguised entrance to a secret office and home. (more…)
The Carlsberg Brewhouse Project Competition Finalists
Feb 22nd
Courtesy of Effekt The finalists of the international competition to transform the Carlsberg Brewhouse into an exciting, must-see Brand and Experience Center, was recently revealed. The competition sought to find proposals that would create a world-class attraction with a broad appeal to visitors who wish to be challenged, engaged and entertained by one of the world’s strongest brands
Museum Santiago Ydáñez Proposal / Matteo Cainer Architects
Feb 22nd
Courtesy of Matteo Cainer Architects Matteo Cainer Architects shared with us their proposal for the Museum Santiago Ydáñez in the town of Puente de Génave, Spain which expresses the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. Through an engaging, energetic and permeable design, they conceive a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive and interactive part of its landscaped setting through the intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Schuler Villa by Andrea Pelati Architecte
Feb 21st
Slideshow: the dark-rendered exterior walls of this house in Switzerland screen top-floor terraces at either end. (more…)
Esmeriz House / Cosimo Projectos + Luis Caldeira Arquitectos
Feb 21st
Courtesy of Cosimo Projectos + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos Architects: Cosimo Projectos: João Pestana + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos Location: Vila Nova, Portugal Construction: Ribeiro da Silva Supervision: Paula Pereira|CM de VN de Famalicão Promotion: CM de VN de Famalicão Junta de Freguesia de Esmeriz Completion: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of Cosimo Projectos + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos Courtesy of Cosimo Projectos + Luís Caldeira Arquitectos The concept of a house is usually related to the function of shelter/home but it also includes a socio/cultural exercise of a specific community. This house is definitely that place where we act as urban individuals protected from time. It is a polyvalent space that articulates an administrative area with another one that promotes culture and civilization as if through a path where the main program/scheme is spread (secretary, offices, WC, auditorium), just like a beast with thousand feet snug to the slope
Competition: five copies of Hans Hollein’s monograph to be won
Feb 21st
Competition: Dezeen and Austrian architect Hans Hollein have teamed up to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new monograph. (more…)
Capel Manor House Guest Pavilion by Ewan Cameron Architects
Feb 21st
Two guest suites in the grounds of a ruined Victorian house in Kent are separated by a walkway cast from concrete set against rough planks of wood. (more…)
Young Architects Forum Summit20
Feb 21st
Courtesy of AIA Coming up in March, the AIA Grassroots Conference will be featuring the Young Architects Forum (YAF) , a knowledge community of AIA composed of architects licensed less than 10 years, who will be holding ‘Summit20′ at the District Architecture Center in Washington, D.C.
