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Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings in Shrewsbury wins Heritage Lottery Fund Support / FCB Studios
May 19th
Courtesy of FCB Studios An outstanding group of buildings in Shropshire recently won development funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the regeneration of a former flax mill and maltings. FCB (Feilden Clegg Bradley) Studios have been acting as strategic advisors and architects to English Heritage and Shropshire Council since 2003 and have advised them through all stages of the project to date.
Fire Station in Girona / MIZIEN
May 19th
Courtesy of MIZIEN Architects: Mizien Location: Amer, Girona , Spain Client: GISA, Generalitat de Catalunya (Regional Government) Project Area: 935 sqm Budget: 1,875,000 € Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of Mizien ground floor plan The fire station occupies the old train sheds of the Girona-Olot carrilet narrow-gauge railway line. Before the project to remodel and extend the facilities, the station was operating but its installations were obsolete.
E8 Building / Coll-Barreu Arquitectos
May 18th
© Aleix Bagué Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos – Juan Coll-Barreu, Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza Location: Vitoria, Spain Project Area: 12,974 sqm Completion: 2011 Photographs: Aleix Bagué © Aleix Bagué The E8 building is the result of a design competition called with the intention of highlight an ambitious expansion of Alava Technology Park, an institutional commitment to research whose validity and future should be represented by the building. The Park will rent or sell the full building by plants or by modules
Video: Serpentine Gallery / Peter Zumthor
May 18th
In light of the announcement that Herzog & de Meuron and Ai WeiWei will be designing this year’s Pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery, we take a look back at last year’s Pavilion and the architect behind it, Peter Zumthor.
House in Jalisco / Alfonso Farias Iglesias
May 18th
© Carlos Diaz Corona Architects: Alfonso Farias Iglesias Location: Zapopan, Jalisco , Mexico Completion: 2011 Constructed area: 185 sqm Photographs: Carlos Diaz Corona © Carlos Diaz Corona The Project is located on a street in the southern area of Zapopan, primarily a residential district that is full of different amenities . The intention of the project was to develop a practical space for leasing. In order to gain the most out of the project, the development strategy was to construct a low cost and flexible structure
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.
RIBA Photography Competition
May 17th
Inland Revenue Centre by Hopkins Architects © Martine Hamilton Knight/Builtvision RIBA recently launched a new photography competition open to entries from all RIBA members in any category.
S. Roque House I / Bruno Armando Gomes Marques
May 16th
© Miguel Coelho Architects: Bruno Armando Gomes Marques Location: S. Roque, Municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis , Portugal Contributors: Architect Gonçalo Freitas, Architect Rita Cunha Designers of expertise: Ponte Urbana, Ltd Completion: 2011 Photographs: Miguel Coelho © Miguel Coelho This house is located in Oliveira de Azeméis, specifically in São Roque
Rossignol Global Headquarters / Hérault Arnod Architectes
May 16th
© André Morin Architects: Hérault Arnod Architectes Location: La Buisse, Saint Jean de Moirans , France Design Team: Jérôme Moenne-Loccoz, Alexandre Pachiaudi, Camille Bérar, Nicolas Broussous, Matthias Jäger Client: Skis Rossignol SAS Built Area: 11,600 sqm Completion: 2009 Photographs: André Morin, Gilles Cabella The image of Rossignol, a historic leader in the world of skiing, is intimately linked to the mountains and to snow. The project for its global headquarters has nothing to do with the stereotypical office building, but is a tribute to nature and to the peaks, but also to technology, which is inseparable from top-level sport.
Twin Trees Pavilion / Atelier Archmixing
May 16th
© Tang Yu Architects: Atelier Archmixing Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China Gross Floor Area: 56 sqm Completion: 2012 Client: Zhang Hong Design Team: Zhuang Shen, Tian Danni Main Contractor: Wang Zikui Photographs: Tang Yu © Tang Yu Shanghai based Atelier Archmixing has recently changed a former pigpen into a cozy pavilion in a small traditional town located in Yangtze Delta area.
