Friday, June 14, 2013
Besançon Art Centre and Cité de la Musique by Kengo Kuma and Associates
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"Kengo Kuma and Associates won a competition to design the centre with plans for a timber-clad complex united beneath a single roof. This roof bridges the gap between a pair of three-storey buildings, creating a sheltered terrace in the space between...
"We did not want to propose a simple box," say the architects. "By covering the gorgeous riverside with one generous roof, we aimed to give a unity to a site characterised by heterogeneous existing elements, and to create a special space under the roof, a 'shade of trees' space where the wind from the river could blow and pass through."... to find out more...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
"Portuguese architect Duarte Pape has combined a long stone wall with folding timber facades in this residential extension in northwestern Portugal...
Duarte Pape used timber cladding and blue limestone to extend the traditional Portuguese house located in a tiny rural village called Mação.
"The goal was to create a connection between the old structure and the surrounding nature," explains the architect..." to find out more...
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
Cultural Center Chapultepec Entry by Yau/Morales/Easter/Wawrzenczyk
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"The collaborative design team consisting of architects Adrian Yau, Frisly Colop Morales,Jason Easter and Lukasz Wawrzenczyk has shared with us their entry to the Cultural Center Chapultepec competition in Mexico City...
The building is thoughtfully designed as a singular form with material simplicity. It seeks to create a city focal point that adapts to its surrounding context, and establishes itself as the heart of the local community...
Though designed as a singular volume, the building changes in dynamics when viewed at different location. It gives the public glimpses of the activities within the center. The northern façade, cladded with molten cast glass, allows the public to be visually connected to the slow and calm movement of users through the exhibition halls...." to find out more...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Old Market Square Stage, also known as The Cube, was designed by5468796 Architecture as the centrepiece of a recently remodelled public square by landscape architects Scatliff+Miller+Murray...
"[It] throws out the old bandshell concept on the grounds that when a conventional stage is not in use it would look forlorn," say the architects, explaining their concept for a structure that can "hibernate" during the city's long winters..." to find out more...
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Sunday, May 26, 2013
"The site is located on the edge of a residen- tial zone on the outskirts of Geneva, flanked on its southern border by a forest and opening out to fields to the west. It sits right on the line between the city and nature.
The building, backed by a paved access ramp, is placed in the north east corner of the site. The space between the building and the forest allows for a swimming pool and a large open garden.
The program includes two apartments of differing size, a continuous party wall sepa- rates the two.
A pitched roof over a diamond shaped plan, allows each apartment to have its own orien- tation. This distinct geometry allows for a greater degree of privacy for the residents and when viewed from the outside, gives the impression of a single unit..." to find out more...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Located on the site of a former factory, Garden Terrace Miyazaki comprises a single two-storey building that features bamboo-clad walls and a large sloping roof with overhanging eaves...
Kengo Kuma and Associates designed this space as a "calm and tranquil environment", where a landscape of bamboo trees and pools of water provide a scenic setting to the glazed wedding chapel at its centre..."
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Julien De Smedt Architects has proposed a gently curving M-shaped plan topped with several levels of green terraces. As well as offices, the building will offer shops and leisure activities on its ground floor...The volume of the block is literally carved out to invite the surroundings in. The local hilly landscape, characteristic to Istanbul, is continued in the meandering of the volume both in plan, adapting to the site's edges, and in section, weaving into itself in a series of gentle curving slopes, echoing the nearby Bosphorus waves..." to find out more...
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Harpa Wins 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award
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Harpa's crystalline structure was inspired by Icelandic landscapes and traditions. Its dramatic design captures and reflects the light of the city, ocean and sky to thrilling effect...
Wiel Arets, Chair of the Jury, said: "Harpa has captured the myth of a nation – Iceland – that has consciously acted in favor of a hybrid - cultural building during the middle of the ongoing Great Recession. The iconic and transparent porous 'quasi brick' appears as an ever-changing play of colored light, promoting a dialogue between the city of Reykjavik and the building's interior life. By giving an identity to a society long known for its sagas, through an interdisciplinary collaboration between Henning Larsen Architects and artist Olafur Eliasson, this project is an important message to the world and to the Icelandic people, fulfilling their long expected dream." to find out more...
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Monday, April 29, 2013
The exterior of the retail podiums and the towers are continuous façades, with no edges, creating an inviting, friendly urban space for both visitors and inhabitants. The podium and tower interiors employ glass and aluminum panels in naturally producing a sense of vertical alignment to reflect the architecture’s narrow straightness. The lightly colored buildings surround a vibrant orange building, creating a strong visual centerpiece..." to find out more...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013
The irregular arrangement of the six-metre wide cubes creates recessed openings across the facade, which MVRDV has used to add sheltered terraces to each floor and a new route from the waterfront towards the nearby railway station.
"We started with a massive slab and by removing pixels one by one we were able to create an arcade, terraces, a public passage, etcetera," project architect Jeroen Zuidgeest told Dezeen. "By carving out volumes, we made sure every floor has access to interior and exterior terraces..." to find out more...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
The central philosophy of the building is to enable researchers from different disciplines – physics, chemistry, biology – to come together to enable a transdisciplinary approach to research. The methodology, led by the Institute’s head, Tanya Munro, has required a building that supports and fosters both formal and informal collaboration. As such, the building investigates methods of three dimensional connection of space within the tight security and safety requirements of a leading laboratory environment, through its positioning on campus, its relationship to campus life, and its strategic inclusion of two vibrant internal vertical streets...." to find out more...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
schmidt hammer lassen-Designed International Criminal Court Breaks Ground in The Hague
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Located close to the North Sea, the new Court building is set in the rolling dune landscape on the edge of The Hague. The main concept is a sculptural arrangement of buildings in the landscape. It appears as a landmark that expresses the eminence and authority of the ICC, while at the same time relating to a human scale...
Key to the decisions made in the process has been to transform the values of the ICC –transparency and accessibility – to be an integrated part of the building design. Special attention has been paid to the development of a new custom-made facade system designed of a composite material known in the aviation and wind turbine industry..." to find out more...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
"The winning entries of the 2013 Housing Tomorrow competition have just been announced, awarding three prizes and sixteen special mentions to design concepts that "explore, document, analyze, transform, and deploy socially‐ and environmentally‐engaged approaches to residential urbanism, architecture, interiors, and designed objects..." to find out more...
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