Architecture & Economics: Karolina Szynalska

Kunsthalle Zürich Switzerland Architecture Economics

Decadent postmodernism has never been fashionable in the homogenised country with the highest wealth per adult in the world. The architecture there has never had to aspire to social change. It did not have to dream about a better future

Panyaden School Chiang Mai Building, Thailand

Panyaden School - Chiang Mai Building, Thailand

In the lush green surroundings of a former fruit orchard, where Thailand’s highest mountains meet the flat rice fields, Panyaden School contracted 24H to design its environmentally friendly school buildings.

Soneva Kiri Resort, Thailand Hotel: Koh Kood

Soneva Kiri Resort, Thailand Hotel - Koh Kood Building

6 star hotel resort Soneva Kiri located on Koh Kood, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. At this unique site, 24H-architecture designed a series of ecological icons to contribute to Six Senses’ high ambitions in design and ecology.

Archaeolink Oyne Prehistory Park: Edward Cullinan

Archaeolink Oyne: Edward Cullinan, Prehistory Park

The Archaeolink Prehistory Park at Oyne opened in 1997 as a trust-run centre. But the council was forced to take control of the prehistory park in 2005 after spending £1.5 m of taxpayers’ money in a bid to keep the centre afloat as its visitor numbers, originally projected at 100,000 a year, plunged to just over 19,000.

Hackney UTC, University Technical Colleges

Walters and Cohen have been confirmed as project architects for the Hackney UTC project. The new University Technical Colleges will provide teaching in a range of practical and vocational skills. Walters and Cohen is working with Bam Construction on Hackney UTC, the first new build UTC.

Stockwell Park High School, Platanos College

Designed to accommodate up to 1,315 pupils, the 12,000m² school replaced existing 1950s buildings. The fluid form weaves around colossal existing mature plane trees, maximising the open space available on this inner city site, where the majority of pupils live in high and medium rise council blocks.

Jubilee Gardens, South Bank Landscape

Jubilee Gardens London, South Bank Park, Design, News, Photo Jubilee Gardens, London South Bank Landscape: Arts Development, England – design by West 8 21 Jan 2012 Jubilee Gardens South Bank, central London 2006- Design: West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture Jubilee Gardens Work is well under way on Jubilee Gardens and important milestones have … Read more

CICADA Taipei City Bamboo Structure, Taiwan

CICADA - Taipei City Bamboo Structure, Taiwan

The Cicada is an open form based organic space inside the mechanical reality of Taipei City. The simple bamboo structure reaches a 12 meter span with 8 meter height and is 34 meters long in total

Sumatrakontor, HafenCity Building, Hamburg

Sumatrakontor, HafenCity Building, Hamburg

The 37.000 square meter, ten story – multifunctional building houses a variety of inner-urban functions such as; a five-star Hotel, Offices and Conference rooms, retail, high-end housing and an underground parking garage