Urban Villa Florence, Italy House Design

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Design: Architettura Matassoni. The project was created with the intention of transforming the strong physical limitations, in a series of architectural cues; the available surface is in fact quite limited in size and characterized from a trapezoidal shape and has a possibility of building relatively limited; the building area is inserted in an urban environment characterized by a low quality and from a certain density of the buildings.

Yellowtail Office Toronto Thornhill, Ontario

Yellowtail Office Toronto Thornhill, Ontario

Design: Reza Aliabadi [rzlbd]. The space is divided into three equal zones, which similar to a yellowtail fish, connects the head, body and the tail with a yellow strip. The yellow corridor on one side connects the rooms and minimizes the circulation space within the office.

5 Broadgate Development, UBS London

5 Broadgate Development London

Design: make architects. The new 5 Broadgate development, currently under construction for Swiss Bank UBS, has officially ‘topped-out’. The building, which forms part of the Broadgate Estate, was designed by international architectural practice Make, and will provide 700,000 sqft of Grade ‘A’ office space over twelve floors. The new building will allow UBS to consolidate its London trading operations into one building.

Kooyong Residence – Melbourne House

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Design: Matt Gibson Architecture + Design. The brief for the renovation of this boom style double fronted Victorian home in Armadale originally called for full demolition (surprisingly – not being within a heritage overlay).

6352 Colgate – Los Angeles Residence

6352 Colgate - Los Angeles Residence

Earth, Fire, Water and Comfort – experience them all in this one of a kind ‘Diamond in the Nest.” Enter this dream-house designed by Award Winning architectural designer Amit Apel of Apel Design, Inc., through a stream fed stepping stone walkway

Urban Residence – São Paulo House

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Design: Marcelo Sodré

In this design, contemporary style, the architect Marcelo Sodré, created a townhome with integrated around a central landscaped courtyard environment, providing privacy and keeping the modernity of the work over the years.

355 Mansfield, Los Angeles House

355 Mansfield Los Angeles 1

Design: Amit Apel Design: on entering, enjoy the welcome of bold colors and contrasting materials inviting you to cleanse your mind’s eye and explore the artful display of lines, shapes and mass integrated into a warm and liveable abode.

Main Street House – Seattle Residence

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Main Street House in SLeschi neighborhood, by SHED Architecture & Design, takes its name from the unimproved right of way and pedestrian path that bounds its site to the north. The single family house was built for a husband and wife, both geologists, nearing retirement but actively working from home.

Tomorrow’s Train Design Today Competition

high-speed-rail-station

New ideas competition which asks competitors to propose new design solutions to improve passenger rolling stock across the GB rail network.

The FutureRailway team and the Department for Transport (DfT) in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) are inviting architects, engineers and designers worldwide to consider two design challenges – 4C’s train challenge – longer-term horizon designs for rolling stock that push the envelope of what can be delivered and Next-Gen Train interiors – medium-term horizon designs for rolling stock interiors that focus on flexibility and adaptability to meet different service requirements.

Lac Trung Software City, Ho Chi Minh

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Design: Tony Owen NDM Architects

This project is for a high tech office development in district 12 of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for the VECL group. The 12 story building will contain 25,000m2 of office space., the ground floor contains gardens and a restaurant. There is also a business club, conference centre, gym and pool on the top floor.

Kiev Hospital – Ukraine Health Building

Kiev Hospital 2

Following a competition win at the end of 2007 against a strong field of seven competitors from Germany, Holland, Italy, UK, Ukraine, and USA, bdpgroupe6 is now appointed to design a 250 bed children’s hospital in Kiev, Ukraine.

Stadio Della Roma, Rome Sports Arena

Stadio Della Roma

AS Roma unveils the proposed Woods Bagot designs for Stadio Della Roma, the club’s new 52,000 seat state-of-the-art stadium at Tor di Valle, to the south west of Rome city centre. The building is scheduled for completion in the Summer of 2016, with the design being inspired by The Colossuem, the most iconic building in the city.

Urban Beacon in Buffalo mixed-use building

Buffalo Building

Design by: Diamond Schmitt Architects – this 12-storey, mixed-use building in downtown Buffalo, New York is a $80-m complex with more than 200,000-sqft of Class A office space, a 120-room hotel, hospitality and retail services. The innovative building will anchor a prime intersection bordering the Historic West Village District.

Glass Office by MVRDV in Hong Kong

Glass Office East Kowloon

Design: MVRDV

Construction has started on the Cheung Fai building in Hong Kong which transforms a former warehouse into offices for creative companies.
The building is in Kwun Tong waterfront in the business area of East Kowloon. It aims to create a luxurious loft style working environment by replacing everything but the primary concrete structure of the building with glass and stainless steel infill.

Umo Japanese Restaurant, Barcelona Interior

Umo Japanese Restaurant

Design: Estudi Josep Cortina

The architecture forms a dreamlike scene inspired by a forest turned into geometric shapes, capturing the essence of the organic and taking it to an industrial environment.
Wood and iron blend in a reflection of the tension between the industrial, the geometrical and the cold on one hand; and the organic, the curved and warm on the other. The dining area becomes a big stage where the great show cooking takes place and fills the place with dynamism and vitality.

Allianz Headquarters in Zürich Offices

Allianz Headquarters

Design: Wiel Arets Architects (WAA). The Allianz Headquarters is a hybrid-office and the pinnacle of a master planned mixed-use district on the edge of Zürich’s city center. Comprised of a 20-story tower and a 5-story annex, these two components are externally linked by a series of four bridges, and vertically linked by numerous interior voids and staircases.

IMAX DreamCenter in Shanghai

IMAX

Design: 3XN

A 3XN designed IMAX theatre, retail and creative offices complex will be an iconic contribution to the 15 billion yuan (USD$2.4 billion) DreamCenter entertainment district on Shanghai’s West Bund. The DreamCenter building is being developed by DreamWorks Animation together with partners, CMC Capital Partners and Hong Kong developer Lan Kwai Fong Group.