London 2012 Cauldron by Heatherwick Studio
London 2012 Cauldron: MoL gallery exhibition, England – Olympics opening ceremony design by Heatherwick Studio – MoL exhibition, Designing a Moment news
Oostende Crematorium in Belgium
Oostende Crematorium: Belgian funerary project design by Alvarez Ouburg Architects – building development, Belgian architecture, architect, images
British Council’s Headquarters in Sri Lanka, Colombo office
Jestico + Whiles’ extension of British Council’s headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. British architecture practice is also working on refurbishment of historic villa (Phase 2)
House Sed in Bryanston, South Africa Property
Originally a single storey home, the brief for the additions and alterations of this home called for the modernizing of the house and adding a second storey to increase the areas to more than double its existing size.
Scottish Provident Institution in Edinburgh
There’s a wonderful thread on the Hibernian Supporters website titled “1960’s architecture in Edinburgh… is good for the city”, where a group of Hibbys debate the merits of the best of Edinburgh’s modern buildings, offering sophisticated praise for buildings they agree to be “masterpieces”.
Carre Seine Apartments Paris
Carre Seine Apartments in Paris design byPietriArchitectes: In the space of fifteen years, Issy-les-Moulineaux has become a leader in the field of HEQ in the inner suburbs of Western Paris
Nièvre’s Departmental Archives Building
Nièvre’s Departmental Archives in France. The rundown building housing Nièvre’s departmental archives has undergone rehabilitation and been provided with an extension. Two new buildings are positioned in parallel with the existing rehabilitated building.
Revolution Tower, Tunisia: World Social Center
Design: Philippe Barriere Collective (PB+Co). The project includes the redesign of the Square of 14 Janvier and construction of the World Social Center (WSC) Tower. This project reflects the political will to express the ideological and social changes brought about by the Tunisian revolution.
Cocktails at 8 Yosemite residence, California
Design: Greg Wolfson Interiors. I started with a very distressed property. The owner had bought it well below market as it was so ugly. Iron bars covered the windows, heavy drapes covered all the windows inside.
Siamoises Mentana-Boyer Montreal residence
Design: Blouin Tardif Architecture Environnement. Tucked away in the heart of Plateau Mont-Royal, on the private lot of a former commercial building, are these Siamese residences. Each co-property occupies half of the lot; their entrances are, respectively, on Mentana and Boyer streets.
Herningsholm Vocational School, Denmark
Design: C.F. Møller Architects
The new Herningsholm Vocational School asserts itself as an independent building in an existing campus cluster of educational buildings. The school is designed inside-out – with a focus on the creation of optimal learning and study environments – as well as out-side-in, in relation to the surrounding context where welcoming urban spaces provide possibilities for outdoor work and teaching.
Block 32 Lyon Building: Tectoniques Architectes
Design: Tectoniques Architectes. Block 32 occupies a strategic position in the vast programme to renovate the Duchère neighbourhood, in Lyon. The OPAC du Rhône housing association has produced a building which incorporates 33 social rental housing units, 1,500m2 of office space dedicated to health-related activities, and has retail space throughout the ground floor.
Black Sun, Rømø Habour in Denmark
Design: Arkitema
The settlement “Sort Sol” takes its scenic, unique surroundings as its starting point. In order to protect the area against surges the settlement is built on pills. That way, the landscape drifts undisturbed beneath the houses. The design of “Black Sun” is based on the strong and sometimes violent nature it is located in the middle of.
Red Bridge House in East Sussex
Design: Smerin Architects. The brief called for a new four bedroom house set in a pastoral glade. The procurement was a conventional contract – however the contractor fell into financial difficulties and the client self-managed the completion of the house.