Design: JSª. The complex has 102 apartments, of about 2,700-2,960 sq ft (duplex and simplex), in four towers, with different distribution layouts with a total area of 305,360 sq ft. Inside the complex there are two swim clubs with three pools each, one pool for free swim, one for training, and one for kids.
Design: SHoP Architects. Award nomination for DMD Weathering Steel patina on the exterior of the Barclays Center, New York, New York, NY. The Barclay’s Center Arena was constructed with a latticework composed of 12,000 pre-weathered steel panels. Taking a cue from the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic, the tactility of the metal is designed to gracefully age without comprising the integrity of the cladding.
Design: Jose-Carlos Valdivia de Los Ríos + Gustavo Carmona
Louis Vuitton designers have selected Accoya®, the world-leading modified wood, manufactured by Accsys Technologies, for the brand’s second store in Latin America.
The prestigious clothing and accessories store, located in Santiago, Chile, was designed by Louis Vuitton architect, Jose-Carlos Valdivia de Los Ríos and Gustavo Carmona, a Mexican architect who lead the Materia-Arquitectónica study.
Design: JSª. Located in the west wing of the “Jose Vasconcelos” Library in Mexico, the personal library of Carlos Monsivais is a space where the personal collection created by the writer’s mind is safeguarded for public use. The architectural project´s starting point is a selection of specific characteristics of Carlos Monsivais.
Location: Milan, Italy. The focal point of the UK Pavilion, designed by Wolfgang Buttress, will be a delicate and ethereal golden orb structure made of fine steel lattice based on an abstracted analogue of honeycomb
Design: NBJ architects. Situated in a pine forest on a plot with a steep, the first job was the creation of an enabling environment for the establishment of a home. The slope is both the first constraint and the major asset of the place to embrace an open landscape on the horizon.
The client approached Rolf Ockert Design architects to create house of their dreams on a site perched high over the Pacific Ocean, a home that was to make them feel like being on holiday every day.
Design: JSª. Casa Valna is a single family home in a real estate development in the Santa Fe area in Mexico City. The first determining factor was to give the client a project that would make the most of the built surfaces without sacrificing the program.
RIBA Competition for a Major Mixed Use Development in the Town Centre of Maidenhead
Shortlisted architects unveiled: The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) invited design competition on behalf of Ryger Maidenhead Ltd/The London & Aberdeen Group with their long-term associates, Smedvig Eiendom AS of Norway.
A new and exclusive manufacturing technology, innovative solutions for our increasingly digital society, the fascination of translucency with advanced lighting and electronics systems. Take all these elements and combine them with high quality design and furnishing solutions and the result is “Corian® 2.0”, a design exhibition demonstrating the evolutionary capabilities of DuPont™ Corian®, which will take place during the 2014 Milan week of design.
Design: Colwyn Foulkes & Partners. Colwyn Foulkes & Partners have received planning consent from the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea for a new luxury residence on Palace Green, London W8. Conscious of the architectural quality of the neighbouring Kensington Palace, the external façade will have classical detailing and use bespoke materials.
Design: Maxime Jacquet, This contemporary oasis located in Beverly Hills is the the vision of Maxime Jacquet. It is a modern space with the unexpected comfort of its high wood ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, rock work, and large art murals of legends like Jimi Hendrix and Elvis Presley.
EUR Architecture Competition. Italy
Escape the downtown Rome crowds and head off the beaten track to discover one of the city’s most infamous districts. The Esposizione Universale di Roma (better known by its acronym, EUR) was commissioned by Italian dictator Benedito Mussolini in the 1930s to showcase architecture that portrayed his fascist ideologies. Today, it is a thriving commercial suburb.
Benoy, international award-winning Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and Graphic Designers, has unveiled the design for Taiwan High Speed Rail’s (THSR) Hsin Chu Station Mall. Presented at the February contract signing for the scheme, Benoy has revealed a green architectural design that melds into the landscape of the site.