After the birth of their first daughter, the young family were taken by the idea of a single-family house in the countryside, design by Franz Architekten. In the Wienerwald they found a little house in need of rehabilitation with a large garden
Architects : Estúdio Urbano Arquitectos. The house is located inside the Belas Clube de Campo, a private condominium, where topography allowed to maximize exterior areas and offer privacy to the users. The project extends throughout three floors, with the third floor is entirely occupied by the master bedroom.
Design: ESD + Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Federation of Korean Industries Tower Opens In Seoul. The 50-story, 240 meter tall tower is the first in South Korea to use a pressurized underfloor air distribution system, includes integrated photovoltaic panels on its façade
The Wilmotte Foundation’s international PrixW competition is calling for entries from architectural students and recent graduates. For the first time since the Competition began, the prestigious PrixW will focus on a UK site. The competition invites entrants to propose a new cultural and events centre at the Tower of London, London’s most visited tourist attraction. Prix W hopes that a site with such a long and illustrious history will fire the imagination of young architects across the world.
Architects: Grafton Architects. Images of Grafton Architects’ winning design proposals for the New Town House Building are to go on display from tomorrow at Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road Campus. The practice was selected from a five strong shortlist that also included (in alphabetical order) multi-disciplinary design teams led by: Bennetts Associates; Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios; Haworth Tompkins and O’Donnell & Tuomey.
Designed by international architecture and urban design firm, The Jerde Partnership, on behalf of Expo LLC, Mandarin is the first and only outdoor lifestyle entertainment center in Russia.
The construction of winter sports facilities is always a significant challenge for building engineers as there are so many intricacies to consider, such as the need for multilevel ventilation. Much depends on how well services such as mechanical ventilation and air conditioning are performing, in terms of both the comfort and well-being of athletes and fans – and the condition of the ice and of the building itself.
Asadov Architectural Studio, Project-KS and Grado Project Company have submitted an alternative design concept to the State Corporation, Olympstroy for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games sports complex in Sochi.
Audacious design by this world-famous Iraqi architect. Since this ski jump design was completed a number of other major architects have designed spectacular ski jumps – such as Holmenkollen Ski Jump in Oslo by JDS – but this was the first one
Located on a bend of the ‘broadwater’ that forms a penicula – which clasps a lake – CRAB created a garden of surprises, yet with a simple basic organization. The scheme is spiritually and physically a collage of events – inspired by the overlaying of creative experiences of every genre and every level of formality. Layering them first, with large forms that are then carved into by the release of caves and ‘scoops’.
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In February 2014 the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will open a brand new gallery at its Art Deco headquarters in central London.
The opening exhibition, The Brits Who Built the Modern World, will tell the story of how a single generation of exceptional architects – born within five years of each other in the 1930s – gave 21st Century British architecture an unrivalled reputation around the world.
Design: Populous
The Arena das Dunas in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, which will host four group stage matches during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, has been inaugurated by President Dilma Rousseff. The world’s leading sports architecture practice, Populous, designed Arena das Dunas including the landscape and masterplan of the surrounding areas.
Grimshaw, in association with Newenham Mulligan & Associates (NMA), has been chosen to produce a concept design for the redevelopment of The Curragh Racecourse, Ireland’s spiritual home of horse racing.