Kielder Observatory Building
Charles Barclay Architects’ recently completed Kielder Observatory is the latest in a series of interesting commissions by the Art and Architecture programme at Kielder, Northumberland.
Triangle House – Contemporary Norwegian Home
This house is situated with views towards the sea between the branches of the surrounding pine-forest. The permitted aerial building lines define the plan and even the heights of the roofline.
IJburg House: Amsterdam Home, Property
The 140 m2 house is located on a small plot in IJburg; a recently developed suburb of the city of Amsterdam. The house is designed as a vertical garden giving space to flora and fauna to grow in a densely urbanised area
Juniper House, Gotland Property, Katthammarsvik
This house is more than a weekend cottage. This house is an experiment. You approach it via a cul-de-sac that ends in a sheep fence towards the open moor.
Animal Refuge: Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam
The two Amsterdam animal refuges have been amalgamated – the new-built is the largest pound in the Netherlands. The plot is in the city fringe, an apparently impossible wedge of cake
Digital installation Pré, MoMA Design Exhibition
Digital installation Pré, MoMA New York, Images, Show, Architecture, Building MoMA New York – Design Exhibition MoMA New York Design Exhibition – Drawings by Steven Holl, Architect, USA 12 Aug 2008 MoMA New York Exhibition Digital Installation of Drawings by Architect Steven Holl opens at MoMA The digital installation Pré, consisting of 365 drawings made … Read more
Australian Children’s Activity Centre: Phooey
Melbourne Shipping Container Building, Victoria, Australia – design by Phooey Architects: innovative project utilising these basic transport containers.
Ahmanson Founders Room, Music Center
The Ahmanson Founders Room is a 2,500 ft2 addition buried in the first level of subterranean parking at The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Milan Fair, Buildings – Santa Giulia Masterplan
Milan Fair: Santa Giulia masterplan + housing, Italy – design by Foster + Partners, architects – Milan Santa Giulia: contemporary Milanese buildings
Bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen Maastricht
Merkx+Girod architects were asked by the Dutch booksellers Selexyz to convert the interior of the former Dominican Church in Maastricht into a modern bookstore.
Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre, Astana
Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre’s 150 metre mast successfully erected. The most critical phase in the construction of the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre in Kazhakstan was successfully completed yesterday with the erection of its 150 metre-high tripod mast.
Greek Vacation House, Porto Rafti Property
The house is located in Porto Rafti at the eastern part of Attiki, in a seaside area that lacks urban planning. What was substantial in the design approach was the need to create internal views in order to avoid the anarchy of the surroundings.
Asahikawa Garage, Kamikawa, Hokkaido
Asahikawa Garage, Hokkaido building, Kamikawa architecture – design by Jun Igarashi Architects – contemporary Japanese garage: Hokkaido architecture
Greek Houses, Porto Rafti Homes: Attica
Greek houses, Porto Rafti homes – new Greece property design by mobarchitects – contemporary home images, residential houses in Greece, Porto Rafti property
Khanty Mansiysk Siberia Building, Russia
Khanty Mansiysk Siberia: piercing the skyline and rising above the Russian city of Khanty Mansyisk, this mixed-use scheme will create an elegant and crystalline landmark, providing crucial new amenities for its citizens
JFC St Petersburg, Moskovsky Prospeckt Russia
JFC St Petersburg will provide a new kind of destination for the city with a diverse mix of office, retail and residential accommodation. Moskovsky Prospeckt development in Russia, design by Foster + Partners, Architects.
Al Raha Beach Abu Dhabi World Trade Center
Abu Dhabi World Trade Center at Al Raha Beach resolves the contradictions of its site: providing shade yet also admitting light; cooled by a natural flow of air yet buffered against the strong desert wind; asymmetrical and sculptural yet environmentally and functionally coherent.