Parc Hotel Cardiff – Thistle Hotels Wales
Designed by award-winning architects, Rolfe Judd, the £15m refurbishment is part of a wider £100m investment into the rebrand of the entire Thistle Hotels portfolio.
Rehovot Barber Shop, Hair Strand Israel
The hair strand project started its way by considering the idea of what a hair strand is and what kind of insights it can provide for designing the interior space of the barber shop.
Wicklow Hills House Ireland: Maytree Home
This house is in essence a simple bold sculptural form which sits at the foot of a steep escarpment in the Wicklow hills. It is a two storey house with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Bray Road.
AIA Architecture Firm Award: Winning Architect
2009 AIA Architecture Firm Award Winner – Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, USA Prize – AIA architecture firm award news
Casa Wakasa, Osaka Home: Japan House Images
The house attempts to be both a reflection into contemporary Japan’s family life (sense of family vs. privacy) as well as a solution to balance individual freedom and space with collective activities and time.
St. Patrick’s Cottages, Ireland House Design
Design: ODOSarchitects. The client’s brief simply asked for a new family home with more light and space but they were adamant that they did not want to move from the area. So, a new dwelling was designed to sit at the bottom of their unloved and overgrown back garden.
NX House, Cascais Building – Portugal Property
NX House, Architect, Images, Arquitetos, Portuguese Architecture, Photo, Design NX House Design – Cascais Property Cascais Building design by ARX Portugal, architects 6 Jan 2009 Location: Cascais, Portugal Date built: 2006 Design: ARX Portugal, Architects Photographs: FG + SG – Fotografia de Arquitectura NX House This house took a real long time to come through. … Read more
House in Romeirão, Ericeira Building, Portugal
The site has a strong rural character, with small plantations, orchards and pathways limited by roughly made stone property walls and, once in a while, houses, scattered in the landscape
House in Malveira, Funchal Property, Portugal
Despite its vernacular aspect, it was built in the 80’s incorporating stonework from demolished houses. Inside all spaces were structured around a central staircase which laid on the axis of the house, thus servicing all the unleveled platforms.
Union Street Hotel Aberdeen Building News
The six-storey redevelopment of the former Esslemont and Macintosh department store buildings, which is being designed by architects Holmes for C&L Properties, will include a 100-bed hotel with retail facilities at street level.
House II in Aroeira, Caparica Building, Portugal
House II in Aroeira, Caparica building design by ARX Portugal architects – Caparica property, new residence in Portugal: Aroeira Golf
House in Martinhal, Sagres Residence, Portugal
This house is located in Sagres (Algarve), the furthest southwest location in Portugal. This town hosted the Navigation School behind the “Portuguese Discoveries”, established in the 15th century by the infant D. Henrique
Student design competition, caring for older people
RIBA Design Contest – Caring for Older People Student Design Competition. DWA Architects has launched a design competition for architectural students worldwide with support from one of the UK’s largest care home operators, Bupa Care Services. The competition will be managed by the RIBA Competitions Office.
Block 16 Almere Apartments Building: Flats
The block is sited on a basement car park (design OMA) serving as a pedestal. The elevated deck level is half occupied by the common entrance and the storerooms. The other part is a gym which continues on the parking level below where it ends in the fitness-café, an autonomous pavilion.
Spikvoorde II, Deventer Building: De Vijfhoek
Spikvoorde II, Deventer Building, De Vijfhoek, René van Zuuk Design Spikvoorde II Deventer : Architecture in The Netherlands Contemporary Development in Salland, Overijssel, Holland – design by René van Zuuk Architekten 5 Jan 2009 Spikvoorde II Design: René van Zuuk Architekten bv English text (scroll down for Dutch text) Spikvoorde is a part of “De … Read more
Zilverparkkade Lelystad, Rene van Zuuk Building
Zilverparkkade, Lelystad, Holland, Architect, Dutch Project, Images, Design Zilverparkkade Lelystad Lelystad building, The Netherlands – design by Rene van Zuuk rchitekten 5 Jan 2009 Zilverparkkade Design: René van Zuuk Architekten b.v. Text by Maarten Willems The project derives its romantic name (Silver Park Quay) from its location: the office cluster on the Zilverparkkade in Lelystad. … Read more
Project X Almere House: Rene van Zuuk
Behind the somewhat mysterious name ‘Project X’, hides the design of René van Zuuk and his family’s own residence. The villa with a small office space is located right next to the architect’s former residence Psyche in Almere’s The Fantasy district, an area for experimental housing.