Amagertorv Copenhagen: Strøget Buildings

Mathias Hansen House at No. 6 was built in 1616 for Mathias Hansen, from 1622 the Mayor of Copenhagen. Typically of the Dutch Renaissance style, the house is built in red bricks with sandstone decorations, has a Dutch gable and a copper roof

Oslo House, Einar Bjarki Malmquist

Oslo House, Einar Bjarki Malmquist

“We weren¹t looking for a design house, just a solid, practical house. I love being outside, I would actually prefer to be outside all the time so it was very important to draw nature inside. I feel free here.”

House of Stone, Salone del Mobile Milan

British architect John Pawson in collaboration with Salvatori and lighting specialists KKDC exhibited at the celebrated Think Tank Exhibition, Milan. The installation entitled ‘House of Stone’ was a simple, house shaped architectural structure made from recycled stone, cut with meticulous accuracy.

The Wright, Guggenheim Museum Restaurant

New York-based architect Andre Kikoski has won the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design for his firm’s design of The Wright in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Kikoski, an emerging young talent, launched his firm only seven years ago.

Counterpoint, Malmö cultural centre building

Counterpoint, Malmö cultural centre Building, Sweden

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won the competition to design a 54,000m2 concert, congress and hotel complex in Malmö, Sweden. The competition, where Snøhetta, Baumschlager Eberle and Daniel Libeskind participated, also included the development of additionally 35,000m2 for housing and commercial use.

Simmons Hall MIT, Cambridge: Steven Holl

Simmons Hall MIT, Cambridge: Steven Holl

The undergraduate residence is envisioned with the concept of “porosity.” It is a vertical slice of city, 10 stories tall and 382′ long, providing a 125 seat theater, a night café, and street level dining. The “sponge” concept transforms the building via a series of programmatic and bio-technical functions.

Rose Garden Apartments, Ljubljana Housing

Rose Garden Apartments Ljubljana housing

The project is located in the prominent green residential area of Ljubljana just on the edge of city centre. The main request was to develop 100 quality housing units with terraces surrounded by green.