The Søllerød Town Hall, completed in 1942, was designed in the Functionalist style by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen. Søllerød Council is situated approximately 20 kilometers north of Copenhagen, where the town of Holte is home to one of a number of Arne Jacobsen (1902-71) designed town halls (1938-42).
This characteristic concave building is five stories tall and covered in green marble. When you walk all the way to the top of the building, windows in the public areas allow you to view across all of Lyngby’s rooftops and surrounding area
Meat Factory Nottingham building design by Marsh & Grochowski Architects, a domestic experiment in sustainable living, located in a deprived area of Nottingham and occupied by the architect owner
11 Brindleyplace Birmingham building design by Glen Howells Architects – Argent Midlands property: England office architecture news, image
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
The new 15,330m2 (165,000 sq.ft) McGlothlin Wing opens VMFA up to the city and provides extensive new space for the museum’s collections and study centre.
Three Classicists Exhibition, Photos, Classical Architecture Show at the RIBA, London : Exhibition design, Architect news, images
“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.”
Islands Brygge Copenhagen architecture – best new Danish docks buildings, architects & images – info on contemporary harbour buildings in Denmark, Islands Brygge architecture developments
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.
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.
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.
With the combination of design, quality and functionality arises this new A-cero´s work: a house of 1.500m2 defined by a set of clean lines and perfect volumes.
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.