Moshe Safdie II – Architecture Book
Moshe Safdie II, Second Practice Monograph – architecture book contains a collection of work from 1996-2008 – Moshe Safdie book: Essays by William J. Mitchell and Thomas Fisher; Edited by Diana Murphy
Scottish National Online Database: Canmore heritage
A national online database that holds information on and images of more than 280,000 of Scotland’s buildings and built archaeology opens its files today (Tuesday, August 11) so that members of the public can add their own knowledge directly to its archives.
Deodoro Shooting Center Rio de Janeiro
Deodoro Shooting Center, Rio de Janeiro buildings, Brazil design by BCMF Arquitetos: Brazilian sports venue architecture, South America development
Beth Sholom Synagogue, San Francisco
The site is at the intersection of Park Presidio and Clement Street. An early plan established a pair of religious structures as gateposts along this boulevard. One is the strong presence of the neo-classical Christian Science Church.
Grangegorman House, Ireland Property
This new residential development, for a motorcycle enthusiast, adjacent to No.10 Grangegorman Villas, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 is an alternative reaction to the more traditional city centre infill residential projects.
Almere Residential Building: Gigon/Guyer
The location is unusual – the Dutch town of Almere is not a place that has grown naturally but rather was planned on a drawing board, originating after the war as polder land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer Lake. The Masterplan for the new town centre was developed by Rem Koolhaas’s Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
Alkmaar Buildings: Noord Holland Architecture
Alkmaar architecture – best new province of North Holland buildings, architects & images in the Netherlands – info on contemporary Dutch buildings, Holland architecture developments
Almere Towers Building: de Architekten Cie.
Side by Side: located on the border between the city centre and Weerwater lake, two residential towers strike a key note in the urban landscape of Almere centre. To bolster their landdmark character the facades have a deliberately abstract rendering in industrial glass.
Almere Entertainment Centre, Pop Zaal Building
The Urban Entertainment Centre in Almere comprises of 16,000sqm of new buildings containing shopping, pop concert hall, disco, hotel, bicycle park and associated leisure, cafe and restaurant facilities.
Mountain Dwellings Copenhagen, BIG Housing
The Mountain has been selected as a winner of an Urban Land Institute (ULI) 2009 Award for Excellence: Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) competition
Xixi Wetland Art Museum Building, China
Located in a rural nature preserve near Hangzhou, the Xixi Wetland Art Museum will be a destination for both nature and art. The design respects the surroundings, yet is an innovatively modern expression of humanity and art.
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, UK
This building houses the internationally rated Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation as well as student and staff catering for the campus, and general purpose teaching spaces
MoMA Tower Alternative – Axis Mundi Design
MoMA Tower Alternative New York, Architect, Image, Design, Project, News MoMA New York Architecture MoMA Tower Proposal by Axis Mundi, Manhattan, USA Aug 4, 2009 MoMA Tower Design Axis Mundi unveils Conceptual Alternative Design for MoMA Tower at 53 West 53rd Street A Vision Thing : The Uninvited Vertical Hood for MoMA An interview with John … Read more
MoMA Tower Alternative – Axis Mundi, New York
Axis Mundi proposes a conceptual alternative to business-as-usual, choosing the site of the proposed 53W53rd, among the city’s largest skyscraper proposals in one of the most overbuilt parts of Midtown to test their ideas