Seven bottles of light in a stone box; the metaphor of light is shaped in different volumes emerging from the roof whose irregularities aim at different qualities of light: East facing, South facing, West and North facing, all gathered together for one united ceremony.
The Original restaurant, Portland, Oregon, USA designed by David Ashen of d-ash design – images of US dinerant at 300 SW 6th Street, OR
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
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 buildings, Brazil design by BCMF Arquitetos: Brazilian sports venue architecture, South America development
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.
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.
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 architecture – best new province of North Holland buildings, architects & images in the Netherlands – info on contemporary Dutch buildings, Holland architecture developments
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.
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.
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
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.
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