At the beginning of the year 2003 a bus station was built on the forecourt of Hoofddorp’s Spaarne Hospital. This facilities block is located in the middle of a square and is a public area in the form of an island that serves as a junction for the local bus service.
Until recently the Dutch city centres were the stage for a shopping audience, but the last couple of years shops have been grouping together and moving more and more off-centre to develop themselves into compact shopping islands in the periphery.
Pijnacker tunnel, Touch of Evil Holland, Dutch Project Photos, Interarea Design Images Touch of Evil: Pijnacker tunnel Holland – Interarea Touch of Evil, Netherlands Railway Art – design by NIO architecten in The Netherlands 9 Apr 2009 Pijnacker tunnel intervention Design: NIO architecten TOUCH OF EVIL Photos by Hans Pattist What happened here? On the … Read more
With every house-building assignment, it is the art to escape the standard plans that are in the top drawers of estate agents and developers in a relaxed manner.
Vancouver CC West, Canada design by LMN Architects + DA/MCM – Vancouver Convention Centre building photos: Canadian architecture development
The Olympic Stadium is being built on a compact island site which is surrounded by water on three sides. The footbridge now in place is the first of five new bridges that will be constructed into the Stadium site to create essential new links in Games time and legacy.
Moxon Architects have received planning permission for Oliver’s Place Preston, a new 40,000 sqft commercial development with associated car parking. Planning has been granted for a four storey office building and a multi-deck car park.
The most interesting trends in the design of shops are concerned with the coherence of the products and their environment – thus the space in which they are presented.
The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, a new cultural icon for the Gulf region: dedicated to reflecting the full vitality, complexity and diversity of the arts of the Islamic world – MIA Doha building
Nursery School Treviso, Covolo di Pederobba building, Italy – design by C+S Associati, architects – Veneto Nursery School: Covolo di Pederobba architecture
60th Film Festival Wave, Venetian Building, Biennale di Venezia Design, Image 60th Film Festival Venice : Biennale di Venezia Architecture Venetian Building, Italy – design by C+S Associati 7 Apr 2009 Venice Film Festival : Building The wave, Entrance of the 60th Film Festival, Venice, Italy 2003 Design: C+S ASSOCIATI Film Festival Wave A wave … Read more
The students’ university housing in the former Fiat area at Novoli, Florence, was designed to adapt to the constraints of the brief – the perimeter of the lot, the alignment, the building height – and to use them as a springboard.
Alex Lifschutz comments “This is really great news for London, coming on the heels of the large scale regeneration planned as a result of the Olympics and Crossrail.
Barcode Soho, London Club Design, Interior, Image, Vauxhall Barcode Soho : London Club Interior Soho Club Development – design by Woods Bagot in London, England, UK 7 Apr 2009 Barcode London Barcode in Soho has now closed down but Barcode in Vauxhall continues Phone: 020 7582 4180 Address: BARCODE, ARCH 69, ALBERT EMBANKMENT, LONDON, SE1 … Read more