Copper Canopy Oss, Dutch Building Design
Copper canopy. Above the front door of a house with straw roof a copper canopy was designed. The canopy uses the same curvature as its larger brother, the straw roof.
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Building Re-Skinning Competition: Architecture Contest
The purpose is to advance the state-of-the-art in building retrofitting technologies. The task of re-skinning existing infrastructure to increase energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact is a timely and urgent challenge. The Z-Prize: The winning 5 entries will be monitored for a period of 3 years after completion of the retrofit.
The AEC Austria, Linz Building Design
“Parametric design” / disintegration of the skin / disintegration of the image. This new Linz building should be a museum of electronic Art.
Bloomframe Building: Hofman Dujardin Architects
The Bloomframe® building consists out of 43 apartments, offices and shops. Each compact apartment is equipped with a Bloomframe® balcony to create outdoor space. By transforming the facade into an accessible floor several square meters are added to the apartment.
Oriel Chambers Liverpool by Peter Ellis
This is the world’s first building featuring a metal-framed glass curtain wall. Designed by architect Peter Ellis and built in 1864, it is located on Water Street near the town hall in Liverpool, England. Due to its outstanding importance, it has been grade I listed.
Bloomframe Hofman Dujardin Architects
The revolutionary balcony Bloomframe® is designed and patented by Hofman Dujardin Architects based in Amsterdam The Netherlands. The Research & Development department from Hurks geveltechniek based in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, turned the design concept into a spectacular functional prototype.