Competition: d3 Natural Systems 2014
Natural systems offer architects and designers significant potential as alternative, ecologically performative architectonic strategies. The d3 Natural Systems competition invites architects,...
View ArticleJWS 2b / KBNK
Architects: KBNK Location: Kinderhaus St. Gertrud, Hahnstraße, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany Area: 941.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Dorfmüller/Kröger/Klier Collaborators: Franz-Josef Nähring, Kai Niepel...
View ArticleIST-Family House / JRKVC
Architects: JRKVC Location: 851 10 Čunovo, Slovakia Architects In Charge: Peter Jurkovič, Lukáš Kordík, Števo Polakovič Area: 85.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Peter Jurkovič Budget: € 85.000 From the...
View Article“Live Work Play”: An Exhibition of Local Award Winning Architecture from...
Live Work Play, an exhibition organised as part of the Hampshire Festival of Architecture 2014 (UK), showcases over 100 projects from “within the country, the UK, and beyond.” Featuring a range of...
View ArticleMaracanã Stadium Roof Structure / schlaich bergermann und partner
Architects: gmp Architekten Location: Maracanã Stadium – Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20271-150 Engineering: schlaich bergermann und partner Area: 45700.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: schlaich...
View ArticleLondon Skyline Debate Taken to City Hall
The debate over the future of London‘s Skyline stepped up a gear on Tuesday, as the issue was taken up by the London Assembly’s Planning Committee in City Hall. The London Assembly is an elected...
View ArticleMake Architects Picked for Sydney’s Wynyard Station Overhaul
Make Architects have been selected from a shortlist of five practices to renovate the area around Sydney‘s Wynyard Station, beating SOM, Grimshaw, Bates Smart and Ingenhoven to the $1 billion project....
View ArticleTunquén House / Nicolas Loi
Architects: Nicolas Loi Location: Tunquen, Algarrobo, Valparaíso Region, Chile Area: 250 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Marcos Mendizabal Structural Engeneer: Pedro Escobar Construction: Constructora...
View ArticleArchitectural Photographers: Timothy Soar
It’s clear that architecture inspires and impassions Timothy Soar - not only has the UK photographer spent most of his life visiting and capturing great architectural works, but – unlike most...
View ArticleVideo: 14th Venice Architecture Biennale
We’re just coming back from the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, so you can expect a few more posts as part of our complete coverage. Our friends from Crane.tv were also there, and shared with us...
View ArticleIssam Fares Institute – American University of Beirut / Zaha Hadid Architects
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects Location: Bliss, Lebanon Design : Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher Area: 3000.0 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Hufton+Crow, Luke Hayes From the architect. The Issam...
View ArticleInside Korea’s “Crow’s Eye View” – Golden Lion Winner at the Venice Biennale...
Today, the Korean Peninsula provides a striking example of a post-war polarization: two opposite political and economical systems, constantly presented in contrast/conflict by the global media, that...
View ArticleA Biennale of Knowledge: Rem Koolhaas on The Importance of the Archive
Click here to view the embedded video. Curated by Rem Koolhaas, this year’s Biennale set high expectations in the architecture world, a fact reflected in the massive attendance during the preview. As...
View ArticleHouse K / Yuji Kimura Design
Architects: Yuji Kimura Design Location: Tokyo, Japan Area: 47 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Takumi Ota Constructor: Sanryo Komuten K.K From the architect. It is a house of the white appearance of a...
View ArticleHolcim Foundation Announces Jury for 2015 Global Award
The Holcim Foundation has announced the global jury for the 2015 Holcim Awards, its triennial prize which encourages architects, planners, engineers, project owners and students to share their...
View ArticleHigashihayashiguchi / ALTS Design Office
Architects: ALTS Design Office Location: Shiga, Japan Architect In Charge: Sumiou Mizumoto, Yoshitaka Kuga Area: 100 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Courtesy of ALTS Design Office From the architect. This...
View ArticleShigeru Ban Designs Temporary Pavilion for the World Cup
In honor of the World Cup (which starts today), the Brazilian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, has invited Shigeru Ban, this year’s Pritzker Laureate, to build a temporary pavilion. Located at the entrance of...
View ArticleHouse in Funabashi / Koji Hatano Architects
Architects: Koji Hatano Architects Location: Chiba, Japan Area: 117 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Asako Yamazaki From the architect. Residential two-story wooden of Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. The site...
View ArticlePublication: “The Urburb – Patterns of Contemporary Living”
Written to accompany the minimal exhibition of the Israeli Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, “The Urburb – Patterns of Contemporary Living” tells the story of the Urburb, a built condition which is...
View ArticleExhibition: Europe’s Best Buildings / Mies van der Rohe Award 2013
The Mies van der Rohe Award, today one of the most important and prestigious prizes for architecture within the European competition, was first set up in 1987 by the European Union, the European...
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