Compact living:: The Cube Project
Today we start a new series of posts. The series will follow the idea of compact living which means that all that a person needs for comfortable living could occupy a rather small space. Following this series we will try to feature projects and ideas which could raise standards of compact living to new levels....
Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport by Zaha Hadid Architects
The long-expected opening of Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport, which construction was at first postponed because of the crisis and then lasted for about four years, took place on 21 June, 2011. The project has been designed by a famous London-based architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects, which had been founded by the first and only...
Auditorium and Congress Palace Infanta Doña Elena
This project by estudio barozzi veiga is a natural response to the particular stimulus, offered by the location. On the one hand, the need to respect the urban tissue that growths inside, on the other hand, the one’s to preserve the expressive hue of the natural landscape. It is through from this contrast that we...
Paula Rêgo Museum by Eduardo Souto de Moura
The Casa das Historias Paula Rego was designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. The building makes use of certain aspects of the region’s historical architecture, which is here reinterpreted in a contemporary way. It can be immediately recognised thanks to its two pyramid-shaped towers and the red-coloured concrete used in its construction. The...
Russian architecture:: Sergey Skuratov Architects
Sergey Skuratov Architects is one of the most famous architecture practices in Russia. It was founded in Moscow in 2002 by a well-known Russian architect Sergey Skuratov. In his works he pays a lot of attention to the environment of his buildings and the structure of a place. His favourite materials are brick, stone, wood...
Russian architecture:: ADM architects
ADM is a leading, Moscow-based practice, launched in 2006 by Andrey Romanov and Ekaterina Kuznetsova. The practice name ADM means ‘Architectural Dialog with Metropolis’ that is drawn from their strong interest in urban environment. In their projects they maintain a close synthesis between the context of contemporary city and the client’s requirements. Today, ADM is...
Concrete architecture:: House in Atsugi
House in Atsugi is a two-storey building in a residential neighbourhood of the city. It has been designed by Tokyo-based studio KAWABE NAOYA ARCHITECTS. The house occupies a very tight plot which is, moreover, situated on a hill slope. The architects have striven to respond to these conditions and to use the interior space in...
New competition: Alternative Car Park Tower
Introduction The parking structure has captured the imagination of novelists, photographers and film-makers, an yet it remains peripheral to our culture – best understood as forbidding fictional setting or often as an imposing silent building that we encounter along the way. Car parks are not very appreciated by users (too cold, too dark, too insecure...
Major cultural center in Albania by BIG
BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold, Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management have been announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 sqm cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony. The capital Tirana is...
West 57th by BIG
West 57th, designed by BIG, introduces an entirely new residential typology to New York City that will add an inviting twist to the Manhattan Skyline. Durst Fetner Residential (DFR) has announced the design of West 57, a 600-unit 80/20 residential building on West 57th Street between 11th and 12th Avenues. The building is designed by...
Stockholmsporten master plan
BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) + Grontmij + Spacescape are the winning team for the Stockholmsporten master plan competition to design an inviting new entrance portal into Stockholm at the intersection of a newly planned super-junction. The traffic junction ‘Hjulsta’ is being planned in the north of Stockholm, where the two highways E18 and E4 Stockholm...
Interesting hotel projects:: Hotel Puerta América. Part II
Sixth floor. The luxury and comfort of simplicity. Marc Newson. To Marc Newson’s opinion, the project has been an excellent opportunity to improve on all the things that had always bothered him about hotels. In this project, Newson proposes an idea of space where the guests do not feel that they are in a ‘designed...
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