Courtesy of HKS Architects This unique landscape and future landmark for the city of Qingdao, China is a first place project submitted by HKS Architects, a firm based in Orlando, Florida, for the design of the Conservatory by the Office of 2014 Qingdao World Horticultural Expo Executive Committee. The winning proposal was selected from an international selection of projects and was shared with us by HKS. Read on for more after the break. Courtesy of HKS Architects The Conservatory building
© Marcos García Architects: Elías Rizo Arquitectos – Elías Rizo Suárez, Alejandro Rizo Suárez Location: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco Collaborators: Pablo Alexanderson, Rossana Valdivia, Jorge Verdín, Carlos Miramontes, Jenny Mora, Paola Hernández, Jenny Camarena, Alma Osnaya, Roberto Contreras, Gaby Chávez Interior Design: Interiorismo Colectivo Project Year: 2009 – 2010 Project Area: 837 sqm Photographs: Marcos García © Marcos García Located in one of the most beautiful beaches in
We’re constantly running across photos of truly jaw dropping staircases. So much of the time, stairs look as if they were ignored until the last minute of the design process, but not in these cases. Check out some of our favorite staircasess that we’ve come across: Let’s start out with a staircase we’ve talked about before: Ribbon Stairs. Designed by HŠH Architects to mimic a delicate rippling ribbon, these stairs are beautiful but maybe a little scary to run up and dow
© Javier Callejas Sevilla Architects: Paloma Baquero Masats + Juan Antonio Serrano García Location: Puerta Real nº 1 Inside Passage local 2, 18009 Granada, Spain Developer, Owner: Antonio Salto M. Total Budget: €50,000 Built Area: 35 sqm Photographs: Javier Callejas Sevilla © Javier Callejas Sevilla At the heart of Granada, Puerta Real, it’s the building Olmedo, made in 1943. Inside you can find a shopping arcade that connects the street Ganivet with the street Reyes Católicos. In the room
© GAJ Architect: Godwin Austen Johnson Location: DIFC, Dubai, UAE Project year: 2011 Project Architect: Jonathan Ashmore Partners in charge: Jason Burnside & Michael Dawson Project size: 650 sqm Client: uenergy by uconcept Contractor: Highate Interiors MEP consultants: Scott Wilson ME Photo credits: GAJ © GAJ Dubai based Architects, Godwin Austen Johnson have recently completed this boutique health club for clients uconcept in the heart of the Emirates financial district, DIFC. Previou
Located between the Rocky Mountain foothills and the Great Plains, the Colorado-based Syncline House was built with landscape views in mind. Arch11 built a unique modern house where there weren’t only site limitations with building in a fold, or in geological terms, a syncline, but height restrictions from the city. The exterior of the house blends with the surrounding landscape with the use of stone, wood, and concrete materials, as well as rooftop gardens. While the house was built for
Richard Meier recently discussed his perspective on creating public spaces. He expands on his experiences of designing numerous buildings across the globe and their importance in relation to public spaces. He discourses how the Getty Center in LA fosters a special environment for all activities, whether it be viewing the entire city or participating in cultural activities – the surroundings of the building are just as important as the structure itself. He also comments on the significance of th
© Urban Recycle Architecture Studio Architects: Urban Recycle Architecture Studio Location: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Design Team: Diego Viana Gomes, Juliana Meira Araujo Aguiar, Saul Kaminsky Bernfeld Oliveira Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Urban Recycle Architecture Studio © Urban Recycle Architecture Studio House URX.01, familiarly known as Casa Bromelia, is yhe pioneer project of Urban Recycle Studio in the residential architecture sector. Designed and built between January/2010 and D
Madison, WI-based artist and woodworker Ted Lott created this series of small house frames out of wood while in residency at the Anderson Ranch Art Center in Colorado. A nice comment on the role of traditional craft in the modern world. He says, “Craft practices are at once defined and restrained by their connections to tradition. Viewing woodworking in the context of objects made with wood; housing, particularly stick frame construction, emerges as possibly the most widespread use of th
Butaro Hospital © MASS Design Group Many of you may have probably noticed Scott Timberg’s article “The Architecture Meltdown” (Salon, February 4, 2012) circling the internet. The gloomy article discusses the unknowing future and possible demise of the architectural profession – the “glamour profession of the creative class”. Timberg describes struggling professionals that are either unemployed or working full-time at intern wages within a profession that is largely focused on the 1 percent. The
© Infinite 3D Architects: 2020 Liverpool Location: Broad Lane, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside L32 6QH, England Client: Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Structural Engineer: 2020 Liverpool Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: 2020 Liverpool Contractor: Morgan Sindall Completion Date: 2011 Site Area: 47,041 sqm Photographs: Infinite 3D © Infinite 3D Park Brow Community Primary School has recently been completed for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council as a 2 form primary school for 42
© Renaud Chaignet Architect: Jean Paul Viguier Architecture Location: ZAC de Bonne, Grenoble, France Contractor: Nexity / Vinci Immobilier Architect of operations: Tomasini Design Technical Design Engineering: IBSE ( structure, VRD), GECC AICC (fluides) / Adret ( HQE) Project Surface Area: 12 100 sq.m . net Project Date: 2011 Cost: 20 M € HT Photographs: Renaud Chaignet © Renaud Chaignet Redevelopment of the former De Bonne barracks was an important step int he drive to launch sustainabl
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