Tower of London Competition 1890
While the Eiffel Tower was negatively received at first for its utilitarian appearance, it soon became a major attraction for Paris, France in the late 19th century. It represented structural...
View ArticleRC House / Esc Arquitectos
Architects: Esc Arquitectos Location: MTZ, Veracruz, México Design And Construction: Rafael Ojeda Núñez Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Patrick López Jaimes Collaborators : Eduardo Audirac, Uziel...
View ArticleSocial Housing Building in Tarragona / Aguilera Guerrero
Architects: Aguilera / Guerrero Arquitectos Location: Tarragona, Spain Design Team: Anton Armengol Tua Constructor: Gulinves S.L. Client: Servei Municipal de L’Habitatge i Actuacions Urbanes S.A....
View ArticleCube House / Agraz Architects
Architects: Agraz Arquitectos Location: Jalisco, Mexico Architect: Ricardo Agraz Area: 612 qm Year: 2006 Photographs: Mito Covarrubias The cube house yields to the geometry that combines light and the...
View ArticleSeville 24/7 Center Proposal / Ayrat Khusnutdinov & Zhang Liheng
The Seville 24/7 center, proposed by Ayrat Khusnutdinov & Zhang Liheng, adopts the famous Spanish traditions of street life. Their project would create a retreat from the harsh sun of Andalucia,...
View ArticleAbsolute Towers / MAD Architects
Architects: MAD Architects Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Director In Charge: Ma Yansong, Yosuke Hayano, Dang Qun Design Team: Shen Jun, Robert Groessinger, Florian Pucher, Yi Wenzhen, Hao Yi,...
View Article2 Houses with 6 Homes / nodo17 Architects
Architects: nodo17 Architects Location: Pozuelo, Spain Architect In Charge: Manuel Pérez Romero Collaborator Architects: Alegría Zorrilla Miras, Birga Wingenfeld, Michael Moradiellos Area: 820 sqm...
View Article2012 ar+d Emerging Architecture Awards Winners Announced
Presented by The Architectural Review and sponsored by the Danish architectural hardware design company, d line, the winners of the 2012 ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture for young professionals...
View ArticleFranciscan Chapel / SAGRA
Architects: SAGRA Location: Kisfakos, Nagykanizsa, Hungary Architect In Charge: Gabor Sajtos Photographs: Tamas Bujnovszky, Courtesy of SAGRA © Gabor Sajtos There is a place in Hills of Zala in...
View ArticleUnit 22 Zoetropes: Bartlett Architecture Dares To Care
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL teamed up with Roca London Gallery to create the MArch Architecture Unit 22 end of year show – ‘Bartlett Architecture Dares to Care’, which is on display until...
View ArticleLTD_1 / Peter Ruge Architekten
Architects: Peter Ruge Architekten Location: Hamburg, Germany Design Team: Pysall Ruge, Peter Ruge, Justus Pysall, Nicole Kubath, Jan-Michael Strauch, George Bradburn, Tobias Ahlers, Matthias...
View ArticleKPF Releases Masterplan for Chinese City Built From Scratch
International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) recently announced that their design for the 120 million square foot master plan for Meixi Lake in Changsha, China is being realized....
View ArticleMAXXI’s 2013 Young Architects Program Finalists
The MAXXI Museum in Rome has announced the five young designers who will compete for the opportunity to design and build a space for live summer events in the large courtyard of the MoMA PS1 in NY,...
View ArticleAn Autograph Among the Pine Trees / Studija Archispektras
Architects: Studija Archispektras Location: Kaunas, Lithuania Architect In Charge: Aidas Kalinauskas, Vaidas Tamošiūnas Structural Engeneering: Smailusis Skliautas, Mindaugas Kasiulevičius Area: 395...
View ArticleVilla K / Baumschlager Eberle
Architects: Baumschlager Eberle Location: Lucerne, Switzerland Area: 479 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Roland Halbe The point of departure was the rectangular volume, from whichemerged a configuration...
View ArticleDespite Controversy, Herzog & de Meuron’s Porta Volta Breaks Ground
After two years in waiting, Porta Volta, the project by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to redevelop Milan’s north-western Spanish gate, has finally broken ground. The project, which spurred some...
View ArticleNursery School in Dos Hermanas / Carmen Sánchez Blanes
Architect: Carmen Sánchez Blanes Location: Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Spain Area: 1,319 sqm Year: 2009 Photographs: Lolo Vasco The winning entry in the competition to build a nursery school in Dos...
View ArticleMeadow House / Ian MacDonald Architect
Architects: Ian MacDonald Architect Location: Caledon, ON, Canada Project Team: Ian MacDonald, Michael Attard, Nova Tayona, Adam Blakeley, Patrick Liu Area: 4,300 sq ft Year: 2010 Photographs: Tom...
View ArticleUniversity of Cuenca Theater / Javier Durán
Architects: Javier Durán Location: Cuenca Canton, Ecuador Director: Javier Durán Collaborators: Juan Pablo Astudillo, Esteban Avila, Isabel Carrasco, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Rubén Culcay, Diego Proaño,...
View ArticleHelsinki Central Library Competition Entry / STL Architects
Helsinki, a city committed to finding the evolving nature of culture in an ever changing society, is the inspiration behind STL Architects’ proposal for the new Library. If a library is a container of...
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