Valle de Egüés Town Hall / Otxotorena Arquitectos
Architects: Otxotorena Arquitectos Location: Egüés, Navarra, Spain Architect In Charge: Juan M. Otxotorena Collaborator Architects: Gloria Herrera, Iñigo Jiménez Structural Engineer: José Ignacio...
View ArticleLandmark Miami DawnTown Ideas Competition
DawnTown is launching Landmark Miami, their latest ideas competition for the 2013 season. The competition is centered around the idea of how cities are recognized and perceived through architecture....
View ArticleGENyO Laboratories / Planho
Architects: Planho Location: Granada, Spain Area: 5,633 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Alejandro González The available land and the functional use of the building led us to think about a high-rise...
View ArticleZhengzhou Airport District Urban Planning EXhibition Centre Proposal / AUA
Constituting the northern portion of the planned ‘Future Square’ in the rapidly developing Airport District of Zhengzhou, China, Atelier of Urban Architecture (AUA)‘s design is an iconic addition to...
View ArticleInterstice / Fabi Architekten BDA
Architects: Fabi Architekten BDA Location: Regensburg, Germany Year: 2012 Photographs: Herbert Stolz The “Ganghofersiedlung” was built under the National Socialists as “Siedlung Göring-Heim” for the...
View ArticleFilms & Architecture: “In Bruges”
In the Belgian language “brug” means bridge, and it’s because of the amount of them in the European medieval city that it took its name. A ”fairy tale f***ing town” is how Harry (Ralph Fiennes), the...
View ArticleMartos House / Adamo-Faiden
Architects: Adamo-Faiden Location: José María Moreno 2057, Villa Adelina, Buenos Aires, Argentina Collaborators: Ruth Lastra, Rachael Yu Year: 2011 Photographs: Cristobal Palma Structural Engineering:...
View ArticleNon-Design: Architecture’s (Counter-Intuitive) Future
Global architecture underwent a seismic shift in the 20th Century. Governments, keen to mitigate the impoverishing effects of rapid urbanization and two world wars embarked on ambitious social housing...
View Article‘Porous City – Open the Tower’ Exhibition
The Innovation Forum MIPIM recently announced that it will feature the “Porous city – Open the tower” exhibition presented at last year’s Venice Biennale for the first time. Held in Cannes, France...
View ArticleBRG Neusiedl am See / Solid Architecture
Architects: Solid Architecture Location: Neusiedl am See, Austria Site Area: 26,270 sqm Gross Area: 9,206 sqm Useable Surface: 6,812 sqm Built Up Area: 5,648 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Kurt Kuball...
View ArticleAllies and Morrison Architects’ District//S Wins National Urban Design Awards...
Allies and Morrison Architects were just awarded the Francis Tibbalds Prize for best Practice Project at the National Urban Design Awards 2013 for their District//S project. The prize was presented to...
View ArticleBudapest Students Design Sustainable House for Indoor and Outdoor Living
It may look unassuming, but this sleek black box is the culmination of a two-year long collaboration of more than 50 students from 7 different faculties of the Budapest University of Technology and...
View ArticleHouse VMVK / dmvA
Architects: dmvA Location: Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium Design Team: David Driesen, Tom Verschueren, Valerie Lonnoy, Katrien Geerinckx Area: 506 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Frederik Vercruysse How to...
View ArticleIn Progress: The Biomuseo / Gehry Partners
The Puente de Vida Museum, more commonly referred to as The Biomuseo, will be Frank Gehry’s first design in all of Latin America. It is located in Panama in the area called Amador, which sits only a...
View ArticleAmarante’s Hospital / ACXT
Architects: ACXT Location: Amarante, Spain Architect In Charge: David Coutinho Correia Design Team: Inês Coelho, Francisca Bastos, Marcelo Dantas, Francisco Eloy, Jorge Paquete Area: 21,000 sqm Year:...
View ArticleRDM Innovation Dock / Groosman Partners I Architecten
Architects: Groosman Partners I Architecten Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Area: 1,000 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Theo Peekstok In the heart of the ports of Rotterdam, Groosman Partners...
View ArticleBIG’s West 57th “Pyramid” Wins Final Approval
After an “arduous” public review and a heated debate over affordable housing, New York’s City Council has unanimously awarded final approval to BIG’s tetrahedral-shaped West 57th apartment building in...
View ArticleHi-pod / BKK Architects + Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design
Architects: BKK Architects + Peter Elliott Architecture + Urban Design Location: Footscray, Victoria, Australia Design Team: Tim Black, Julian Kosloff, Simon Knott, Peter Elliott, George Huon, Scott...
View ArticleCine 32 / ENCORE HEUREUX Architectes
Architects: ENCORE HEUREUX Architectes Location: Auch, France Area: 2,700 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Sebastien Normand, Adelaide Maisonabe, Nicola Delon Acoustic: ORYTHIE Structure: EVP To built a...
View ArticleBatman and Architecture Finally United in ‘Batman: Death by Design’
From Tim Burton’s steamy, gothic megalopolis to Christopher Nolan’s cold, Miesian jungle, Gotham’s malice has always been manifested in its architecture. Writer Chip Kidd and artist David Taylor have...
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