Archive for the ‘Architects/Designers’ Category

Cross # Towers by BIG

by DD, May 6th, 2012, viewed 251 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, BIG

Danish architects BIG have designed a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hash-tag. Read More »

Beach and Howe St. by BIG

by DD, April 18th, 2012, viewed 1011 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, BIG

Danish architectural office BIG have unveiled proposals for a 150-metre-high skyscraper in downtown Vancouver. Read More »

Peace Bridge in Calgary by Santiago Calatrava

by DD, April 3rd, 2012, viewed 617 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Santiago Calatrava

The city of Calgary in canada has welcomed its newest addition spanning the bow river, the ‘Peace Bridge’ by valencian architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. Read More »

Construction start of MVRDV Glass Farm

by DD, March 22nd, 2012, viewed 369 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, MVRDV

In 1944 the small Brabant town of Schijndel which is the birthplace of Winy Maas suffered from Operation Market Garden bombings resulting in an oversized market square. In 1980 the then 20 year old Winy Maas urged the mayor to fill in the gap. Today Rembrand developers, the town of Schijndel and MVRDV start construction on the Glass Farm, a multifunctional building in the village square. Read More »

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge by Santiago Calatrava

by DD, March 14th, 2012, viewed 554 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Santiago Calatrava

image © gus rios

Spanning the trinity river and dallas floodway in dallas texas, the ‘margaret hunt hill bridge’ by valencian architect and engineer santiago calatrava has officially opened to the public with a ceremonious ribbon-cutting ceremony and fireworks. Read More »

Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners

by DD, March 9th, 2012, viewed 574 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Foster + Partners

Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners will create a new community to the east of La Défense, in Courbevoie, that extends down to the river Seine with cafés, shops and a public plaza at its heart. Read More »

Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA

by DD, March 5th, 2012, viewed 623 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, OMA

Taipei’s new Super Theatre by OMA just started. Read More »

Stoop by JDS

by DD, March 2nd, 2012, viewed 406 time(s)
Posted in Furniture, JDS

Stoop by JDS, is a public bench with multiple seating levels, allowing people to sit in a way that is less prescribed, more flexible and more social. Read More »

Sumatrakontor by Erick van Egeraat

by DD, February 29th, 2012, viewed 448 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, Erick van Egeraat

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed a mixed-use block in Hamburg with a facade that parts like a pair of red curtains. Read More »

Suzhou Center by SOM

by DD, February 27th, 2012, viewed 587 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, SOM

American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window. Read More »

The Kimball Art Centre by BIG

by DD, February 24th, 2012, viewed 657 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, BIG

Architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake. Read More »

Emergency Shelter by LAVA

by DD, September 14th, 2011, viewed 1458 time(s)
Posted in Architecture, LAVA

This project attempts to answer how can architects help quickly, efficiently, sustainably and sensitively after a disaster strikes? LAVA’s solution is an origami cave. LAVA’s Digital Origami Emergency Shelter is a concept for an inhabited molecule. Read More »

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