Archive for February, 2010
Artists Subway, With Trees
The Starn Brothers, every 1989 college student’s favorite artists, are back! They are finishing up construction on a large installation in the South Ferry Station of the New York City Subway called See It Split, See It Change. Their focus on unnerving closeups of nature has not changed, nor has their geeky obsession with new […]
NRGi’s Headquarters - SHL Architects
NRGi’s new corporate headquarters is situated in an area marked by a number of freestanding buildings. NRGi stands out from its neighbours in the surrounding area in virtue of its visually light, metallically gleaming built volume. Distinguished by an angular and distinctive façade, the building forms a crisp contrast to the mellow, scenic context. Moreover, […]
EcoRock: Sustainable drywall will rock your green world
Drywall is the number three producer of greenhouse gasses among building materials, trailing just behind cement and steel. Its production generates 200 million tons of carbon dioxide gas, a host of gypsum mines, and immense amounts of energy are required to fire the 500 degree kilns in which it is produced. But a ‘game-changer’ is […]
Sundsvall art centre
Harri Mäkiaho a Finnish Architect has just won a competition for a new Art Centre and Theatre in Sundsvall, Sweden. The entry was called Kräfta. The Swedish Architects Association has a page on it with some good images and plans. It’s a really nice project and deserved winner, and the jury description is mostly quite […]
Inside out - outside in by Rocker-lange architects
Boston- and Hong Kong-based Rocker-Lange Architects have designed a villa called Inside Out - Outside In for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia, China. The house is one of 100 private residences, all designed by different architects selected by architects Herzog & de Meuron for the Ordos 100 project, which is master planned by […]
Waiting room
Jeffrey Inaba of Inaba Projects has a new pavilion on display now in Rome, sponsored by Enel, Italy’s largest utilities provider. Because of that sponsorship, Inaba “wanted to use numerous forms of alternative energy applications,” but decided, in the end, to apply “just one that was highly productive and cost effective.” The pavilion is thus […]
International criminal court in the Hague - SHL Architects
SHLa will now enter into a consultation process alongside the other two practices on the shortlist to determine the overall winner.The building’s sculptural composition, made from rows of various-sized square towers united by a rectangular base, will be integrated into the dunes of dry and wet grasslands that surround the site. Visitors will be able […]
Multiconfessional Pavilion - ARTEKS Arquitectura
All the religions are differents, but what they have in common is we, the men. We and our feelings.The pine grove has an approximate surface of 15 Há. From the parking approximately 75 meters have to be crossed up to the first step that leads to the court.The basement can be transform into a flight […]
Granada Science Park - Ferrater + Jimenez Brasa
The project for the extension of the Science Park in Granada, by the Genil river, starts with the construction of a single roof with small inflections that looks like an open hand, covering the different programmatic pieces interconnected on a continuous space.The roof flies over the terrain, constructing a new topography that, as it folds, […]
VilaSofa store by Tjep.
Tjep. was commissioned to create a shop environment for a new furniture brand called VilaSofa. VilaSofa is positioned between a conventional furniture shop and Ikea in terms of distribution speed.The graphics are derived from symbols used in transportation, while a white wall with cut-out shapes representing chandeliers, windows and balconies represents the home.Staff use sales […]