Archive for February, 2010
Nordwesthaus by Baumschlager Eberle
Architects Baumschlager Eberle have designed a combined clubhouse and boathouse at Port Rohner on Lake Constance in Fussach, Austria.The clear geometrical structures contrast starkly with the natural environment.In response to the concrete tube devised for the head of the marina, Baumschlager Eberle have installed a cube as the new meeting point for the sailing community.
Hedley bull centre for world politics by Lyons Architects
Melbourne architectural and urban design practice Lyons have completed a new research centre at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. The hexagonal-shaped building is wrapped with “digitally designed pre-cast concrete panels”. The Hedley Bull Centre for World Politics was completed in August.
At University of Toronto at Mississagua, replacing a “Dungeon” library with beacon
The new library at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, a suburban campus of the Canadian flagship university, clad in an unusual wood veneer, is a warm and inviting place, unlike its predecessor. Mississauga’s old library was so awful that the head librarian, Mary Ann Mavrinac, actually considered turning down the job. It was designed […]
Desert city house by Marwan Al-Sayed Architects
Located on a relatively flat one-acre parcel in Paradise Valley, Arizona, within the Phoenix metropolitan area, the site is opposite the Arizona Canal with panoramic views to the Squaw Peak Mountain reserve to the north and Camelback Mountain to the east. Urban desert living made simple, graced by strong apertures in thick walls, slightly inflected […]
Vital building - Mozas Aguirre Arquitectos
This is the headquarters for the local savings bank in Madrid by Mozas Aguirre arquitectos. The building reproduces the scale of the surrounding small woods, a park of the Natura 2000 networking programme. The structural concept is based on pairs of exterior metal supports, clad in stainless steel composite panels.The idea is to identify the […]
Asadov floating aerohotel - The future of hotels?
Due to the shadows of global warming and induced population displacement, aquatecture is becoming more and more attractive. Russian architect Alexander Asadov, famous for his deconstructivist designs which counter the structured monolithic opulence typified in Russia, takes aquatecture to a new level by offering the Aerohotel Concept.
Christ the King & Ceri Richards
The Historic Churches Commission has refused to authorise the reordering of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool. The change would have involved siting a new, smaller altar at a lower level.It is difficult to say whether Frederick Gibberd had an underlying geometrical plan for the Blessed Sacrament Chapel […]
Ceiling painting
Spanish abstract artist Miquel Barcelo spent more than a year creating the 16,000-square-foot elliptical painting for the dome of ‘Hall XX’ that houses the UN’s Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. It is featuring hundreds of hanging stalactite shapes in colored shades - a ’sculptural’ painting, invading the space of the council.The Spanish government has […]
Lighting design
Former entertainment lawyer-turned-lighting designer Michael McHale creates chandeliers that are as much about structure as they are shimmering crystal.Born from the seeds of a DIY project, Michael McHale Designs is drafting a new vision for the chandelier, utilizing such rough and ready materials as patinated brass pipes and fittings, refrigerator bulbs, and appliance tubing in […]
