Architects: Bos Alkemade Architecten Location: Den Haag, The Netherlands Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Herman H. van Doorn Project Area: 340.0 sqm Contractor: Bebouw Uithoorn Construction Advisor: Zevenbergen Rijswijk Installation Advisor: Klictet advies b.v. Waalwijk Photographer and filmmaker An
Deborah Berke, a New York City-based architect known for her design excellence, scholarly achievement and commitment to moving the practice of architecture forward in innovative ways, was selected as the first recipient of the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design (C
Architects: Mestura Arquitectes Location: Gavá, Barcelona, Spain Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Pedro Pegenaute Project Area: 1619.6 sqm Collaborators: Aumedes Dap, Xavier Aumedes, Luis Alfredo Rodríguez Tirado, Manuel Comas i Olivella, Josep M. Oller The parcel to the project which puts the new
The Austrian Pavilion for the 2012 Venice Biennale is a collaboration of Wolfgang Tschapeller, Rens Veltman and Martin Perktold, a team that consists of interdisciplinary fields of study, thought and action from architecture and art. The contribution, entitled “Hands have no tears to flow. R
Contemporary Athens is a city of strong contradictions: It is a city whose particular identity was shaped during post-World-War-II reconstruction. A city which has at its disposal an exceptionally talented cadre of young architects, international in orientation, well educated and with a wealth of pr
Architects: De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop Location: Louisville, Kentucky, United States Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 524 sq ft Photographs: Courtesy of De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop Design Intentions As a joint project between the city/metro parks system and a for-pro
United Airlines Flight 93 was one of the four planes hijacked during the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. It was on this flight that 40 passengers and crew members courageously gave their lives to thwart a planned attack on the Nation’s Capital. Tragically, the plane crashed in We
The HARDWARE SOFTCORE Installation, designed by Gabriele Falconi, is directed to the interaction of the viewer, to his involvement, even physical, as an actor aware of choices and paths. Of monumental size, its modular installation was born from the idea of using the standard scaffolding system, whi
Landscape Designer: Territoires Location: Porte des Lilas, Paris, France Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Nicolas Waltefaugle Architects: Matthieu Gelin & David Lafon Architecte Project Area: 24000.0 sqm Light Designer: Light Cible Structure/Economy/Fluids Engineer: Integral 4 Road Engineer: ATPI
Architects: Schemata Architects Location: Sayama-shi. Saitama Prefecture, Japan Architect In Charge: Jo Nagasaka Project Year: 2008 Project Area: 2,227.24 sqm Photographs: Takumi Ota In this renovation project we have refurbished an apartment block that was built in the post war period of high econo
Located in Berlin Zehlendorf, the Truman Plaza parallels the adjacent Clayallee and is part of a larger master plan that balances its historical urban context with its integration of a delicate onsite forest. Designed by Wiel Arets Architects, the project, which is currently in progress, includes of
Architects: Alberto Kalach Location: Mexico City, Mexico Architect: Alberto Kalach Project Team: Héctor Módica Project Year: 2008 Project Area: 1,300 sqm Photographs: Pedro Rosenbleuth An exhibition space for art is about space and light. …….the space, somehow existed, an old and ragged wood w
HelloWood - a creative, professional and social program with a message that mobilizes more and more young people – was organized for the 3rd year by MOMEline – designworks, together with its new partner Reflekt social architecture studio. The week-long creative camp included 200 Hungarian a
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 2012 shortlist for the UK’s pre-eminent private housing design award, the Manser Medal. These five houses, chosen from winners of RIBA Awards and RIBA regional awards, are competing for the UK’s “best new house”. The 2012 Man
Designed and built by Dániel Baló, Dániel Eke, and Zoltán Kalászi, the concert hall installation in the Archabbey of Pannonhalma was intended for the classical concerts of the Arcus Temporum Festival. Fitted for the gym of the abbey’s boarding school, the installation uses just two elements a
Twenty-four years after the inauguration of I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid, the Musée du Louvre will introduce its second piece of contemporary architecture to the public, tomorrow, on September 22. The new Department of Islamic Arts is designed by Milanese architect Mario Bellini and his French collea
Architects: MARP Location: Pécs, Hungary Design Team: Márton Dévényi, Pál Gyürki-Kiss Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Tamás Török Project Area: 1,040 sqm Client: City of Pécs The existing ruins of the renaissance Szathmáry Palace is one of Hungary’s most valuable protected monuments. Th