Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won an international competition to design a new town hall in Tallinn, Estonia.
BIG's winning design features a cluster of administrative buildings with large panoramic windows arranged around a public square, allowing citizens to see...
Belgian architects import.export have created a mobile multi-storey structure that allows people to camp in urban areas.
Camping is defined as getting away from an urban area, and enjoying nature, spending one or more nights on a location. (1) As such, the phrase urban camping contradicts...
Riken Yamamoto lecture. 03 July 2009. Maidment Theatre
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Jun 2009
Innovative Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto is one of the most prominent members of the generation of architects to grow up in the ruins of post-war Japan. His award-winning designs for houses respond to the changing nature of the family unit and changing role of the individual in society....
Haworth Tompkins project at Snape Maltings, Suffolk.
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Jun 2009
The Corten steel shell of a new multi purpose studio was craned into the remains of a nineteenth century brick dovecote at Snape Maltings in Suffolk on the 18th May. Sited at the symbolic threshold of the maltings and the surrounding marshes, the monocoque welded steel box will be insulated and...
Project description:
The site is situated on a hill in front of the sea. The Horizon question comes naturally. How to grasp the same impression inside this villa as if we are in front of a vast infinite horizon?
How can we inhabit the existing forest and which relationship can be...
Project Description:
The House in Chihuahua is part of a golf club community in the desert like northern region of Mexico. The dwelling was designed to accommodate the special climatic circumstances of the area, since the differences between day time and night time temperatures can vary by as...
Church in Foligno by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects
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Jun 2009
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects have completed a church in Foligno, Italy.
The new building will be opened on Friday.
The project was won in 2001 after a national competition organized by the Conferenza Episcopale Italiana for the construction of new churches,...
David Chipperfield Architects Anchorage Museum Expansion Opens
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May 2009
David Chipperfield Architects' Anchorage Museum Expansion to Open
David Chipperfield Architects' new 8,000 m2 Anchorage Museum Expansion will open to the public on 30 May 2009.
The organisation of the new building is based on five linear volumes of varying length and...
London- and Madrid-based practice Daniel Statham Architects have designed a new facade for the City Development Land (CDL) headquarters in Singapore.
01_CDL HQ, CITY HOUSE, SINGAPORE
The project is located in the Central Business District (CBD) of Singapore between Robinson Road...
