The initial momentum for Zaha Hadid Architect’s Design is generated by developing a landscape carpet picking up these loose ends of the urban fabric and interweaving them with the different movement directions across and along the site. This landscape layout develops from an urban end at the western side of the plot. From this Western end, where the plot of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum is neighboured by the large Berkey Hall, the new square...
The amorphous design of the building allows it to nestle comfortably into its urban context. Its edges are soft and enriched by a series of smaller public spaces. As visitors sweep across the large square and into the building the flowing threshold means that they are hardly aware of the main entrance as they pass through it. One moves through the entire complex in a similar fashion – with the secondary entrance to the supermarket being conceived...
Conceived through joint collaboration between the fields of architecture and engineering, the bridge was designed by Bernard Tschumi and Hugh Dutton, with their respective teams in Paris and New York. The teams developed the design for La Roche-sur-Yon as both a utilitarian vector of movement and a symbol of contemporary urban relationships. The intention of the designers was to demonstrate an integration of an original structural system with an architectural...
The hotel complex is situated in the newly developed Schwabinger Tor area, along the northern part of the Leopoldstrasse. The challenge in the competition was to bring the architectural characteristics of Munich into this new and modern part of the city. schmidt hammer lassen architects’ design concept has its origin in three themes: the analysis of the historical city with its arches, vaults and arcades; a close relation to the masterplan with...
In an area of new housing development Blok Kats van Veen realised this triangular shaped villa in big contrast to the traditional housing around it. This private house is located along the edge of the Homeruskwartier neighbourhood and is facing the Almere forest stroke. The triangular shape of the plot was leading for the design. The triangle opens itself towards the garden at the south west with a great view on the forest stroke. The living space...
Johannesburg is home to Circa on Jellicoe, a multi-media art gallery designed by South African based practice, studioMAS. Located on a busy urban intersection, it marks a prominent public intervention that challenges perceptions of “art” and “art galleries”. The architecture is a sculpture, moulding itself around its contents. Its elliptical form has developed from the constraints of a narrow site and the prospect of creating...
The proposal “The Modern Castle” by Danish practice DEVE Architects has won the EUROPAN 10 contest for Augustenborg, Denmark in the category Urban Plan and Buildings. The jury praised DEVE’s proposal for finding a way to continue developing the town with an updated, yet recognizably local typology without reaching out too far from the established nature of Augustenborg. From the jury’s report: “One of the first things that caught...
The project by NeyPoulissen Architects & Engineers includes a tied-arch bridge over the Waal river with a clear span of 285 m, as well as the approach viaducts that make up a total length of 1.2 km. This new crossing will connect the western part of the city to the ring road and will allow redevelopment of the southern docklands. The scenography of the new crossing has played an important role in the project. The design results from the imposing...
The project consists of a 16,900 m2 congress and hotel facility and 17,100 m2 housing on the most attractive area of Helsingborg – the former central ferry dock Ångfärjan in the city center. The new facilities will play an important part in the ongoing development of the promenade running the length of the city waterfront. The building is characterized by a deformation of the grid into a crystalline expression that has coined the nick name “The...
MAD’s proposal for the future Beijing 2050 was first revealed at its exhibition MAD IN CHINA in Venice during the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. Beijing 2050 imagined three scenarios for the future of Beijing: a green public park in Tiananmen Square, a series of floating islands above the city’s CBD, and the “Future of Hutongs,” which featured metallic bubbles scattered over Beijing’s oldest neighborhoods. Three years...
Attractive Olympic View House by BC and J Architecture
The house for public must need special design that combines the concept of privacy and comfort....
Amazing Dry Creek House Design by Brian Dillard
This house looks so cute and beautiful from outside since it has amazing design. This house...
Fascinating Le Portelet House by MOOARC
Enjoying the view side the river will be interesting with the special house. This house is...
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