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Gümligenpark New Credit Suisse Backoffice / Burckhardt+Partner
Architects: Burckhardt+Partner
Location: Muri bei Bern, Switzerland
Client: HRS Real Estate AG
Area: 22,400 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Croci & Du Fresne, Carmela Ordoni
The Lodge School Ricaut XIII / Metek Architecture
Located in a residential street, near the lively neighborhood of Place d’Italie, the new lodge of the School Ricaut displays its large yellow cube, which replaces the old entrance, refining the main access point and offering a work space that…
Campos Pharmacy / e|348 Arquitectura
Architects: e|348 Arquitectura
Location: Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
Project Architects: Nuno Pinheiro, António Teixeira
Constructor: Clipharma
Area: 160 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
H-House / BANG by MIN – Sae Min Oh
Architects: BANG by MIN – Sae Min Oh
Location: Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Architect In Charge: Sae Min Oh
Design Team: Changwook Kwak, Hyunduck Yoo
Area: 403.56 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Joonhwan Yoon
Central Michigan University Events Center / SmithGroupJJR
Architects: SmithGroupJJR
Location: Michigan, USA
Area: 6,741 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of SmithGroupJJR
Helsinki Central Library Competition Entry / AND-RÉ
The ‘Sophia Library’ concept proposal for the Helsinki Central Library Competition represents the consolidation of cultural identity, democratic notion and humanistic concepts into a building. It is a clear and true space, giving place for important visions to come together.…
Fiore House / Cekada-Romanos Arquitectos
Architects: Cekada-Romanos Arquitectos
Location: Soldini, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Design Team: Sebastián Cekada, Juan Andrés Romanos
Structural Engineering: Gustavo Caggiano
Contractor: Camilo Barreto
Construction Manager: Sebastián Cekada, Juan Andrés Romanos
Project Area: 172 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Walter Salcedo
Warming Huts v.2013 Competition Winners
Warming Huts, an open art and architecture competition on ice – has selected five huts that best “push the envelope of design, craft and art” for it’s 2013 edition. Selected from over 100 entries, these winning proposals will be constructed in January alongside the longest naturally frozen skating trail in the world: the Assiniboine Credit Union River Trail in Winnipeg, Canada.
Three of the huts were chosen from the open submission process, one from a separate University of Manitobacompetition, and one is being designed by award-winning Montreal firm Atelier Big City. Review them all after the break.
Soviet Modernism 1955-1991: Unknown Stories
‘Soviet Modernism 1955 – 1991. Unknown Stories’ explores, for the first time comprehensively, the architecture of the non-Russian Soviet republics completed between the late 1950s and the end of the USSR in 1991. The research and exhibition project shifts the Russian-dominated perspective and focuses attention on the architecture of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Krygyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, The Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
More information after the break…
Children’s Day Care Center in La Trintite / CAB Architects
Architects: CAB Architects
Location: La Trinité, France
Architect In Charge: Giancarlo Ranalli
Design Team: Jean-Patrice Calori, Bita Azimi, Marc Botineau
Architect Assistant: Sophie Delage
Area: 1,287 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Aldo Amoretti, Serge Demailly
La Vorada Center for Seniors / taller 9s arquitectes
Architects: taller 9s arquitectes
Location: Llinars del Vallès, Spain
Architect In Charge: Oriol Cusidó & Irene Marzo
Area: 1,288 sqm
Year: 2009
Photographs: Adrià Goula Sardà
‘Hydropolis’ Competition Entry / Margaux Leycuras, Marion Ottmann, Anne-Hina Mallette
Designed by architecture students, Margaux Leycuras, Marion Ottmann, and Anne-Hina Mallette…, from the architecture school of Nantes, they recently won a prize in a competition organized by the Foundation Jacques Rougerie. Their ‘Hydropolis’ proposal answers to this
House in Higashiyama / General Design
Architects: General Design - Shin Ohori
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Site Area: 139.64 sqm
Built Area: 83.69 sqm
Total Floor Area: 254.10 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Daici Ano
BB House / BAK Architects
Architects: BAK Architects
Location: Mar Azul, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Architect In Charge: María Victoria Besonías, Luciano Kruk
Collaborators: Nuria Jover, Diorella Fortunati
Site Area: 595.5 sqm
Area: 114.81 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Gustavo Sosa Pinilla
W House / IDIN Architects
Architects: IDIN Architects
Location: Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Design Team: Jeravej Hongsakul, Akeanan Janeium, Pongpop Narapanich
Area: 202 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Spaceshift Studio
Villa Rieteiland-Oost / Egeon Architecten
Architects: Egeon Architecten
Location: Tamariskhof, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Architect In Charge: Egon Kuchlein
Area: 225 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Chiel de Nooyer
Elementary School in Velká Chuchle / Grido
Architects: Grido
Location: Velká Chuchle, Czech Republic
Design Team: Peter Sticzay-Gromski, Juraj Kováč, Valérius Lalkovič
Area: 615 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Tomáš Malý
Spiralab / KINO Architects
Architects: KINO Architects
Location: Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Architect In Charge: Masahiro Kinoshita
Site Area: 600 ha
Building Area: 1,300 ha
Total Floor Area: 3,000 ha
Year: 2009
Photographs: Daici Ano, Hiroyuki Hirai
Vo Trong Nghia named Vietnamese Architect of the Year
By popular vote on the architectural website Ashui.com, Vo Trong Nghia has been announced as Vietnam’s Architect of the Year 2012. The Quang Binh native was awarded over two other nominees after a four day public vote.
A graduate of Japan’s Nagoya Institute of Technology class of 2002, Vo Trong Nghia leads an award-wining, self-titled practice known for its intricate bamboo and sustainable structures.
View a selection of his work after the break.
Eladio 13 / Biagioni – Pecorari Arquitectos
Architects: Biagioni Pecorari Arquitectos - Gabriel Biagioni, Sergio Pecorari
Location: Santa Fe, Argentina
Collaborators: Matías Gabrielloni, Virginia Aranda
Area: 468 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Federico Cairoli
Pharrell to Collaborate with Zaha Hadid
Hip-Hop artist Pharrell is used to collaborating with big names – Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, and now? Zaha Hadid.
According to an interview with Hypebeast, the artist has decided to continue his dabble into the design world (he’s written a book and designed chairs in the past) by working on a pre-fab home with the Pritzker Prize-winning architect:
Pharrell: “There’s a collaboration I’m working with Zaha Hadid, we’re touring around with the idea of a prefab for a house.
Hypebeast: Is that still at the planning stages or are you guys looking to erect something soon?
Pharell, enigmatically: “Well, we’re going to see something through.”
Via GreatSpaces and Hypebeast
