Archive for 2011
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: Pepe Gascón
The house is located on a plot of limited dimensions, characterized by a steep slope. It was considered necessary to develop the project closely integrating the property with the land in contrast to nearby properties which were built upwards, abandoning the land.
 Toni House
- Architect: Pepe Gascón
- Name of Project: Toni House
- Location: Carrer Baix Llobregat, 16. Vacarisses (Barcelona), Spain
- Project Team: Josep Gascón, Jesús Gallego, Efrem López
- Photographer: Eugeni Pons
- Developer: Antonio Pérez Aguilar
- Project area: 14,00 m2
- Cost: 181.313,00 €
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: Studio Artec
In the heart of Brescia’s city centre, Gambero Rosso Restaurant is situated in an environment where the remains of a porch of a fourteenth-century cloister coexist with spaces built in the 1960s, following the bombings of the convent which happened in World War II.
 Dining hall - Photo by Bruno Tonelli
- Architect: Studioartec
- Name of Project: Gambero Rosso Restaurant
- Location: Brescia, Italy
- Design Team: Bruno Tonelli, Massimiliano Gorlani, Marcello Peli, Giovanni Mosca
- Project area: 250 sqm
- Project year: 2009
- Photographs: Bruno Tonelli
- Software used: Autocad LT and Allplan to design and render the project
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: Pepe Gascón
In the garden of a single-family detached house a covered garage for two cars had to be accommodated, creating from there access to the house for pedestrians sheltered from the rain, respecting the existing architecture, blending in with it discreetly.
 Olaria Porch
- Architect: Pepe Gascón Arquitectura
- Project: Olaria Porch
- Location: Carrer Montblanc, 34. St. Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona) España
- Project Team: Josep Gascón, Jesús Gallego, Pau Estruch
- Photographer: David Arnau
- Developer: Salvador Olaria Riera
- Project area: 40,00 m2
- Cost: 20.000,00€
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: Asymptote Architecture
Throughout history, art has always served as a powerful and resonating vehicle of cultural expression and a reflection on a society’s status and enlightened position in the world. These pavilions are at once looking into the past, the present and the future, seemingly engaged in a profound and silent dialogue. They are designed to embody timelessness and to allow for varied subjective interpretations and the superimposition of different meanings as time and local culture moves forward. Through their abstract and formal language they are conceived as tectonic gestures, privileging at once elegance, perfection and beauty, all drawn from the unique and profound landscapes, histories and futures that define this remarkable part of the world.
 Exterior View
- Architect: Asymptote Architecture
- Name of Project: Guggenheim Contemporary Art Pavilions
- Location: Saadiyat Island
- Principal Architects:Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture
- Project Architect:Stella Lee
- Design Team:Greg Derrico
- Assistants:Kasper Ax, Allan Sorensen, Hiroe Fujimoto
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: JDS Architects
The New Holmenkollen Ski Jump: A Perfomative Project
Project update on November 9, 2011: Holmenkollen Ski Jump Wins The Norwegian Steel Day Prize
Project update on September 22, 2011:
JDS Architects’ Holmenkollen Ski Jump has been announced as the winner of the 2011 ECCS Structural Steel Design Award today at the ECCS Congress in Postdam, Germany. The award recognizes outstanding design in steel construction emphasizing the many advantages of steel in construction, production, economy and architecture.
The European Steel Design Awards are given by the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) every two years to encourage the creative and outstanding use of steel in architecture and construction.
145 years ago the first Norwegian took off from a hill, catapulting himself to the sky, creating a sport that would spread all over the world and captivate millions. Today Oslo remains the undisputed capital of ski jumping, having had annual competitions at Holmenkollen since 1892, served the Olympics in 1952 and hosted several world championships. The Holmenkollen site has been the cradle of evolution in ski jumping and the facility was revisited and improved more than twenty times. Its building history represents a form of record or architectural fossil of the discipline’s progress.
 Aerial View (Images Courtesy JDS Architects)
- Architect: JDS Architects
- Project: Ski Jump, Stadium, Renovation & Addition for World Championship 2011
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Type: Open Competition, 1st Prize
- Budget: Ca 700 mill. NOK (€ 87,3 million)
- Client: Oslo Municipality
- Collaborators: Norconsult, Grindaker, Metallplan, Intra
- Status: Started 2008, Completion 2011
- Photography: JDS Architects, Steven Wauters, MARCO BOELL, KAMILLA HESKJE, FELIX LUONG, Nikolaj Moeller
- Software used: Rhino & Photoshop
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: K/R Architects
John Keenen and Terence Riley, founding partners of K/R Architects, announced today that the firm has completed the master plan for the 100-acre (40-hectare) Parque de Levante in Murcia, Spain. The plan, which reinvents the concept of a museum-park explores the relationship between art and culture as a generator of creativity and education, as well as economic dynamism and tourism. The park will serve the Mediterranean region as a major art destination. K/R recently presented the master plan at City Hall in Murcia.
 Land Bridge, Image: VUW
- Architects: K/R Architects
- Project: Parque de Levante
- Location: Murcia, Spain
- Software used: Rhino
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor
Oslo S, or Oslo Central Station, is the most important station in Norway. For reasons of sustainability there is a desire to increase the importance of railway transport in the future, thereby increasing further the strain on the capacity of the already congested junction at Oslo S. Previous expansions have been haphazard and partly temporary, and the proposal aims to reestablish well ordered and ample public spaces that are well connected to the surrounding urban fabric.
 Inngang 1
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
Article source: Asymptote Architect
Bergamo, Italy—Asymptote Architecture’s design for the Azzano-San Paolo Master Plan, a 100,000-square-meter commercial development, was recently unveiled at the MAPIC international retail real estate conference in Cannes, France. The site for the new master plan is an area south of Orio al Serio International Airport near the historic city center of Bergamo in Northern Italy. The master plan, as conceived by Asymptote, is a meandering and intriguingly articulated collection of surfaces that seem to have evolved naturally from the adjacent farmlands and calls for powerful, yet subtle, new architectural works placed on an urban plinth. Overall, the Azzano-San Paolo Master Plan is a signal for the possibility of such developments to be aesthetically compelling and architecturally dynamic.
 Front View
- Architect: Asymptote Architect – Hani Rashid + Lise Anne Couture
- Name of Project: Azzano-San Paolo Master Plan
- Location: Bergamo, Italy
- Client: Stilo Group, Bergamo, Italy
- Site Area: 110,000 sq. m.
- Building Area: 120,000 sq. m.
- Program: Retail, hotel, planetarium, multiplex, health clinic
- Date: 2008
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Article source: Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design
This renovation project addressed the issues of sustainability through recycling, the reinvention of two historic, but not historically significant, structures to align with the brand of the owner’s business, and the investigation of and references to the work of two artists through this project.
 Mlicki Offices
- Architects: Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design
- Project: Mlicki Offices
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
- Client’s Name: Mlicki
- Completion Date: 2008
- Photographer: Brad Feinknopf, Feinknopf Photography
- Software used: Revit and SketchUp
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Article source: DGT
This project was initiated by Toshiba, a corporate citizen of planet Earth, wanting to create a light installation featuring LED lights at Milano Salone 2011, the world’s largest design trade fair. Since its commercialization of the incandescent light bulb in 1890, Toshiba has continued to contribute to the development of lighting culture through its cutting-edge technology, consistent innovation and passion for light. The company entered the European LED market in 2010. It is committed to the development and creation of innovative next-generation products that are based on the understanding of the unique cultures and diverse values of different countries and regions, in harmony with people and environment.
 Images Courtesy Daici Ano
- Architect: DGT, Paris
- Name of Project: Toshiba Milano Salone
- Location: Milano, Italy
- Status: Completed
- Dates: 2010 – 2011
- Area: 534 m²
- Photographs: Francesco Niki Takehiko, Daici Ano, DGT
- Software used: First made a model, tested lighting and proportion and then did drawing in AutoCAD.
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