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Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in London by Daneshgar Architects

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Article source: Daneshgar Architects

The design for the Iran Embassy, Vienna is another approach of a direct connection between architectural design and virtual game engines, that opened an entirely new initial point for modern Islamic architecture. The aim was to extract the uniqueness of traditional Islamic ornaments into a modern language of 3-dimensional shaping by simultaneously preserving traditional proportion patterns. To meet with this ambitious intention a special software was programmed that resulted into the adventurously new Islamic design. The traditional way of treating natural light meets an entirely new way of involving the direct processing of digital data flow into an architectural design.

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Architects: Daneshgar Architects
Project: Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran
Location: London, United Kingdom
Client: Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Martian Embassy Opens in Sydney, Australia by LAVA

Tuesday, July 24th, 2012

Article source: LAVA

THE MARTIANS HAVE LANDED And they’ve set up their very own embassy in inner city Sydney! The new embassy was designed by LAVA, with partners Will O’Rourke and The Glue Society, as a fusion of a whale, a rocket and a time tunnel, an immersive space of oscillating plywood ribs brought to life by red planet light and sound projections.

Image Courtesy Brett Boardman

Architects: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture – LAVA
Project: Martian Embassy Opens
Location: Sydney, Australia
Photography: Brett Boardman, Peter Murphy
Partners: Will O’Rourke (production), The Glue Society (creative direction), Berents Project Management (Project Manager), ARUP (lighting and acoustic design), Redwood Projects (builder), Philips (lighting), Syntec (sound), Avatar Air (oils)

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Dutch Embassy in Amman, Jordan by Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau bv

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Article source: Rudy Uytenhaak Architectenbureau bv

Amman is a fast-growing city entirely made up of buildings in local natural stone: not only the well-off neighbourhoods but also poorer districts, and not only homes but also offices, hotels, museums and shops.

The Dutch embassy project concerns the renovation of an understated villa within a walled garden. The building was renovated because it was too small, and not earthquake-proof. Hospitality in combination with security formed the essence of the design brief. The entrances and the various consulate functions are situated on the ground floor in the original building layer, while a separate new structure above this houses the public section of the embassy. The building as a whole is given a unified character by a light-filtering portico made of local Jerusalem Stone.