Islamic Centre in Ras Al Kaimah Building
The Ministry of Public Works of UAE has invited selected consultants for Ras Al Khaimah Islamic Center Architectural competition. Ras Al Khaimah is considered the state Mosque of the Emirates.
The Ministry of Public Works of UAE has invited selected consultants for Ras Al Khaimah Islamic Center Architectural competition. Ras Al Khaimah is considered the state Mosque of the Emirates.
Design: Dimster Architecture – the Dual House is a new duplex for two related families, with an emphasis on balancing shared and personal spaces. While appearing to be a single building, two structures are placed back-to-back allowing for private garden entries and a communal roof deck.
A 113 sqm vertical garden in new restaurant/gallery/concert venue next to the river in Belem, Lisbon. It wraps around the kitchen inserted into this renovated 1940s pavilion. Several windows cuts through the plant surface.
Design: Richard Meier & Partners. Prominently positioned building adjacent to the site of the 2020 Olympic Village the development is the first residential project in Japan by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier.
Design: spatial practice, architects. A simple building design: the horizontal band defines the uninterrupted view of the park, mountain, and sea; while also performing as a sustainable shading element to reduce heat gain.
Design: Contaminar Arquitectos. The shape of the house stretches on the ground, unfolding from a wall that supports three volumes. Each one has a different scale, offering a different experience, resulting in a dynamic and playful composition.
Design: Contramark and Knob Modern. Located in the Coronado Historic District of Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, USA, the house was formerly a rental duplex built in 1935 that was converted into a single family dwelling with a modern addition.
Design: Shaun Lockyer Architects. A contemporary design responding to a character vernacular in a quiet suburban street in inner-city Brisbane. The house is designed around three courtyards, offering a plan that transparently connects the indoor and outdoor living spaces.
Design: Chevallier Architectes
This cottage was originally a summer residence, like many others in Chamonix, and was therefore not insulated for winter use. No upgrades had been done since its construction approximately 70 years ago.
Design: Dekleva Gregoric Architects. The business community today operates dynamically, impulsively and diversely. Office environments must respond to the constant changes in working groups’ organizations, to their processes and needs for personal comfort and technology development.
Design: Park Associati, architects. A living unit designed to be moved around and placed on existing buildings in highly visible locations. Designed to be used as a restaurant and much more, the pavilion was installed on top of Palazzo Beltrami in Piazza della Scala.
Design: Enter Projects. At 7m tall and 9.5m wide, this addition to a federation period style home took only months to complete. The abundant natural light that shines through its wide glass entrance enhances the urban chic vibe from its bright white and green interior.
Design: Chad Oppenheim, architects. A minimalistic, elegant and comfortable beach house that blends into its breathtaking surroundings in Harbour Island, Bahamas.
The dominant feature of the Corbusian building is the rippling facade that uses a clever smoothing device to create waves from a sawtooth plan (the block is double-loaded ie from a central corridor).
Design: Burwell Deakins Architects and Levitt Bernstein Architects. £9.3m project to transform a Refectory and an underused service yard into a vibrant social space and courtyard, restoring the historic splendour of the heart of the university and improving campus connectivity.
Design: Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos. The new building hosts the Universidad Popular, the headquarters of the PhotoEspaña International Centre in Alcobendas, as well as a media library and a citizen’s advice service of the City Council.
Design: Melvin Villarroel, architects. Integrated resort located on Tenerife’s west coast: shapes, materials and landscaping relate to local traditions and similar tropical destinations in order to provide a strong sense of place in exceptional surroundings.
Design: OMA. How does one make a project from ingredients one is usually keen to avoid? What repertoire should be invoked when (modern) architecture’s most instant reflexes: asymmetry, prismatic volumes and smooth exteriors instantly prove impossible?