Designed by CHABANNE & Partners, it is the country’s first example of a structure which houses both skating disciplines. The sports facility is no doubt a welcome addition to the city as Marseille has been without an ice rink for twenty years. Recently inaugurated by French sports minister, Rama Yade, the new Palais Omnisports Marseille [...]
Located at the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in Germany, architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed of VitraHaus. The concept of the VitraHaus connects two themes that appear repeatedly in the oeuvre of Herzog & de Meuron: the theme of the archetypal house and the theme of stacked volumes. In Weil am Rhein, [...]
David Savage have shared with us about The Sustainable Neighborhood, green housing development in southern Italy who Andrea Salvini and Barbara Berni as project architects.
In collaboration with Italian architect Barbara Berni, this mixed-use residential project was conceived as a large-scale, green building development on nearly 12 acres in the province of Caserta in southern [...]
In 2003 Shigeru Ban, Jean de de Gastines and Philip Gumuchdjian won an international competition to design Pompidou Center in Metz, France. The 12,000 m2 cultural complex includes 6,000 m2 of exhibition space all contained under the roof. Three rectangular, cantilevered boxes house parts of the Pompidou Center’s permanent collection in a climate controlled environment. [...]
C. F. MOLLER have completed Camillo Eitzen House. The sculptural block which unites residential and office buildings in a single overall architectural attitude makes a significant contribution towards creating a dynamic, urban power field in the dense, block-dominated quarter of Søndre Frihavn.
The residences and offices, which are functionally separated, enjoy the appearance of a single [...]
Teo A. Khing Design Consultants have projected Meydan Grandstand and Hotel in Dubai. The grandstand design exemplifies horserace viewing of exceptional character capturing the essence of speed as a flash of light in the built form. Meydan Grandstand with graceful and sleek horizontal lines combined with the attributes of glass and steel materials, becomes the [...]
O14, a 22-story tall commercial tower perched on a two-story podium, broke ground in February 2007, and comprises over 300,000 square feet of office space for the Dubai Business Bay. O-14 is located along the extension of Dubai Creek, occupying a prominent location on the waterfront esplanade. O14 is sheathed in a forty centimeter-thick concrete [...]
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