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, [...]
Located in La Jolla, the University of California, San Diego, campus mimics the suburban sprawl so prevalent in the American West. Spread across 1,200 acres, the grounds consist of scores of bulky buildings set among eucalyptus groves, vast lawns, and a labyrinth of roads. Guided by a 1989 master plan by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, [...]
Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt) is one of Australia’s foremost and awarded architectural practices. Its origins are in Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects (MGT, established 1980) who won the international design competition for Parliament House in the nation’s capital, Canberra. The practice proceeded to complete significant and challenging projects throughout Australia and South-East Asia, with the results [...]
dmvA-architecten bvba was designed small capsule building, design for the office of XfactorAgencies, as an extension to the house, was relentlessly rejected by local building regulations. The material used is polyester, sizes are like a big caravan and it can be moved to any place you like. Next month it will be exhibited in Kemzeke, [...]
Located in Deerfield – Massachusetts, educational building of Koch Center for Science, Math & Technology at Deerfield Academy was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Designed to encourage interdisciplinary communication and informal learning, this 80,000-square-foot building contains 15 classrooms, eight labs, faculty offices and a conference hall, extra-help rooms and special project areas. The program [...]
Located in Manhattan, New York based architect Andre Kikoski has designed The Wright, a new restaurant at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The design solution references the building’s architecture without repeating it, and in the process transforming familiar geometries, spatial effects and material qualities. The playfulness of forms and the dynamics of movement through this [...]
