An Urban Treehouse That Absorbs Pollution

It's a special building because it lives, grows, breathes and changes over time. Its terraces are dotted with 150 tall trees which together with 50 plants in the court produce about 150,000 liters per hour of oxygen, at night absorbing about 200,000 li... Sigue leyendo

Song-chu Bending Band / L’EAU Design

Architects: L’EAU Design
Location: 419 Uldae-ri, Jangheung-myeon, Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Architect In Charge: Kim Dong-jin
Design Team: Lee Sang-hak , Park Ju-eun, Kim Tea-yeon, Baek So-won
Area: 790.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Park Wan-soon Construction: LEEEKO CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD…
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Los Angeles’ famously Googie Norms to become focal point in new «community of shops»

Developer Jason Illoulian of Faring Capital is the new owner of the land under the restaurant and its 43 parking spaces ... his plan: To build a “community of shops” where the parking lot now stands. [...] “It’s such a beautifu... Sigue leyendo

Architonic in Frankfurt: ISH 2015, Parts 4 & 5

Architonic in Frankfurt for ISH 2015

Our final two ISH 2015 Facebook photo galleries bring to a close last week’s visit, and tour, of the world’s leading trade fair for the Bathroom Experience, Building Services, Energy, Air Conditioning Technology and Renewable Energies.   > to Architonic’s tour of ISH Frankfurt 2015, Part 4 Manufacturers shown include: Dornbracht, Fima Carlo Frattini, Geberit, Hewi, […] Sigue leyendo

James Corner Field Operations Chosen to Design Miami “Underline”

High Line co-designer, James Corner Field Operations has been selected to design the proposed 10-mile “Underline” in Miami. Chosen by a local jury from 19 submitted entries, JCFO has been asked to envision a bicycle route and linear park that will replace the threadbare M-Path under the Metrorail tracks from Dadeland to the Miami River. The project has yet to achieve funding, but it is hoped that JCFO’s plan will spark more investor interest. 

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Virginia Tech Center for Design Research exhibition showcases experimental digital fabrications

We are in the midst of another industrial revolution – softer, less obtrusive, faster, and more pervasive. All aspects of daily life are changing through the integration of things made of atoms and things made from bits. Surrounded by an increasi... Sigue leyendo

Is the Louvre Abu Dhabi Worth Celebrating?

The Louvre Abu Dhabi looks set to open in 2016, as work on Jean Nouvel’s colossal construction speeds up and his vision of a modern medina starts to crystallise on what was once a desert island. This vast project has been stupendously controversi... Sigue leyendo

Loreto College / ThomsonAdsett

Architects: ThomsonAdsett
Location: 415 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo QLD 4151, Australia
Architect: Chad Brown, Phil Horwood, Martin Hammond
Project Director: Graham Legerton
Project Architect: Geraldine Dawson
Architectural Technician: Tom Fowler, Steve Foro
Area: 1115.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Alicia Taylor… Structural Sigue leyendo

WAA win competition to design ‘Am Hirschgarten’ in Munich, Germany

Located on the western edge of Munich, near the Friedenheimer bridge, and adjacent to the light-rail lines that string throughout the city’s center, ‘Am Hirschgarten’ is a campus-like cluster of four buildings, each of which entails a... Sigue leyendo

WAA Wins Competition to Design “Am Hirschgarten” in Munich

Wiel Arets Architects (WAA) has won a competition to design a cluster of four mixed-use towers adjacent to Munich’s Hirschgarten station. Each “horseshoe-shaped” building, perched upon a six to seven story plinth, will offer space for office, hotel and retail space… Sigue leyendo