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Refugi Lieptgas / Architektin AAM

Architects: Architektin AAM
Location: Flims, Lieptgas, 7018 Flims, Switzerland
Architect In Charge: Selina Walder, Georg Nickisch
Year: 2012
Photographs: Gaudenz Danuser, Ralph Feiner, Nuw Execution: Selina Walder / Georg Nickisch
Engineer: Reto Walder
Client: Guido Casty, Flims From the architect.… Sigue leyendo →
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Architecture Documentaries To Watch In 2015

Following our top 40 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2014 and our favourite 30 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2013…, 2015 is no exception! Our latest round up continues to feature a fantastic range of films and documentaries telling the Sigue leyendo →
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The Cloud / a21studio

Architects: a21studio
Location: Natural Heritage Area Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Area: 126.0 sqm
Year: 2015
Photographs: Courtesy of a21studio From the architect.… “The Cloud” is a small restaurant with a capacity of 60 guests, located on the top of Sigue leyendo →
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“A Truman Show-Style Nightmare”: Critics React to BIG and Heatherwick’s Designs for Google

In their designs for Google’s new headquarters, released last week amid much excitement, Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick have taken cues from the utopian visions of the past to create a radical solution for the sprawling tech campus in Mountain View, California.… Sigue leyendo →
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Video: Architect Rob Quigley on the 35-Year Struggle to Build the San Diego Library

“Big things don’t happen overnight,” says architect Rob Quigley, speaking to Breadtruck Films, “and civic buildings certainly don’t happen overnight.” The words ring true in the context of Quigley’s San Diego New Central Library, which opened in 2013 following a protracted 17… Sigue leyendo →
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See BIG & Heatherwick’s Design for Google’s California Headquarters

Images have been unveiled of BIG and Heatherwick Studio’s design for Google’s Mountain View headquarters. The plan, submitted to city council today, proposes to redevelop and expand the company’s home office with a series of lightweight canopy-like structures organized within a… Sigue leyendo →
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BIG’s “Unconventional” Uppsala Power Plant to Host Summer Festivals

The city of Uppsala has invited BIG to design a biomass cogeneration plant that would offset its peak energy loads throughout the fall, winter and spring. Home to Scandinavia’s oldest university and landmark Uppsala cathedral, the plant’s biggest challenge is to respect the… Sigue leyendo →
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Capitol Hill Loft / SHED Architecture & Design

Architects: SHED Architecture & Design
Location: 1310 East Union Street, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
Contractor: Dolanbuilt Construction
Area: 1702.0 ft2
Year: 2015
Photographs: James F. Housel, Mark Woods From the architect.… SHED Architecture & Design, based in Seattle, recently completed Sigue leyendo →
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Google Taps BIG and Heatherwick to Design New California Headquarters

The City of Mountain View is expected to receive a massive proposal from the city’s largest employer; reports confirm that Google has enlisted Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Heatherwick Studio to design its new California headquarters. With the few details released, it is unclear… Sigue leyendo →
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Sport Centre Jules Ladoumegue / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Location: 39P Route des Petits Ponts, 75019 Paris, France
Team: Ingérop, Osmose, Empreinte Roubaix, Oasiis, Peutz & Associés
Year: 2014
Photographs: David Boureau Client: City of Paris – Office for Architecture and Office for Youth and … Sigue leyendo →
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