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Archive | October, 2009 
Oya Stone Museum / Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
The mining tools and delivery methods used in shipping Oya Stone are exhibited inside this unique museum and particularly interesting is an abandoned underground quarry 20,000 sq. m. in size and at an average depth of 30 m.
Video: Guadalajara Guggenheim by Asymptote
The Guadalajara Guggenheim Presentation video by Asymptote Architecture. A collaboration between Asymptote and Imaginary Forces.
Winners Announced for the Lavender Lake Art Factory Competition
The winning designs of the suckerPUNCH-curated Lavender Lake Art Factory competition have recently been announced. The international competition asked architects to submit concepts for an ‘art factory’ at the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York that will contain private/shared art studios, a storefront gallery/bar, analog/digital shops, and live/work spaces for rotating artists in residence.
The Volcano House
Sited upon small volcanic cone in the high desert midway between Las Vegas & Los Angeles, this 60-acre retreat seems to cap the mountain top with its dome-like roof: Concrete and truss beams form its dome allowing the interior to embrace 360 degrees of stark, strong almost lunar landscape.
The float house by Morphosis – New Orleans for Make It Right
Iwan Baan shows 20 photos of The float house in New Orleans designed by Morphosis for Make It Right project.
3LHD Finish Construction on Zamet Sports and Cultural Center in Croatia
Croatian architecture firm 3LHD recently finished the Zamet Center in Rijeka, an industrial port city in Croatia.
The center is a brand new building that will have a great impact on the local community. The project is a hybrid, with mixed use facilities: multipurpose sports hall, new library, civic center, local administration offices, bars, shops and a parking garage.
The design of Zamet Center is the result of an invited competition that 3LHD won the first price for.
CENTRIFUGAL VILLA by OBRA Architects
The Centrifugal Villa is arranged around a hollow center, as if the heart of the house had somehow fallen outside its body….
OMA wins competition for Rotterdam’s Stadskantoor
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in collaboration with Werner Sobek and engineers ABT, has won the competition for Rotterdam’s Stadskantoor, a new building for the city hall that will accommodate municipal services, offices, and residential units. The winner was announced this morning by city alderman Hamit Karakus.
DB-Project by Y.TOHME/ARCHITECTS
DB-project is an architectural intervention highlighting its context through extending the existing mountain ..
Video : Dutch Embassy in Berlin by OMA
0300TV has featured a video of the dutch embassy in berlin designed by OMA
ShowCase: University Library UBU Utrecht
ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies.
Check the Latest Project: University Library UBU Utrecht by Wiel Arets Architects
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