Interview with Dutch architect Michiel Riedijk [1964 -], principal in the Rotterdam-based office Neutelings & Riedijk Architects with Willem Jan Neutelings [1959 -].
Archive | December, 2009 
PLUS house, Japan by MOUNT FUJI ARCHITECTS STUDIO
The site is located on mountainside of Izu-san, where Pacific Ocean can be looked down on the south. The untouched wilderness, covered with deciduous broad-leaved trees such as cherry trees and Japanese oaks, gives little level ground.
The Cape Schanck House, Victoria / Australia by Paul Morgan Architects
This house is located in an area near rugged coastline subject to strong prevailing winds and sits within an expanse of native tea tree, on one of Australia’s southern peninsulas.
MORI x hako by Keisuke Maeda / UID architects
Towards a new model for multi-tenant buildings with an appealing philosophy…
Architecture: Star architects emerge, but even they find limits
Architecture, arguably for the first time in its history, found itself at the very center of American cultural and political life in the decade that is wrapping up. That centrality helped make stars out of architecture’s top talents. With the aid of powerful software, adventuresome clients and, not least, a flood of new wealth and easy financing, it also produced a rush of inventive buildings, in styles stretching from fluid to wildly sculptural to neomodern.
Perkins+Will Awarded First Place at International Architecture Biennale
Perkins+Will’s Master Plan for SANY Beijing was selected as the first place winner in the “Conceptual Design” category at the 8th International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. The judging committee based their award selection on four central themes of the exhibition: spatiality, connectivity, originality and sustainability.
Studio Banana TV Interviews Toyo Ito
Studio Banana TV interviews Japanese architect Toyo Ito on the occasion of his lecture at the European University of Madrid. Toyo Ito is one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects. Ito is known for creating extreme concept buildings, in which he seeks to fuse the physical and virtual worlds. Interview realised with the sponsorship of the European University of Madrid.
Sauerbruch Hutton’s Winning Entry for BSU Hamburg Competition
The new building for Hamburg’s Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt/BSU (Office for Urban Development and Environment) consists of one high rise and two wing buildings. Public BSU facilities, like areas for exhibitions and restaurants, are located in the street level floors.
AR-House by Katsufumi Kubota
Two-story (w/basement) reinforced concrete construction.. check the photos after the jump..
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum fly through animation by Zaha Hadid
Michigan State University shows images and an animation of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum designed by Zaha Hadid. Check them after the jump….
Platform 5’s Hackney House Extension
London-based architects Platform 5 have been awarded the first prize in the refurbishment competition “Don’t Move, Improve” for their extension to a Victorian terraced house in Hackney, London.
The competition, held by New London Architecture (NLA), was open to architects and homeowners who had completed extensions in Britain’s capital in the past five years. The NLA galleries are having all 32 shortlisted and winning designs on display until the end of January.
PHOTOS: MAXXI – National Museum of the XXI Century Arts by Zaha Hadid
Iwan Baan presents 61 photos of MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome designed by Zaha Hadid….Check some after the jump
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