Archive | February, 2010

VIDEO: King Abdullah II House of Culture & Arts by Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid Architects’ designs revealed for the King Abdullah II House of Culture & Arts in Amman, Jordan. check the video after the jump

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Schweizer Fernsehen by MVRDV

Dutch firm MVRDV has unveiled images of the new headquarters of Schweizer Fernsehen in Zurich.

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KieranTimberlake announced as winner of New London Embassy Design Competition

U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Louis B. Susman, and Acting Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Adam Namm, announced today that KieranTimberlake of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has won the design competition for the New London Embassy.

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Inner City Arts, Los Angeles/USA by Michael Maltzan Architecture

Inner-City Arts project, is a downtown Los Angeles education facility which provides art instruction to a large population of at-risk children and youth in LA. The project is designed by LA-based architect Michael Maltzan together with garden designer Nancy Goslee Power.

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VitraHaus by Herzog & De Meuron – Video

This video was shot during the press preview and shows the exterior as well as the interior of the new VitraHaus and an excerpt of Jacques Herzog discussing the VitraHaus concept.

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VitraHaus – Weil Am Rhein by Herzog & de Meuron (Update)

Here is update on Vitra Haus with new photos from Iwan Baan

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SODAE House by VMX Architects

In a nature area between Amsterdam, Amstelveen and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, lies the Kostverlorenkade 1; an island measuring 1200m2. Here, VMX build a 500m2 house. …

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Urban Farming by Jack O`Reilly

URBAN F.@.M.I.N (Urban farming and media interactive networks)…

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Aeroport Lleida-Alguaire, Spain by b720 Architects

The new Aeroport Lleida-Alguaire, 15km from the Catalonian town of Lleida, and just a stone’s throw from the Spanish Pyrenees, is a site-focused contemporary take on old-world airport buildings, designed as the chief piece of an accommodating modular system.

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ROLEX LEARNING CENTER by SANAA Architects

Situated on a single campus overlooking the shores of Lake Geneva at Lausanne, Switzerland, with extraordinary views of the Alps, EPFL accommodates 11,000 people. These include 7,000 students as well as professors, over 4,000 researchers and other faculty members, plus administrative staff and a number of entrepreneurs running small start-up science and technology businesses located on the campus.

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La Llotja theatre and conference centre by mecanoo architecten & Studio Labb

“La Llotja de Lleida” – Congress Palace and Municipal Theater in Spain, designed by Mecanoo will open on March 31, 2010

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Archipod

Looking for a Garden Office, but want something a bit different?
The way people work is changing – the cost and inconvenience of commuting to work everyday is increasing, whereas advances in computer and networking technology are making the viability of working from home a realistic alternative to travelling to an office everyday.

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