New Weekly arcspace Feature.

Construction start - UNStudio - Five Franklin Place - New York, NY

Mon, 5 May 2008 00:33:39 +0100

The building is wrapped in a garment of metal ribbons.

Studio Granda - Hof Residence - Skakafjordur fjord, Iceland

Mon, 5 May 2008 00:32:39 +0100

A new country residence, less than 100 kilometers from the Arctic Circle.

Broadway Malyan - Rossio Station - Lisbon, Portugal

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:33:39 +0100

"Restoring the building's dignity was integral to our design approach for the completed scheme."

Margarida Caldeira
Project architect Broadway Malyan

Book - Project Vitra - By Cornel Windlin & Rolf Fehlbaum - Publisher: Birkhäuser

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:34:39 +0100

The book offers an inside look at the firms collaboration with architects and designers.

Snøhetta - Oslo Opera House - Oslo, Norway

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:34:39 +0100

The Marble clad roofscape forms a large public space in the landscape of the city and the fjord.

Book - A Tribute to Jørn Utzon - Publisher: The Danish Architectural Press

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:34:39 +0100

In celebration of Jørn Utzon's 90th birthday the Danish Architectural Press have published a tribute to the man whose building became a symbol for a city.

Rem Koolhaas OMA - The Brewery Site - Copenhagen, DenMark

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:33:39 +0100

In order to fit in the requested program, a solid volume became the base for the design.

Home of Finn Juhl - Ordrupgaard - Ordrup, DenMark

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:32:39 +0100

The exhibition about the architect and furniture designer Marks the opening of Finn Juhl's house as part of the museum complex.

KK Letter - Visiting HafenCity - Hamburg, Germany

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:34:39 +0100

The 380 acre redevelopment zone will be a mix of office, retail, residential, and cultural uses.

Design Hotel - East Hotel - Hamburg, Germany

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 00:35:39 +0100

The spirit of the old foundry lives on in this chic design hotel in the red-light district of Hamburg.

Herzog & de Meuron -CaixaForum Madrid - Madrid, Spain

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

The surprising sculptural aspect of the CaixaForum's silhouette reflects the roofscape of the surrounding buildings.

Lundgaard & Tranberg - The Royal Theater - Copenhagen, DenMark

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

The new Royal Theatre is a pronounced, yet respectful, completion of the surrounding urban structure.

Book - Verb Natures - Publisher: Actar

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:30:39 +0100

How does the fusion of natural and artificial matter produce new architectural organisms, new environments, new natures?

Rafael Vinoly Architects - Carrasco International Airport - Montevideo, Uruguay

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

A single monolithic roof, with a gently curving roof line and low profile that integrate it into the site, spans the main hall.

Design Hotel - Lux 11 - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

Lux 11 is cool in every sense of the word.... the place to stay for an authentic Berlin experience.

OMA/Rem Koolhaas - Netherlands Embassy - Berlin, Germany

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

A continuous trajectory shapes the building’s internal communication.

Steven Holl Architects - Sliced Porosity Block - Chengdu, China

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

The site is developed to maximize public open space and to stimulate micro-urbanism.

Neil Denari Architects - HL23 - New York, New York

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:35:39 +0100

We wanted to make new architecture that honors the old in certain ways, but that stands as an elevated world, integrated with the High Line in a new way. - Neil Denari

Serero Architects - Concrete Canopy -Auditorium and Movie Theater - Saint Cyprien, France

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

A building inspired by the natural environment...

Design for an Eco-friendly Community - arcspace Island - Second Life

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

Design a structure in the Virtual World - build the structure in China and Hawaii in the Real World!

Book - ECODESIGN - A Manual for Ecological Design By Ken Yeang - Publisher: Wiley-Academy

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

Saving the environment is the single most important issue for our tomorrow." - Ken Yeang

PTW + CCDI + ARUP - Watercube - National Aquatics Center - Beijing, China

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

The Watercube associates water as a structural and conceptual "leitmotiv" with the square, the primal shape of the house in Chinese tradition and mythology.

Pugh + Scarpa - Make It Right - Lower 9th Ward - New Orleans

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

Make It Right's goal is to join the history of the Lower 9th Ward with creative new architectural solutions mindful of environmental and personal safety concerns.

J. Mayer H. Architekten - Cumulus - Danfoss Universe - Nordborg, DenMark

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

A sensitive insertion into the landscape, the design ensures that much of the site remains in its natural condition.

Under construction - Eric Owen Moss - Gateway Art Tower - Los Angeles, California

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

A series of conical screen segments will afford vibrant, large-scale images to be projected and fully coordinated from within.

Foster & Partners - Khanty Mansiysk - Siberia, Russia

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

A sensitive insertion into the landscape, the design ensures that much of the site remains in its natural condition.

Manfredi Nicoletti - Arezzo Law Court - Arezzo, Italy

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:35:39 +0100

The south facing facade is covered by a transparen, undulating stainless steel sunscreen.

Asymptote Architecture - Penang Global City Center - Penang, Malaysia

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:35:39 +0100

An expansive, sustainable, mixed-use development with two iconic sixty-story towers.

Erick van Egeraat - A.A. Hijmans van den Bergh - Medical Faculty - University of Utrecht - Utrecht, The Netherlands

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:35:39 +0100

Three cone-shaped glass structures act as giant light wells.

Nearing completion - Gehry Partners, LLP - Science Library - Princeton University - Princeton, New Jersey

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:35:39 +0100

An efficient, easily accessible environment conducive to research requirements in the 21st century.

UNStudio - Agora Theater - Lelystad, The Netherlands

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:35:39 +0100

Both inside and outside walls are faceted to reconstruct the kaleidoscopic experience of the world of the stage.

Zaha Hadid Architects - Nordpark Cable Railway - Innsbruck, Austria

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:35:39 +0100

“These stations are the global benchMark for the use of double- curvature glass in construction.”

Hotel Burnham - Reliance Building - Chicago, Illinois

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:26 +0100

The Reliance Building was reborn as the Hotel Burnham in October 1999.

SANAA - New Museum - New York, NY

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:35:39 +0100

A glimmering metal mesh-clad stack of boxes shifted off axis in a dynamic composition.

Competition winner - Coop Himmelb(l)au - Center of Performing Arts - Zarautz, Spain

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:26 +0100

The basic elements of the design are placed on a plinth under a distinctive roof.

The Architect’s Studio - I.M. Pei - Concept Sketches - Musée d’Art Moderne

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:26 +0100

The action of the architect's hand, exploring and resisting the imposed geometry of the site and his own design principles.

Krueck + Sexton Architects - Spertus - Chicago, Illinois

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:35:39 +0100

By its transparency the facade announces the accessible and public nature of Spertus.

Construction Start - OMA - Shenzhen Stock Exchange - Shenzhen, China

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:26 +0100

The design is based on the essence of the stock Market as speculation, and the desire to create a building that is beyond symbolism for an almost virtual stock Market.

Mecanoo - Palace of Justice - Córdoba, Spain

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:26 +0100

Can such a large building refer distinctly to the old city of Córdoba, and its unique history, without literally imitating it.

Kyu Sung Woo Architects - Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art - Overland Park, Kansas

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:35:39 +0100

“We thought of the museum as the start of a longer journey of art on campus, not as a repository for art.”

Erick van Egeraat Associates - Federation Island - Russian

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:26 +0100

To be build in the shape of the Russian Federation reflecting the country's major geographical features.

Will Bruder + Partners - Nevada Museum of Art - Reno, Nevada

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:26 +0100

The architecture relates to the unique geologic formations of the mythical Black Rock Desert.