October 2011 - Page 2 of 3 - Architecture List

Articles

Terme Olimia Kranjska Gora Spa, Slovenia / by Enota

Kranjska Gora is a well-known ski resort town, almost qualifying as luxury, at least in the context of Slovenia. It lies on a plain by the source of the Sava Dolinka river and is encircled, particularly in the south, by…

Al Hilal
Oct 17, 2011

Sculptures / Installations

Darling Island Sydney / by Tony Owen Partners

Giant Fractal Jelly Fish feature in the new public areas designed by Tony Owen for one of Sydney’s premier addresses. Tony Owen Partners have just completed the transformation of the Darling Island public areas. Darling Island Apartments, originally completed in…

Al Hilal
Oct 14, 2011

Offices

BASIC OFFICE in Paris, France / by BETILLON / DORVAL-BORY Architectes

© Simon Déprez Description from BETILLON / DORVAL-BORY Architectes: When we found these old premises to set our architecture practice in a quiet street near the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, we were seduced by the composition of the existing property…

Al Hilal
Oct 13, 2011

Interiors

Maharam de México Showroom / by usoarquitectura

© Maharam de México A showroom is a big challenge both for the client and the designer. The first wants all his products and services as the most important issue of the interior design language. The second has to find…

Al Hilal
Oct 10, 2011

Interiors

Astral Media / by id+s Design Solutions

© Claude Simon Langlois For the second year running, Montreal design firm id+s Design Solutions has won the Shaw Contract Group’s “Design is…“ international award for Innovative new space, this year, for the executive offices of Astral Media, located on…

Al Hilal
Oct 7, 2011

Community Science Centre at CEN / by FGMDA

Articles

Community Science Centre at Centre d’études nordiques (CEN) / by FGMDA

© Claude Tremblay Fournier, Gersovitz, Moss, Drolet et associés architectes (FGMDA) designed the new Community Science Centre at Université Laval’s Centre d’études nordiques (CEN) in Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik. The centre, devoted to scientific research and exchange of traditional knowledge, is not the…

Al Hilal
Oct 7, 2011

Restaurants / Cafe

Jaso Restaurant / by Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos

© Pedro Hiriart Mexico City is very well known for its restaurant culture. The Polanco area -where most of the five and more stars hotels and fashion shops are located- have seen the blossoming of very interesting epicurean proposals. In…

Al Hilal
Oct 6, 2011

Articles

ROCKmagneten in Roskilde / by MVRDV and COBE

The MVRDV and COBE scheme for the transformation of a former concrete factory into a multifunctional creative hub was chosen winner of an international design competition. The masterplan proposes an informal transformation of the 45.000m2 site into a dense neighborhood,…

Al Hilal
Oct 6, 2011

Articles

Pabellón Cultural de la República, Mexico / by Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos

This amazing group of buildings was designed by Juan Pablo Serrano Orozco and Rafael Monjaraz Fuentes in collaboration with Serrano Arquitectos. The construction begun in 2009 and is located in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, México, with an area of…

Al Hilal
Oct 4, 2011

Apartments

Housing Erzherzog-Karl-Straße – 121 Apartments / by AllesWirdGut and feld72

The idea behind the Herzberg development is to create a built structure which combines a variety of residential offerings into one neighborhood that facilitates different ways of living. This objective was pursued on both an urban-planning and on an architectural…