A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
Detailed information from the architect (Rene van Zuuk Architekten) The Architecture Centre Amsterdam (ARCAM) needed a significantly larger accommodation. Therefore a wonderful location close to the Oosterdok was allocated to this promotional institute. In the vicinity of renzo Piano’s New…
Detailed information from the architects (arkhefield): The new gateway to Brisbane is an active hub of cultural and social activity enhanced by large public spaces fl anked by mixed use buildings providing restaurants, markets, cinemas, function spaces, commercial spaces and…
From Parasite Architecture Studio: The design proposal started from generating a completely black box, as well as a shape and as a concept, an abstract space that doesn’t breathe towards the outside world but keeps locked within the memory of…
Description from the architects (Marwan Al Sayed Architects): Situated on a 16 acre mountain site at the edge of the town of Ketchum and the famous Sun Valley Ski Resort in Idaho. The design for this new house for a…
From the architects (Saunders Architecture): Built on one of Bergen’s most attractive sites, the house looks out over the southern fjords and the West coast archipelago. The house is twofold. The top floor is for the parents and the bottom…
Project description by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer: The 1849 Separate Prison is chilling evidence of the 19th century’s moral phobias and experimental initiatives. Based on Quaker principles of penitence brought about by silence and control, it was a strict machine to…
Description from the architects (Baumschlager Eberle Lochau): The construction of the port in Fußach is an undertaking that disdains any picturesque posturing. The clear geometrical structures contrast starkly with the natural environment. Since the year 2000 the port building has…
Description from the architects (OAB): The Hotel Mandarin in Barcelona is the result of a long journey in which only the shared perseverance of “client and architect†can explain five years of work. At the start of summer 2004 we…
