Restaurant Rosso / N Architecture

The restaurant Rosso is located in Ramat Yishay, a small town in the valley of the North-Yezre Israel. This part of Israel has a privileged landscape of beautiful valleys and colorful which is permanent destination of many tourists. Tours are conducted around the place. This proposal is conceived as an extension of a restaurant designed earlier by the same office. This new space is approximately 60 square meters specially designed for private functions perfectly well connected to the existing space.

Photo © Asaf Oren
from Plataforma Arquitectura by Giuliano Pastorelli

United Oil Gasoline Station / Kanner Architect

Situated at La Brea and Slauson avenues in Los Angeles’s Mid-City neighborhood, the United Oil Gas Station is a marriage of the city’s historic love affair with the automobile and today’s modern one-stop shopping spirit of immediate gratification and convenience.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

House in Wakaura by Archivi Architects & Associates

The wooden house designed by Archivi Architects & Associates, is built around two small courtyard gardens. The Japan cedar from Kumano and the Japanese cypress are used for the main structure material, the floor material, the siding, and the lattice material. In addition, it is promoted that nature is naturally taken into all the life scenes by two residence spaces’ tying in the corridor of the open-hearted glass.

from CubeMe by Chantal

suppose design office: cafe la miell

cafe la miell by suppose design office is located in the heart of niihama city in ehime.
the old cafe la miell was unable to accommodate large numbers of customers with its
seating capacity, so plans were made to open up a new cafe across the street that would be able to seat eighty. the client wanted a two story building and to have more parking but more than that they wanted the building to be a landmark in the area.

from Designboom - Weblog

US Census Bureau Headquarters / SOM

Situated on 80 wooded acres of the Suitland Federal Center near downtown Washington, D.C., the new 2.5-million-square-foot headquarters for the U.S. Census Bureau houses all the Bureau’s 6,000 employees. The Bureau’s previous workplace model was a 1930s ideal with offices arranged along long corridors – a model so highly codified for government workplaces that entire building typologies (finger buildings, etc) were created to accommodate the idea. SOM’s goal in designing this new headquarters for Census was to bring the very best and latest thinking on architecture and the corporate workplace from the business world and apply it to a government agency.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Aller Media / PLH Architects

Aller Media The new building, with its triangular shape and gently sloping, determines the point of projecting Havneholm in Copenhagen harbor and is surrounded by water on both sides. The unique glass and granite facade in Norwegian, with a combination of modern and classic, reflecting the current position of the Aller Group as a dynamic and creative company that is based on the history and the Danish cultural heritage.

© PHL Architects
from Plataforma Arquitectura by Daniel Portilla

Triangle House / JVA

This house is situated overlooking the sea in full foliage of a pine forest. The possibilities offered by the lines shaped the building of this house, including roofs and heights. The exterior views are selectively framed by the windows in different spaces of the dwelling. The interior has a more fluid, with a sequence of spaces and overlapping lights both in plan and in court. This dual focus and fluidity are the character of the building.

from Plataforma Arquitectura by Giuliano Pastorelli

lara calder architects: 'parasite prefab'

australian firm lara calder architects have sent in images of their latest project 'the prefab parasite'. the prefab parasite is to populate the unused space found in urban landscapes. to achieve sustainable densification the dwelling attaches itself to a blank building fabric found in the city. it grows on empty facades, rock faces and bridges. it finds value by turning dead public space into lively private space.

from Designboom - Weblog

Shaghai China Pavilion Expo 2010

China prepares its flag for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, which was designed by architect Jingtang and I will be faithful to its tradition evoking ancient Chinese buildings. As host Pavilion, this building will be located in a central location and outstanding. It ill be 63 meters high, 3 times the height of any other building within the Expo.

from Plataforma Arquitectura by Giuliano Pastorelli

Home View / Johnston & marklee Diego rooted Architect

Situated on the outskirts of Rosario in the Argentinian pampas, landscape-View House is designed from the possibilities and limitations of new residential uses in traditionally rural areas.

© Gustavo Frittegotto
from Plataforma Arquitectura by David Basulto

olson sundberg kundig allen architects: lightcatcher at whatcom museum

jim olson of olson sundberg kundig allen architects has designed the 'lightcatcher' at whatcom museum, seattle, a new addition to the city of bellingham's downtown arts and cultural district. the structure will add 42 000 square feet of space to the museum and will house state-of-the-art galleries for art exhibitions and the new family interactive gallery. the lightcatcher is named for its focal point and most innovative feature - a translucent wall 37 feet high and 180 feet long that captures the northwest’s most precious natural resource, sunlight. the building utilizes natural materials endemic to the region.

OFIS architecture: office, store & shop

OFIS architecture just finished their most recent project, an office, store & shop in trata, skofja loka, slovenia. the structure is located in an industrial area next to other factories and offices. the client knew they wanted to work with a construction company that uses a prefabricated concrete building system, so the architects needed to work within this limitation. one of their main opportunities for experimentation was using the concrete system’s ready made openings on each elevation. the architects covered these openings with a variety of material including glass, metal and translucent polycorboante plates. these translucent plates were coloured to add more dimension to the facades. about 2/3 of the building is used for storage of the client’s products while the other area was divided between offices, loading areas, store and a classroom for lectures.

from Designboom - Weblog

Petrol Facebook / A + A Studio

Most should know perfectly Facebook, and we hope that fans of either platform architecture in this social network. But they may not know much about the environment that lie behind. As a good "start-up, the company started by young people has a much more horizontal organizational structure than other companies, for which required a space that will accommodate these needs.

from Plataforma Arquitectura by David Basulto

Veech Media Architecture Wins with “Ambient Gem” Swarovski Pavilion

The Vienna-based architecture and design office Veech Media Architecture (VMA) was presented with the IF Communication Gold Award in the category Corporate Architecture for the trade fair pavilion design for Swarovski Enlightened TM. The pavilion Ambient Gem at the exclusive watch and jewelery show Baselworld convinced the members of the jury by its way it sets new standards for the term “brand world”. The prize-giving ceremony was held on August 28 in the BMW World in Munich.

from Bustler.net News by Vanilla Hustler

icograda world design congress beijing 2009 & the 1st beijing design week
national center for performing arts, beijing

from 24-30 october 2009, the biennial icograda world design congress in association with the first beijing design week will be held in beijing, china. 100 carefully selected speakers and thousands of delegates from around the globe will gather in a cross-disciplinary event, offering five days of exchange and dialogue among the international design community.

from Designboom - Weblog