Carrasco International Airport by Rafael Viñoly

New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed an airport with a curved roof in Montevideo, Uruguay. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington

Capdell Will be Part of the Project Gaia of Eco-City Planning in Barcelona

Capdell will colaborate with the architect Luis de Garrido in the project Gaia with the placement of the chairs Elizabetha and Eboli in the appartment number 3 which has a surface of 361,30m2 and it is located in Barcelona. This project will be finished by March 2010. Capdell consolidates this way its policy of innovation and continues its advances which consist of introducing furniture pieces in the field of “sustainable architecture”.

from CubeMe by Chantal

Vodafone headquarters by Barbosa & Guimaraes

Portuguese photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photos of the new headquarters for mobile phone brand Vodafone in Porto, designed by architects Barbosa & Guimaraes of Matosinhos in Portugal. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington

ron arad architects: Design Museum Holon inauguration date announced

on january 31st, 2010 following four years of construction, the design museum holon by ron arad architects, will be inaugurated. the design museum holon is arad's first architecture project of this scale. constructed of five sinuous bands of varying shades of COR-TEN(weathered steel), the overall mission of the institution is to explore the impact of design and its relation to
urban spaces and everyday life.

from Designboom - Weblog

Wood Clad Science Academy Showcases Sustainable Design

The recently unveiled Langley Academy in the Berkshires, UK, is yet another exemplary model of sustainable education facilities. Designed by Inhabitat favorite Foster + Partners, the gorgeous wood clad academy focuses its curriculum around sciences and the environment. With dedicated science laboratories, a unique floorplan, and a design focused on green building, these 1,100 students have an amazing and inspirational place to learn. Now if only all of our buildings had this much thought put into them.

from Inhabitat » Architecture by Bridgette Meinhold

Apprentice Formation Center by Air Architects

French architects Air have completed a raw yellow concrete extension to an apprenticeship college in Saint Maur des Fossés near Paris in France. (more…)

from Dezeen by Ruth Hynes

St. Falls / Elenberg Fraser Architecture

Situated in Falls Creek, the development is an essential and exciting new Gateway concept for the Village. Com- prising two elegantly formed buildings emerging from the landscape, the view on arrival is complimented by the clearly framed aspect up to the ski fields beyond. At ground level there will be a new retail strip fronting Bogong High Plains Road enlivening the street frontage and creating weather protected spill out zones for visitors to the Village. Entries to the upper level apartments are integrated into this dynamic facade language with prominent entry canopies announcing the unique interiors of the St Falls lobbies.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

The new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center is sited between a sagebrush meadow and a riparian forest along the Snake River. Approaching through a grove of spruce, cottonwood and aspen trees, visitors are drawn into a courtyard that provides a calm and intimate place in the vast Wyoming landscape. The proportions of this outdoor space accommodate groups of people for gatherings and orientation. The roof tilts upward and away from the courtyard, its jagged edges celebrating the peaks of the Teton Range beyond.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Gimpo Art Hall / G.Lab*

Situated on the southern bank of the Han River, Gimpo is a city in the process of transforming from an agricultural economy toward a consumer-based economy. Seoul architects G.Lab*’s, of Gansam Partners, proposal for the Gimpo Art Hall embraces the fact that the city is emerging as a contemporary regional hub and the design also reflects upon the region’s history.

from Arch Daily by Karen Cilento

atelier tekuto: H house

located in setagaya ku, tokyo is 'H house' designed by atelier tekuto.
the three storey residence has a frontage of 5.3 meters by 1.8 meters and a volume
of 2.4 meters. the design incorporates open spaces and includes a balcony.

from Designboom - Weblog

sydney opera house refurbishment complete

almost a year after the death of sydney opera house architect jorn utzon,
a 38 million AUD refurbishment project has been complete. the project was the most
comprehensive since the opera house trust re- engaged the danish architect a decade ago.

from Designboom - Weblog

New Zealand Institute of Architects Awards Wellington’s Best Buildings

From a writer’s residence powered only by sun and water to the massive new Regional Hospital project, excellence in design was celebrated in the 2009 Wellington Architecture Awards. The landmark BNZ Harbour Quays Building, Moore Wilson Fresh and Chews Lane Precinct are also among winners in the Wellington awards program, organized and run by the New Zealand Institute of Architects and supported by Resene.

from Bustler.net News by Vanilla Hustler

Kensington Lighthouse by Tandem Design Studi

Tandem Design Studio of Melbourne have completed a house with a wooden interior in Melbourne, Australia. (more…)

from Dezeen by Ruth Hynes

The Ubud / TWS & Partners

This project is a small scale of mix use building, located within the heart of Jakarta. The main function is to house the famous BEBEK BENGIL restaurant from Ubud, Bali. The original Bebek Bengil restaurant is very famous with it’s specialty of crispy fried duck menu and have a unique location, which sit on the exotic rice or padi field.

Photo: © Fernando Gomulya
from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Solar Powered Treehouse Classrooms Unveiled in the UK

Recently the Elleray Preparatory School in the UK unveiled an incredible set of tree-top classrooms. Situated in the Lake District National Park, the three green-built class pods stand on stilts connected by a center platform made from recycled materials. Built to have a low impact on the environment while accommodating the school’s expanding student body, the Treehouse School is sure to inspire all the children the walk through its doors.

from Inhabitat » Architecture by Bridgette Meinhold

zaha Iron: mash, Rome - complete

yesterday saw the opening of zaha hadid's MAXXI - national museum of XXI century art located in rome's flaminio neighbourhood. the building which took 10 years to complete was constructed on the site of the former montello military barracks. the official inauguration of the museum will take place in spring 2010.

from Designboom - Weblog

WOHA: the met residential skyscraper, bangkok

the met, a bangkok residential skyscraper designed by WOHA won world's best housing development award this year at the world architecture festival. influenced by thai tiles, textiles and timber panelling, the concept behind the complex was to explore ideas of how low-rise tropical housing can be applied to create outdoor-indoor spaces in the sky. with the aim of creating a better lifestyle for metropolitan living, the met was developed less from western temperate models and more on the possibilities of low-wind, tropical climates in dense urban conditions - it is within tropic climages where you experience cooler breezes, less dust, more privacy, security, less noise and better views the higher you go.

image by patrick bingham-hall
from Designboom - Weblog

World Architecture Festival category winners

The nine World Architecture Festival category winners have been announced at the festival in Barcelona. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington

The house-tree by Tatiana Bilbao

Mexican architectural company Tatiana Bilbao has created the design project of a university building. The author has inspired on project creation — an ordinary tree.The building has received the name “Biotechnological Park Building”. The six-storied structure will shelter researchers and experimenters in the field of the new technologies applied in agriculture.
The project will take places on 8,000 sq.m. of a campus of the largest private university in Mexico (Tecnológico de Monterrey) in the city of Culiacan.

from Architectural Europe by Mara

Warehouse and Offices Huanacu / STPP

A large warehouse in ways "choro" (as requested by the client), highlighting by contrast to the typical industrial architecture that is appreciated in the industry, but as cheaply as possible (12.5 uf mt2). And that could respond to and shape to accommodate through the internal logic of operation of the company (routines for loading and unloading, operation and display of products in showroom, office operation, etc.).

© Nicholas Saieh
from Plataforma Arquitectura

Mellat Park Cineplex | Fluid Motion Architects

Fluid Motion Architects led by Catherine Spiridonoff and Reza Daneshmir have recently updated with us the Mellat Park Cineplex. It is located in the municipal district 3 of Tehran in an extended and indefinite piece of land with the area of 6000 sq m, has been designed and constructed in the far south-east side of Mellat Park..

With the total floor area of 15000 sq m, this project includes 4movie halls, each occupying 300 persons, and a small performance hall with the capacity of 30 persons, along with exhibition areas, restaurant, coffee shop, Book and CD store, offices and service areas.

from architecture buzz!! by Tanakorn Koomrampai
Photo©Ali Daghigh

ShowCase: Junquillos Chapel

There are oaks, wind and rain coming from the west. A dusty road is at the east. Community soccer field is south; bamboo and empty beer cans all over the north. Now there is also a wooden barn structure over a concrete platform, with corrugated metal cladding in the outside and pine boards in the inside, plus 100 chairs, lectern, altar, virgin figure and a cross. Mass is once a month, community activities every evening. Both happen in the same space. A new chapel for 100 people in the remote countryside of Southern Chile.

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Photo: Felipe Fontecilla

james turrell: the wolfsburg project at the kunstmuseum, germany

in collaboration with the kunstmuseum wolfsburg, american light artist james turrell has created his largest-ever walk-in light installation within a museum context: an 11 metre high structure 'space within a space' which covers a floor area of 700 metres and reaches up to the museum's glass roof being exhibited as part of the wolfsburg project exhibition.

photo by florian holzherr
from Designboom - Weblog

Casadetodos by Veronica Arcos

Chile-based architect Veronica Arcos has completed an angular house in the El Arrayán area of Santiago, Chile. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington