rafael vinoly architects: brooklyn children’s museum

the brooklyn children’s museum by rafael vinoly architects combines bold and colourful forms with sustainable design. the museum’s original building was finished in 1977, but the new design re-imagines and reconfigures the space for a growing audience in brooklyn, new york. the new museum is a singular structure which intentionally differs from its context. the building’s bold primary colours and large modern forms were designed to identify it as a landmark, while also be compelling for children. the facade is mostly clad in glossy yellow ceramic tiles dotted with porthole windows and accented by green and red walls.

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Centro Insular de Atletismo de Tenerife / AMP

In the neighborhood of Tinca, located on the outskirts of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and close to the boundaries that define the mountains and the highway lies the new Centro Insular de Atletismo de Tenerife, a project of monumental scale, reflecting the volcanic origin the formalization of a crater whose sides are set by the weight of the gigantic volcanic rocks that cover, to form an evocative image of a pyroclastic cone. By means of a unified and resounding, resolves a program that integrates different applications, unifying under a stone mantle. At the same time, the performance demands its iconic value for its size, while minimizing impact to the environment. The crater provides a new public space outside stone finish high irregular basalt from establishing a visual relationship with the Atlantic Ocean. Inside develop various facilities including a high performance center, a gym, locker rooms, warm-up track, press room, and a screening room and conference open to the indoor space via a movable partitions, with up to 200 people.

from Plataforma Arquitectura by Giuliano Pastorelli

Sports Hall / Substance

When the Jurmala City Council asked Substance to build a sports venue for the popular Latvian sea resort, the firm designed a structure that could be open all year long in any weather. Inspired by the amber - crystallised resin of pine typically washed up on the Baltic coast, the venue’s form incorporates translucent polycarbonate cladding inside a structural framework to accentuate the building’s varying height.

from Arch Daily by Karen Cilento

The Shard: Vertical City Will Tower Over London

Construction has begun on the Shard, a skyscraper that will be the tallest building in Western Europe and will provide amazing views of London. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (who was also responsible for the California Academy of Sciences), the Shard was inspired by towering church spires and the masts of ships that once anchored on the Thames. The new mixed-use development is located in the heart of London Bridge Quarter and will sit adjacent to the London Bridge Station, one of the busiest train stations in London.

from Inhabitat » Architecture by Bridgette Meinhold

zaha hadid architects: burnham pavilion, chicago

The burnham pavilion by zaha hadid architects triggers the visitors’ curiosity and encourages them to consider the future of chicago. the design merges new formal concepts with the memory of burnham’s bold, historic urban planning. superimpositions of spatial structures with hidden traces of burnham’s plan are overlaid and inscribed within the structure to create unexpected results.

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Housing project in Helsingborg by Wilhelmson Arkitekter

Stockholm architects Wilhelmson Arkitekter have designed a housing project with windows that look like gilded picture frames. (more…)

from Dezeen by Zaynab D. Ziari

Colegio San Sebastian / Tidy Arquitectos

The College of Saint Sebastian Melipilla is a private institution with government funding of preschool education, elementary and middle school founded in 1997. Currently the facilities do not represent the level of academic excellence as the institution holding the indicators of the Ministry of Education. Precariedadsu addition to infrastructure, presents the problem of dispersion of venues, being physically separate sports facilities, pre-school levels, elementary and middle.

from Plataforma Arquitectura by David Basulto

j mayer h: metropol parasol - less than one year to go until completion

summer 2010 marks the opening of ‘metropol parasol’, the redevelopment of
plaza de la encarnacíon in seville, designed by j. mayer h. architects. after finishing
the concrete works in 2008, the parasols are under construction now. visiting the site
at the moment gives an impressive imagination of the final dimension and appearance.

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