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