Dekanen is a district centrally positioned in the city of Malmö, in the proximity of the Triangeln train station and close to many different parts of the city, but it’s not really belonging to any of them. Malmö’s center with shopping and culture is situated to the north, the hospital [ … ]
New Mile Boeblingen by bauchplan ).(
Initially conceived as a car friendly city the open space has been transformed into a pedestrian zone and low traffic shopping area. Paved with natural stone from facade to facade in a pixelated pattern the railway station street turned into an atmospheric space with a multifaceted use. The Elbenplatz, known [ … ]
Ropewalk by Fletcher Studio
1201 Tennessee is a new development by Abaca located at the south-eastern corner of the Dogpatch Historic District. The project is situated on a site that was once home to the Tubbs Cordage Company whose rope walk pier extended out into the waters of the San Francisco Bay. Urban Design [ … ]
Vara De Rey Promenade And City Center Pedestrian Renovation by Aldayjover Architecture And Landscape
In Ibiza, the Paseo Vara de Rey and the Plaza del Parque are the city’s most vital public spaces, located at the base of the renaissance fortification Wall, a World Heritage site. These popular sand and tree-lined XIXth century promenade and square were Ibiza’s living room until a 1960’s unfortunate [ … ]
Lorient-Bretagne Sud Railway Station by AREP – An international Group
The Lorient multimodal hub is part of the “Bretagne à Grande Vitesse” project (“High-speed for Brittany”), a high-speed line which allows a three-hour total travel time between Quimper, Brest and Paris since 2017. The station is being rebuilt on the south, close to the city centre and in the heart [ … ]
Urban Intervention by Studio Emergence
The Urban Intervention is implemented to rejuvenate a major road junction in Dadar, Mumbai. This intersection of Gokhale Road leads directly to Worli which is a major hub for commercial and high end residences. This is a widely used junction and though the footpath here is around 5 meters wide, [ … ]
Kallhäll Train Station by &Rundquist
The Kallhäll Train Station opened to the public in August 2016 and includes a new commuter train station, a new pedestrian and cycling bridge over the railraod, a staircase connecting the bridge with the bus terminal, as well as the platform environment. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Second [ … ]
US/Mexico Work Permit Border Crossing by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Abstract: The project proposes an Earth-cut for the crossing. It represents a very real scar. The building, if any, is buried – invisible. The power of the project is garnered by a submersion into the Earth rather than the occupation of an actual built form. The architecture, therefor, is absent. [ … ]
Atlantic Pavilion by Valdemar Coutinho Arquitectos
The building is situated next to “Avenida do Atlântico” in Viana do Castelo. An avenue facing the sea, in which a series of buildings are constructed, which, on a first impression, the urban front, in which the building is inserted, transmits a rather insipid image due to the nature of [ … ]
Orange Park Recreation Center by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
The Orange Memorial Park is an important public recreation venue for the inhabitants of South San Francisco, and provides a vibrant context for the community and recreation center, encircled by soccer fields, picnic areas, basketball courts and other outdoor amenities. The building’s dominant element is an airy, light-filled, central space [ … ]
Dalseong Gymnasium by AMA Andreas Mede Architect
“A veil of perforated steel wraps the sports facilities filtering the light and mediating between the indoors and outdoors” Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Sports & Recreation Architects: Andreas Mede Studio: AMA Andreas Mede Architect Country: United States Website: www.am-a.net The concept developed from an [ … ]
City of Lonetree Athletics and Health Center by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Abstract: What would happen if we unearthed a Stealth fighter at the site of an ancient Mayan city? It would answer nothing, but it would question everything. As context for each other they would inherently become something quite new. Regardless of the power and magnificence each has as individual objects, [ … ]
Nest by Sara Design Studio
The configuration of Light and Lines accompanied by Text and Texture define the overall concept of the apartment. Rigidity of lines brings strength and dynamism to the space, whereas the interplay of lights balances with tenderness and fun. Use glasses to enhance the perspective and lighting of the space. The [ … ]
Ksg Home Studio By Hernández Silva Arquitectos
The project departs from two main elements: the site and its users. The construction is located in an old colony inside Guadalajara where irregular landscapes among different levels ocurre to form small canyons which dominate the area. The ground has a rectangular form where the street is located in front [ … ]
The Flying House by Fahed + Architects
A uniquely attractive 7400 square feet residential building, that stands out boldly in an exquisitely landscaped flat terrain, with a sloping roof that gives the feeling of a flying form about to soar up to the skies. The design concept tries to give form to the “new liberating architecture style” [ … ]
Birch Residence by Griffin Enright Architects
his 3,600 square foot two-story residence on a flat, semi-urban site in the design district of Los Angeles, California provides new vistas to the city and landscape beyond. The residence is compact, yet designed to create a sense of expanded volume. A double story central volume curves through the house, [ … ]
Rio Mau House by Raulino Silva Architect
Rio Mau House is located in the countryside of the outskirts of Vila do Conde. The land plot with about 6800 sqm is surrounded by cultivated fields and pine forest near Serra de Rates. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Residential Architects: Raulino Silva Studio: [ … ]
BillBoard House by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Design Abstract: The idea of habitable space within the confines of an advertisement billboard brings to mind several notions about the rituals of habitation and the narratives between architecture, context, use, and alternative atmospheres. The billboard installs within an existing urban context, yet is seen as a secluded and solitary [ … ]
XY: A SocioPolitical Interactive Retreat by Ayah Abu Al-Rub
Years of marginalization of a city has lead to sociopolitical chaos. Our democratic system is meaningless unless we are able to act in democratic ways that signal democracy: the freedom to vote, purchase, and speak as we choose. A prototype to trigger this chaos is needed. Urban Design & Architecture [ … ]
5 ELEMENTS by Projekt Plus Architekci
A quote from News: “Western culture has raced ahead, conveniently forgetting the fundamental principles of life and all to eager to strip our planet of it’s resources to gain apparent wealth. The ambitious culture of the West has for so long applied pure science and logic that they have allowed [ … ]
Thaxton And Associates Office And Retail Building by Griffin Enright Architects
This office building, a renovation to an owner-occupied building, engages the community with a dynamic street presence. Located on a busy thoroughfare, the design activates the exterior presence of the building with glazing to connect it with the neighborhood. Each office has a window that is shaped to direct views [ … ]
Parasol by AMA Andreas Mede Architect
“Parasol” is an open sculptural pavilion which generates power with its colored semi-transparent photo-voltaic roof structure; inspired by the traditional Chinese parasol and the nearby Na’Tian flower farm. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 First Award | Category: Landscape Design Architects: Andreas Mede Studio: AMA Andreas Mede Architect Country: [ … ]
South Park by Fletcher Studio
South Park is the oldest public space in San Francisco. Originally intended to be an English picturesque strolling park, it had fallen into disrepair and was been subject to ad-hoc improvements over the years. The South Park Improvement Association hired Fletcher Studio to work with the neighbors and community leaders [ … ]
The Untrodden Trail – Al Baqourah by Jude Abu El Ghanam
Capturing the exquisite abandoned & unreclaimed controversial land of Al-Baqourah, located on the Northern borderline between Jordan & Occupied Palestine by a journey that narrates the site’s story and uncovers the inaccessible fragments of the site which holds historical, natural & architectural significance. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 [ … ]
Coordenada by HADVD Arquitectos
The stone constructions of Quinta de Vilar, then denominated, go back to the middle 40’s and the beginning of the 50’s. At that time the owner’s house was built, followed by the adjacent buildings destined for farming: the cellar building for the production of wine, and buildings for petting, drying [ … ]
Edifício Sede Polopique by FGAR
The stone constructions of Quinta de Vilar, then denominated, go back to the middle 40’s and the beginning of the 50’s. At that time the owner’s house was built, followed by the adjacent buildings destined for farming: the cellar building for the production of wine, and buildings for petting, drying [ … ]
FECHAC Regional Offices by GRUPO ARKHOS
In a time of uncertainty and crisis, the counselors of the Chihuahua’s Businessmen Foundation, (FECHAC) for its acronym in Spanish, asked for an “emblematic or iconic” building for their Ciudad Juarez offices. A city trying to revert the negative image it has on the international community, being one of the [ … ]
Yellow Stage Events & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. by Urbane-The Design Workshop
“Design is no longer about the things you make, it’s about the stories you tell” The Yellow Stage : A Work Playground The Yellow Stage is an experiential marketing company of CHOICE for some of the TOP brands in the country such as Harley-Davidson India, Ray-Ban, BMW Motorrad, Oakley, LG, [ … ]
PIT3 TECHNOLOGY PARK by GRUPO ARKHOS
PIT3 project, from Monterrey Tech University, on their Chihuahua Campus. it’s an innovative project on many aspects. The building services Aeronautics and Automotive Design, two of their newest and more emblematic career offers. The building had to show innovation and vanguard. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention [ … ]
Government Office Building by Bharadwaj Bharadwaj & Associate
This project is an office building over 1,85,000 square meter being built on 43 acre site at a cost of 120 million US $ in New Delhi. For the design of the building and architectural competition was held and the design was selected as the best and is now taken [ … ]
XIANG SONG by Noontide Design.LTD
In order to build a scene of harvest during the fall, this restaurant allows you to find the straw facade which was made by aluminium , also set the gathered straw blocks surround the tables and chairs. Farming culture takes advantage of the vogue ”museum box ” to emphasis the [ … ]
Pagaku Residence by Kuvio Studio
The design brief given to us by the clients was to design a contemporary space that is functional, aesthetic and easy to maintain. Each bedroom occupant in this house had different needs and requirements, the challenge was to meet all of these while still maintaining unity throughout the home Urban [ … ]
Design & Staging To Sell by The Interiors NRD
The Interiors NRD, Natasha Rocca Devine is hired to stage a 3-bedroom apartment in Grand Canal Dock to sell. To start, Agent Owen Reilly and Natasha discuss the plans for her staging pre-project. Throughout the project, Natasha shares tips to ‘stage’ and assist your home in selling both faster and [ … ]
FEMAP Nursing School by GRUPO ARKHOS
Juarez, Mexico, resiliency is what best describes this city, bridging North and Latin America, a city of migrants and hardworking people, where resources are scarce, and the environment is harsh. Where cultures merge, and technologies, construction methods and materials are fused in an architecture that expresses that melting pot. Is [ … ]
Fine and Performing Arts at College of Marin by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
This Community College Arts Complex consists of a new 30,000 square foot building for fine arts programs, and an addition of dance studio, art gallery, and lobby to a 65,000-square foot performing arts facility. Linking the two buildings is a new “ rts Plaza” that provides outdoor venue opportunities for [ … ]
Mojave Rivers Ranger Station by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
The Forest Service called for a building that would be appropriate to its environmental context and well serve agency functions. Hence, the architectural form and materials reflect goals of image, longevity, energy efficiency, structural performance, and livability. Moreover, the remoteness of the site makes durability and functionality especially high priorities͘ [ … ]
USCG Waste Water Treatment Facility & Training Center by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The US Coast Guard Water Treatment Facility and Training Center (also known as “TR CEN”) is located in a rural section of northern California, eleven miles west of Sonoma County’s town of Petaluma. With thousands of students, residents, and other personnel living, learning and working at the base, [ … ]
IVS – School of Design by Urbane-The Design Workshop
This project, being a design school had clear brief of achieving two aspects hi-design values along with sturdiness and longevity of finishes for the interiors to sustain a long duration. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Institutional Building Architects: Darpan Katyal Studio Name: Urbane-The Design [ … ]
Inscriptions K-8 Charter School by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Preamble: What would happen if we unearthed a Stealth fighter at the site of an ancient Mayan city? It would answer nothing, but it would question everything. As context for each other they would inherently become something quite new. Regardless of the power and magnificence each has as individual objects, [ … ]
Touguinhó III House by Raulino Silva Architect
On the site that was being used as a planting field we found the typical granite walls, a stone pit, some fruit trees and bushes. Those walls were recovered and the trees, the bushes and the stone pit were kept in their original place, in order to preserve the identity [ … ]
Mahurangi Steel House by Kamermans Architects Ltd
The brief called for a three bedroom permanent residence with a double garage and guest accommoda Bon. The site is located on the Mahurangi Peninsula, about one hour drive north of Auckland, New Zealand largest city. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Second Award | Category: Housing Architects: Frans Kamermans [ … ]
Mangawhai Heads House by Kamermans Architects Ltd
This waterfront, two bedroom, holiday house is located at the edge of an estuary and bird reserve, along the Pacific Ocean beach, about 1.50 hrs drive, north of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Third Award | Category: Housing Architects: Frans Kamermans Studio Name: [ … ]
Casa dos Pátios by PF Architecture Studio
Located in Rua Santo lldefonso, Porto(Portugal), the project casa dos patios had the objective of refurbishing an 18th century building. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Housing Architects: Pedro Ferreira Studio Name: PF Architecture Studio Country: Portugal Website: www.pfarchstudio.com ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
Omaha House by Kamermans Architects Ltd
A holiday house for a professional couple in a Pacific Ocean beach resort about 1.25 hrs drive north of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Honorable Mention | Category: Housing Architects: Frans Kamermans Studio Name: Kamermans Architects Ltd Country: New Zealand Website: www.kamermans.co.nz At later [ … ]
Kura House By M.Yamagishi Atelier
“House of KURA” aims to create a new space and architecture by preserving of the Japanese architecture history and culture that still exists around the house area. Also “House of KURA” proposes to the city council administration as a possibility guideline for a new city planning of large-scale compartment arrangement [ … ]
Remuera House by Kamermans Architects Ltd
The house is located on an ‘infill site’ in the city fringe suburb Remuera in Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, with a latitude of 36.8° (comparable to Malaga in Europe). Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 First Award | Category: House Design Architects: Frans Kamermans Studio Name: Kamermans Architects [ … ]
Omaha House #4 by Kamermans Architects Ltd
The brief called for a four bedroom holiday home for a family of 9; the parents, and 7 children, varying from 1 to 19 years old. KA was selected by the clients because they liked the design of KA Omaha House # 3, located across the road from their site. [ … ]
A Whisper In The Forest by iVY Design Associates
When facing the challenging task of intervening on such precious site with the construction of a guest house and spa, immediately the question of identity, of reflecting the memory of the place and its traditional heritage becomes a generator of an idea. Without falling into very literal, historicist interpretations of [ … ]
MiniHouseHotel by AMA Andreas Mede Architect
On a site of a former ranch, 3 cabins are proposed to provide first class accommodation to allow guests a direct private experience, further cabins are planned for the future. Each identical cabin is set within a different setting amongst the general forested landscape; “The Meadow”, “The Forest”, and “The [ … ]
Duomo Suites & SPA by Scannella Architects
It is a historic building in the Baroque center of Catania, redesigned as hotel which tells Sicily cinematographically. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Second Award | Category: Hospitality Architects: Giuseppe Scannella Studio Name: Scannella Architects Team Members: Giuseppe Scannella, Anna Maria D’Imprima, Giuseppe Marcedone Country: Italy Website: www.scannella.it [ … ]
Eastern Sierra Inter-Agency Visitor Center by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
Located at the foot of Mt. Whitney, the 6,500 S.F. Visitor Center project on twelve acres is located in a spectacular valley bounded by the Inyo Mountains to the east and the Eastern Sierra Nevada to the west. The Inter-Agency client group consisted of local, state and federal agencies, with [ … ]
National Museum of World Writing by Street Studio.LA
The writing museum, as a landmark that connects humans to writing systems, is designed to reveal the development of writing through the movement of the visitors. Circulation is used as“ carving” or“ engraving” into the walls of the main hall. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 Second Award | [ … ]
Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center at Ford Point by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
Rosie the Riveter Visitor Education Center is the final chapter in transforming Henry Ford’s 1931 car factory on the San Francisco Bay waterfront into 21st Century re-uses. The center occupies an industrial building originally designed to store oil to fuel the operations of the adjacent car factory. However, during World [ … ]
United Nations Security Council Chamber-Titan Missile Silo by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
Narrative: The project takes the global stance that architecture must be responsible at all levels. Therefore, the proposal for the re-inhabitation of the Titan II missile silo is, fundamentally, to maintain its role of being a “deterrent” to the possible catastrophe that a nuclear confrontation would bring if undertaken at [ … ]
Alcatraz Photography Studio by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
The client is an artist who is an internationally acclaimed photographer. His work is physically monumental in scale as well as content, navigating topics that are both political and aesthetic. His art is collected and exhibited by museums world-wide. The lcatraz Photography Studio (named herein for its location’s view of [ … ]
Uber Advanced Technologies Group R&D Center by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
Uber Advanced Technology Group is a self-driving technologies engineering team whose R&D Center is housed within historic Pier 70. The center’s four massive buildings, constructed between 1885 and 1937 for ship repair, now extend the site’s legacy of transportation endeavors into the 21stC. Urban Design & Architecture Design Awards 2018 [ … ]
Bechtel Conference Center at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
One of the foremost policy organizations in the state, the client – the Public Policy Institute of California- is a think tank dedicated to impartial and non-partisan research that informs the public policy decisions of the State. Their new conference center communicates these ideals of openness and informed discussion, and [ … ]
SunPower Corporation Offices by Marcy Wong Donn Logan Architects
The Ford Assembly Building was originally designed by Albert Kahn in 1931 as a car factory for Henry Ford. Despite the fact that the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the survival of this industrial masterpiece was once in doubt, especially following its devastating [ … ]
PUNK Alternative Music Venue by markharris ARCHITECTS. PC
PUNK Alternative Music Venue (located in re-purposed roof-top water tower), Los Angeles, Downtown Arts District, USA Polemic: The idea of habitable space within the confines of an abandoned roof-top water tower brings to mind several notions about the rituals of habitation and the narratives between architecture, context, use, and alternative [ … ]
Townsend Passage by Fletcher Studio
The Townsend Passage is a new public walkway and streetscape that now connects Townsend with Brannan Street. The central concept for the space was “Shadowplay”. The vertical lines of a new channel glass fence course across the space during the day, and the shadows lock into and integrate with oblique [ … ]