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[1 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
Architectural Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory Building in Netherlands by DHV Architects

Located in Delft – Netherlands, DHV Architects have designed Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory, a new research facility for nanotechnology. It’s building being the only laboratory where a national research organization and a leading technology university join forces to create the extraordinary. This state-of-the-art facility is the result of decades of pioneering research by TNO and TU Delft. Whether it is science, education, R&D or business opportunities: Delft is at the heart of nanotechnology innovations worldwide. The building is occupied around the clock, at night it acts as a beacon for its …

Education Building »

[18 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
KIGA Educational Building by AllesWirdGut Architektur

In collaboration with Jan Schro?der, AllesWirdGut Architektur created KIGA Educational Building in 625 sqm project area. The compact building block is situated at the upper north area of the plot. The north corner of the mainly 1-storey high kinder- garden rises up into a second floor annex to correspond with the surrounding building heights and to cover the entrance area. Here we can find a parking lot which can also be read as front-yard. This yard extends through the foyer and continues as covered playground towards the main garden.

Starting as …

Gallery Design »

[14 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Southport Broadwater Parklands Architectural Design by Whitearchitecture

The Southport Broadwater Parklands building recently completed by Queensland based architecture firm Whitearchitecture. This building is feature a series of integrated and sustainable buildings. Inspired by the surrounding boats and sails and is created by the fracturing of pure geometric shapes. The white perforated skin that wraps the buildings on all sides includes integrated feature lighting within the façade to ensure that the structures glow throughout the night.

This building located on a brownfield site the Parklands offers a variety of activities to take place bringing renewed life to this area …

Office Design »

[7 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]
Architecture Design of Swedbank Head Office Building in Lithuania by Audrius Ambrasas

The Swedbank Head Office located on the right of the Neris River, in a recently developed but rapidly growing political, commercial and recreational area of the Lithuanian capital. This modern architectural building designed by local architects Audrius Ambrasas Architects, consist of two main parts. This building has a 4500 sq m terrace, constructed on the stylobate part, offering views of the river.

The first is two 15 and 16 storey structures and the second is a lower structure, comprising of two blocks – the broken-lined parterre and the regular four-storey …

Hotel Design »

[14 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Architecture Design of La Mola Hotel and Conference Centre in Barcelona by b720 Arquitectos

This building located in Camí de Can Bon Vilar, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain designed by Fermín Vázquez architects as part of b720 Arquitectos. The project involves the construction of a hotel complex of 186 rooms with complementary services, meeting and convention spaces, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms and other services related to health and wellness. Two of the volumes house the rooms settled out longitudinally along a central corridor on three floors above ground. The rooms on the south facade have balconies and a sunscreen formed by some mobile slides of perforated sheet …

Mixed Used Building Design »

[10 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Architecture Design of Market Square Pavilion Building in Roosendaal by René van Zuuk Architekten

Designed by Netherlands based architect René van Zuuk, this building used for Pavilion – shops, lunchroom, office, and entrance for parking area in Roosendaal Netherland. Over the main car park entrance, the cantilevered south aspect of the pavilion allows natural light to penetrate the two underground levels. The idea behind the urban proposal was that the pavilion would divide the square in two parts in such a way that you would still have the feeling of being on one big square. Because of the market activities which occupy the …

Residential Building Design »

[9 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Architecture Design of Chicago Spire – Skyscraper Residential Building by Santiago Calatrava

The Chicago Spire will be completion at 2010 and will be new icon of Chicago city. This amazing residential tower designed by Spanish based architects Santiago Calatrava principal design team members including Perkins & Will (Architect of Record), Thornton Tomasetti (Structural Engineers) and Cosentini (Mechanical/Electrical Engineers). If completed, at 2,000 feet (610 m) and with 150 floors, it will be among the world’s tallest buildings and freestanding structures.

Standing at 2,000 feet (610 m), the Chicago Spire would further transform the always-changing Chicago skyline, the Chicago Spire will be the world’s …

Office Design »

[9 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Architectural Design of Yapi Kredi Bank Academy Building in Istanbul by TEGET

Located in Gebze –Istanbul Turkey, The Yapi Kredi Bank Academy Building completed extension by Teget Architectural Office. The material used for this project based on copper façade, addition to the existing banking center building by British architect John McAslan. The new building comprises two long copper-clad volumes cantilevered outwards from the ten existing cubes. These two beams accommodate classrooms, while the area between them is used for social spaces and meeting rooms.

The two program beams, stemming from the complex, stretches out on the plane of a missing cube, cannot be …

Education Building »

[5 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Remodeling of The Tomlinson Centre Building by Rivington Street Studio Architecture

Rivington Street Studio completed remodel The Tomlinson Centre, Professional Development Centre for The Learning Trust 1. The project provides an 820m2 new building with 1,240m2 of remodelled accommodation. The design sympathetically completes the existing four storey Victorian board school building whilst expressing its own modern identity

The structure of the new building was designed and detailed to take full advantage of the benefits of reinforced concrete; its inherent stiffness, fire resistance, thermal mass, flexible profiles and natural finish. The floor slabs are in-situ troughs which span the clear width of the …

Office Design »

[4 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Architectural Design of Cruz del Sur Building by Izquierdo Lehmann

Located in the capital city of Chile-Santiago, Chile based architects Izquierdo Lehmann design office tower building with a commercial complex in the base – Cruz del Sur Building. This building consists of 3,987 sqm site areas at the intersection of Apoquindo Av, main axis of Santiago, and Americo Vespucio Av, the capital’s circular beltway.

The site was opened on three fronts: to Apoquindo Avenue, north, to Southern Cross the street to the west, and Felix of Amesti street to the east. Given its location, the tower facing the axis of Avenida …