Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Outdoor Enjoyment



For those in the States, I hope you had an enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. Don't you love long weekends?! I hope everyone got to enjoy some time outdoors. 
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Computer Centre Of The Cultural Foundation In Lisbon, Portugal




Architects designed torque Amanda survived EDP Foundation Cultural Center located interest in Lisbon, Portugal. This project est aussi democracy. It's United Nations Building to the people - the people they Lisbon, pour the Cultural Visitors pay a tourist. This United Nations Building Culture and Leisure Who defining the boundaries between public space and building. A heavy single created an organic molds A topographic Who fits in the landscape A relationship to a fluid natural Between Interior and Exterior - people moving to see so be in Quebec in the building.

The building creates an attractive landscape that enter the Tagus. At high tide stage is covered with water to create a constantly evolving conversation with the flow and water reflections. Reflections play with overhanging facade to give unexpected lighting effects both inside and outside the capture and magnify the light of the unique qualities of this south side. A shadow zone is created naturally by the cantilevered structure.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

WHO Scenario Provides A Variety Of Functions Throughout The Year In Winnipeg, Canada






Located in Winnipeg, Canada, WHO stage provides a variety of functions throughout the year 5468796 was designed by Architectural Design Inc., on behalf of a competition by invitation, acknowledged that the stadium itself normally functions in a very short season and Asked what chance the site could offer for the rest of the year. In its final representation of the scene is defined as multi-functional movements of a stage with a dynamic ephemeral, bright flag, interactive and a focal point.

dynamic phase of the outer membrane wall composed of closely printed diamond with a flexible curtain that is pulled back to reveal the stage and structure. Pulled the skin is draped landscape and corrugated roof provides a framework for performance and allows you to change the sound stage. When closed, the curved pieces diamond captures and refracts light or images from the outside to create a unique array of pixels.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

4x House As A Private Residence In Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland





Designed by architect Mauro Torino, 4x private house residence is situated in Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland. design studio based in Switzerland in Turin Architects Mauro took second place in an invited competition to design a private residence in Saint-Sulpice. Covers an area of ​​1,150 m², is an artistic concept of the architect in relation to a house of cards.

The design of the residence directly related to its location - with a forest on one side and a front of the lake - a rotating centrifugal son several horizontal move vertically to compensate for each other.

Open House Conference In Tel Aviv, Israel




Open House, designed by Editorial conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Last weekend's Open House hosted the first international conference, where over 100 delegates from around the world come together to create new connections to spread the concept of organizing the Open House. Was held in Tel Aviv, the defendants participated in Barcelona, ​​Dublin and New York, and at the same time, the local Open House Weekend. Now, for the fifth time in Tel Aviv, Open House Weekend has become an important date in the calendar of events in the city.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Casa De La Flora Khao Lak, Thailand






Designed by Vaslab Architecture, Casa Flora is located in Khao Lak, Thailand. These magnificent villas vary in size and style, but all private pools and stunning views over the beautiful natural environment. A row of ten beachfront villas have a private swimming pool where visitors can survey the ocean or lounge around in your garden terrace and isolated areas, five Studio offers a private villa wooden pallets deep well in the green foliage, Presidential Suite before opening extends over 130 square meters and includes a large outdoor swimming pool, generous single bedroom and contemporary art through increase as the Pool House Suite has a private pool on the terrace.

208 West 96th Street Apartment In New York, United States







The 208 West 96th Street residences are located in New York, USA. In Manhattan alone there are many buildings containing such screens in varying degrees and with varying success. The last of these is 208 West 96th Street Apartments, a new ten-story building luxury apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Designed by arctangent with David Hu Architects, 208 West ninety-sixth Street Residence Hall nine apartments of high quality full-floor are designed to stimulate downtown loft feel. Each three-bedroom, three bath home is open and warm until the entire floor to ceiling windows and Juliet balcony. But their building is a playful and metal facade hides and reveals.

Your Rainbow Panorama In Arhus, Denmark







Its rainbow panorama in Arhus, Denmark, was designed by Olafur Eliasson. At the end of SHL cube of red brick in 2007, an international art competition was launched to find a crown jewel of the building, completing the course by the legendary Dante text. Danish / Icelandic Olafur Eliasson, artist was selected Dominique Perrault, DS R + and Maya Lin, in a bid for the project, construction began in 2009 on the site.

The permanent installation takes the form of a circular walk of 150m covers all colors of the spectrum. A 3 m wide, the passage is wide enough for a number of people to move easily and is designed to act as a visual compass for the city of Aarhus, and offers incredible panoramic views across the district. This work is typical of the artist, whose previous architectural models act as a contemplative piece that examines the relationship between the body and the environment.

I Building Deakin University In Melbourne, Australia



Located in Melbourne, Australia, Deakin University Building I has been designed by Woods Bagot. The design team has identified a lack of gathering space to meet both internal and external, and this proposal led Woods Bagot value and the formal agenda for the design of buildings. The new auditorium is connected to two existing classrooms in the building and I design solution links seamlessly behind the existing building, while at the same time provide a strong link to open back to the spine and the main pedestrian zone hub of the library.

He also stressed the importance of the link between education and internal learning spaces and connects to the external activity on campus. The detail and resolution of this building is closest to the typology of residential architecture institutional architecture.