Experimentarium Science Center / CEBRA

North-East View © CEBRA

Architect: CEBRA
Location: Tuborg Havnevej 7, Hellerup, DK
Client: Experimentarium
Area: Approximately 30.000 m2 modernization and extension
Program: Center for Natural Science and Technology
Competition Year: 2011
Completion Year: 2015

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FREE City / Fernando Romero Enterprise

Free City is a conceptual prototype for the XXI century city, conceived by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE in response to global issues brought forth by population growth and urban transition in the developing world. It proposes the design of a new urban infrastructure that integrates a sustainable and systematic framework into the grain of the urban fabric, stimulating innovation, production, services and growth. via evolo

Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum / Trahan Architects

Under construction in Natchitoches, tucked in the north west of the state, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum maybe more about the natural water-bourn terrestrial topography of the region than about the collection of sports artifacts the museum will hold. Trahan Architect’s vision is based on the landscape the museum overlooks which is  formed by the Cane River Lake, a tributary of the Red River, cutting into the soft earth and becoming a crisscross of channels through the landscape. via evolo

Virginia Institute for Contemporary Art / Steven Holl

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) unveiled the design for a new Institute for Contemporary Art(ICA) designed by Steven Holl and Chris McVoy. Part exhibition and performance space, part lab and incubator, the 38,000-square-foot building will feature a series of flexible programming spaces for the presentation of visual art, theater, music, dance and film by nationally and internationally recognized artists. via evolo

Beach and Howe Tower in Vancouver / BIG

The 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe mixed-use tower by BIG + Westbank + Dialog + Cobalt + PFS + Buro Happold + Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver, forming a welcoming gateway to the city, while adding another unique structure to the Vancouver skyline. via evolo.

Museum of Art and Design at Dundee, Scotland / Kengo Kuma

(Note: This is a well-illustrated project with both highly-effective renderings and concise diagramming that could serve as precedent for academics and practitioners alike)

The stunning design by Japanese-based architects Kengo Kuma and Associates was selected by an international jury as the choice for the V&A at Dundee following an extensive process of consultation and evaluation, including meeting with all the architects and their teams, visiting their existing buildings, and establishing the feasibility of the project to meet the tight timescales and budget. via evolo

Innovative Student Housing in Paris / Stephane Malka

BY: ADMIN | MARCH – 8 – 2012

 

The student housing on rue Amelot designed by Stephane Malka is a project that inserts itself into an urban interstice: the thickness of a blind wall. It’s within the thickness of these walls that this thin building is constructed. The urban form is a strict extension of the blind walls, which houses using the existing. No building is destroyed, and no pollution generated. The skin consists of an existing module: the wooden pallet. via evolo

City of Pain – Purgatory Architecture / Jovile Porvaneckaite

For the purpose of consciously evoking society’s reaction, an architectural object is inserted into the main recreational zone of New York – Central Park Jovile Porvaneckaite. Moreover, social and cultural phenomena inspired by the innovative form are discussed. The aim of the project is to analyse the process of form modelling and, consequently, perform a research of the form as power, based on an experimental project carried out by the author. The article aims at establishing the influence of the volume deficiency formed or shaped in the city’s planning system on the suggestibility of the building’s form. via evolo

Design Proposals for Houston Central Station

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The Houston Central Station Competition called for an iconic landmark station situated on the median strip on Main Street, between Capitol and Rusk. Here are the proposals of five award winning firms:

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J1 Residential Tower: Bio-architectonic building for 22nd century UAE

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A sustainable high-rise project proposed for the Cornice in Abu Dhabi will seek to combine energy self-sufficiency with ethical living. Dubbed as J1 Residential Tower, the biodynamic project will rely on its envelope and geometry to generate energy for its multipurpose internal spaces, which will include retail spaces in the base, centrally located office space and a hotel, and residential areas designated a respectable space on the upper section of the tower. via greendiary