Archive for January, 2011
Modern Soweto Football Training Centre in South Africa
The collaboration project between Canadian firm RUFproject and the Nike Global Football Brand has finished this modern Soweto Football Training Centre in South Africa over the course of just six months. This football facility combines multiple fields, training and locker rooms, offices, a gym, a kitchen and more in a building encased in wooden louvers [...]
Category: Architecture, posted at: Jan 31st 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: Africa, Exhibition, facades, heat gain, hot water system, passive solar design, roof, solar, solar heat gain, solar hot water system, South Africa, sustainable design strategies
New Center for Promotion of Science in Belgrade
The Center for Promotion of Science in Belgrade was designed by a team of young Serbian architects Milos Zivkovic, Nebojsa Stevanovic, Janko Tadic, Aleksandar Gusic and Slobodanka Tadic. The architecture should provoke, associates, intrigue observers as much as its users. In time, exhibits have taken on a new form, so today the requirements for new [...]
Category: Architectural,Innovation Designer, posted at: Jan 31st 2011, Comments: 1 CommentTags: elements, Exhibition, facade, Innovation Designer, Janko Tadic, Milos Zivkovic, Nebojsa Stevanovic
Modern Design for Old Lady House by Adam Kalkin
The Old Lady House was modern shipping container which designed by Adam Kalkin. This Old Lady House has modern finishes that are anything but granny like. The main living space of the light flooded home is three shipping containers wide by two shipping containers tall with two sides made almost entirely of glass. All of [...]
Category: Containers,Home,House,Shipping Container, posted at: Jan 31st 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: Adam Kalkin, House, living space, natural materials, open space
Magnificient 101 Warren Street in Manhattan
The 101 Warren Street is a two story retail podium mixed with a 35 story residential tower which designed by firm SOM. Thomas Balsley Associates designed the 101 pine tree forest, which residents and surrounding buildings can look down upon. The urban forest is thought to be a one of a kind project and residents [...]
Category: Towers, posted at: Jan 31st 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: Austrian Pines, balconies, Barnes Noble, commercial space, residential tower, SOM, Warren Street, Whole Foods
Modern Museum of Natural Sciences (MUSE) in Italy completed in 2012
Designed by Renzo Piano, the new Museum of Natural Sciences (MUSE) built on the brownfield site of a former Michelin tire manufacturing plant. MUSE will become an integral part of the central city and host a range of exhibitions devoted entirely to the natural sciences and ecosystems surrounding Trento. This museum building is expected to [...]
Category: Energy Efficiency,Museum, posted at: Jan 30th 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: design strategies, energy efficient heating, energy use, exhibitions, Italy, MUSE, Museum, Renzo Piano, roof, sustainable design strategies
Fascinating Kaban Tree House in Eindhoven
Designed by architect Renaud Morel, the Kaban Tree House which located at the south of Eindhoven, perched 20 feet above a river bank in The Netherland’s Heeze-Leendewas made by sustainable materials, the whimsical retreat’s organic shape blends amongst the surrounding foliage. Morel designed Kaban at the Kapellerput Country Estate. The project echoes the relationship between [...]
Category: Architect,House, posted at: Jan 30th 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: Heeze Leendewas, House, inhabitat, interior, Renaud Morel, shape, sustainable materials, tree house
Stunning 23.2 House by Omar Arbel
Designed by Architect Omar Arbel, this stunning 23.2 House creates a wonderful narrative that starts with a pile of huge salvaged Douglas fir beams. The house opens to the landscape, mixing the outdoors with the indoors. The result is a beautiful home that made the short list for this year’s World Architecture Festival’s recognized homes. [...]
Category: Architect,Architecture,Home,House,Landscape, posted at: Jan 30th 2011, Comments: 1 CommentTags: Architecture, beautiful home, elements, House, inhabitat, interior, Landscape, living room, open floor plan, World Architecture
New Yountville Town Center Hopes Get LEED Platinum Certification
Designed by Siegal and Strain, the new 10,000 square feet Yountville town center, California is hoping to receive LEED Platinum certification. This new structure places a high priority on the integration of sustainable features throughout the building. The Yountville Town Center boasts an overall energy savings of 44% over California’s rigid Title 24 standards, and [...]
Category: Sustainable Design, posted at: Jan 29th 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: energy efficient systems, ground source, ground source heat, ground source heat pumps, inhabitat, interior, interior spaces, LEED, rainwater harvesting, roof, Sustainable Design, sustainable features
New Lüneburg University Main Building by Daniel Libeskind
The new main building for Lüneburg University was designed by American architect Daniel Libeskind. Located at the outside of Hamburg, Germany, this $76 million building has something spectacular on campus will catapult the college’s reputation. Initial design plans show a partial green roof and an atrium at the building’s top level. The sharp angles of [...]
Category: Campus, posted at: Jan 29th 2011, Comments: 1 CommentTags: atrium, Berlin, Daniel Libeskind, geometry, New York
Attractive MS Lounge Sports Pavillion in Spain
Designed by architects Vaillo + Irigaray, the MS Lounge is a pavilion that located in Navarra, Spain which gets its distinctive look from the airy facade of green reeds surrounding it. With the funky structure, it serves as a pop up event space that allows guests to feel like they are dining and dancing within [...]
Category: Architects,Pavilion, posted at: Jan 29th 2011, Comments: No CommentsTags: facade, facades, inhabitat, interior, MS, Pavilion, skylight, Spain, Vaillo Irigaray
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