On 07/20/07, according to The Gulf Today newspaper, the Burj Dubai tower, designed by the firm SOM – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, should have overcome the Taipei 101, that till then had been the tallest building in the world. The skyscraper already reached 510 meters, thus outclassing the 508-meter high Taipei [urbanity.es / elmundo.es]. […]
Australia: the two-storey house, designed by architect Jackson Clements Burrows, is situated on an elevated dune at Cape Schank (Victoria): the main level is the higher one, to enjoy the view of the Mornington Peninsula. The building fits the landscape, due to both its shape and the materials is made of…[arkinetia blog]
Beijing 2008: images of construction site for Olympic Stadium designed by Herzog & De Meuron…[Flickr] source > dezain.net
Barcelona: "Sos Sagrada Familia" is an association opposing the construction of the high speed railway (AVE – Alta Velocidad Española) tunnel under the main façade – so-called Fachada de la Gloria – of the church designed by Antoni Gaudi…The Sos Sagrada Familia website features a video that shows possible effects of super-fast railway passing through […]
Barcelona: Pavilion and Garden on Montjuic. The design concept, conceived by the architect Federico Calabrese (fondaRIUS arquitecture), is based on the system of platforms, whose presence can be perceived both from terrace top level and from the lowest level of the garden. Façades, sections, projecting parts and routes emphasize the horizontality. Geometric and spatial composition, […]
Images of the Akron Art Museum (Ohio, US), designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au [Flickr]. source > A Daily Dose of Architecture
The first three video interviews with the winners of Young Architects Forum were published on Architectural League NY. They were carried out by Ludens and Productora (from Mexico City) and UNI (from Cambridge)[archleague.org] source > Archinect
Images of the recently inaugurated (May 07) expansion, designed by German-based firm of Jurgen Mayer H. for the Danfoss Universe theme park in Nordborg (Denmark) [dezeen].
Information about the competition, won by STUDYO / Aysin Ipekci + Cem Yurtsever (Cologne/Germany + Istanbul/Turkey), for the new campus of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem… [bezalel-competition.org.il]
Virtual Tour through "Theatre Agora", designed by UNStudio, in Lelystad (The Netherlands) [architectenweb.nl].
Germany: videos of the interviews with Jurgen Bey, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius and Jurgen Mayer H., all participating in the collective exhibition entitled "MyHome", at the Vitra Design Museum until September 16, 2007 [design-museum.de]. source > dezain.net
Images showing how they built the temporary installation called Lilas, designed by Zaha Hadid for the Serpentine Gallery in London. Inauguration took place on July 12, 2007 [Zaha Hadid Blog].
