The mountain architecture, since the advent of tourism, has always presented a particular question. If mimicry with the vernacular seems still feasible for small buildings (cabins), the simple question of scale of large tourism infrastructure issues exacerbates the outset of expression, architectural design, relationship to the site, relationship-building nature, etc…
The project assigned to students being prepared for consideration by the Swiss Register of Architects is the reconstruction of the Hotel Alpina Savoie of Crans Montana.
In the future we will be increasingly often obliged to deal with building fabric from the 1960s and 1970s that no longer meets present-day functional and technical requirements. This specific case is a theater building in Zürich Nord in need of refurbishment that required a further 700 seats and a larger foyer area to operate on a cost-effective basis. This specific case is a theater building in Zurich North in need of refurbishment that required a further 700 seats and a larger home area to operate on a cost-effective basis. Read the rest of this entry »
This may not be your idea of a house, but it is bold and fun, and it has certainly attracted the attention of the media. The 8500 square meters Casa Son Vida is cooperation between three power houses: Luxury Estates Cosmopolitan residential developer, designer and founder eclectic Dutch and Nice, Marcel Wanders, and award-winning Los Angeles based architecture Switzerland and Hong Kong.
Casa Son Vida is located in the Balearic Islands off Spain, on the island of Majorca, where humans have lived since 6000-4000 BC and, more recently, the where clause, the range of tourism assets in overcrowded each time, but Casa Son Vida Avoid Tourist kitsch and goals much higher. That is exclusive community in Son Vida, just 15 minutes from the capital Palma. Read the rest of this entry »
Atkin’s Architecture Group recently won the first prize in an international design competition for this wonderful building. Located in a spectacular water filled quarry Song Jiang, China, the 400-bed hotel Resort is built in the unique natural features of the quarry. Room’s underwater areas of the public and invited add to the singularity, but the resort also boasts cafes, restaurants and sports facilities.
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Today the publication place of the ideas competition for a new town office for Rotterdam. 5 winners from 104 entries were chosen, also the people of Rotterdam also had a voice in the appointment of an audience winner.
“The Butterfly”, Figure Sky
PHE N.Y. Lanin, Head of the city
The jury, consisting of Wiel Arets (Chairman), Stefan Behnisch, Adriaan Geuze, John Körmeling, Michelle Provoost and Harm Tilman, received 104 entries to judge. Besides its task to appoint five winners, the jury asked to select 25 plans for this exhibition.
The 5 winners are: PHENY N.Y. Nine of LA La Lidy Meijers and Helga Fast (Posterholt); Figure of Sky RV Ritoe Architecture, Urbanism and Infrastructure (Delft), The Butterfly Maarten van Tuijl, Tom Berg Foot, Naoko Hikami (Amsterdam), assisted by Peter Farmer, Head of the City of Fountain Head of Christian Müller and Forideas (Amsterdam). Read the rest of this entry »
