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Architecture / White Studio

May 5, 2008 | Architecture | by Snell |

The young architect Junya Ishigami is pushing the boundaries of the weightless aesthetic stream of architecture. Read more

April 20, 2008 | Architecture | by Snell |

The Italian architect with the English name, David Fisher, has arrived in Dubai and brought with him this building that literally does a lot on its site. Read more

Architecture / The Alamillo Bridge

April 10, 2008 | Architecture | by Zac |

I like bridges. I’m not sure why, but I always have. Perhaps it’s their significant role in spanning divides between one place and another. Read more

Architecture / Nautilus House

March 31, 2008 | Architecture | by Gerry Mak |

Mexican architecture firm Senosiain Arquitectos recently designed a shell-shaped dwelling for a Mexico City couple. The owners are already living in their new abode with their two very happy children. The structure is maintenance-free and earthquake proof, and is full of soothing greenery and smooth, rounded surfaces. Read more

Architecture / Eco Boulevarde Madrid

February 20, 2008 | Architecture | by Snell |

These ‘social revitalizing air-trees’ are placed in a formation through a new urban development in Madrid to focus and configure social activites. Read more

Architecture / Gotham City

January 8, 2008 | Architecture | by Snell |

French architect Jean Nouvel, one of the world’s most revered, has just won the Tour De Verre competition launched by Hines and Goldman Sachs with this stealthy design. Read more

Architecture / Mukesh Ambani Residence

December 19, 2007 | Architecture | by Gerry Mak |

Earlier this year, Mukesh Ambani, India’s wealthiest man, began construction on a massive, skyscraper home in Mumbai. Read more

Architecture / Big Books

December 5, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

A project that has been a pioneer of the revitalization of downtown Kansas City, this building’s goal was to promote the Central Library as well as represent the city itself. Read more

Architecture / Stained Glass Cube

December 2, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

Neutelings Riedijk Architects (NRA) represent the generation of Dutch Architects that are finally beginning to usurp the dominance of Rem Koolhaas. NRA was formed in 1987 and have come of age with the recently completed Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. Read more

Architecture / Ring House

November 28, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

Too beautiful to simply pass by, this is the Ring House by young Japanese architectural firm, TNA. Read more

Architecture / Architectural Piano

November 27, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

There was no way I was going to work out what this was until I was told: a piano. Yes, this is what happens when one of the world’s most famous architects is allowed to get their hands on a classic object. Read more

Architecture / Zaha Hadid Island

November 3, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

With the ten year mark passing us by since the building of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the bureaucrats have decided that the ‘Bilbao Effect’ needs another shot in the arm. This time they’ve turned to Iraqi-born architectural supremo, Zaha Hadid — who seems to be everywhere at the moment — except that this time it is not a mere building but rather a complete island. She plans to cut off the land that joins it to the mainland and reconnect the newly formed island to the city with eight bridges. Read more

Architecture / Light Rod Pavilion

October 31, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

Carmody Groarke, a young British firm, have just won an Architecture Foundation competition to design a new pavilion in Regent’s Place, London. The firm is a finalist in BD’s Young Architect Practice of the Year, and has designed the pavilion to be made of a series of vertical rods that reflect light during the day and emit light at night. The design is further enhanced by the ability to move the rods within the building and thus change and utilise different spaces.

Architecture / Chanel architecture

October 22, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

Fashion guru, Chanel’s Karl Lagerfield, and star architect, Zaha Hadid, have combined to create this Mobile Art Container, which is to roam the world from 2008 to 2010 bearing installations by 18 international artists. The result of a chance meeting between the two in the lobby at the Mercer Hotel in New York, the ‘container’ is to be manufactured out of super white fibreglass, with an exhibition ring inside. The primary goal is to align Chanel with contemporary art and design in the public eye, and Lagerfield has already decided it’s money well spent: ‘We could have inundated the world with ads’, he said. ‘But this is a more noble project’. A win for all, we think.

Architecture / The British Stirling Prize

October 18, 2007 | Architecture | by Snell |

This work by the British Architect David Chipperfield is the winner of the 2007 British Stirling Prize.

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