Project: Izmir Opera House Designed by Ozel Office Location: Izmir, Turkey Size: 30000 sq m. Website: www.ozeloffice.com Competition entry design by Ozel Office firm based both in Turkey and USA, for the new Opera House in Turkish city Izmir. View more of their Opera House solution over at our sister site Design Scene. More
Project: Kristiansund Opera and Culture Centre Designed by Space Group + Brisac Gonzalez Location: Kristiansund, Norway Website: www.spacegroup.no + www.brisacgonzalez.com The complex represents culture in its most pervasive and innovative form. To create spaces for the unexpected, spaces to inspire us, spaces where the collective and individual can coexist, to inspire experimentation, invention, heterogeneity and […] More
Project: Contained Calls Designed by Aedas Location: Leeds, United Kingdom Website: www.aedas.com The form of the building is bold and iconic; its concept is derived from the former warehouse storage units that once inhabited the site. By loosely arranging these modules between the existing buildings, it creates space for both elements to ‘breathe’. Continue for […] More
Project: Aluminium Bos Designed by Abbink de Haas Location: Netherlands Website: abbinkdehaas.nl The aluminum center is located in the tops of the Aluminum Forest, above the thin strains changing Dutch and reflect light filter. Silently crosses the glass elevator to six meters high space between the surface and the silver aluminum box. Outside the wind […] More
Project: Energinet Designed by Henning Larsen Architects Location: Ballerup, Denmark Website: www.henninglarsen.com Henning Larsen Architects has won the competition for the new office building of Energinet.dk in Ballerup in collaboration with the contracting company Dahl Entreprise A/S. The low-energy building has been achieved exclusively by means of optimising the design and geometry to create an […] More
Project: Amager Gavlhus Designed by We Architecture Location: Amager – Copenhagen, Denmark Website: www.we-a.dk Historically Holmbladsgade is a distinct working-class and industrial area with a unique character. The area has been characterized by a cityscape clearly defined by dense residential streets. Meanwhile factory building and warehouses have interupded the street line, through their varying heights, […] More
Project: Batumi Aquarium Location: Batumi, Georgia Designed by Henning Larsen Architects Website: www.henninglarsen.com The 2,000 m2 aquarium will replace the previous aquarium of the port and will be situated on the beach side of Rustaveli Str. adjacent to Batumi 6 May Park featuring a Dolphinarium and Zoo. Continue for more images and architects description after […] More
Project: VitraHaus Location: Weil am Rhein, Germany Designed by Herzog & de Meuron Website: vitra.com/vitrahaus Back in February we featured VitraHaus project by Herzog & de Meuron for the first time on Design Scene, now Vitra has a website dedicated to their house and besides finding inspirational ideas for your home at their website you […] More
Project: New Cultural Center of Meudon-la-Forêt Designed by Serero Architects Website: www.serero.com The project is inspired by nature and more specifically by the tree, not in its simple symbolic shape, but in its deep link with architecture: in the relationship between structure and envelope, between redundancy and optimization, strength and fragility. The interaction between […] More
CH468 chair Designed by Hans J Wegner Website: www.iconsofdenmark.de After more than 50 years Hans J Wegner's chair goes into production by Knud Erik Hansen of Carl Hansen who found only a clay models and a few photos in designers archives. The chair is available at Icons of Denmark with a steel frame (inside one […] More
Project: Super-laboratory Location: London, United Kingdom Designed by HOK and PLP Architects Website: www.hok.com + www.plparchitecture.com Initial images have been released of the reworked, and rather controversial ‘super-laboratory’, designed by HOK and young practice PLP Architecture for a conglomerate of leading research bodies, the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI). PLP were brought […] More
Project: The Cornerstone Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Designed by JAJA Architects ApS Website: ja-ja.dk Currently being approved by the municipality of Copenhagen, the building will act as a catalyst for urban activity, as public space surrounds the entire built structure. The architects image the building “contributing to the area’s diversity as a building object that creates […] More