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Harmony Tower by Studio Daniel Libeskind
Skyscrapers in Seoul: this skyscraper with a pointy midriff is the second of two stories about buildings designed for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, by architect Daniel Libeskind.
Dancing Towers by Studio Daniel Libeskind
Skyscrapers in Seoul: the first of two stories about buildings that architect Daniel Libeskind has designed for the Yongsan International Business District that he masterplanned for Seoul, South Korea, features three towers inspired by the mov...
Diagonal Tower by SOM
Skyscrapers in Seoul: American architects Skidmore, Owings Merrill have designed a skyscraper with glazed triangular facets for emerging commercial centre the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, which we've been focussin...
Designed in Hackney: laser dresses by Hussein Chalayan for Swarovski
Designed in Hackney: we conclude our week of fashion design from Hackney with Hussein Chayalan and his dresses that emit laser beams.
Double Track Design Contest
El objetivo es construir un atlas dedicado al diseño anónimo de los países de Europa Central y Oriental. Para ello, en el concurso de este año, se les pide a los participantes que identifiquen un objeto de la memoria colectiva que muestre habilidades de diseño y que sea significativo. El concurso está abierto a diseñadores nacidos en los Estados miembros de la CEI (Albania, [...]
Interview: Renzo Piano on The Shard
As The Shard nears completion in London, here is the transcript of an interview conducted with architect Renzo Piano before work started on the 300 metre-high tower.
The Blade, Seoul, Korea
Dominique Perrault ha sido seleccionado para construir “The Blade”, una torre de silueta original y dinámica de 300 metros de altura en el futuro Centro Internacional de Negocios Yongsan en Seúl, cuyo plan maestro fue diseñado por Daniel Libeskind. Su forma misteriosa aparece como un tótem, una figura emblemática de formas delgadas y bordes afilados. “The Blade” no es un edificio cuadrado o redondo, sino un [...]
Artlands: Towards New Forms of Constructing the Territory
The ARTLANDS project aims to develop, from now until the end of 2013, a multitude of observations, interpretations and accounts of landscape ideas and forms that can be developed from this extraordinary experience, and will be presented on 18 May 2012 at 4:30 pm at the Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Arts in Viale della [...]
World Architecture Festival 2012: Media-ICT by Cloud 9
World Architecture Festival 2012: in the final movie from our series announcing the call for exhibitors at this year’s World Architecture Festival in Singapore from 3-5 October, programme director Paul...
Melvin the Mini Machine by HEYHEYHEY
Dutch design studio HEYHEYHEY assembled an assortment of objects including toothbrushes, books, marbles, matches and a toy train inside two suitcases to build a chain-reaction machine that signs and stamps a pos...
Slideshow feature: Yongsan International Business District
Skyscrapers in Seoul: this week we’ve run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District, a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that’s due for completion in 2024. Commi...
Project R6 by REX
Skyscrapers in Seoul: New York firm REX was another of the fifteen architects commissioned to design skyscrapers for the fast-growing Yongsan International Business District of Seoul, South Korea. They’ve proposed a tower that looks like l...
Archive’s Design Competition to combat Malaria
El objetivo del concurso “Construire la prévention du Paludisme” es equipar 24 viviendas en la comunidad de Minkoaméyos en Yaoundé, Camerún. El diseño de las unidades de vivienda debe combinar el sentido común con ideas innovadoras para reducir al mínimo la transmisión de la malaria. Pueden participar profesionales internacionales y locales. Arquitectos, médicos, ingenieros ambientales, planificadores urbanos, entomólogos, diseñadores de productos [...]
The Blade by Dominique Perrault
Skyscrapers in Seoul: the next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, with faceted glass that will ripple across the surfac...
World Architecture Festival 2012: MAXXI by Zaha Hadid
World Architecture Festival 2012: Zaha Hadid's MAXXI National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is the focus of our next movie about the World Architecture Festival, as programme director Paul Finch explains...
Switch Box in House by Naf Architect & Design
All the rooms of this renovated Tokyo house by Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design are connected to a wooden box at its centre. (more…)
Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Skyscrapers in Seoul: a pair of 450 metre-high towers with glass scales by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are the latest of fifteen skyscrapers commissioned for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Kor...
No Country For Old Men by Lanzavecchia + Wai
Italian-Singaporean designers Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed a collection of aids for the elderly with styling that’s more domestic than medical. (more…)
World Architecture Festival 2012: Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre by Peter Rich Architects
World Architecture Festival 2012: in the next movie from our series running up to this year's World Architecture Festival, programme director Paul Finch tells us how the jury were "bowled over"...
Call for entries to the Wood Awards 2012
Promotion: entries are now being accepted for the Wood Awards 2012.
Conferencia Adamo – Faiden: “Liga 05: Un Ambiente” BsAs
La misma se realizará en México D.F. el míercoles 23 de Mayo a las 19.30hs. en la Estación Indianilla, Dr Claudio[...]
Conferencia de Carlos Arroyo, en la SCA BsAs
El 28 de mayo de 2012 a las 19 hs, anticipando el Foro Arquitectura + Sustentable, el Arq. Carlos Arroyo brindará la[...]
Batimat Expovivienda 2012 BsAs
La exposición líder de la construcción y la vivienda en la región se realizará del 29 de mayo al 2 de junio de[...]
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