Epic Panchoran Retreat
2010 July 20
Residence Study in Mijares
2010 July 19
Skypark: Swimming 200 meters in the air
2010 June 29
A 380 meter-long roof top deck which spans across the length of the Complex’s three skyscraper structures. Designed by architect moshe safdie, the platform rests 200 meters in the air and is equivalent in size to the Eiffel Tower laid horizontally on its side or three football fields connected end to end. The construction cost around 80 million dollars and required roughly 7,000 tons of steel to complete. To walk the whole length of the skypark takes around twenty minutes, provided that visitors do not stop to enjoy the various attractions along the way: a 150 meter-long infinity swimming pool, bar, restaurant and spa, botanical garden with 250 species of trees and 650 plants, and an observation deck that provides a panoramic view of the waterfront. The observation deck alone is capable of holding 900 people at once, with the whole skypark having the capacity to host up to 3,900.
Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects
2010 June 16
Experimental House: Roll It
2010 June 2
Backyard House by SHED Architects
2010 May 24
Eastern Design Office
2010 May 23
Modern Architecture: Vegetation-Covered Headquarters
2010 April 21
Italian architecture firm StudioDosi proposed this double-skinned, vegetation-covered headquarters for the Province of Parma. Located in Italy, the four-story 145,000 sq foot (13,500 sq meter) structure features a wide array of green building strategies, extensive gardens, and a living exoskeleton meant to provide shade and natural ventilation for the building underneath.
Two Apartments, One Home
2010 April 19
HEAD Architecture combined two apartments in Hong Kong to make a new home for a new family. They designed it so that the rituals of family life – bathing, playing, eating, sleeping – can be thoroughly re-evaluated, with an open-plan sequence of simple flexible spaces facilitating the informal flow and changing requirements of an expanding family.
PostPanic Office – Amsterdam
2010 April 14
Philadelphia Unit 503, Loft District
2010 April 7
The Banyan Treehouse
2010 April 3
Flat #1 by Ecole
2010 March 30
The Water Cube / MVRDV
2010 March 15
Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center
2010 March 5
Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) was designed by Davis Brody and Grimshaw Architects.
Organic Architecture
2010 February 19
Perforated House
2010 February 17
The New Facebook Office
2010 February 10
Facebook recently moved their offices out of several smaller locations spread throughout Palo Alto, CA and into one central, 150,000-square-foot building that used to house Agilent Technologies. The space was designed by studio o+a who took time to interview employees to see what they wanted and what would make their work experience better and more productive.
Green T. House, Beijing
2010 January 29
Artist, entrepreneur and tea lover Zhang Jin Jie wanted to create a business that would reflect and indulge her many passions. The Green T. House is precisely that, a “tea experience” that encompasses dining, music, art, architecture, and the aforementioned leafy beverage.
VitraHaus
2010 January 22
VitraHaus project designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, located at the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in Germany.