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Ballymahon residence
Designer: ODOSarchitects
Location: Longford County, Ireland
The private Ballymahon residence features a refurbishment and extension of the existing farmhouse and stable complex in Longford county Ireland. The 450 sqm addition emphasizes elongated rooms with plenty of opportunities to view and connect with the surrounding exterior world.
→ www.yatzer.com
Posted: 03/10/2010
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Bridge
Designer: Bernard Tschumi Architects and Hugh Dutton
Location: Roche-sur-Yon, France
The intention of the designers was to demonstrate an integration of an original structural system with an architectural concept developed from urban scale research of neighborhood identity and carried through the expression of the minutest details.
→ www.tschumi.com
Posted: 03/09/2010
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Temporary Bar
Designer: Diogo Aguiar
Location: Parque da Cidade, Porto, Portugal
The proposed bar stands as an iconic cube of light, composed of modular parts. Taking advantage of the IKEA build-by-your-own world, the project is a parallelepiped made out of different depth storage boxes which give it the modular diversity on its textured skin. After winning the competition, some adjustments were done and the bar grew to 4,7 metre high, standing as a visual reference.
→ diogoaguiar.com
Posted: 03/09/2010
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International Criminal Court
Designer: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
Located close to the North Sea, the new Court is placed between nature and city, set in the rolling dune landscape at the edge of The Hague. The main concept is the sculptural arrangement of buildings in the landscape and the design of a landmark that conveys the eminence and authority of the ICC while at the same time relating to a human scale. Schmidt hammer lassen´s winning design complies with a complex brief and captures the spirit of the ICC.
→ www.bustler.net
Posted: 03/08/2010
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High Houses
Designer: Lebbeus Woods
Location: Sarajevo
Image Credits: Lebbeus Woods
The High Houses are proposed as part of the reconstruction of Sarajevo after the siege of the city that lasted from 1992 though late 1995. Their site is the badly damaged “old tobacco factory” in the Marijn dvor section near the city center.
The concept of the project is simple. The houses rise up high into the airspace once occupied by falling mortar and artillery shells fired by the city’s besiegers in the surrounding mountains. By occupying the airspace, the High Houses reclaim it for the people of the city.
→ lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com
Posted: 03/07/2010
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