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Sweden: Villa Näckros by Staffan Strindberg

Villa Näckros in Kalmar (Sweden) > What’s the suitable appearance for a floating house? It has not to be a boat, but a building that attends the surroundings – no matter how special they are – and, even if built with very unusual materials, looks like a dwelling. Staffan Strindberg started the design for an […]...

Design Vanguard 2006 according to Architectural Record

According to Architectural Record (december 2006), 10 architecture firms stand out because of their vanguard designs: UnSangDong Architects (Seul), Studio Luz (Boston), BAR (Rotterdam), Studio SUMO (New York), Kumiko Inui (Tokyo), Bercy Chen Studio (Austin, Texas), BmasC Arquitectos (Avila), Assadi + Pulido (Santiago, Chile), WORK Architecture Company (New York), SeARCH (Amsterdam) [Architectural Record]....

Boston: Renzo Piano to design the highest tower

The 75-story and 305-meter high tower designed by Renzo Piano has been unveiled: it will become the tallest skyscraper in Boston, outclassing Ieoh Ming Pei‘s Hancock Tower. The building will comprise offices and shops. Start of construction is not yet scheduled [worldarchitecturenews.com]. source > Move your mind...

The million dollar facade… today

Last June, we published a news about the “Artvertising” project, developed by Amsterdam Sandberg Institute and based on applying the same concept of ‘The Million Dollar Homepage‘ web site to the Institute facade…Visit the following links to find out more about the current state of the initiative > sandberg.nl / Flickr...

Boston: ICA by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Images of Boston Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Public opening will take place on the next 10th of December [Flickr]. source > dezain.net...

Images of Thom Mayne’s ‘Phare’ Tower

More images of the Paris “Phare” Tower designed by Thom Mayne (Morphosis). The building, whose inauguration is scheduled for 2012, will rise in the neighborhood of La Defense [arcspace]....

Sagaponac: Shigeru Ban’s House

Sagaponack, NY > “Houses at Sagaponac” is a residential neighborhood comprising 34 houses designed by renowned architects. The construction of Sagaponac House 4, conceived by Shigeru Ban, was completed this month. Images of the building > [pushpullbar]2 sources > Apartment Therapy / MoCo Loco...

Saint Petersburg: Gazprom City to RMJM

English firm RMJM won the international competition to build Gazprom-City, a multimillion development in Saint Petersburg [EL PAIS.com / NYT / sawf]. source > Archinect...