Construction work has started on Louvre-Lens, an outpost of the Paris Musée du Louvre located in Lens, northern France, designed by Japanese architects SANAA with American architects Imrey Culbert and French landscape architects Mosbach Paysagistes. (more…)
Japanese studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects have completed an igloo-like noodle restaurant near Mount Fuji, Japan. (more…)
Italian studio Andrea Tognon have refurbished a building with an L-shaped floor plan in Teolo, Italy, by adding the missing corner. (more…)
One of the few architectural firms that does a great job integrating a vibrant colour pallet into their work. Pics after the jump.
Located in Berlin, Sauerbruch Hutton is a 100 person company operating since ‘89. They have an impressive portfolio worth spending some time clicking through.
French studio Block Architects have completed a building Nantes, France, clad in multi-coloured stripes derived from the aesthetics of vegetable farms. (more…)
The new year is upon us: freshly made resolutions (“I will visit UnBeige daily, and read excerpts aloud to my most cherished colleagues”), abundant clearance sales, and a new Pentagram Typographic calendar to gaze upon. But despite the nascent economic recovery and the full-bodied hopefulness of the digits 2010, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) warns that nonresidential construction isn’t about to rebound anytime soon. According to the new AIA survey of the nation’s leading construction forecasters (we love a meta-forecast!), nonresidential construction spending is expected to decrease by 13.4% this year. “When economies emerge from this prolonged recession, recovery for nonresidential construction activity typically takes longer,” said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, Ph.D. “Hardest hit will be the commercial and industrial sectors with projected declines in the 20 percent range for 2010 in most building categories.” But hey, there’s always next year. The AIA is projecting a marginal (1.8%) increase in nonresidential construction come 2011.
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Remember that weird little rumor from a couple months ago about Brad Pitt spending an obscene amount of money in designing a home for his childrens’ gerbils? So does Architects Journal who decided to take the idea a bit further by proving that Pitt’s excess had nothing on the top five architectural marvels made for animals:
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Japanese architects Archivision Hirotani Studio have completed a beauty parlour clad with copper in Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan. (more…)
Here are some more photos of the Hong Kong part of the Hong Kong & Shenzhen bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, featuring installations by designers including American studio Rocker Lange Architects, Vienna designers mischer’traxler and French designer Mathieu Lehanneur. (more…)
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