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George Lucas’ Development Woes: When NIMBY Goes BANANAs
© Megan Jett For 25 years, George Lucas has had a problem. He’s been the Darth Vader of an evil developing empire. Or so say his wealthy California neighbors. Since 1978, when he set up his corporate...
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The Blade / Dominique Perrault Architecture
© DPA / Adagp Dominique Perrault has been selected to build a tower within the future Yongsan International Business Center in Seoul, whose master plan was designed by Daniel Libeskind. The tower,...
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Downtown LA Hotel / XTEN Architecture
Courtesy of XTEN Architecture XTEN Architecture is planning a new, 65,000-square-foot hotel in downtown Los Angeles, California. The monolithic concrete structure will be carved by a system of slots...
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AD Recommends: Best of the Week
© Fernando Alda Five great projects from last week that you may have missed! Check out the Renovation of the Baeza Town Hall in Spain, or the Huludao Beach Exhibit Center in China. Don’t miss...
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House in Las Arenas / Javier Artadi
© Alexander Kornhuber Architects: Javier Artadi Location: Las Arenas, Lima, Peru Area: 238 sqm Project Assistants: Oscar Luyo, Ivan Navas Engineers: Ing. Jorge Indacochea (Structure), Ing. Roberto...
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House and Design Studio in Kortrijk / Devolder Architecten
© Deneve Foto Kortrijk Architects: Devolder Architecten Location: Kortrijk, Belgium Project Architect: Geert Devolder Floor Space: 432 sqm Completion: November 2010 Photographs: Yannick Milpas, Deneve...
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Europa City / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
© Luxigon Parisian architect, Manuelle Gautrand, has shared her massive cultural, recreational and retail center for Triangle de Gonesse, France with us. The competition proposal intends to showcase...
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Forest Stair in Stokke / Saunders Architecture
© Bent René Synnevåg Architects: Saunders Architecture Location: Stokke, Norway Project Team: Todd Saunders, Attila Béres, Ken Beheim-Schwarzbach Client: Stokke Municipality and Sti For Øye Sculptural...
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NUK II University Library / SANGRAD Architects, AVP Arhitekti, Biro Arhitekti
Courtesy AVP Arhitekti The volume composition of the NUK II University Library is formed as a group of three volumes set on top of an elevated plateau hovering above the excavations. Designed by...
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School Barvaux-Condroz / LR Architects
© M. van Coile Architects: LR Architects Location: Barvaux-Condroz, Belgium Client/Client: Administration communale/Local administration Completion: 2011 Surface: 600 sqm Photographs: M. van Coile...
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Lar Casa de Magalhaes / Atelier Carvalho Araújo
© Hugo Carvalho Araújo Architects: Atelier Carvalho Araújo – José Manuel Carvalho Araújo Location: Ponte de Lima, Portugal Client: C. M. de Ponte de Lima – Casa do Povo Design Team: Joel Moniz,...
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U27 Office Building / Park Associati
Courtesy of Park Associati The architectural design for the U27 Office building, by Park Associati, is based on an analytical approach to the articulated system of access to the Milanofiori Nord area...
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Wissioming2 / Robert M. Gurney Architect
© Maxwell MacKenzie Architects: Robert M. Gurney Architect Location: Maryland, USA Project Architect: Brian Tuskey Completed: November 2011 Photographs: Maxwell MacKenzie Architectural Photographer...
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Building Malaria Prevention Competition
Click here to view the embedded video. The goal of the ARCHIVE’s CONSTRUIRE LA PRÉVENTION DU PALUDISME: Building Malaria Prevention competition is to retrofit 24 housing units in the community of...
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Accent Office in Roeselare / Buro II & Archi+I
© DSP Fotostudio Architects: Buro II & Archi+I Location: Roeselare, Belgium Completion: 2011 Area: 5,700 sqm Photographs: DSP Fotostudio, Klaas Verdru © DSP Fotostudio Accent Business Park offers...
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Speakers Confirmed for “Crafted – The Ingredients of Architecture” Alvar...
To be held August 10-12, the 12th international Alvar Aalto Symposium, entitled “CRAFTED – The Ingredients of Architecture”, will discuss how architecture can rise above the ordinary. The symposium...
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Cultural – Sport Complex For Disabled / Experimental Branch of Architecture
Courtesy of Experimental Branch of Architecture Architects: Experimental Branch of Architecture Location: Tehran, Iran Completion: 2011 Area: 18,000 sqm Client: Development of Cultural Environment Co....
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In Progress: Cleveland Museum / Farshid Moussavi
MOCA / Farshid Moussavi. Courtesy MOCANearly two years ago, we introduced Farshid Moussavi’s first major US building – a sleek geometrical design for Cleveland’s Museum of Contemporary Art. With its...
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AD Interviews: Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai
Click here to view the embedded video. During the launch of the META Project in Chile, we had the chance to interview Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai. Studio Mumbai is a “human infrastructure of...
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CCTV Headquarters / OMA
CCTV/OMA Partners-in-charge: Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, designers, David Gianotten, photographed by Iwan Baan Architects: OMA Location: Beijing, China Project Area: 473,000 sqm Project Year: 2012...
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