A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
On Tuesday, 5 July, construction started in Dordrecht on the ‘Plusgebouw’ (Plus Building), a design by Powerhouse Company. The Plusgebouw is being developed and constructed by property developer Heijmans within the Leerpark masterplan drawn up by West 8. Covering about…
The National Gymnastics Centre Pegan Petkovšek is part of the comprehensive renovation of Svoboda Sports Park in Ljubljana. It is the first of the three sports halls that are to be built on the western edge of a belt between…
Equipped with hybrid programming, these kiosks take on the notion of “micro-urbanism”. Through the carefully controlled formal theme and variations, the twelve kiosks as a whole compose a unique urban landscape. The art-deco inspired custom-made pattern glass panels echo the…
The large singular massing of the warehouse forms a stark contrast with the multiplicity of this typical industrial neighborhood. Merely a container clad with a layer of metallic skin, the building becomes a logistic “transformer” through a careful spatial arrangement.
VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism has designed the master plan that the City of Liège will use to submit its candidacy for the EXPO 2017. The City’s plans were presented to the political circles and the BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) on 7…
The showroom of the Decameron furniture store is located on a rented site in the furniture commercial alley in São Paulo. To make the quick and economic construction viable, the project worked with the premise of a light occupation of…
The Pathe multi-cinema complex is a part of the entertainment centre that is being developed near the Amsterdam ArenA. Situated opposite the busy south-east district metropolitan underground and railway station, the Phate Theatre was the first building to be realized…
© ewout huibers for concrete Van Beuningen square is located at the van Hallstraat, West district of Amsterdam. Building an underground two-layer parking facility gives cause for the redesign of the entire square. Based on the initial ideas of the…
