A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
PROJECT: New Finnish Embassy in Tokyo LOCATION: Tokyo/Japan TYPE: Invited Competiition PROGRAM: 4.000 Embassy, 10.000 Housing SITE: A tight hilltop plot in in Minato-Ku, currently occupied by a 70’s embassy building. DESCRIPTION: — CLIENT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland…
Project information from Emergent Architecture: The Garak Fish Market is the largest wholesale market in Korea. It covers 54 hectares or 540,000 square meters of land and is one kilometer long. This project, undertaken with Chang-jo Architects, was an invited…
Project information by Johnstonmarklee: The proposed 60,000 square meter Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) is conceived as an iconic presence for the school and the community. As an 8 story building amid surrounding high-rises and mountains in the distance, the…
Project Description by ODOS Architects: Set in an industrial area of dublin city centre, these three mews dwellings appear from the street as a mysterious, robust and impenetrable mass. The cantilevered upper section is a composition of powder coated metal…
From Kristin Jarmund Architects: The project was awarded 1.prize in an invited competition. Kristin Jarmund Architects in collaboration with C. F. Møller Architects, has won a major competition to design a spectacular new landmark project in the city of Oslo,…
From Hamiltons: The 1.5 acre site in central Hammersmith has lain empty for many years, an eyesore in the busy town centre. The redevelopment proposal is for an office led, mixed-use scheme with restaurants and a cinema with a new…
As described by BIG: The National Library is conceived as the integration of 4 organizational strategies into one new national institution: – The perfect circle of the national archives – The orbiting spiral of the public spaces – The complex…
As described by UNStudio: The 21,000 m2 Dance Palace forms part of the European Embankment city quarter masterplan for a new urban square in the historic centre of St. Petersburg. The building presents an open and inviting theatre with provision…
