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Centre for Collaborative Construction Research by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, United Kingdom

August 31, 2009 Filed Under: Education, Public Buildings
Centre for Collaborative Construction Research by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, United Kingdom

The Centre for Collaborative Construction Research at Loughborough University was designed by Swanke Hayden Connell Architects is located in Loughborough, United Kingdom. Higher education institutions are constantly faced with the challenge to create higher quality teaching and research accommodation within their estates. The modern buildings provide the opportunity for a step change in research and... 

Moorfields Eye Hospital by Penoyre and Prasad, United Kingdom

August 31, 2009 Filed Under: Commercial Building, Hospital
Moorfields Eye Hospital by Penoyre and Prasad, United Kingdom

The Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, United Kingdom was designed by architects Penoyre and Prasad LLP. The Richard Desmond Children’s Eye Centre makes a bridge between the outstanding clinical expertise of Moorfields Eye Hospital and the research prowess of the adjacent Institute of Ophthalmology to provide a world class children’s eye treatment facility. The arrangement of outpatients clinics,... 

WestendDuo by KSP Engel und Zimmermann GmbH, Germany

August 31, 2009 Filed Under: Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design
WestendDuo by KSP Engel und Zimmermann GmbH, Germany

The WestendDuo was designed by KSP Engel und Zimmermann GmbH is the double high-rise building in a prime location in Frankfurt on Main close to the Alte Oper, in Germany. The WestendDuo is one of the smaller skyscrapers in Frankfurt. The two slender towers are self-confident, excitingly incorporating the different street grids. The open shape given the lobby ensures that it engages with its green surroundings.... 

Theatre Agora in Lelystad by UN Studio, Netherlands

August 31, 2009 Filed Under: Cultural, Public Buildings
Theatre Agora in Lelystad by UN Studio, Netherlands

The brilliant design for the Theatre Agora by UNStudio in Lelystad, Amsterdam, Netherlands is part of the Master plan for the city center of Lelystad, was designed by West 8. The theatre plays an important role during the day as well as during the night in this area of the city. The clustering of cultural and social activities in this new quarter will give Lelystad an outspoken cultural face. In this... 

Traditional Festivity Las Fallas 2007 in Valencia, Spain

August 31, 2009 Filed Under: Art, Cultural, Public Buildings, Urban Design
Traditional Festivity Las Fallas 2007 in Valencia, Spain

Las Fallas is a Day Nineteen annual traditional festival celebrated in Valencia, Spain. The festival has its origins in the eighteenth century, when carpenters burned the remains of a rigorous work winters in honor of their patron St. Joseph. Over the years, lots of leftovers turned into huge statues of wood and paper, known as La falla, humorously criticizing society. The actual statues are often... 

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