Archive for June, 2010

Hotel Missoni in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Hotel Missoni that located in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, was designed by Allan Murray Architects. Allan Murray Architects were commissioned in late 2003 by Kilmartin Property Group and HBOS to design a new mixed use development for the site of the former Lothian Region Council Headquarters building at 59-63 George IV Bridge. The site also includes two A-listed buildings which front onto the Lawnmarket,... 

Tags: Allan Murray Architects, animation, bank branch, Edinburgh, George IV Bridge, HBOS Plc, Hotel Missoni, Human geography, Kilmartin Property Group Ltd, Lothian Region Council, Lothian Region Council Headquarters building, Old Town, Royal Mile, Terraced house, United Kingdom, Urban geography, Victoria Terrace

Photographer’s Studio and Boat House in Kawarthas, Ontario, Canada

Located in Kawarthas, Ontario, Canada, Photographer’s Studio and Boat House was designed by gh3. Photographer’s Studio and Boat House on Stoney Lake is a reimagination of the archetypal glass house in a landscape. A continuation of thinking about this architectural ambition, the central conceit of the glass house is reconceived through a contemporary lens of sustainability, program, site and amenity.... 

Tags: active systems, Architecture, Building engineering, Canada, Construction, Curtain wall, deciduous hedgerow guard, Engineering, Kawarthas, lakefront site, Mirror, Ontario, Optics, Photographer, Photographer’s Studio, Stoney Lake, Windows

Zagreb Dance Center in Zagreb, Croatia

The Zagreb Dance Center designed by 3LHD is located in Zagreb, Croatia. The opening of big movieplex cinemas in Zagreb has led to the dying out of old cinema theaters in the city center. The City of Zagreb, which is the owner of the old cinema Lika, decided to reuse the space for new cultural facilities. In that scenario old cinema Lika was given the role of a new dance center. Fifty years of contemporary... 

Tags: cinema Lika, Croatia, Entertainment/Culture, Geography, Gornji Grad - Medveš?ak, Novi Zagreb, Zagreb

House Like A Museum in Kamakura, Japan

House Like A Museum that located in Kamakura, Japan, was designed by Edward Suzuki Associates Inc. House like a Museum, located a five-minute walking distance from the railroad station, sits in a commercial / residential zone. As such, the neighbouring houses and shops encroach upon the site rather closely, so much so that from the start the idea to ‘look out’ from the property was abandoned,... 

Tags: Bamboo, Building insulation, building materials, Construction, Edward Suzuki Associates Inc ., Energy conservation, Engawa, Engineering, Heat transfer, House Like A Museum, Insulators, Japan, Kamakura, Mechanical engineering, natural energy efficiency, Roof, stucco-paint, sustainable building, unnecessary energy

Highschool Paul Valery in Menton, France

Designed by Editorial, Highschool Paul Valery is located in Menton, France. N+B Architectes were tasked with creating a flexible and sustainable solution for a school struggling in the sweltering Côtes d’Azur climate in France. The solution, which added a further 2,800 sq m space quadrupling the size, has turned Highschool Paul Valery into a cool and charismatic building more suitable to a comfortable... 

Tags: Building insulation, Construction, Engineering, Environment, France, Heat transfer, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, Insulators, Mechanical engineering, Menton, Passive solar building design, Paul Valery, sustainable building, sustainable cooling solution, sustainable solution, Thermal insulation