Amagansett a New Family House in New York, United States

The Amagansett House designed by Francois de Menil Architect PC is located in New York, United States.  With its roots in Eastern Long Island’s modernist design explorations during the 1950s and 1960s, the Amagansett House exemplifies functional simplicity and energy conservation in its resolution of client program and site conditions. The poetry of the house [...]

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Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa

Greenpoint Stadium Cape Town, South Africa,  is uniquely characterised by its surrounding natural architecture – Table Mountain, Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean – so when it came to designing the new stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, the architects and engineers involved (gmp – von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects, Berlin, Germany in cooperation [...]

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Tenerife Athletics Centre in Tincer, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Designed by AMP arquitectos s.l, Tenerife Athletics Centre  is located in Tincer, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, In the district of Tincer, on the outskirts of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and close to the boundaries between the city, the mountains and the motorway, is the new Tenerife Athletics Centre; a monumental scale project that reflects [...]

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Edificio Acqua in Punta del Este, Uruguay

Edificio Acqua that located in Punta del Este, Uruguay, was designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects. Renowned architect Rafael Viñoly announced today the completion of his first project built in his home country of Uruguay. Edificio Acqua is a six-storey luxury residential building in the beachfront resort of Punta del Este which takes advantage of the [...]

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h2o apartment building in Santa Cruz, Portugal

The h2o apartment building designed by lema barros + castelo branco, arquitectos Located in the beach of Santa Cruz , Portugal, this apartment building creates 9 duplex apartments as if each one could be a single family house, with its independent entrances. The internal organization is based on the boat interiors concept, in which all [...]

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