Esashi Ryotei Kuki designed by Nakayama Architects is located in Esashi, Japan. Located on a seaside field surrounded by arid landscape with landfill fields and exposed to strong,almost constant winds, the hotel was conceived as a sequence of protected inside spaces from which to contemplate the exterior. To reinforce the idea of the rooms as protected outdoor-viewing devices,we created projecting...
The Art Fund Prize is located in London. At a reception at the RIBA in London this week, the Ulster Museum in Belfast was announced as the 2010 recipient of the £100,000 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. Beating other shortlisted entries The Ashmolean Museum, Blists Hill Victorian, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum to the punch, the Ulster Museum was praised...
Designed by Genius Loci Pte Ltd, Christian Residence resort-residence is located in Surabaya, Indonesia. The space and how it works forms the facade. Whist privacy was important and the elevation of the main living spaces has to be placed at a higher-than-road level, the forms developed in this house are a re-creation of interlaced lanterns. Contrasting screens of metal and stone gave varied texture...
Designed by Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. Architects, The Jewels of Aoyama is located in Tokyo, Japan. The corner building, surrounded by its larger neighbours, is set off as a centrepiece and creates a very strong identity for the complex as a whole and for the Minami Aoyama area as well. The different appearance of the two buildings helps to enhance their relationship; the main building’s limestone...
Located in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Stadskantoor was designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Europe’s modern architectural epicentre is soon to receive a new city hall, courtesy of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), in collaboration with Werner Sobek and engineers ABT. Rotterdam’s Stadskantoor, as the building will be known, will accommodate municipal services,...