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16-12-2016

KAAN Architecten's new De Bank building in Rotterdam

De Bank, the name of the building containing KAAN Architecten's new headquarters in Rotterdam, recalls the building's original function as the former headquarters of the Nederlandsche Bank. It is located in the heart of the city, on the banks of the Meuse River by the Erasmus Bridge, and another KAAN Architecten project, the Education Centre at Erasmus University Medical Centre.

01-12-2016

Markus Scherer BBT Infopoint Restoration of the Fortress in Fortezza, Bolzano

In the restoration of the Fortress in Fortezza (Bolzano), architect Markus Scherer restores the existing heritage and gives the fortress a new configuration and volumetric structure to replace the original one lost with the construction of highway SS12. The structure now contains the BBT Infopoint, with exhibition spaces about the Brennero Base Tunnel, offices and a multi-purpose hall.

21-09-2016

Vector Architects and the Seashore Library on the beach in China

The Seashore Library, winner of the Archmarathon prize, is one of Vector Architects’s most surprising projects. A concrete block on the beach in Beidaihe New District, China, represents Vector Architects’ reflection on the relationship between landscape and architecture.

19-07-2016

Creating contemporary spaces with Stonepeak porcelain tiles

Simple, customised contemporary style is one of the most innovative trends in today’s residential spaces, as revealed in Stonepeak’s vast range of porcelain wall and floor tiles

13-04-2016

Alberto Campo Baeza and the Raumplan in a house in Madrid

Alberto Campo Baeza's Raumplan house applies the theories of Adolf Loos. Campo Baeza reflects on the current potential of the Raumplan as spatial development, creating an extremely “mute” home in which the main point of view is from the inside.

08-04-2016

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA): Kimen Cultural Centre Stjørdal

At the end of a competitive tender process by invitation announced in 2010 Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA) was successful in winning the project for the Kimen Stjørdal Cultural Centre, in the heart of Norway. RRA designed a technological container of concrete, steel and glass with a roof inspired by the local traditional houses which have double-pitched roofs.

08-02-2016

Archier’s Sawmill House: an alternative approach to design

Australian studio Archier designed a home in Yackandandah, between Melbourne and Canberra in Australia, using an unusual approach: designing the home while it was being built.

01-02-2016

Casa Vasco Nunez de Balboa: ISMO’s interpretation centre

Jerez de los Caballeros is a town in Extremadura, Spain, with thousands of years of history behind it. ISMO Arquitectura planned the redevelopment of the house where explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born for use as an interpretation centre, aiming to make it an integral part of the museum-town.