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21-12-2012

archohm wins the 2012 Indian Institute of Architects Award

Archohm has been awarded the 2012 Indian Institute of Architects Award 2012 for best urban infrastructure for its plan for the Vadodara Bharuch toll plaza.

13-12-2012

Eldridge Smerin, Deodar House in Epsom

Eldridge Smerin Architects’ plan for a private home aspires to become a historic building in the future.

10-12-2012

Goodbye to architect Oscar Niemeyer

The death of architect Oscar Niemeyer, father of Brasilia and winner of the 1988 Pritzker Prize, was announced last night.

24-10-2012

BAK: minimal cement home in Mar Azul

BAK arquitectos applies its rules of minimal design to a home in a coniferous forest above the waterfront of Mar Azul in Argentina. The form of the home is a product of the rules of construction with cement, a material Latin American architects use in the best possible way, integrating it with nature.

17-10-2012

NL: Kamaleon complex in Amsterdam

Unlike the constructions of the great era of social housing all over Europe in the 50s, which often had a negative impact on quality of life, the Kamaleon housing development by NL Architects successfully mediates between the large number of residential units and the development’s inclusion in its urban surroundings.

10-10-2012

BAK: Architects’ home in Ituzaingó

Using the traditional materials of South American architecture, structural cement and wooden trim, studio Bak has designed a home for architects in the province of Buenos Aires which reconciles the need for security with the need for space, incorporating nature into the domestic panorama.

09-10-2012

Markus Scherer, Nals Margreid winery

Architect, Markus Scherer’s refurbishment and expansion project for the Nals Margreid wine cellar won him an honourable mention for interior design in the “Cattedrali del Vino” competition.

26-09-2012

Deshaus: Qingpu Youth Center in Shanghai

The architecture of the Qingpu Youth Centre in Shanghai could be interpreted as the scale model of one the old neighbourhoods of the metropolis, which no longer exist in the new urban planning east of the city. Atelier Deshaus examined the relationship between old and contemporary and came up with its vision of the city in a work that focuses on young people.