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18-03-2015

House VDV by Graux & Baeyens, a contemporary Flemish farmhouse

In their study of the roots of the contemporary home, Graux & Baeyens architecten offer their own interpretation of a traditional Flemish farmhouse in House VDV in Destelbergen, Belgium. In House VDV Graux & Baeyens do away with the dormers and skylights and redesign the rectangular volume to create a zig-zag shape embracing the greenery around it.

04-03-2015

St. Petersburg Expoforum: Speech and Gerasimov with GranitiFiandre

Speech and Gerasimov and partners are designing the new St. Petersburg Expoforum Congress and exhibition complex, featuring GranitiFiandre coverings. The St. Petersburg Expoforum’s particularly dramatic external cladding is made by GranitiFiandre.

15-05-2014

Urban Office Architecture, Aviator's Villa

The concept of flight as inspiration for architectural design. A home designed as a continuum of airplane components becomes a visual landmark characterised by lightness and geometry.

16-05-2012

Fügenschuh: New school in Rattenberg

Architect Daniel Fügenschuh won the competition for an expansion for a secondary school in the old town centre of Rattennberg, Austria, building a new wing which is connected to and continuous with the old building but stands out from it in terms of the architectural vocabulary used.

18-11-2010

Vector Architects: Dongdajie Sales Pavilion

Vector Architects transform a real estate agent’s sales space into an installation. The architects interpreted the changes in the city of Heifei, China with a pavilion where people can talk, watch the city as it grows and perceive the changes taking place.

09-01-2007

Des Moines Public Library. David Chipperfield. (USA). 2006

In the Western Gateway Park in Des Moines, capital of the state of Iowa, architect David Chipperfield has designed a new central library intended to be the cornerstone of a wide-ranging redevelopment project.

13-10-2006

M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. Herzog & de Meuron. San Francisco. 2005

The museum was destroyed in the earthquake only a few years after its 1894 opening. Rebuilt in 1921, it was damaged again in 1989.