World Architecture Festival 2012: the Cooled Conservatories designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects at the Gardens by the Bay tropical garden in Singapore have been awarded the World Building of the Year prize at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.Completed earlier this year, the two shell-shaped structures are the largest climate-controlled greenhouses in the world and form part of Bay
French Team Wins the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe
At the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe competition that just concluded in Madrid, the CANOPEA house by French team Rhône Alpes has been awarded the first prize. Very close in the ranking, in second place, was the Spanish Andalucía Team with their prototype, PATIO 2.12. The third prize went to the Italian team Med in Italy.Solar News/ September - 29th from SD Europe on Vimeo.Click above image to view
Keelung Harbor Service Building Entry by PAR and Sériès et Sériès
The results of the Taiwanese Keelung Harbor Service Building competition were announced a few days ago with Neil M. Denari Architects taking the First Prize (previously on Bustler). Today we're very excited to also publish one of the five finalist entries, designed by LA-based Platform for Architecture + Research in collaboration with joint tenderer Sériès et Sériès. The design team's engineering
Keelung Harbor Service Building Entry by PAR and Sériès et Sériès
The small city of Molde in Western Norway recently gained one more architectural attraction: the new cultural center, 'Plassen', designed by Danish 3XN.Click above image to view slideshowThe new 3XN-designed 'Plassen' cultural center in Molde, Norway (Image: 3XN)Project Description from the Architects:The Norwegian city of Molde has just 25,000 inhabitants, but every July the biggest stars of
Incheon Tri-bowl by iArc Architects
Project: Incheon Tri-bowlDesigned by iArc ArchitectsArchitect: Kerl YooDesign Team: Jeongim Kim, Seunghyeon Shin, Seongjin Kim, Seokcheon Kim, Jungjun Park, Yoonjoo Lee, Geunseok Ryu, Sunhun Kim, Sangmi Lee, Jiyeon Ryu, Junseok Park, Taesu Kim, Seoneun ParkArea Building: 2 869 sqmSite: 12 300 sqmLocation: Incheon, South Korea Website: www.iarc.netIncheon Tri-bowl is a remarkably shaped exhibition
AS+GG Wins Competition for Qintai Center in Wuhan, China
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has just won another competition for a skyscraper in Asia: earlier today, the Chicago firm was announced as the winner of the international competition to design Qintai Center, a 248-meter (814-feet) tall, high-performance corporate headquarters tower and related podium structure in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. AS+GG’s winning entry was selected over
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Dirt is Good: 18-ton Sand Sculpture Backdrops by JOOheng Tan
Every once in a while, advertising is amazing. World champion sand sculptor JOOheng Tanwas recently asked by ad agency Lowe in Singapore to help create these impressive backdrops for an OMO washing detergent ad campaign. In an age when something like this could have been created digitally, they asked Tan to physically build three 18-ton sand sculptures to be used as backdrops in ads encouraging
The Minister’s Treehouse: A 100ft Tall Church Built Over 11 Years without Blueprints
The Minister’s Treehouse in Crossville, Tennessee is a 100ft structure built by minister Horace Burgess from the early 1990s through 2004. The entire building wraps around a giant tree and was built completely without blueprints, sprawling to an estimated 10,000 square feet inside, including a four-story swing set. Photographer Kristin Sweeting took arecent trip to the treehouse and took many of
Indian Patterns and Fabrics Adorning the New Park Hyatt Hyderabad Hotel by HBA
HBA continues their rich tradition of integrating faraway cultures with the height of modern luxury with the design of the Park Hyatt Hyderabad, the first city Park Hyatt hotel in India. During the initial design stages, HBA designers spent time getting acquainted with the environment visiting local museums, viewing historical architecture and studying local culture and fashion. The result
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