Posts Categorized: Architecture

REX | OMA: The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre

April 9th, 2010

Architecture

The Dallas Theater Center (DTC) is known for its innovative work, the result of its leadership’s constant experimentation and the provisional nature of its long-time home.

Barbosa & Guimarães: Vodafone Headquarters

In July 2006, when we were invated to the new building competition, through the media, radio, television and newspapers we could notice the following slogan: “VODAFONE LIFE, LIFE IN MOTION.” This sentence reflects the attitude and philosophy of Vodafone.

Serie Architects: The Tote, Mumbai

Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta from Serie Architects have converted a disused building from Mumbai’s colonial past into a banquet hall, restaurant and bar called ‘The Tote’. The site was covered with mature rain trees whose wide spread leaves shaded most of the

OMA wins the competition for the Quebec Beaux Arts Museum expansion

OMA has been announced as the winner of the international competition for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) expansion. The CAD$90 million project was also consulted with local residents, with an 82% of approval.

OMA wins the competition for the Stadskantoor Building, Rotterdam

The strategy of the project is very simple: a modular flexible structure spans between existing buildings, supporting the mixed use program, while freeing the space below for public use. The axonometric shown below shows this rich public realm that the offers back

Kazuyo Sejima appointed director of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010

Recent directors of the Venice Biennale's Architecture Section include: Massimiliano Fuksas (2000), Deyan Sudjic(2002), Kurt W. Forster (2004), Richard Burdett (2006), and Aaron Betsky (2008). The japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima is the first woman to direct the

SANAA (Sejima – Nishizawa) won the 2010 Pritzker Prize

Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have won the 2010 Pritzker Prize, joining the likes of Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Piano in receiving the the profession's highest honor.

studioMAS: Valley Road House

The brief was a tool to experiment with new typologies of Architecture for a specific South African climate, where the word "climate" encompasses physical, social and economic aspects. The project is viewed as an "estate" first and then as a building in the

studioMAS: Darnaway Long House

The Darnaway Long House is a 260 m², three storey house, built for furniture and interior designers, Marcus Pieterse & Lee-Ann Bell in forest Town, Johannesburg. The aim was to design a house that uses the stand and space efficiently - a secure house, with open