Rivista
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on 16/10/19
Parque O2, a sprawling public installation of colorful bamboo totems, recently opened in San José, Costa Rica’s disused Polideportivo de Aranjuez Park. The project is the latest installment of the FUNdaMENTAL Design Build Initiative, an annual design-build project founded by New York and... Taller KEN
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on 03/09/19
NYC-and-Costa Rica-based Taller KEN has designed a new 4,850-square-foot store for Hija de Tigre, a locally-owned-and-operated women’s clothing retailer, in Escazú, a hip, upscale suburb of San José, Costa Rica. Taller KEN
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on 26/04/19
Costa Rica Treehouse is inspired by the jungle of this densely forested site on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. The clients are surfers as well as avid environmentalists, and this project reflects their deep commitment to sustainable land management in Costa Rica. Olson Kundig Architects
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on 26/03/19
The Maison de la littérature (House of Literature) is located in the historic neighborhood of Old Québec, a site part of UNESCO’s World Heritage List. In this particularly dense urban setting, Chevalier Morales designed a contemporary annex, a simple and refined volume, to the Wesley Temple, a... Chevalier Morales Architectes
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on 08/05/18
LAN Architecture has delivered the 360˚ View Tower, a panoramic 18-story tower in Nantes, France. This new apartment building is located on the Brossette site, which completes the transformation of the Boulevard Vincent-Gâche, with the largest project built on the Île de Nantes. This... LAN Architecture
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on 01/03/18
Louis de Cormontaigne’s new gymnasium is located on the tip of the island between the Moselle River on one side and the canal on the other, a bow-shaped structure across from the day school and the motorway, the location’s major acoustic challenge. agence Engasser+associés
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on 24/01/18
Designed by Chad Oppenheim and Arthur Casas, the Emiliano Hotel sits on the famed Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. The project fronts one of the most beautiful views in the world while being surrounded on three sides by dilapidated apartment buildings from the 1950s. Oppenheim Architecture + Design
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on 18/05/17
This project is a rebuild of an existing post 1991 Fire-storm house. Situated high on top of the Eastbay mountain range overlooking the city of Oakland, the site has unobstructed view’s toward the southwest Bay and Golden Gate. It was designed for a young family, who desired an open plan... Terry & Terry Architecture
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on 05/04/17
Kwong Von Glinow Design Office has been awarded first prize for their New York Affordable Housing Challenge competition entry. Their project responds to Mayor de Blasio’s priority placed on creating more affordable housing in New York City, by using both new sites and redeveloping existing... Kwong Von Glinow Design Office
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on 26/01/17
The historical site of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, rue de Richelieu, has just reopened after ten years of complete renovation by the architects Bruno Gaudin and Virginie Brégal. Bruno Gaudin & Virginie Brégal Arcitectes
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on 12/08/16
Much has been achieved over the past two decades to transform the Sydney Park site from its former post-industrial history and waste disposal, into 44 hectares of parkland and a vital asset for the growing communities of Sydney’s southern suburbs. Turf Design Studio & Environmental Partnership
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on 19/01/16
Just BE is an apartment building located in Colonia Condesa, a neighborhood renowned for its social and commercial activity as well as its nightlife. The building sits on the same street as the Fondo de Cultura (Cultural Fund) and the old Bella Época cinema theatre, a 1940's... Arqmov Workshop
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on 10/12/15
Ile Seguin-Rives de Seine: a major urban renewal project in the heart of Greater Paris, spread over 74 hectares on the site of the former Renault factories, including the Ile Seguin. Tetrarc
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on 07/07/15
The principal idea in the site of the high school Honoré de Balzac de Castelnau-le-Lez was to reconquer space by a better distribution of constructions in order to create a scale of user-friendliness, as well in the buildings as in the outdoor areas. NBJ Architectes
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on 02/04/15
Walters & Cohen have announced the successful completion of Regent High School (formerly called South Camden Community School), a co-educational secondary school on a tight urban site in Somers Town in the London Borough of Camden. Walters & Cohen