Jessica Mairs – Page 27 – 【Architectural CAD Drawings】

Peter Zumthor unveils extension plans for Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler in Basel

May 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. At a press conference held at the foundation yesterday, Zumthor presented maquettes and plans for a new gallery in addition to administrative and events spaces, which will be arranged around mature trees in a previously

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Ström Architects reveals hyper-realistic renderings for pair of Swedish island villas

May 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Two timber-clad villas – one dark and the other silvery grey – balance over a steep hillside on the Swedish island of Lidingö, in these intricately rendered visuals of the project by Ström Architects. The British studio led by Magnus Ström designed the two dwellings, named Pyrus 9 and Pyrus 10, for the property developer Imola Förvlatning. The imagery released to

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Foster + Partners completes Dubai Apple Store with carbon-fibre “solar wings”

May 2, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Filigreed carbon-fibre shutters fold around the oriel window of Foster + Partners’ Apple Store in Dubai, shading the shop floor during the day but opening at night to views of the Burj Khalifa. London firm Foster + Partners based its design of the Apple Dubai Mall on the traditional Arabic mashrabiya, a projecting bay window enclosed by decorative wooden

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London mayor pulls plug on Garden Bridge

April 28, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn support for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge by refusing to sign the vital financial guarantees that would allow building to go ahead. In a letter addressed to the Garden Bridge Trust chair Mervyn Davies today, Khan said he would not guarantee funds for the bridge’s operation and maintenance. He cited the potential for spiralling construction costs

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Naked House and OMMX offer bare-bones affordable housing for London

April 25, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

British studio OMMX has teamed up with house-builder Naked House to develop an affordable housing model for London, offering homes stripped back to just their bare necessities. Designed to appeal to first-time buyers priced out of the capital’s traditional housing market, the properties will be sold for between £150,000 to £350,000 – a fraction of the £580,000 average house price

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Wingårdh transforms roofless freight depot into Malmö Market Hall

April 24, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Sheets of pre-rusted red steel cover the new extension to a dilapidated freight depot in Malmö, which has been converted into a covered food market by Swedish studio Wingårdh. The clients, brother and sister Nina Totté Karyd and Martin Karyd, asked Wingårdh to convert and extend the brick shell to provide a new space for market vendors and restauranteurs in the Swedish city. The studio repaired

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BBGK Architekci uses stained concrete walls to create Katyn Museum inside Warsaw barbican

April 24, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Red concrete walls frame a chasm leading to a memorial inside Warsaw’s barbican, which commemorates the thousands of Polish citizens murdered by the Soviet secret police during the second world war. Designed by local studio BBGK Architekci, the Katyn Museum– one of five projects in the running for this year’s Mies van der Rohe Award – is split across three 19th-century buildings of

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Vaughn McQuarrie completes island cottage overlooking New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf

April 23, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has replaced a 1920s cottage on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island with a modest concrete and timber residence, set among mature gardens. McQuarrie was asked to design Oneroa House for a client who has spent 26 years residing in the cottage on the edge of the island, located around 20 kilometres off Auckland’s coast. “The owners had lived on the

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Movie shows climbers’ shelter by OFIS being airlifted into remote Alpine spot

February 8, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

In this movie, Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti shows how the tiny Alpine cabin it designed for climbers was helicoptered into its precarious mountain-top position. OFIS Arhitekti designed the Kanin Winter Cabin to withstand extreme weather conditions on Mount Kanin and was commissioned by the Slovenian Mountaineer Association. The cabin measures just less than 10 square metres but is designed to sleep

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Murmuur Architecten uses engineered wood and tiles for holiday home in rural Belgium

January 3, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Dark clay panels and light green tiles cover the cross-laminated timber structure of this holiday home created by Murmuur Architecten for a spot in the Flemish Ardennes countryside. The Belgian studio designed the holiday home named Buikberglos in Horebeke, a municipality in Belgium’s East Flanders. The structure is built from cross-laminated timber – a strong type of engineered wood that is becoming

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