A row of aluminium ribs curves away from the serrated glass facade of this research laboratory in England to help shelter occupants from the sun. The aluminium louvres front the South Building by London firm Abell Nepp for the European Bioinformatics Institute – a research centre developing computer-based methods for interpreting biological data – located in a rural ...
The design focuses on simple forms andmaterials to recall the formerly agrarian genius loci. Materials flow into and out of the building to reinforce an outdoors connection. The library is scaled lower to address the neighborhood on the northwest side at the entrance, and scaled higher at the southeast to address the freeway. Thesite orientation necessitated that ...
Aligning with the university’s strategy of campus intensification with a goal to achieve a compact urban form, the project design has a five storey, 300 bed mixed-use student residence facility with a two storey service podium at grade and underground parking. Abutting Memorial Arena to the east is an atrium space that provides a link between the podium activities and th...
This distinct location calls for a vertical beacon that acts as a reference point within the neighborhood. Therefore the building has been split in segments that accentuate this vertical effect, which becomes even stronger when reflected in the water when seen from the entrance way. The segments itself are horizontally split to create balance in the facade. The first seg...
The new library in Los Gatos, California, just some kilometers away from San Jose, is a peaceful place that blends modern architecture with nature. Really close to the Historic Park and the Civic Center, this lantern-shaped building combines different materials like steel in its structure and stone, porcelain tiles and wood screens in the finishes. Noll & Tam Architec...
The project is a reformation and extension of the high school, Odense Katedralskole, situated in the heart of H.C. Andersen´s home town of Odense. The prominent site facing Odense Theatre have inspired to a light, luminous building on a red brick base, proportioned med regards to the surroundings, yet as an absolute modern house, aware of its time. The large classr...
The facility is the california-based architect’s first in australia, and houses teaching, learning, research, and office spaces for the institution’s business school. it features dissimilar façades to the east and the west, with the former made of waving brick in reference to the region’s sandstone heritage, and the latter of angular glass panels reflecting the contempor...
A comprehensive renovation of the obsolete heating system and a replacement of woodwork is implemented. A new maneuver track for heavy weight driving training, a new car park, an extension workshops and classrooms are also created. Our project aims to improve quality everyday life of users and enhance the school’s heritage. The architectural language of existing exten...
The building takes its roots within an unstructured urban site made of blank spaces (playgrounds, wide avenues…) and building as objects from the modernist urban development (blocks of council flats, gymnasium and school). The Music Academy building remind of a « music box », solid and sober with its brick walls, precious by its gold copper alloy cladding. Its shape cu...
News: the Glasgow School of Art has named five architects in the running to lead the restoration of the Mackintosh Building, which was devastated by fire last May. Avanti Architects, John McAslan + Partners, LDN Architects, Page\Park Architects and Purcell have all made the shortlist of firms in the frame for the restoration of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's iconic build...
The Warren Woods Ecological Field Station was designed by Maine-based GO Logic to accommodate the University of Chicago's department of ecology and evolution, allowing researchers to spend time in an ecologically diverse habitat that includes different types of forest and prairie. "The site harbors several types of habitat currently under ecological restoration, inclu...
Greek designer Marios Karystios has revamped the schoolroom of a maths teacher, adding brightly coloured furnishings and vintage accessories that aim to make learning more fun (+ slideshow). The classroom refit in Cyprus is the first interior project by Marios Karystios. The graphic designer, who is more accustomed to producing branding for vineyards and cafes, was task...
The United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) is embarking upon a master plan that will embrace soccer and the notion of soccer as a link between community, family, education, health, and nutrition as the catalyst for this master plan. The first project in this master plan will be the UNO New Elementary School. The school will set the tone for the future development and has...
This 40,000 square foot facility contains an 18,000 square foot 300 seat Performing Arts Theater. Working with theater consultant, John Von Szelinski and acoustical consultants, Smith, Fause and Associates the specialized structure contains a full proscenium stage, dressing rooms, a scene shop, and full lighting and rigging capabilities to accommodate Broadway style prod...
the 40,000 square meter scheme includes laboratories, offices, and lecture rooms, alongside various sports facilities and an on-site restaurant. the design is defined by the so-called ‘landscape wave’, an undulating concrete roof canopy topped with a vast area of plantation. the vaulted structure uses techniques often found in bridge building, and fittingly houses a v...
The newly built community school Noorderbreedte Diemen is very broad. It employs a total of six institutions for education, care and development of children. The building also has a function as a meeting place for the neighbourhood. Noorderbreedte is furthermore very durable with thermal storage, Marmoleum on the floor and heat-insulating glass. On top the school is beau...
Manchester High School For Girls was founded in 1874 when the pioneering Manchester Association for the Promotion of the Education of Women broke down the barriers to women taking university degrees. In 1893, the suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst, enrolled her three daughters at the school. In 2012, following a design competition, the school commissioned Walker Simpson to...
The large glass panels stretch the length of each level, while featuring fritted patterns to create gradients of varying opacity. recent photos by field condition display the open concrete skeleton of angled columns and distinctive folded floor slabs, which at the moment are fully exposed while sporting the construction-standard orange mesh along their perimeter. desi...
housing the CIS program (computing and information sciences), the building is one that reflects the strong interdisciplinary nature of the college, strongly tying together technology, academic and social interaction. an entry plaza amidst large concrete columns leads to the main entrance of the building. this is a flexible space to be used the the entire campus on a f...
The building regroups twelve classrooms, two kindergartens, a daycare, a library, a computer laboratory, few administrative offices and a gymnasium which was designed to be doubled, if needed. The steel structure of this two storey school was conceived to receive twelve more classrooms and an extension of the gymnasium. The school was designed to allow the access of the ...
Behind the aluminium facade of this innovation centre for the University of Toronto Mississauga, local office Moriyama & Teshima Architects has converted a courtyard into a rotunda with a glass roof (+ slideshow). The upgrade to the Kaneff Centre – completed in 1992 at the campus located 33 kilometres west of central Toronto – provides new amenities for students and s...
The Roper Building is the state-of the-art new entrance to The City of Bath College, Designed in response to the need to create a distinctive main entrance and to improve access to the college’s main campus, its key aim was to bring all of the College's Student Services, teaching and administration accommodation together under one roof.The building covers approximately 2...
the school functions like a small town, including elements such as a main street, alleys, and connected common spaces with scattered houses between them. although container frames are the basic module for the ‘city’, appearance was dictated by how children typically imagine buildings–small ‘cottages’ with sloping roofs. the entire structure is compiled of individual b...
pedro reis floats horizontal white volume on melgaco sports school all images courtesy of pedro reis the building was conceived as a central hub for the high performance sports campus, concentrating all administrative, educational and social activities into one. based on a simple and clearly articulated geometric composition, the design strategy was a direct response...
As part of the initial selection process, each of the four finalists were asked by the client – the calgary municipal land corporation (CMLC) – to design an adaptable building which would serve as a catalyst for the region’s ongoing development. within the scheme, the program of required components is stacked vertically with the most publicly accessible functions shif...
Located on the outskirts of the ancient village of Melgaço, on the northern border between Portugal and Spain, the new Sports University Building offers a serene and integrated learning atmosphere within the dynamic nature of a sports campus. As a result of an open public competition launched in 2008 by the Melgaço Municipality and the Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Ins...
SITE: Starting with an existing campus of four buildings that needed connectivity, the architects developed a campus masterplan. The Commons – a bookstore + café – is the first of the new buildings, continuing a long-standing relationship between the owner and architects. Located at the planned campus core, it fulfills the role of the social ‘third place’ for the gro...
