KEŽMARSKÁ HUT by Atelier 8000

KEŽMARSKÁ HUT

a project by Atelier 8000

High Tatras, Slovakia, competition entry 2014
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Atelier 8000 has design a sustainable mountain hut for Slovakia’s High Tatras as part of the Kežmarská Chata (Kežmarská Hut) international competition. Seated on one of its vertices, the simple cube “evokes an erratic block left behind by the retreating glacier,” while it’s “sharp edges” blend into the mountain backdrop.

KONZERTHAUS BLAIBACH by Peter Haimerl Architektur

KONZERTHAUS BLAIBACH

a project by Peter Haimerl Architektur

Blaibach, Germany, completed 2014

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As part of an urban redevelopment project aimed at revitalizing the center of Blaibach, Germany, architect Peter Haimerl has designed the town’s concert hall as a stone clad rectangular volume, which emerges from the ground with an inclined orientation. The building’s tilt produces the slope necessary for the auditorium’s seating, while also creating the building’s main entry from the adjacent public square. Inside, the hall’s surfaces are made of overlapping pre-cast concrete panels, whose composition conceals the lighting and regulates acoustical qualities of the space.

HOUSE IN BYOUBUGAURA by Takeshi Hosaka

HOUSE IN BYOUBUGAURA

a project by Takeshi Hosaka

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, completed 2012
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A regular concrete box and glass facade define the exterior of Byoubugaura by Japanese practice Takeshi Hosaka Architect, but further observation reveals quite a unique interactive home with unexpected spaces. The home consists of a basement level and two floors above grade - simple in program but complex in structure. The concrete floor plates are drastically curved upwards at the front and rear facades, allowing no direct view into the spaces, which are in reality sunken below the grid established by the structure. 

FRIEDRICH BAYER BRIDGE by LoebCapote Arquitetura e Urbanismo

FRIEDRICH BAYER BRIDGE

a project by LoebCapote Arquitetura e Urbanismo

São Paulo, Brazil, completed 2013

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The City of São Paulo has few bridges only for cyclists and pedestrians.

In front of the Bayer headquarters, the bridge is located where the Pinheiros river meets the Canal of Guarapiranga’s dam. By connecting both sides of the river, the bicycle path parallel to the river is extended, and citizens, Bayer’s employees and the community around become closer to the metro station.

ONE CENTRAL PARK by Ateliers Jean Nouvel

ONE CENTRAL PARK

a project by Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Sydney, Australia, completed 2014

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One Central Park (OCP), by Ateliers Jean Nouvel, is an innovative and environmentally ambitious landmark project within the redevelopment of the Carlton & United Brewery site in Sydney. One Central Park offered Nouvel and Blanc a canvas of an entirely new scale. Here they built an integrated experience for living in harmony with the natural world.