Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Architecture. Show all posts

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Vitrahaus: A Building With a View, and a View, and a View, and a View



Vitra, a Swiss furniture manufacturer, recently completed the Vitrahaus as a presentation space for their collection. Yes, that's a real photograph. The building's comprised of 12 stacked "houses," and if you can believe it, the inside is no less stunning.

Designed by Herzog and de Meuron, Vitrahaus's large, house-shaped windows provide various views of the surrounding area during the day—it is located on the border of Germany and Switzerland, in the town of Weil am Rhein—but at night the focus flips, with the windows becoming glowing portals into which passersby can peer.

Via Gizmodo

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Rivas Vaciamadrid Youth Center

curated mag - Rivas Vaciamadrid Youth Center

Now this is great design, a youth certain that is located in Mardid and upon first glance you can feel the youth in the design and colour scheme. (More pics after the break)

Architects: Mi5 Arquitectos – Manuel Collado Arpia y Nacho Martín Asunción
Location: Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Madrid, Spain
Collaborators: Eider Holgado, Richar y Diego Barajas
Engineering: Juan Travesí (Estructuras)
Contractor: Dragados
Project Area: 1.834 sqm
Budget: 2.344.502 €
Project Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2009
Photographs: Miguel de Guzmán

Via ArchDaily