Month: January 2018
RE Apartment / Oficina Conceito Arquitetura
It is in the heart of the neighborhood Bom Fim, nice neighborhood of Porto Alegre, which is located this apartment that was totally refurbished for a young couple of doctors. They had occupied the apartment for some time and decided to invest in the renovation to integrate the kitchen with the living room, modernize the spaces and organize the great amount of elements that was part of the daily life of the couple.
Brooks + Scarpa drapes wavy metal screen over Seattle transit station
California architecture firm Brooks + Scarpa has wrapped a Seattle transit facility in an undulated, blue aluminium screen that was influenced by a dance performance. The Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza is located on a seven-acre (2.8-hectare) site in the city’s SeaTac neighbourhood. It serves as a stop along an elevated light rail line that
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SLA Reveals Park and Ski Slope That Will Cap BIG’s Groundbreaking Waste-to-Energy Plant
The final designs for one of 2018’s most awaited projects have been revealed, as SLA has released plans for the 170,000-square-foot (16,000-square-meter) park and ski slope that will cap the BIG-designed Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vantaa Energy Headquarters / Parviainen Architects
The building is located in a transformational environment where the surrounding area’s industrial sites are being converted to residential use. Because Vantaa Energy’s site faces streets on three sides, any buildings on the site are highly visible from many different directions. The designed entity consists of three parts: 1) a 3-storey renovated office block built in the 1980s, 2) a new 3-storey office structure, 3) a new glazed single-story joint section. The renovated section’s basement contains mechanical equipment rooms as well as a civil defence shelter and a fitness gym and sauna suite.
13 skyscrapers set to transform City of London skyline by 2026
These new renderings reveal how the City of London skyline is set to look within the next decade, with the addition of 13 skyscrapers, including one expected to be 290 metres high. The CGIs commissioned by the City of London Corporation show how the skyline of London’s financial district will be affected by 2026, based on current
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Hi-Tech Hub The ‘Dutch Mountains’ Planned to Become the World’s Largest Wooden Building
Plans have been revealed for the “largest wooden building in the world” to be located just outside Eindhoven in the town of Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Known as the Dutch Mountains, the complex was conceived via a multi-disciplinary partnership made up of tech companies, service providers, architects and developers, and would contain a hi-tech, mixed-use program for residents and visitors.
aether architects’ concave and convex book pavilion in shenzhen

the new aether architects’ project is located in nantou village of shenzhen, is part of the urban village space renovation plan.
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MH House / Agostina Perazolo
Located in a typical residential area on a tilted hillside overlooking the mountains, this project leveraged the property’s assets opening itself towards the rear view. From the street, the only visible volume is the social area, turning the ground floor into a perfectly private space. The living room, dining room, study,kitchen and outdoor social area were combined in a single space framed by a floor-to-ceiling door wall which opens completely revealing unobstructed mountain views. The master bedroom was also designed as a unique set of fluid spaces. There are no doors between the bedroom, bathroom and walk-in closet.


