Nature Center Amager Beach / JJW Arkitekter
The Nature Center at Amager Beach in Copenhagen is designed as a flexible and inspiring framework for learning and sports activities related to the surrounding beach and sea.
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Gol Skule / Vis-á-Vis Architects
The school is planned for children aged 6 to 16 years. The outdoor areas are designed so that all pupils have their own zones near their entrance. The building is placed centrally on the plot and divides the outdoor area into two; one area for the oldest in the east and one for the youngest in the west.
MCI Headquarters Office Design / Bloomint Design
Contemporary workspace.
MUKU Nursery / Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects
It should be named as bubble rather than circle planning. The plan is looking like bubbles slowly rising up in air keeping optimum distance between each other. Each bubble has only one function. There is no wall inside. Like a single cell organism supported by organelles, mitochondria, ribosome and etc., each bubble is supported by furniture and low partitions.
Caulfield Grammar School / Hayball
The Learning Project evolved through the master planning of Caulfield Grammar School’s three metropolitan campuses. Early in the process it became evident that a new pedagogy, strongly grounded in research and developed through professional learning, was emerging at the school. Questions were asked about what learning would look like at CGS in the next five, ten or even fifty years, and how the spaces would evolve beyond the existing classrooms and collaborative zones to support this.
Pavillon du Lac / Daoust Lestage
Set on a plot that slopes gently toward a lake, this pavilion is surrounded by the exceptional flora of an old growth forest. A guest house with two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and living area, the structure was built within narrow constraints: it was required to sit atop the footprint of an existing cabin, and to be integrated within the landscape while remaining under 115 m2.
Kantoor IMd / Ector Hoogstad Architecten
Recycling is a big issue in the Netherlands today. A large proportion of the building stock is vacant, awaiting renovation or re-allocation, including premises with unsuspected qualities just waiting for people with initiative who can spot this potential. So too this steel plant on Rotterdam’s Piekstraat; not an obvious location for an office, but enjoying a unique position with views over the river Maas. What made the building attractive to IMd was the vast space, dominated by an imposing steel structure.
Empera Headquarters / Yerce Architecture + zaas
The headquarter building for Empera, one of the biggest companies that manufactures machine-woven carpets in the southeast of Turkey has been designed in the organized industrial zone (oiz*) in Gaziantep where the company also has its manufacturing factory. The headquarter building was planned to become a reference building in a setting with rather restricted architectural references and was to represent the strong brand identity. Moreover the design of the project was guided by the climate, its surrounding natural landscape, effective use of daylight and multiple functions that this building was to host.
Frog Castle / Scott Donald Architecture
Frog Castle is a grand period property, built in 1860 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. The clients’ brief was to create additional living space in the form of a contemporary extension, including remodelling parts of the existing house and a basement conversion.
Tate Library at Ethical Culture Fieldston School / Architecture Research Office
The comprehensive renovation of Tate Library at Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS) transformed the signature 1970 building into a learning commons that is the hub for the entire campus. In support of ECFS’s mission of ethical learning, academic excellence, and progressive education, the building’s new open, spacious interior provides greater access to books, information and technology to enable multiple modes of teaching and learning. Maintaining the integrity of the original stone and concrete building, the exterior renovation includes new windows with “bird-friendly” glazing and a new main entrance facing the campus quadrangle.