Design Against the Elements Competition on Mar 23, 2010 in Design Competitions Design Against the Elements is a global architectural design competition meant to find a solution to the problems presented by climate change. Spurred by the devastation wreaked in the Philippines by tropical storm Ondoy (Ketsana) and driven by a pow...
Designer Village Challenge 2009 on Oct 11, 2009 in Design Competitions The destruction caused by natural disasters such as typhoons has long been one of the major contributors to the perpetuation of poverty in developing countries like the Philippines. The suffering of the poor are amplified as climate change - reinforc...
Taipei Performing Arts Centre by OMA on Mar 21, 2009 in Performing Arts Center Architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture was selected from over 135 entries from 24 countries by an international jury to design a new performing arts centre in Taipei, Taiwan.The design comprises three auditoriums, positioned around a corruga...
Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Architects Collective on Mar 21, 2009 in Performing Arts Center Another remarkable competition entry for the Taipei Performing Arts Center is this proposal by Vienna-based Architects Collective: A WAVE OF SOUNDThe building possesses a unique appearance that derives from the urban context and the functional crite...
303 East 33rd Street by Perkins Eastman on Mar 21, 2009 in Housing Green Concepts 303 East 33rd Street, the first green development in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, is designed by top ranked green architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman. The LEED Certified development is a 12-story, 165,00 sf building defined as...
Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by NMDA on Mar 21, 2009 in Performing Arts Center Here's another proposal prepared for the Taipei Performing Arts Center design competition by Neil M. Denari Architects. The competition was won by OMA.DESIGN CONCEPT: (text from NMDA)"Given the near schizophrenia of the site (lush green vs beige pos...
Taipei Performing Arts Center proposal by Emergent Architecture on Mar 21, 2009 in Performing Arts Center Another proposal for the design of the Taipei Performing Arts Center by Emergent Architecture. Their aim for the design is to create a world-class urban experience defined by hybrid urban environments not traditionally associated with performing arts...
Taipei Performing Arts Centre proposal by Abalos+Sentkiewicz on Mar 21, 2009 in Performing Arts Center Here's one of the three finalists (together with OMA and Morphosis) for the two-phase international competition for the new Performing Arts Centre in Taipei which included more than 100 offices from around the world. The competition was won by OMA.Th...
Taipei Performing Art Center proposal by NL Architects on Mar 21, 2009 in Performing Arts Center The design aim of NL architects proposal for the taipei performing arts center is to make the building accessible to everybody. The public character of the center is guaranteed by the elevation of a substantial part of its program, creating a public...
Xi’an World Horticultural Expo by Plasmastudio + Groundlab on Mar 20, 2009 in Museums and Exhibition Centers Plasmastudio won the competition to develop the building and landscape design for Horticultural Expo in Xi’an, China and is now collaborating with Groundlab. for the next stages of development. The project comprises 15,000 exhibition hall building...
