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- MVRDV redesign of Europes largest urban shopping center breaks ground in France Wed, 14 Mar 18, 8:15pmConstruction has kicked off on Lyon Part-Dieu, MVRDV’s competition-winning design for Europe’s largest downtown shopping center that promises much more than retail therapy...
- Architects cracked this concrete building to fill its interior with daylight Wed, 17 May 17, 11:10pmUsually, architects avoid creating a building full of cracks. But the beautiful concrete facade of this mixed-use building in Aarhus, Denmark was built with intentional imperfections. Copenhagen-based architecture studio...
- Jacques Ferrier Architecture’s Cap d’Agde Hotel is enveloped in a delicate lace-like concrete skin Mon, 2 Nov 15, 5:00pmLocated in an area that is still relatively underdeveloped, with residential housing dominating the landscape of Cap d’Agde in France, the development focuses on providing a quality experience that relies heavily on creating...
- Jacques Ferrier Architecture’s Cap d’Agde Hotel is enveloped in a surprisingly delicate lace-like concrete skin Mon, 2 Nov 15, 5:00pmLocated in an area that is still relatively underdeveloped, with residential housing dominating the landscape of Cap d’Agde in France, the development focuses on providing a quality experience that relies heavily on creating...
- Berlin’s Tchoban Foundation Museum shelters architectural history within an energy-saving, hand-drawn concrete facade Tue, 31 Mar 15, 1:50amResolutely modern, the Tchoban Foundation’s Museum for Architectural Drawing springs forth from the end of a row of hundred year old apartment buildings at the entrance to the Industrial monument known as the Pfefferberg...
- 176-pound piece of concrete falls off Zaha Hadid-designed building in Vienna Fri, 9 Jan 15, 1:30amA 176-pound piece of concrete fell off the facade of Zaha Hadid-designed Library and Learning Center in Vienna last Friday. The building, which opened last year, features a facade made from fiber-reinforced concrete. Even...
- Italcementi’s Concrete Pollution-Busting Research Lab Achieves LEED Platinum in Italy Thu, 24 Jan 13, 5:44amRead the rest of Italcementi’s Concrete Pollution-Busting Research Lab Achieves LEED Platinum in Italy Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bergamo, cement manufacturer, concrete, concrete facade,...
- Chicago Children’s Center Has a Stratified Facade Made of Donated Concrete Wed, 17 Aug 11, 3:30amRead the rest of Chicago Children’s Center Has a Stratified Facade Made of Donated Concrete Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: chicago, concrete facade, Daylighting, donated concrete, donated materials,...