Glass Envelope The Archives
Wednesday 27 March, 2013
MVRDV’s Book Mountain Wins Prestigious Red Dot Design Award
Monday 08 October, 2012
MVRDV completes Book Mountain and Library Quarter Spijkenisse
Close to the Port of Rotterdam docks, MVRDV has completed the Spijkenisse Book Mountain, a public library in Spijkenisse’s market square. It features a 480 meter route, lined with bookshelves, that wraps around a stacked, pyramidal form as it is showcased through the library’s glass structure. The “mountain of books” illuminates from within and serves [...]
Sunday 07 October, 2012
MVRDV completes Book Mountain and Library Quarter Spijkenisse
Close to the Port of Rotterdam docks, MVRDV has completed the Spijkenisse Book Mountain, a public library in Spijkenisse’s market square. It features a 480 meter route, lined with bookshelves, that wraps around a stacked, pyramidal form as it is showcased through the library’s glass structure. The “mountain of books” illuminates from within and serves [...]
Friday 06 January, 2012
HP:Mercury 3 / Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners
© Amit Goren Architects: Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Planners Location: HP campus, Yehud Industrial Area, Israel Partner in charge: Amir Mann Design Team: Asaf Mann, Danny Rozen, Sivan Hecht, Amit Haas Client: Mercury Interactive/HP (The Israeli start-up company Mercury Interactive was bought by Hewlett-Packard mid-construction) Completed: 2008 Area: 20,000 sqm Construction: Omer Construction & [...]
Saturday 31 December, 2011
Safor School of Architects / Orts-Trullenque
© Diego Opazo Architects: Orts-Trullenque Location: Benipeixcar,Valencia, Spain Client: CTAV (College of Architects of Valencia) Head Architects: Marta Orts, Carlos Trullenque Assistant architects: Carlos Nieto – Ana Ábalos – Nacho Fós Structural engineering : Javier Cases Civil engineer: Vicente Sevila Mechanical Engineering: GIA (Luis Sanchis – Agustí Vila) Contractor: OTP Construcciones Photographs: Diego Opazo
Tuesday 19 October, 2010
House In Ekali / Architect Thanos Athanasopoulos
© H. Louizidis Architects: ArTA | Architect Thanos Athanasopoulos Location: Ekali, Athens, Greece Type Of Project: Single family house Structural Engineers: Michael Athanasopoulos, A. Karagiorgos Client: Tania Kostala, Manolis Fthenakis Gross internal floor area: 370 m2 Lighting consultant: Dimitra Kamba Proyect Year: 2010 Photographs: H. Louizidis
Tuesday 21 April, 2009
Foster and Partners 5-star Hotel in the UK gets approval
One of the latest projects by Foster and Partners, a 5-star hotel and conference center near the Heathrow airport in the UK, just got the city Mayor´s approval.