Font: David Chipperfield Architects Photography: Simon Menges | Max Creasy | Richard Davies | Kevin Allen The One Kensington Gardens residential development in London is located on a prominent site facing Kensington Gardens, bounded by Victoria Road and De Vere Gardens. The project comprises 97 high-quality residential units and includes the internal reorganisation of the existing site and three new buildings facing

Fuente: Europaconcorsi, Mies Arch Fotografía: Hufton + Crow The Hepworth Wakefield, named after Barbara Hepworth an artist born in Wakefield in 1903, sits on the bank of the River Calder. With water on two sides and exposed to views from all directions, the site was particularly challenging, making it imperative that the building had no privileged elevation. Constructed from pigmented in-situ concrete, the 5,200m2 bu

Source: David Chipperfield Architects | afasia Photography: Simon Menges Founded in 1768, the Royal Academy of Arts is the oldest arts institution in Britain. Since 1868 it has been based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, in central London. In 1998 the RA acquired 6 Burlington Gardens, an Italianate building of comparable size located immediately to the north of Burlington House and oriented in the opposite directio

Fuente: Jordi Herrero Fotografía: Jaime Sicilia Límites fluidos Frente a la imagen de pabellón hermético, aquí se pretende dar continuidad al espacio público. De esta manera, se pasa desde el exterior hacia una plataforma cubierta, después hacia la grada, y a continuación, descendiendo, hacia la pista. El edificio se resuelve soterrando la pista y los vestuarios. Se consigue desmaterializar el edificio (al no existir

Fuente: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Fotografía: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Commercial space, workshop, offices and appartement The party walls of a lot in Tielt are raised to their maximum height. On the side toward the street the elevated wall forms a wide entrance. Within this frame stand two identical buildings, mirror images opposite one another, thus defining an inner courtyard. The block

Fuente: David Closes Fotografía: José Hevia El parque, de dimensiones muy modestas, se encuentra situado en el barrio de la Plaza Cataluña, un barrio manresano muy denso, desprovisto de zonas verdes. Con la configuración topográfica planteada y, especialmente, con la ubicación de los elementos más característicos del parque (los umbráculos y las pérgolas) se pretende fragmentar visualmente el parque y singularizarlo.

Berlin Neues Museum wins 2011 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. The building is a reconstruction, blending old and new, by UK architect Sir David Chipperfield. The ‘Emerging