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19 Oct Bombay Sapphire Distillery: Heatherwick Studio Give a New Lease of Life to a Derelict Site in Laverstoke

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Conservation, Industrial, Refurbishment, Renovation, Sustainability by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

Bombay Sapphire commissioned Heatherwick Studio to design a distillery in England's Hampshire. The gin maker had acquired a water-powered paper mill that had once been used to produce the bank notes for the then British Empire. The site had over forty derelict buildings that comprised...

15 Oct The Getty Center: A textured, fossilized and patterned Travertine Stone Complex

Posted at 18:35h in Architecture, Educational, Library by Brenda Nyawara 0 Comments

The Getty Center is a modern design by Richard Meier in a picturesque hilly site in Santa Monica Mountains in California. It is a composition of buildings brought together in coherent unity in a language that flows, contrasts itself and further regenerates into fantastic forms...

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30 Sep Löyly by Avanto Architects Attempts to Bring Back Finnish Public Saunas

Posted at 12:08h in Architecture, Sauna, Well Being by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

A long narrow structure that looks like it fell direct from a wood warehouse in space sits along the seashores of Helsinki, in the former Hernesaari industrial park that is being transformed into a residential area. Löyly, as the project is called, is part of...

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19 Sep Szczecin Philharmonic Hall by Barozzi Veiga: A Building Worthy of the Mies van der Rohe Award

Posted at 14:00h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment, Public Facilities by Samuel Nguma 1 Comment

The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is a thing of beauty: a bright, translucent and upstanding object. Located in Poland's city of Szczecin, the building that was designed by the Spanish architectural firm, Barozzi Veiga, is an interesting addition that strikes up a contemporary dialogue with its...

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07 Sep Kevin Howard’s Sabino Springs House: A Chemistry of Boxes and Context

Posted at 15:48h in Architecture, Residential by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Rooted in the foothills of Tucson City, Arizona, is an interplay of boxes seating deep in the desert; and majestically so. Architect Kevin Howard’s creation is an expression of what art and architecture looks like when fused into one another. The client, an art collector,...

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26 Aug Emerging from the Landscape is the Undulating Harbin Opera House by MAD Architects

Posted at 16:37h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Back in the 19th Century, Polish immigrants arrived in plenty in Harbin, China, to build the Chinese Eastern Railway that would connect the country to the Trans-Siberian Railway. With that, Harbin became a crucial commercial and industrial hub for the country. The city has now...

19 Aug Link Arkitektur’s Algard Church in Norway Paints Hilly Landscape with Dynamic Form

Posted at 14:02h in Architecture, Religious by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

The Algard church just outside Stavenger, Norway, was designed for a vibrant community whose requirements for the project were not just for church purposes but also to include classrooms, an office and a café. The extra spaces were required to not interfere or affect the...

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02 Aug Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center by Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Greece’s Sign of Hope?

Posted at 12:19h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Renzo Piano’s work stretches several countries around the world. From London’s tallest building, The Shard, to the Kimbell Art Museum Extension in Texas and The Auditorium of the Park in Italy, the starchitect is not short of projects spanning humongous magnitudes. His latest venture, the...

16 Jul The Cloud: Two Fused Luxury Residential Towers by MVRDV to Grace Seoul’s Yongstan District

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment, Hotels + Restaurants, Mixed Use Developments, Residential, Skyscrapers by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

The Cloud is a set of two residential towers by MVRDV that will soon grace Seoul's Yongstan District's skyline. The project is part of the new Yongstan Dreamhub Project whose master plan was developed by Studio Libeskind. The Cloud sees MVRDV continue its exploration of vertical urbanism...

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10 Jul Umubano Primary School; A Project After its Own Context in Kigali by MASS Design Group

Posted at 22:11h in Architecture, Educational by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Mass Design Group teamed up with a charity organisation from the UK, A Partner In Education (APIE), to design Umubano primary school in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, in a neighbourhood called Kabeza as part of the organisation’s mission to boost education in Africa. The school, which...

04 Jul The Hanking Center Tower: Striking Folds of Steel in Shenzhen China by Morphosis Architects

Posted at 10:07h in Architecture, Skyscrapers by Brenda Nyawara 0 Comments

Folding of steel structures is the future of sky scraper architecture, as seen from the Hanking Center Tower in Shenzhen, China, by Morphosis Architects. The 73-storey tower utilizes folded angles to carve out its niche in tower design, a departure from conventional towers which follow...

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01 Jul Crematorium Baumschulenweg: A Poetic Place for the Departed by Shultes Frank Architeckten

Posted at 21:41h in Architecture, Crematorium by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

No one knows where the final road will lead any of us, but Shultes Frank Architeckten want that road to be as glorified; as silent; as peaceful and as still as the imagination of angel-hood can be. The Crematorium Baumschulenweg, designed and built in Berlin,...

28 Jun Peruri 88: MVRDV Explores Vertical Urbanism for Jakarta

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment, Hotels + Restaurants, Mixed Use Developments, Office, Residential, Retail, Skyscrapers, Sustainability by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

Architects have for a long time interrogated the possibility of "a city in the sky." With the continual densification of cities, it won't be long before architects, urban planners and city authorities will consider housing a mini-city in a single building the norm and not...

20 Jun Lotte World Tower: An Emblem of Korean Artistry by Kohn Pedersen Fox

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment, Hospitality, Hotels + Restaurants, Mixed Use Developments, Office, Residential, Retail, Skyscrapers by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

This year will see a new addition in the top 10 list of the world's tallest buildings. The 555 meter tall Lotte World Tower that is currently under construction in Seoul, is set to reach heights never seen before in South Korea. If the architectural visualisation for...

07 Jun Man’s Conquest of the Skies, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Tallest of the Tallest, Still!

Posted at 17:28h in Architecture, Skyscrapers by Brenda Nyawara 0 Comments

It is a battle of heights in the United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa is such a widely known and extensively spoken of tower that its stories cannot all be written in a single article. Being the tallest of the tallest currently, this article had...

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02 Jun Qujing Culture Centre: A Befitting Anti-gravity Concrete Mass to House Special Artefacts in China’s Qujing City.

Posted at 15:53h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment, Museums by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Two of China’s oldest artefacts more than modestly referred to as ‘miracles’ needed a place to call home. A man-made lake situated in Qujing City, China, was the location upon which this home would be built. The Qujing Culture Centre is a home befitting of...

17 May 25 Green by Luciano Pia, the Building that Breathes and Grows

Posted at 01:09h in Architecture, Residential by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Inspired by the concept of a space that creates transition between the exterior and interior, architect Luciano Pia sort the brilliance of nature. The design had a goal of achieving sustainability and to the architect perhaps there was no better way of demonstrating this than...

11 May Martin’s by Studio Ardete Rejuvenates an Industrial Site in India

Posted at 11:18h in Architecture, Conservation, Factory, Industrial, Renovation by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

This project, Martin’s, brings into mind the Petersen Automotive Museum. Both projects intended to rejuvenate the landscape and give a different face to buildings that have existed for years. However, unlike the similarities in predicament, the solutions are each on the total ends of the...

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06 May Dokk1 by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Transforms Aarhus Harbour to a Centre of Endless Activity

Posted at 14:35h in Architecture, Library by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Schmidt Hammer Lassen architects won the 2009 competition to design what has become the largest public library in Scandinavia also coupling up as a hybrid building accommodating other functions. Conceived as a stack of three volumes by the Danish architects, the building was part of...

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13 Apr The Utterly Majestic Assinie-Mafia Church in Côte d’Ivoire by Koffi & Diabaté Architectes

Posted at 15:11h in Architecture, Religious by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

In the coastal city of Assinie-Mafia in Côte d’Ivoire, a majestic church sprouts off the ground in a triangular form that oozes semblance to the white sands of the beach. Initiated by architects Guillame Koffi and Issa Diabaté, both of Koffi & Diabaté Architectes, the...

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10 Mar 152 Elizabeth Street: An Ultra Luxury Condominium for New York’s NoLita by Tadao Ando

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Residential by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

New York's NoLita (or North of Little Italy) will soon be receiving a new landmark by Pritzker Prize laureate, Tadao Ando. The electric and diverse atmosphere of Lower Manhattan with its vibrant nightlife, ample shopping and restaurant opportunities; provided a perfect spot for the high end residential...

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08 Mar Blavatnik School of Government by Herzog and de Meuron is Oxford University’s Contemporary Representation of Transparency

Posted at 16:29h in Architecture, Educational by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Herzog and de Meuron has unveiled a new building for the Oxford University’s new school of government. The building whose construction was completed in 2015, was entered by students in late 2015 and is set to be officially unveiled in the next few months by...

23 Feb 2016 Awards of Excellence in Architecture by the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK)

Posted at 09:39h in Architecture, News by Brenda Nyawara 2 Comments

Kenya's architectural profession has continued to transform for the better with excellent projects already done and more earmarked for the future. The Architectural Association of Kenya, in conjunction with Duracoat, has initiated a biennial award scheme aimed at recognizing excellence in architecture for projects designed...

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22 Feb Cardboard Cathedral: A Beacon of Hope for Christchurch by ‘Paper Architect’ Shigeru Ban

Posted at 12:00h in Architecture, Religious by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

On 22 February 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's Christchurch, claiming 185 deaths and leaving buildings in ruins. Among the city's high profile buildings that took a severe hit was a neo-Gothic Anglican Cathedral that was irreparably damaged. As Christchurch started to get back on its feet,...

17 Feb Ken Yeang’s Signature Tower in India, the Grass is truly Greener on the Higher Side

Posted at 10:58h in Architecture, Skyscrapers, Sustainability by Brenda Nyawara 0 Comments

The Spire Edge Word Trade Center in Manesar is redefining the way business is being conducted in the Indian subcontinent. Standing on a large area of 1.6 million square feet, this combination of architectural marvels proves to be a symbol of hope and prosperity. The...

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05 Feb Petersen Automotive Museum by Kohn Pedersen; Charming Madness in a Building’s Body

Posted at 13:43h in Architecture, Conservation, Museums, Renovation by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

Some people have called it “Really Really Bad.” Others have called it “hideous.” It’s “too Vegas” others have ranted; it’s the “Edsel of architecture,” some have proclaimed. Yet there are those who have been so passionate and thrilled by the new look of the Petersen...

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04 Feb Rafael Vinoly’s Carrasco International Airport Imitates Undulating Landscape with Curved Roof

Posted at 08:04h in Airport, Architecture by Ian Mutuli 1 Comment

Rafael Vinoly’s curved-roof airport was the first project he completed in his home country of Uruguay, in the capital city, Montevideo. His design of the Carrasco International Airport was centred on providing the best experience for those who travel, as well as those who come...

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02 Feb The Auditorium of the Park – A New Dawn for L’Aquila by Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Posted at 16:00h in Architecture, Culture + Entertainment, Public Facilities, Sustainability by Samuel Nguma 0 Comments

Great devastations always come with them the opportunities for fresh starts. As the first blossoms of spring breathe in life to the different shades of white that characterize winter - so a new and good building can reinvigorate hope after the despair that disasters leave in their...

28 Jan Petronas Towers, the World’s Tallest Twin Towers by César Pelli

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Mixed Use Developments, Skyscrapers by Brenda Nyawara 0 Comments

What used to be the world's tallest towers may have been overthrown by other super skyscrapers since 2004 but the Petronas Towers still stand as the tallest twins in the sky. They form the central element of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Malaysia and are...

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27 Jan The CCTV Headquarters by OMA Squashes Exhausted Skyscraper Typology

Posted at 06:00h in Architecture, Office, Skyscrapers by Ian Mutuli 0 Comments

A 75-metre cantilever is the defining feature of the CCTV headquarters designed by OMA with lead architect Rem Koolhaas wanting a skyscraper that beats the conventional tall square buildings competing for height in the city of Beijing. Rem Koolhaas and his architecture firm, OMA, must...