Model: Golgi Structures

Fumihiko Maki. (Japanese, born 1928). Golgi Structures, project. 1967. Plexiglass and acrylic.

Permanent Collection MoMA

Ginzan Onsen Fujiya Spa Hotel

New hotels in Japan are meeting the demanding expectations of the modern traveller by taking a cue from the country’s traditional ‘ryokan’ or traditional inn. Architects and designers have to incorporate modern comforts into the existing structures of Japanese-style accommodation. Ginzan Onsen Fujiya Hotel is perhaps one of the finest examples of combining old and new Japan.

Ginzan Onsen Fujiya, Yamagata, Japan, by Kengo Kuma & Associates

Aavra Verde, A Tucson Desert Development

Aavra Verde, Tucson, AZ, USA by, Rick Joy Architects

Marmol-Radziner House, Desert Hot Springs, up for Sale

“Art, architecture and environmental awareness have been forged together in Marmol-Radziner’s custom prototype for their industrially fabricated residential architecture. Recycled steel framing, highly energy-efficient glass, and solar-assisted power add an all-important, eco-friendly element to this milestone achievement. From the two-parcel, nearly 7.5 acre site on which the main house, guest house, studio and nearly 2,400 square feet of outdoor decks reside, broad panoramic vistas across the pool capture the all encompassing desert floor sweeping out to towering Mount San Jacinto and San Gorgonio.”

The Desert House (2005) Desert Hot Springs, CA, USA, $1,350,000, by Marmol-Radziner & Associates, at Architecture for Sale

Pontifical Lateran University Library Extension

Pontifical Lateran University Library Extension, Rome, Italy, by King Roselli

Artek Pavilion up for Auction at Sotheby’s

At last year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, in Milan, Artek debuted a Shigeru Ban–designed pavilion constructed of UPM Pro-Fi, a wood-plastic composite made, in part, from recycled sticky labels.  Sotheby’s announced that the pavilion, which has since been exhibited in Helsinki and Miami, will be auctioned off in June at an expected selling price of $800,000 to $1.2 million.

Pavilion up for Auction, $800,000 to $1.2 million, by Shigeru Ban, for Artek
via: Metropolis

Jean Nouvel Awarded Design for Tour Signal Paris

In July 2007, EPAD launched an international call for projects for the construction of the Tour Signal, which forms an integral part of the plan for Tour Signal, La Défense, Paris, France. Due for completion in 2015, the Tour Signal will symbolise the renewal of La Défense. The winner is Ateliers Jean Nouvel. The team has chosen to locate its project at the Porte Ouest to open up the La Défense neighbourhood to Puteaux.
The project comprises 71 storeys, forming a mixed-use building which brings together apartments, hotels, offices and retail premises in the lower section. It is made up of four blocks piled one on top of the other with atriums forming huge windows, each facing in alternate directions. These perspectives reveal floor levels which form balconies within each of the atriums.

Tour Signal, La Défense Paris, France, by Jean Nouvel, for EPAD

Model: Louis Kahn

Louis I. Kahn. (American, born Estonia. 1901-1974). Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Overall building complex (final version). 1957-65. Basswood.

Permanent Collection MoMA

Rothschild Tower, Tel Aviv by Richard Meier

Located in the heart of Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard and Allenby Street, Meier on Rothschild will soar above the city, and will offer spacious living spaces and unique private facilities. It will combine the convenience of city living with the elegance of an exclusive residential tower.

Rothschild Tower, by Richard Meier, for Berggruen Holdings

Leonardo’s organic HQ by 3deluxe

A distinctive corporate architecture for the brand Leonardo. The integrative design concept combines architecture, interior design and landscape design into a complex aesthetic entity.

Corporate HQ, by 3deluxe