From Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture’s website: ‘We are proud to present six new prefabricated houses with passive house technique.(…)’

For further information visit: www.kjellgrenkaminsky.se.

‘The beauty of this island shall be fully realized by the vision of its architects and the luxury services of Mandarin Oriental. This has always been my dream. Now it is to become a reality.’ Dr. Cem Kinay, Chairman and CEO of The O Property Collection.

Architects David Chipperfield, Carl Ettensperger, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, Piero Lissoni, and Chad Oppenheim have designed villas for the Dellis Cay Island. Construction is due for completion in 2010.

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For further information visit the designers’ website: www.misosoupdesign.com.

The AIA Committee on Design (COD) invites architects, students, and allied design professionals to submit sketches to the international 2009 COD Ideas Competition, entitled ‘Listening to the Past, Looking to the Future: A House for Today.’ In this unique sketch competition, submitters are asked to explore the legacy of modernist design, through a concept design problem.

Winners will receive funding to attend the COD Spring Design Conference in Boston and have their work exhibited at the 2009 AIA National Convention in San Francisco. Selected entries will be displayed on the AIA Web site.

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The following is from Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter:

‘Østfoldmuseet ‘Borgarsyssel’: The storyteller

The client wanted a signal edifice and a building that would convey the different and intertwining aspects that constitute a museum of cultural history.

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‘Nzinga Town House are inspired by developer Yolande Nicholson and designed by Garrison Architects from the inside out to be livable spaces that will stay livable even as energy costs rise.’

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The following information is from Future Systems:

‘The ambition of this scheme was great. Our brief was not only to design a state of the art department store but also to create an architectural landmark for Birmingham so that the building itself would become a genuine catalyst for urban regeneration.

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”Concrete-pod’ is the micro-space furniture for private and public use made of the concrete of extremely thin. In the dome, because of its minimal scale, it makes us more sensitive and relax like when we are in our traditional tea-house CHA-SITSU. It was exhibited in ‘Concrete Art Museum 2005′ in Nagoya, Japan.

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