Subarquitectura designed this tram stop located in the city of Alicante, Spain, turning a traffic circle into a public space. The construction of the Tram Stop was the opportunity to bring back a stolen space to the city: to turn a traffic circle into a public space.

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Youmeheshe architects describe their project as followed:

‘The design strikes a new profile due to both the logic of off-site construction and the volumetric configuration of spaces that allow natural ventilation, maximisation of daylight and the opportunity to reconfigure. 7.83 Hz will set standards in healthy living with construction materials selected to avoid nasty chemicals and their by-products.
The houses can easily be used for larger masterplans and can be arranged in numerous ways.’

Construction value: from £ 90 000
Structure: solid wood board construction

For more pictures from this project: www.youmeheshe.com.

An international jury chaired by Chief Government Architect of The Netherlands, Liesbeth van der Pol, has selected three winners for the international architectural competition for the new International Criminal Court building in The Hague.

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The Copenhagen Concert Hall by Jean Nouvel is a part of the new DR Byen (DR Town), that eventually will house all of the Danmarks Radio (DR) by 2009. The concert hall and the DR Town are located in the northern part of Ørestad – an ambitious development area in Copenhagen. The concert complex will consist of four halls with the main auditorium seating 1,800 people. It will serve as the home of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.

The official opening was celebrated on January 17, 2009.

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The railway station of Luckenwalde, Germany, has been reconverted into a library by FF Architekten.

The eye catcher of the project is the shiny golden cube attached to the old station. Inside the old station the classic walls and ceilings coexist with new designed furniture, while inside the golden cube a modern interior holds a modern children library and a youth center.

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Alphaville designed this small house on a small site surrounded by heterogeneous buildings in Tokyo. Two triangular yards at north-east and south-west boundary point-symmetrically, making face all the windows onto these yards, and allowing the interior space to have two long vertical openings which can be sensed from everywhere.

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In March 2008, Will Alsop has unveiled his designs for Putney Place – a landmark mixed-used development opposite East Putney station in London, which aims to regenerate and revitalise this part of Putney.

According to ArchitectsJournal ‘SMC Alsop’s twin-tower Putney Place scheme in South London has been refused planning permission by Wandsworth Council. The authority’s planning committee claimed the towers would ‘loom large’ over the local ‘domestically scaled’ surrounding area.’

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‘Steven Holl Architects (SHA) has been commissioned to realize a new Hotel, Spa, and Wine Center for Loisium SAS in Alsace, France.

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