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Beak Street
London, United Kingdom
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2009-08-09
architecture - actuality - design
posted by EOS
Westminster embraces striking new design with planning permission for DSDHA's silver building Planning permission and conservation area consent were granted by Westminster City Council for a remarkable new mixed-use office and residential development in Beak St, Soho by architects DSDHA. The scheme marks a major step forward for contemporary architecture and development in Westminster in what will be one of the first modern designs to achieve approval in Soho for 10 years, since Richard Roger's Broadwick Street development started in 1996.
The news comes following the inauguration of London’s new Mayor, Boris Johnson who is known as an opponent to changing the facade of historic London. Entirely clad in silver ceramic tiles, the 20,000 sq ft scheme for City and General addresses Westminster City Council's challenge for developers to deliver "innovative, creative and sustainable designs". Commenting on DSDHA’s design response, Westminster planning department hailed the architects as “a renowned contemporary architectural practice which specialises in new design coupled with sustainability”. It will be the practice’s first building in Westminster and is expected to start on site in early 2009... [read more]
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Olivomare Restaurant
London, United Kingdom
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2009-07-09
design - architecture - internet
posted by EOS
Architects: Pierluigi Piu
Project location: London, UK
Client: Olivo
Date: 2007
Olivomare is one of a handful of restaurants encompassed by the London brand Olivo. Each restaurant offers a unique menu, and Olivomare offers a premiere seafood-only based selection of foods. The decor is meant to reflect the elegant simplicity of the dishes being prepared.
The restaurant is primarily clad in white, exuding a pristine and contemporary atmosphere. The lighting is soft, indirect and ambient, like that of sunlight as seen from underwater. It flows down recessed edges in the ceiling, permeates through an overhead skylight and filters between a tentacle-like ceiling detail... [read more]
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Union Square Lofts
New York, USA
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2009-007-06
architecture - creative process
posted by EOS
For a 28 ft x 184ft site on the north side of New York’s Union Square, NMDA was commissioned by Richard Kusack and RKCR Development to design a 15 story building consisting of one living loft per floor with commercial lease space on the ground floor.
The site, a block-through parcel, contains 5,210 sf. The client asked for an expressive yet economical building that would make a dramatic presence on one of New York’s most dynamic urban park’s. The local zoning laws demand a vertical street wall up to 125 ft high with a 1:2.5 slope above. A total of 40,000 square ft is allowed for development on the site.
This FAR limits the building floor plates both in size and number and ultimately determines the strict massing of the building. The floor to floor heights are greater at the bottom to both allow for more sun penetration and to push the maximum number of units above the adjacent buildings... [read more]
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Sustainable masterplan in progress
Paljassaare peninsula, Estonia
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2009-07-23
architecture - sustainability
posted by EOS
After winning an international competition in January 2008, schmidt hammer lassen architects is currently designing the masterplan of ECOBAY, a new town situated on the Paljassaare peninsula near the Estonian capital Tallinn.
With its vast vistas out over the Baltic Sea, the site has huge potential, given its proximity to the city centre and the Nature 2000 nature reserve.
The intention is to create a modern, multifunctional, mixed use development with all the possibilities and services required of a diverse and vibrant community, including housing, schools, local shops, businesses and daycare centres... [read more]
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