Thursday, 5 February 2009

Centro Olimpico de Tenis de Madrid





These are pictures of the contruction site of the new tennis stadium for the olympic centre in Madrid, designed by Domenique Perrault. The building has an interesting roof, which can open and close.
More infomation here (click here).

Saturday, 31 January 2009

ex fonderie riunite by modostudio




This is a design for a large regeneration of a urban area in Modena, Italy. Modostudio the Rome based architecture firm had the idea of reusing an old industrial complex. The regeneration includes new uses and functions and the new spaces of the DAST faculty (Design, Art, Science and Technology). More to be found at architecturelab (click here).

Master plan for zira island by big architects


This is a carbon neutral master plan poposal for zira island in the caspian sea. design by the danish company big architects.
I always like the way they explain their ideas. Also the renderins are quite good. You can find more over at archdaily (click here).

Saturday, 24 January 2009

Airport in Jeddah by OMA

http://www.cyrillethomas.com/archi/OMAm.mpg
Again a great animation (Cyrille Thomas) for an interesting project this time in Jeddah designed by OMA.

Thermes Le Havre by Atelier Jean Nouvel

http://www.cyrillethomas.com/archi/lehavre_web.mpg
This animation is done by Cyrille Thomas. You can find more interesting animations and cgis on his web site:
http://www.cyrillethomas.com

Building in Boulogne by Dominique Perrault

This is a rendering by Cyrille Thomas for a building in Boulogne designed by Dominique Perrault.
I just like the mood and the quality of the image.