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UTS Podium Designer: Lacoste + Stevenson
Location: Sydney, Australia
The proposal oUTStanding by Sydney-based practice Lacoste + Stevenson, in collaboration with DJRD and 6degrees, has recently won the first prize in the UTS Podium competition. → bustler.net Posted: 07/22/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Maison passive Designer: Krawitz Architecture
Location: France
Image Credits: Hervé Abbadie À Bessancourt dans le Val d’Oise, l’agence Karawitz Architecture réalise la toute première maison d’Île de France à recevoir le prestigieux label europééen « Passivhaus ». Fermée au nord pour limiter les déperditions thermiques et ouverte sur le sud pour profiter des apports solaires, cette maison en bois est aussi une réplique sculpturale et abstraite de la maison traditionnelle. → blog.reflexdeco.fr Posted: 07/22/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Pushed Slab Designer: MVRDV
Location: Paris, France
Rotterdam architects MVRDV present the design for the Pushed Slab office building at ZAC Gare de Rungis in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The 19,000 m2 building promises to be one of the first low energy buildings realized in France; with low energy consumption and an energy production of appr. 200,000kWh per year. → bustler.net Posted: 07/22/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Center for the Performing Arts at Institut Le Rosey Designer: Bernard Tschumi Architects
Location: Le Rosey, France
The winning scheme proposes a low, stainless-steel dome that defines the site and spatially organizes the disparate parts of the program: an 800-seat concert hall, a black box theater, conference rooms, a learning center joined to a library, a teaching center, practice rooms for music and the arts, and several relaxation spaces featuring a restaurant, a cafe, a student lounge, and other amenities. → bustler.net Posted: 07/22/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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Qingdao’s New Exhibition Center Designer: NBBJ
Location: Qingdao, China
The Los Angeles office of international design firm NBBJ recently released new renderings of what will be the Qingdao Water City development at Aoshan Bay. → bustler.net Posted: 07/22/2010 digg | del.icio.us | stumble | email this

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