Raas Jodhpur / By The Lotus Praxis Initiative

Jodhpur, India
The Lotus Praxis Initiative
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Andre Fanthome--Overview of restored site and new hotel block

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: HOLIDAY
CREATIVE CONCEPT:
Hand crafting a story for today.

Set in the heart of the walled city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, RAAS is a 1.5-acre property uniquely located at the base of the Mehrangarh Fort. The brief was to create a luxury boutique hotel with 39 rooms in the context of the Old city quarter of Jodhpur.

Decameron / By Studio MK27-Marcio Kogan

São Paulo, Brazil
Studio MK27-Marcio Kogan
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Pedro Vannucchi

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: SHOPPING

The showroom of the Decameron furniture store is located on a rented site in the furniture commercial alley in São Paulo.

CZP Chalet Zermatt Peak / By MLS Architekten AG

Zermatt, Switzerland
MLS Architekten AG
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Chalet Zermatt Peak + MLS Architekten AG--Chalet Zermatt Peak Exterior

Chalet Zermatt Peak has been created not only as a technical marvel, but a truly inspirational design project with many items bespoke designed and hand made.

Media-TIC World Building of the Year 2011 / By Cloud 9

Barcelona, Spain
Cloud 9
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Luis Ros - Cloud 9

World Architecture Festival 2011 - World Building of the Year
Today, in the information age, architecture is a technology platform that consists of computer system connections and new materials.

Sarpi Border Checkpoint in Georgia / By J. Mayer H. Architects

Sarpi, Georgia
J. Mayer H. Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Beka Pkhakadze

November 2011 marks the completion of Sarpi Border Checkpoint. Designed by J. MAYER H. architects the customs checkpoint is situated at the Georgian border to Turkey, at the shore of the Black Sea.

McLaren Production Centre / By Foster + Partners

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom
Foster + Partners
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of McLaren

The McLaren Production Centre, the second building designed by Foster + Partners at McLaren’s Woking site one the outskirts of London.

Bründl Spa Hotel / By Isa Stein Studio + TEAM M Architects

Bad Leonfelden, Austria
Isa Stein Studio + TEAM M Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Isa Stein Architecture

The building develops its form from the specific site. We gave the project the name "three-dimensional earth-line".

The Crystal / By Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

Copenhagen, Denmark
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

The Crystal, the new extension to the financial institution Nykredit is sited northwest of the existing headquarters, called the Glass Cube, on the edge of the new waterfront and the historic Copenhagen.

Auditorium and Congress Palace Infanta Doña Elena in Águilas / By Estudio Barozzi Veiga

Águilas, Spain
Estudio Barozzi Veiga
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Julien Lanoo

The project is a natural response to the particular stimulus, offered by the location.

Hotel FriendHouse / By Ryntovt Design

Kirovskoye, Dnepropetrovskij, Ukraine
Ryntovt Design
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Andrey Avdeenko

Ecohotel "Friend House" is located on 3 hectares plot in forest resort zone aside of Orel river bank, 30 km far from Dnepropertrovsk.

Alila Villas Uluwatu / By WOHA

Bali, Indonesia
WOHA
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Tim Griffith

This hotel and villa development is designed as an ecologically sustainable development. Located on the dry savannah landscape of the Bukit Peninsular on the dramatic southern cliffs of the Indonesian island of Bali, it comprises of a 50 suite hotel with 35 residential villas.

Seabird Island School / By Patkau Architects

Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
Patkau Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of James Dow

Seabird Island is a large area of delta land in the Fraser River, seventy-five miles east of the Pacific Ocean.It is the home of the Seabird Island Band, a Coastal Salish community. Mountains of the Coastal Range tower over the river valley on all sides.

Bamboo Symphony / By Manasaram Architects

Venkateshpuram, Kadugondanahalli, Bangalore, India
Manasaram Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Manasaram Architects

Development and environment are inextricably linked and must be nourished by a change in the means, the content and the uses of growth.

The Monolith / By ECDM architects+MVRDV+Erick Van Egeraat+Manuelle Gautrand+Pierre Gautier+West 8

Lyon Confluence, Lyon, France
ECDM architects+MVRDV+Erick Van Egeraat+Manuelle Gautrand+Pierre Gautier+West 8
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Philippe Ruault

The Monolith is born of a dialogue between a client ING and five European architects: MVRDV, Erick Van EGERAAT, Manuelle GAUTRAND, Pierre GAUTIER, ECDM (Emmanuel COMBAREL Dominique MARREC architects).

Senhora da Boa Nova Church / By Roseta Vaz Monteiro Arquitectos

Estoril, Cascais, Portugal
Roseta Vaz Monteiro Arquitectos
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Joao Morgado

The site’s name was the “End of the World”. It was one of the city’s last slums. The project brief was determined through a participative process involving everyone in the local community in order to guarantee the project’s social and economical sustainability.

Santa Marta Lighthouse Museum / By Aires Mateus Arquitectos

Cascais, Portugal
Aires Mateus Arquitectos
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Fernando Guerra / FG+SG

Stuck between land and water, along a strip of terrain under permanent change as times went by, human intervention has grounded its most varied settlements.

Historial de la Vendée museum / By Plan01

Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne, France
Plan01
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Stéphane Chalmeau

The new Historial de la Vendée museum, located in the vicinity of the village of Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne and nestling in the undulating landscape, offers an impression of the region’s eventful history from prehistoric times to the 21st century. The museum’s architecture is determined by its location – whilst the building also adds that something extra to the landscape.

La Mola Hotel & Conference Centre / By b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos

Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Duccio Malagamba

In a location trapped between a golf course and a forest, a considerable building volume is distributed. Three pavilions scattered on the hillside with strict rationality solve a functional program for low interpretations.

Bratislava Culenova New City Center / By Zaha Hadid Architects

Bratislava, Slovakia
Zaha Hadid Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Image © Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects, a British architectural design firm launched by the world-renown architect Zaha Hadid, won an international competition to design the Čulenova project under development in Bratislava by the Penta Investments private equity group. Penta plans to build offices and apartments on a plot of land on Čulenova Street that it acquired in January 2008. The jury selected her firm’s proposed design from over 90 proposals submitted, Penta Investments announced on October 6.

Housing with Verandas / By Rüdiger Lainer + Partner Architekten

Buchengasse 157, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Rüdiger Lainer + Partner Architekten
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong

Photo © Courtesy of Hubert Dimko

The taller part rises out of a one- to-two storey plinth zone that has incised outdoor areas and private patios, and is shifted back from the lower, differentiated block edge.