March 26th, 2009

Swede Hill is next project from Newport, RI based design+build firm, Aquidneck Fine Properties.
This 3000 sqft LEED registered home is designed by award winning architects Estes/ Twombly and promises to be one of Southern New England’s truly “green” luxury homes.
Set on four protected acres, this stunning private hilltop retreat offers breath-taking southerly and westerly ocean views towards Montauk Point and Long Island Sound.


March 22nd, 2009

Belzberg Architects designed the Skyline Residence, which is perched atop a ridgeline in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California
The project consists of a main house combined with a guest house. Both buildings are enclosed by a single folded surface with infill glazing and screened walls.


March 10th, 2009

The US-based BRC Imagination Arts has developed the New Heineken Experience, an interactive journey through the history of the brand and the brewing process.
The experience is housed in the former Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam.

March 8th, 2009

Italian architectural firm Studiomobile have developed an interesting new vertical farm concept.
The seawater vertical farm uses seawater to cool and humidify greenhouses and to convert sufficient humidity back in to fresh water to irrigate the crops.
The project has been presented in dubai where there is an absence of fresh water and local cultivations, a problem of urban transport and a high soil value, making this concept a feasible one.

March 5th, 2009

Construction is underway on the Singapore Civic & Culture Centre, which has been designed by the international architectural firm Aedas.
The nine levels of the Civic and Cultural Zone will complement the range of performing arts venues currently available in Singapore.
It will house a 5,000-seat state-of-the-art auditorium designed by Artec Consultants Inc, the world’s premier performing arts venue design and planning consultants, which will have high quality acoustics and cutting edge technology for amplified music, speech and musical theatre performances.


March 2nd, 2009

Museum Plaza rethinks conventional attitudes towards property development.
It begins with a vision to construct a contemporary art institute and concludes with a business pro forma that supports this commitment.

Culture is placed physically and spiritually at the project’s center.
But REX, and the following video, explain it better:
