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Ordos 100 Villa Designed by PRODUCTORA

Posted on October 6, 2010

100 villas designed by 100 international architects selected by Herzog & de Meuron and curated by Ai Weiwei.

This villa designed by PRODUCTORA is located in plot #02 of the project called ORDOS 100 (Inner Mongolia, China).

From PRODUCTORA:

“As a starting point for our design a solid brick volume was cut up diagonally into different slices, creating a series of autonomous volumes with different sizes and characteristics. On the ground floor these strips are interconnected through wide passages, generating a complex multidirectional space in which all the day activities take place. Above this level the night activities are organized. Continue Reading →

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ORDOS 100: I|K Studio

Posted on August 13, 2010

’4-2-1 HOUSE’ by I|K Studio is located in slot #55 of the Chinese Ordos 100 Project in Inner Mongolia. Continue Reading →

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Herzog & de Meuron’s ‘VitraHaus’ Video

Posted on June 19, 2010

The ‘VitraHaus’ is a showroom for the furniture factory Vitra, in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The building designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron is now open to public.

Earlier this year we featured Herzog & de Meuron’s VitraHaus during its construction phase. Now, we share with you this amazing video by Pedro Kok, a brazilian architectural photographer.

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Herzog & de Meuron’s ‘VitraHaus’ is Open to the Public

Posted on June 17, 2010

Over the years the Vitra Campus has become an architecture museum, featuring works by the most renowned architects: Frank Ghery, Zaha Hadid, Alvaro Siza, Tadao Ando, Jean Pruvé, Nicholas Grimshaw, Buckminster Fuller and SANAA (under construction).

The ‘VitraHaus’, built by Basel-based architects Herzog & de Meuron, is the home of the Vitra Home Collection. Discover furniture arrangements here in different style genres – inspirational ideas for your home and your own taste in design. Continue Reading →

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The ‘Elbphilharmonie’ – Roofing Ceremony for a Spectacular Concert Hall in Hamburg, Germany

Posted on June 4, 2010

This week saw the topping-out ceremony of Herzog & de Meuron’s Philharmonic Concert Hall on the river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany. Called ‘Elbphilharmonie’, the project is in the midst of construction and the architects just released some photos.

The project involves installing the Swiss architects’ new glass structure atop a red brick warehouse built in 1963 by the late Hamburg architect Werner Kallmorgen.

The building will comprise three concert halls, a hotel, apartments, and a public square elevated 37 metres above the river.

Construction is due for completion in 2012.

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ORDOS 100 by Taller Territorial de Mexico

Posted on May 6, 2010

This villa by Taller Territorial de Mexico is located in plot #97 of the ORDOS 100 project.

‘The scope of the project is to develop 100 hundred villas in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, for the client, Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd. FAKE Design, Ai Wei Wei Studio in Beijing, has developed the masterplan for the 100 parcels of land and will curate the project, while Herzog & de Meuron have selected the 100 architects to participate. Continue Reading →

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‘VitraHaus’ by Herzog & de Meuron

Posted on February 3, 2010

Construction work is due to start in September on ‘VitraHaus’, a new showroom at the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in Germany.

Designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron, it will be the latest architectural addition at the furniture brand’s extensive HQ complex, which already features buildings by Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando and more. Continue Reading →

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