The SODAE House by VMX Architects

SODAE House is a beautiful modern house architecture designed by Dutch architectural firm VMX Architects. The SODAE-House is located in Amstelveen built In a nature area between Amsterdam, Amstelveen and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, lies the Kostverlorenkade. This futuristic house is built in an island measuring 1200m2. Here, VMX build a 500m2 house. The starting point for the concept was the perception of the landscape, the distant high buildings of... 

Moebius House, Sydney by Tony Owen NDM Architects

The modern house design explores the maximisation of light, space, ventilation and views on a tight sight. We are exploring a more environmentally sensitive form of design called ‘micro design’. Micro design utilises parametric modelling software which can respond to very small changes to design input criteria. In this case issues such as maximising ventilation, views and efficiency of structure and minimising impacts to neighbours views... 

Mapledene Road House by Platform 5 Architects in Hackney, London

Mapledene Road is situated in a conservation area in Hackney. The property had been stripped of virtually all its period features and had become run down and used as a “crack den” leaving it ripe for modernisation. Refurbishment was conceived of as a landscape of interventions and new components. The cellular ground floor was opened up and extended to the rear to allow the spaces to flow into each other and to the garden whilst the existing... 

Tetris Haus – Multi unit residential block

Tetris House derived from turning very pragmatic parameters into a spatially engaging concept: multiple programmatic demands (five self contained units, parking space and exterior areas, potential archeological site) have initiated two volumes. L- shaped in plan and section they are spatially interwoven as to produce a range of dynamicin – between spaces. The building is organized into two volumes which divide the “private villa” of the client... 

Contemporary Leap House by Tony Owen NDM Architects

The Leap House is located in Sydney’s Dover Heights and has Panoramic views of Sydney Harbour and the Opera House. The house is located on a rock outcrop. The clients brief was for it to Leap out from the rock into the view. As a result the house starts low at the rear and curves up to open out towards the harbour. The layered folds of the metal panel facades create privacy to the street whilst the facades facing the north are completely glass. We... 

Runways to Open at Dulles, OHare and Sea-Tac

Airports Council International–North America (ACI-NA) applauded the opening of three new runways at major hub airports this week, and commended the airports and the Bush Administration for helping to reduce delays and increase aviation efficiency and capacity. Dulles, O’Hare and Seattle-Tacoma International Airports all celebrate new runway openings on November 20. Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and Acting Federal Aviation... 

2008 Aerial Photography Updates Announced by Aerolist Photographers

Aerolist Photographers, Inc., has just completed its library of oblique (angled) aerial photography for 2008. The task took 7 months, netted 11,499 new images, and covered approximately 2400 square miles. Included are the crucial Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia and Portland/Vancouver metropolitan areas, plus Bellingham, Yakima, Tri-Cities, and other areas. There are nearly 40,000 pictures online going back to 2000. They can be viewed at: http://www.aerolistphoto.com. Invaluable... 

For fast logistics Airport Stuttgart bets on door specialist EFAFLEX

To meet the constantly growing demands in the international competition, the airport corporation Stuttgart / Germany bets among others on large investments. The newly built ground-traffic-service hall offers most modern technology. “Time is money. The planes have to be loaded and unloaded quickly” says Dirk Friedrichs. His planning department supervises all new building projects at the airport. “Therefore, it was very important for the planners...