The project of head office CBE

German architectural group Henn Architekten has won competition on the best civil-engineering design of head office Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in Addis Ababa.

Unusual way of the organisation

Thin office building will be executed with optical effect of «presence of hollow structures» at change of a point of the review. For the account of such unusual way of organisation of base level of a building, some problems are reached — increased the areas of ground floors illuminated by natural light, interesting appearance of a design is created, is involved additional attention of visitors of the centre which bottom part it is planned to use as a trading complex that will cut expenses on building operation.

Building Peter Mokaba Stadium is finished

At fans of football now on one joyful news more... Building Peter Mokaba Stadium — stadium in the city of Polokwane, capital of a province of Limpopo, the republic of South Africa — the basic platform for World championship carrying out on football 2010 Is finished!

Champion stadium in the republic of South Africa

Capacity of stadium: 45,000 places. Stadium forms are cast by flora traditional for district, namely, a plant a baobab. Elements of a design of a roof fasten special huge ramps. And durability of a design has been reached for the account of repetition of elements. Companies AFL Architects and local practice Prism also had been developed mechanisms of support of a roof.

Art pavilion from company Carmody Groarke

English architects of company Carmody Groarke have finished pavilion building in London.

Eight-metre light-emitting diode columns

The pavilion represents eight-metre columns with light-emitting diode lamps, with a steel three-metre plate on a top (!). The density of placing of columns is non-uniform, and in the centre they and at all are absent, opening the review on the sky.

How to increase the private residence area?

Before the London architects of company Studioctopi there was an uneasy problem — the owner of a private residence in the Victorian style has ordered to expand a house premise, not destroying protogenic beauty and external shape.

Black zinc & glass

After numerous disputes with the customer and huge number of offers, architects have stopped on this variant from black zinc and glass.

External creed from Kensuke Watanabe

Architectural bureau Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio became the author of this project: near to church in the city of Tokorozawa have erected an arch at which top the cross towers.

Cross Tower in the city of Tokorozawa

The construction is called “Cross Tower”, height of a design of 7,8 metres. The tower is made of steel plates by thickness of 28 mm., painted in white colour.