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Incredible 8 House in Denmark, by BIG Architects

fabiano — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:10:14 +0000

8 House is a multipurpose building housing and commercial area located in Copenhagen, Denmark. A project that despite having simple functions was bold in its conception and shows a totally different architectural concept for this type of housing.

Project by the group of architects BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group aims to be a dwelling place for people of all ages and all types of families. At the bottom were localized shopping and commercial area, thus having easy access to the street. In subsequent layers was distributed the apartments, thereby allowing better ventilation and air quality for residents.

An exciting project for its form and that is worth checking the whole process of designing at the website of BIG.

The apartments are placed at the top while the commercial program unfolds at the base of the building. As a result, the different horizontal layers have achieved a quality of their own: the apartments benefit from the view, sunlight and fresh air, while the office leases merge with life on the street.

Photos by Dragor Luft, Jens Lindhe, Ty Stange

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I'm from Brazil, co-founder of Zee with Fabio. Nowadays I like to play with Fireworks, Photoshop and improve my skills in CSS. If you wanna request some posts, please feel free to contact me or follow on Twitter.

A New Landmark of Denmark, The Wave in Vejle

fabiano — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:38:50 +0000

The small town of Vejle in Denmark received in 2009 a building that will be a beautiful architectural symbol. The Wave in Vejle is a residential complex, designed by Henning Larsen Architects.

The unique shapes make this building into a sculptural work. The wave form is inspired by the characteristics of the area where it was inserted: the sea, the bridge and the hills. Due to some characteristics of the area the building was not complete with four "waves", but the proximity to the sea and the reflection of the building in the water bring even more beauty to the shape of this set of 140 apartments and don't loose nothing of the awesomeness even if incomplete.

During the day the white waves are reflected in the sea and at night the characteristic profile will look like illuminated multi-coloured mountains. The building has 140 attractive apartments many with two-story house plans, all with a wonderful view.

The Wave is inspired by the characteristics of the area: the fjord, the bridge, the town and the hills. The clear and easily recognisable signature of the building connects the residential area with the sea, the landscape and the town.

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Grafitti Artist ABOVE Starting Europe Tour

aloa — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:05:00 +0000

ABOVE, a very talented grafitti artist, just started his europe tour; trying to spread his messages all over europe's hot cities. Starting in Denmark, he spends the next 5+ months touring around Germany, Italy and lots of other great countries.

We've been showing you great work of ABOVE already, like his easter special or the "Union Jack"-Print. For more information read the exclusive Abduzeedo interview with ABOVE. He just left old Cali for fresh and new Europe and keeps on sending us great photographs and videos of his brand new projects.

His latest project is "The Naked Truth" - a street installation with grafitti stencils added - which you can find in the middle of Denmark's capital Copenhagen. I wonder if there are any Abduzeedo readers from Copenhagen who have already found it.

Pictures and movies of "The Naked Truth"

THE NAKED TRUTH from ABOVE on Vimeo.

Where to find ABOVE in the web

GoAbove.com - portfolio

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Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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Incredible 8 House in Denmark, by BIG Architects

8 House is a multipurpose building housing and commercial area located in Copenhagen, Denmark. A project that despite having simple functions was bold in its conception and shows a totally different architectural concept for this type of housing.

About the author

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A New Landmark of Denmark, The Wave in Vejle

The small town of Vejle in Denmark received in 2009 a building that will be a beautiful architectural symbol. The Wave in Vejle is a residential complex, designed by Henning Larsen Architects.

About the author

Sponsored Links:

Grafitti Artist ABOVE Starting Europe Tour

ABOVE, a very talented grafitti artist, just started his europe tour; trying to spread his messages all over europe's hot cities. Starting in Denmark, he spends the next 5+ months touring around Germany, Italy and lots of other great countries.

Pictures and movies of "The Naked Truth"

Where to find ABOVE in the web

About the author

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