Blackwell House by Marlon Blackwell, Arkansas

Designed by architect Marlon Blackwell and his wife Meryati (a partner in MBP) for their young family, this a modern house is located in Arkansas. The bridge-like structure was built over a seasonal creek. The façade is finished with horizontally lain redwood strips that act as a rain screen and the elevation is punctuated with long, black framed windows.

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Floathouse by Ontwerpen in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Floathouse was designed by architects Ontwerpen is located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The architects, Ontwerpen, found this to be highly enjoyable but challenging project to undertake, with progress having been stalled by the Rotterdam authorities for 2 years. As a result they have only recently been able to realise the completed project in full. The shape of the 3 storey house is the combined result of sheer fun, the need for visual reduction of mass, and the reckoning with the prevailing SW wind in this country.

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Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

The Akershus University Hospital, the Norwegian super hospital in near Oslo, Norway was designed and constructed by C. F. Møller Architects, it has a total area of 137,000 sq m and cost €1 billion to construct. During construction, from 1 March 2004, to 1 October 2008, some 1,400 people from 37 different nations contributed over 6.2 million man-hours erecting the new ‘super hospital’. The large-scale building will serve the 340,000 inhabitants from surrounding municipalities and boasts space for 50,000 in-patients with 4,600 staff members, including 426 doctors.



The vision was to create something economical, innovative and a place people can relax and be at ease. Klavs Hyttel, partner in C. F. Møller Architects and lead architect of the project commented, “The concept of security should encompass both efficiency, technology and the familiar patterns of the daily routine. It is through this balancing act that we have created the architectural attitude of the building."

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