50 PROJECTS IN 50 WEEKS
Week 50
Porte Cochere
A unique, glistening origami-like sculptural façade greets guests arriving at a Los Angeles airport hotel via its newly renovated Porte Cochere.
Week 49
Bauhaus Berlin
Thinking of Bauhaus Berlin is automatically associated with Gropius. Now, Berlin has another association: The new building of the Bauhaus AG by Müller Reimann Architects. The new building is a warehouse construction with an extravagant façade and has the prominent address Kurfürstendamm 129a.
Week 48
Pandit Dindayal Upadyay Indoor Stadium
One of the first in Western India, the Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium is a dynamic and modern indoor stadium in Surat.
Week 47
Quora Education Center
The new $43-million Quora Education Center was designed specifically to address the specific needs of students receiving special education services, reflected in the selection of a sensory friendly natural color palette for the school’s exterior.
Week 46
CoMED
High above Vienna is the private detached house "CoMED". A demanding project due to the requirements, specifications and restrictions, that was planned by ad2 Architects.
Week 45
Pasar Minggu Hospital
Pasar Minggu Hospital is one of the biggest regional general hospitals in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. It is a landmark hospital project designed to stand out from the clutter with flowing lines and curves in vibrant color.
Week 44
C.H. Robinson Midwest Headquarters
With a design targeted to achieve LEED® Gold certification, this modern office building reflects its riverfront location with a design that emulates the flow of water with undulating fins fabricated from ALUCOBOND® Plus aluminum composite material.
Week 43
Lambeth Water Tower
The nine-floor property now features rainwater harvesting, an air source heat pump, intelligent lighting, lift and large glass doors. It comprises five double bedrooms, four bathrooms and a glass ‘link’ to the ‘cube’.
Week 42
Chongqing Longfu Sales Center
The "ark" and "stone" are the epitome of the image and spirit of the city with mountains and waters. The two are also taken as the inspiration image of exhibition halls of the city to shape a brand-new collective memory of Lijia and even Chongqing.
Week 41
Treasure Island Resort & Casino
With the December 2017 opening of Wolf Towers – a new 185,000 square-foot two-tower hotel expansion – guests can experience premiere accommodations in the second largest hotel in Minnesota.
Week 40
Keystone Office
The external appearance of the building takes up geometrical themes found in Czech Cubism at the start of the 20th century. The volumetric concept of the façade creates an ambivalently legible network of forms oriented in different directions.
Week 39
DongOh Seed Laboratory
Very unique design and choice of finish which blends the surrounding landscape with building's elevations and at the same time stands out as a landmark.
Week 38
Adaire Mixed-Use Residential Community
As one of the first high-rises constructed in the fast-growing Tysons unincorporated area of Fairfax County, Virginia, Adaire, a mixed-use residential community, stands out not only for its 35 stories towering into the sky but for its striking ellipsoidal design and modern facade.
Week 37
Centre Pompidou
Inspired by the traditional Chinese architecture Shigeru Ban creates the Centre Pompidou. For the City of Metz, the new art centre means so much that it can also be described as the "new Metz cathedral".
Week 36
Celes Beachfront Resort
Moving facade at this luxurious resort in the island of Koh Samui, Thailand is one of its kind application of ALUCOBOND®
Week 35
South Texas College (STC) Technology Campus Expansion
South Texas College (STC) officially opened its Technology Campus expansion in McAllen, Texas, in January 2018 with a unique ribbon-cutting ceremony in which college officials wielded a blow torch to cut a steel ribbon created by welding students.
Week 34
Bouverie Street Apartments
This residential tower, located on a key urban site at the top end of Swanston Street, was designed by studio 505. Situated on the former Carlton United Brewery site, it is set to become a unique project in Melbourne’s urban scheme as the uppermost point on the axis leading to the Shrine of Remembrance.
Week 33
Hangzhou CECEP
Xixi SHOUZUO or popularly known as Hangzhou CECEP is a commercial property by CECEP Industry Development is located to the west of Greentown Xixi Chengyuan in the Westlake District. Developed as CECEP’s landmark “green building”, Xixi SHOUZUO is surrounded by natural environs, which further accentuates its “green” concept.
Week 32
Nassau Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
Opened in 1972 in Uniondale, N.Y., the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum was showing its age and in need of a major facelift. While some architects and developers might have suggested a total teardown of the dated venue, New York City-based SHoP Architects and developer Forest City Ratner Cos., LLC, of Brooklyn, N.Y., saw the opportunity to sustainably retain the strong architectural massing of the arena while giving its façade an entirely new look.
Week 31
Autogrill Spizzico
Architecture as a Corporate identity for Spizzico, an Italian fast-food brand operating in Italy, Greece, Switzerland, France and USA.
Week 30
Lodha World Crest
Rising majestically above the City and the Arabian Sea , World Crest Towers stands as the tallest residential tower in India. Never before has a residential structure of such height emerged, that too in the very heart of Mumbai – India’s gateway to the world.
Week 29
Olume Residential Building
A big compliment to architects is hearing that one of their building designs has become a recognizable landmark. That’s the case for architects at the Los Angeles office of Arquitectonica International Corp. who designed the Olume residential building with a unique multi-layered cube-like metal façade, well-known now as "the building with the cubes."
Week 28
Casino Bregenz
The Casino Bregenz is located in the middle of the festival district in Bregenz, Austria at the lake of Constance and on an area of over 3,000 m² you can find an unique entertainment offer. In addition to roulette, blackjack, etc., there are also cocktail bars, restaurants, lounges, etc. in the casino. A further part of the casino can be used for events of any kind; even live music is regularly performed here.
Week 27
Hermès Liat Tower
ALUCOBOND® creates luxurious facade for Hermès.
Week 26
Marine Gateway
Designed to achieve the principles of smart growth - which places a priority on sustainable, mixed-use communities designed to enhance quality of life - Marine Gateway opened as the first major transit-oriented development integrated into Vancouver's Canada Line rapid transit rail system that combines retail, entertainment, office, residential & transit in one location.
Week 25
The Opera
Henning Larsen’s commission was a demanding one: build a world-class opera house with excellent acoustics and give artists and staff the best possible facilities – a place whose architecture makes visiting “The Opera” an experience in itself.
Week 24
Shanghai Royal Pavillion
The appearance of the building shows the pursuit for rational scenes in a poetic manner. The noble and romantic temperament is like the classics left over after screened and polished in history and time for hundreds of years.
Week 23
San Francisco Int'l Airport (SFO) Traffic Control Tower
Design of San Francisco International Airport’s (SFO) new airport traffic control tower not only was focused on functional goals – including meeting the strictest seismic event standards, offering maximum sightlines and accommodating state-of-the-art electronics – it also needed to serve as an iconic airport symbol.
Week 22
European Parliament
Since 1992, the Seat of the European Parliament has been in Strasbourg. The City of Strasbourg and SERS, as joint developers, wanted to create a monument which symbolises prestige where decisions on the fate of some 370 million Europeans were made in Strasbourg.
Week 21
Te Oro Community and Arts Centre
In Glen Innes, Auckland, Archimedia’s new community and arts centre Te Oro is not intended simply as a venue for events. It is also a space where the ancient Pacific culture is validated and where the heritage, concerns and values of the predominantly Maori and Polynesian population are paramount.
Week 20
The Connor Group Headquarters
In a Moody Nolan website statement, the [Connor Group] new corporate headquarters’ iconic design is described as a double-loaded office bar wrapping around itself and uncoiling. The building’s “outer public skin” is clad in folded and triangulated sections of aluminum composite material (ACM) and strip windows. “The triangulations allow the building to twist and lean as momentum and movement build and pull around the perimeter to the high point.”
Week 19
Paläon
At the edge of the town of Schöningen and its open-cast lignite mine lies the site of a remarkable, world-famous Stone-Age find: the Schöningen Spears – the oldest complete hunting weapons ever found. It is now also the location of a new and emblematic research and experience centre that is visible from far around.
Week 18
The Lumpini 24
One of premium luxury condominiums in Bangkok comes with a timeless look that is clean, sophisticated, elegant and modern.
Week 17
IBEW Local 134 HQ
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 134 in Chicago celebrated the grand opening of their new headquarters and union hall in May 2018 – a renovation project that has been dubbed “the Beacon of Bronzeville” and praised for its sleek, state-of-the-art design.
Week 16
Lycée Georges Frêche - School of Hotel Management
Covering an area of over 16 500 m² on the edge of Montpelier, the School of Hotel Management crouches like a gigantic reptile. Several different uses are concealed within the building: a hotel, four restaurants, a conference centre, classrooms, student apartments, sports facilities and offices.
Week 15
MITEC Convention Centre
Formally Matrade, now name: MITEC (Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre), Kuala Lumpur
MITEC is the largest exhibition centre in Malaysia. The architect (RSP Architect Sdn Bhd), selected and used more than 70,000m2 of ALUCOBOND® aluminium composite panels, to achieve its unique shape, which derives from rubber seed, a symbol of the Malaysia historical trade and business.
Week 14
Exo Apartments
Clad in ALUCOBOND® Plus Spectra Ocean color-shifting finish, the Spectra was selected as a complementary building material to the Exo's color-changing smart glass technology that adjusts window tint to allow optimal natural light in.
Week 13
Europe’s largest work of art
A monotonous block of flats dating back to East German times has been transformed into Europe’s largest work of art.
Week 12
Jeddah Islamic Seaport Control Tower
The control tower lies in the heart of Jeddah, visible from the main Corniche Street lying in the middle of the capital of Jeddah on the Red Sea. This Iconic building was completed in 2017 to serve as the lighthouse of the busy port of Jeddah the capital of the Western region of the Kingdom.
Week 11
Painted Rock Estate Winery Tasting Room
The new 1,600 square-foot one-story Painted Rock Estate Winery Tasting Room – which opened in September 2013 – was designed not only to accommodate on-site retail wine-tastings and sales but as a unique destination site for weddings, banquets and corporate events.
Week 10
Aluminium Centrum "The Aluminium Forest"
This information centre displays and promotes aluminium products in general. The building design is done with 100% aluminium.
Week 9
Marina Barrage
Beautiful combination of ALUCORE® and ALUCOBOND® in creating these stunning parasols.
Week 8
Student Residence Hall, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Clad in 5,500 ALUCOBOND® Plus aluminum composite panels in seven custom colors that are dimensionally positioned with glass to invoke Gustav Klimt’s 1909 “Tree of Life” painting – the new Residence Hall met an aesthetic goal to set the building apart on the Boston skyline and, thereby, create an idiosyncratic image for MassArt.
Week 7
Raiffeisen Finance Centre
Exceptional façade with high functionality
Week 6
Bengbu Olympic Stadium
Bengbu Olympic Center is located in the city of Anhui, an ancient city in China.
The idea of Bengbu Olympic center was to create a holistic design of the building ensemble to give the impression of a moving dragon.
This architectural style is called the Hui-style.
Week 5
Rush University Medical Center
The hospital building at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago referred to as The Tower, stands out on the city’s skyline with a unique butterfly design and striking white exterior – both visual symbols of the medical center’s goal to transform healthcare delivery. Formable ALUCOBOND® Plus in the custom Spinnaker Bone White color was selected to realize the hospital’s shining, clean exterior image and its unique butterfly design.
Week 4
Ski jump redoubt Bischofshofen
The ski jump redoubt in Bischofshofen is one of the most famous sites for sporting events and since 1952 venue of the “4-Jump-Tournee”. The building on a freestanding territory put the choice on ALUCOBOND® due to its excellent weathering conditions.
Week 3
Mille Malle | Bangkok
The former Metro Mall in Bangkok, now Mille Malle is a trendy lifestyle mall.
Week 2
Paul F. Cullum Tower
The North Bergen, N.J., Housing Authority's Paul F. Cullum Tower was built in 1972. With an exterior retrofit completed in July 2013 that included the installation of a total of approximately 117,000 square feet of ALUCOBOND® the Cullum Tower now serves as “a beacon that can be seen from miles away.
Week 1
The beginning
In 1969 the success story began: The development of ALUCOBOND® more than fifty years ago was a small revolution in itself...
