En una azotea de Colonia Anzures, en Ciudad de México, se sustituyeron las áreas de servicio comunitario por cuatro penthouses. PH-N es uno de ellos. En la planta baja se encuentra el área pública: comedor, sala, cocina, servicios y estudio; en planta alta los dormitorios. En la doble altura, una escultórica escalera helicoidal de acero remata las principales visuales interiores. La luz es abund..
Architects: Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi Location: Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal Site Area: 3,013 sqm Constructed Area: 355 sqm Promotor: Joaquim Agostinho Carneiro da Costa e Sá Collaborators: Ana Neto Vieira, Susana Silva, Telmo Gomes, Katharina Wiederman, Pedro Gama Structure and foundation engineering: GOP Hydraulic Services: GOP Technical Facilities Engineering: GET Coordinat..
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has been named as one of three winning architectural practices in the competition to design the International Criminal Court’s new headquarters in The Hague. Location: The Hague, Netherlands Competition type: Restricted anonymous project competition Client: The International Criminal Court Subconsultants: Royal Haskoning, Bosch & Fjord Project Year: 2008 Construc..
290 Mulberry is defined by its context through a direct response to zoning and building code regulations. Located in Nolita, New York, this building is bound on the north by Houston Street and on the west by the historic Puck Building on Mulberry Street. A zoning district requirement specifying a masonry enclosure for the two street walls created an opportunity to respond directly to the Puck Bu..
Oppenheim Architecture + Design have unveiled plans to build an art storage facility in Miami, USA. The facade of the 11-story, 140,000 square foot building will display artwork by emerging and established artists. Designed for art services company Artemundi & Company and referred to as The Vault, the development will include a conservation laboratory, showrooms and exhibition spaces. Constructi..
Esta nueva sinagoga reúne un santuario, escuela y biblioteca, y sirve como extensión de Park Synagogue en Cleveland Heights, diseñada por Eric Mendelsohn en 1950. El edificio es una caja muy simple de la que surgen el santuario y dos enormes marquesinas que constituyen los accesos al hall de doble altura en un gesto de brazos abiertos. Dicho hall sirve como muelle entre el santuario de formas re..
Architects: Vora Arquitectura - Pere Buil Castells & Jordi Fornells Castello Location: Barcelona, Spain Competition year: 2000 Construction year: 2005-2007 Project team: Filipe Araujo, Ricardo Borges (lisboa), Arnau Boronat, Ruben Heras, Sonia Bom, Inigo Ribera, Sonia Gaspar (barcelona) Client: Foment de Ciutat Vella Contractor: Acciona Infraestructuras Structural Engineer: Manuel Arguijo y Asoc..
Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor Location: Stockholm, Sweden Architects in charge: Gert Wingårdh, Cecilia Ström, Per Söderberg Collaborators: Gustav Appell, Ewa Bialecka-Colin, David Christoffersson, Daniel Frickeus, Bengt Hellsten, Robert Hendberg, Rickard Karlsson, Stefan Nilsson, Hanna Samuelsson Design Year: 2003 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Client: AB Svenska Bostäder Construction: Tyrén..
Young Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed a new residential building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The building, called Conesa 4560, contains twelve apartments and is situated in the Saavedra district of the city. “Every house tries to continue the tradition of the old houses of the neighbourhood by adding open spaces,” say the architects. “A central patio organises the internal cir..
Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor Location: Gudbrandsjuvet, Norway Design Period: 2004-2007 Construction period: 2007-2008 Client: Knut Slinning Project Architects: Jan Olav Jensen (pl), Børre Skodvin, Torunn Golberg Helge Lunder, Torstein Koch; Thomas Knigge Budget: 1.000.000 EURO (US $1.28 millions) Constructed Area: 800 sqm Photographs: JSA One of the local residents at Gudbrandsjuv..