Villa 1, a woodland house in the Veluwe Zoom area near Arnhem in the Netherlands designed by architects Powerhouse Company, has been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards, which will be announced this weekend. Beneath the glazed top floor is a sub-terranean living space in the basement. The project has been nominated for the AM NAi prize 2008 and the ´best private interior´category of the Dutch ..
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Oita, Japan Project Team: Yumiko Nogiri Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers Design Year: 2006-2007 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Site Area: 236,57 sqm Constructed Area: 150,57 sqm Photographer: Iwan Baan A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermos..
A sólo 50 kilómetros de Tromsø, Noruega, el fiordo Skarsfjord esconde un paraíso de islotes y playas de mar. La cabaña mira hacia el paisaje panorámico y las puestas de sol, más allá de la cadena de colinas que emergen en el fiordo. Los grandes paneles acristalados permiten vistas en 180º, y parte de la pared sur se desliza comunicando el living con la terraza. De los 40m2 de superficie total, l..
In a fruitful new collaboration, the Swedish based designers Johanna Strand and Åsa Elmstam have developed a highly functional and stylishly minimalist new piece of furniture. Powerwise is designed to help people handle their everyday electronic devices in a smarter way. As we all know, cell phones, Mp3-players, cameras and handheld computers are forever in need of recharging and rather annoying..
PARIS MATCH, Sylvie Santini, 15 juin 2005 ”It looks like a giant display of potted plants, it sings in the breeze - and it's one of the best places to live in Paris." THE GUARDIAN, Jonathan Glancey , 20/04/2004. “And unbelievable though it may be, the real thing is even more impressive than the models. When viewed from certain angles, the two-toned grey exterior disappears behind a veritable jun..
' JOHN LEWIS DEPARTMENT STORE AND CINEPLEX by FOA Leicester, UK This project involves the design of a block housing, a department store and a Cineplex. The ground floor is occupied almost entirely by the department store, leaving the upper area to be divided between the two functions. The Cineplex is a large blank volume, that will be clad in stainless steel shingles. No communication can be exp..
Architects: Querkraft - Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt, Peter Sapp Location: Neuhaus, Carinthia, Austria Project Architect: Erwin Stättner Project team: Sandra Denk, Dominique Dinies, Vera Kittler, Janine Hochrieser, Jan Geldermann, Charlotte Lieske, Tobias Colz, Petra Meisenbichler, Dana Rakova Client: dkfm herbert liaunig Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2007-2008 Constructed area: 4,810 sqm G..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Barreiro, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Clara Martins, Marco Roque Antunes, Nuno Grancho, Pedro Alves, Pedro Dourado, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro, Francisco Marques, Sónia Luz Client: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Project year: 2001- 2003 Construction year: 2005- 2007 Constructed area: 10,500 sqm Lan..
TRAM STOP Sergio Cardell Plaza. Alicante. SPAIN Light Light Alicante is a 400.000 inhabitants city of the southeast mediterranean spanish coast. Over the last years, there has been building a new tram infrastructure, using the old rails of the local train. This line connects all the towns of the coast, ending in Denia, a northern city of the province, where ships departure to Ibiza. This stop, i..
OneTwo Townhouse by FdM:Arch Houston, Texas Houston, according to architect Francois de Menil, FAIA, principal of Francois de Menil Architect (FdM:Arch), is a city of interesting architectural adjacencies. He should know. He grew up there, and his familial ties to the city’s art and architecture are the stuff of legend (his mother was the late Houston art patron Dominique de Menil). “It’s just t..