Location: Urbanización Roncesvalles. C/ Roncesvalles, 33 Galapagar, Madrid Architects: SUBARQUITECTURA ( Andrés Silanes + Fernando Valderrama + Carlos Bañón) Design years: 2007 Construction: 2008 – 2010 Structural design: Subarquitectura Building services: Daniel Rodriguez Client: Arco Design and Projects Surface area: 385 m2 Photographs: David Frutos Ruiz This house by Spanish architects Subarq..
Architect: Miguel Arruda Location: Olives Garden, CCB, Lisbon, Portugal Collaborator: Pedro Pereira Structure: Afaconsult Lighting: Donker by LGT Project Year: 2010 Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra With «Habitable Sculpture» architect Miguel Arruda transports a formal memory of one of his early sculptures from the 60s to the present day and gives it the scale and spatial exper..
This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. Called Hanil Visitors Center and Guest House, the information centre aims to educate visitors about recycling concrete and demonstrates different options through its own construction. Four openings in the eastern wall allow glimpses of how the concrete is produced in the factor..
Architects: A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects Location: Pozuelo de Alorcón, Spain Partner in Charge: Rafael Llamazares Contractor: Helio Construcciones Interiors: A-cero Project Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Luis H. Segovia The architecture studio A-cero presents one of its last works about a big single-family house. It takes place in the outskirts of Madrid on a 5,000 m2 plot. It is a single sto..
Architects: Kevin deFreitas Architects Location: 2 Mazzetti Lane, Valley Center, California, USA Project Team: Kevin deFreitas & Manish Desai Structural Engineer: Envision Engineering Landscape Architect: LandLAB Inc. Mechanical Engineer: Stueven Engineering Plumbing & Electrical Engineer: BTA Engineers Contractor: Lusardi Construction Company Building Area: 6,112 sf + courtyard Construction Cos..
Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. It was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to the completion of this project, Yale University placed its rare books on special shelving in Dw..
Architects: Studio EDR Eskew+Dumez+Ripple – Guidry Beazley Architects Location: Key West, Florida, USA General Contractor: BRPH MEP Engineer: Associated Design Group, Inc. Structural Engineer: McKee and Deville Consulting Engineers Civil Engineer: URS Group, Inc. Cost Management: Atkins HF+G Year of Completion: 2006 Client: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra..
Parque Humano Architects have designed a club house on a golf course in Morelia, Mexico. The house occupies a natural ledge on a hillside looking towards the panoramic valley of Montana Monarca, in Morelia, Mexico. The building has been conceived as a homogenous stone mass, hollowing out a huge opening that slopes from ceiling to floor, framing the hillside panorama. A sloped celosia grid meant ..
Architects: Studio Mumbai Location: Kashid, Maharashtra, India Principal Architect: Bijoy Jain Project Year: 2005 Photographs: Helene Binet & Studio Mumbai Surrounded by mountains, forests, and the waters of the Arabian Sea, the house is configured around a tropical garden filled with Plumeria, ferns, grasses, bamboo and jasmine. Under the wood framed roof, rooms are loosely arranged around the ..
Architects: Arhitektura Krušec Location: Teharje, Slovenia Project Team: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec Collaborators: Matej Nolda, Miha Žargi Client: Municipality of Celje Project Area: 160 sqm Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Miran Kambič The location at the top of a small slope in the middle of the village cemetery is characterised by beautiful panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The arch..