Norwegian architecture studio Fantastic Norway have completed a holiday cabin at Fosen in Norway. The timber dwelling is located on a hilltop in a remote coastal area. The following information is from Fantastic Norway: – Cabin Vardehaugen Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of ..
New York architects Aranda\Lasch have designed a temporary exhibition venue for this year’s Design Miami collectors’ fair. The 4,000 square metre structure will house exhibitors at the show, held in the Miami Design District from 3-6 December. Here’s some info from Design Miami: – DESIGN MIAMI/ UNVEILS FURTHER DETAILS ON NEW TEMPORARY STRUCTURE For the first time, Design Miami/, the pre-eminent ..
Architects: Atelier Phileas (member of PLAN01) Location: Dammarie-les-Lys, France Client: Région Ile-de-France Programme: Asbestos removal, heavy restructuration, extension of the workshops while in use, with temporary buildings Consultant: ARCADIS Renovation Area: 3,100 sqm Extension Area: 1,030 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographer: Stephan Lucas The renovation project presented a major advanta..
Cabin Vardehaugen by Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of a rocky hill at the outermost coast of Fosen (Norway). The building is carefully placed and designed in relation to the local terrain, the panoramic view and the specific climactic conditions in the area. A variety of s..
Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos - Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza Location: Bilbao, Spain Client: Bilbao Council Project year: 2002-2003 Construction year: 2004-2006 Constructed area: 10,350 sqm Budget: 5,663,020 EURO (US $7,7M) Contractor: UTE Albatros, Olábarri Photographs: Aleix Bagué The lot is a reduced and irregular piece of terrain, almost residual, that opens a way between ..
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 ..
Situada en el borde de un acantilado de setenta metros de altura, la casa ofrece una serie compleja de espacios de estar fluidos, inscriptos en un perímetro conformado por una serie de curvas y contracurvas que se extienden en respuesta al paisaje y al sol. Las áreas de día componen un voladizo sobre el océano permitiendo excelentes vistas de la costa. La planta más baja forma una base construid..
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..
La ubicación de la casa, sobre el borde de un impresionante acantilado de 300 metros con vistas a una playa de arena negra, al volcán Teide y a una gran extensión de la costa norte de la isla de Tenerife, ha resultado decisiva para la propuesta arquitectónica. La idea de la casa consiste en insertar una pieza monolítica de hormigón y vidrio sobre una plataforma de madera en el borde del acantila..
Addition to Residence Koenigswarte, Sesto- Italy completed November 2007 Located on a steep hillside in the Italian Dolomites this new-built hotel has been developed as the interweaving of the free-flowing topography- indexed and organized by series of timber strips- and the serial sequence of apartment units perpendicular to it. Skin organisation as strata Since the overall shape was developed ..