Architects: Piratininga Arquitetos Associados / José Armênio de Brito Cruz Location: Av. Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil Coordinating Architects: Fabiana Terenzi Stuchi Collaborators: Julie Trickett, Bruno Salvador, Leonardo de Araújo Cunha Client: Fabio Cimino Project Area: 190 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Maíra Acayaba This apartment was designed for a trader who shares it with his son, and..
Back in April, we published the fascinating bridge proposal by Toronto-based Ja Studio incollaboration with Tadj-Farzin Studio which earned them lots ofpositive feedback. Following up is another proposal by this team; thistime, for the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center InternationalCompetition in Taiwan. The entry didn't make the competition shortlist,but we think it's definitely worth sh..
London designer Charlotte Kingsnorth will present a collection of fat chairs at Designersblock in London next week. Called Hybreed, the project involves creating one-off pieces by upholstering reclaimed chair frames with bulging upholstery. The alterations are meant to represent the rolls of flesh on each chair’s obese owner. The series is a development of Kingsnorth’s graduation project from 20..
ELLE Decoration Suite by Jean Paul Gaultier enjoys the sponsorship of Roche Bobois Jean Paul Gaultier is a prime example that when you really love what you do and your heart is beating faster when you do it well you will reach success, touch other people through your work and achieve greatness. Gaultier's creativity and knowledge of the 'garment' is glorious. He understands that there are many t..
This villa by Athens firm Deca Architecture is one of a collection of 24 to be introduced to the Greek island of Antiparos by Athens developers Oliaros. Alonis is one of seven already completed as part of AntiarosDesignProperties, a development split over four sites that includes designs from Harry Gugger Studio and Atelier Bow-Wow. This villa has a roof supported on two parallel stone walls wit..
Studio101 Architects have designed a house in Point Lonsdale, Australia. This permanent beachside home, designed for a young family is located in an established, heavily treed native coastal environment. The rectilinear nature of the site and natural typography encouraged a simple yet highly efficient floor plan incorporating three pavilions linked by a continuous circulation spine. The eastern ..
Concrete Architectural Associates have completed the design for the most recent citizenM Hotel location, this time it’s in Glasgow, Scotland. GENERAL INFORMATION: CitizenM Glasgow will be the third hotel to open in the citizenM family, and offers mobile citizens of the world affordable luxury in the heart of the city. The concept of the hotel is to cut out all hidden costs and remove all unneces..
Architects: Studio Kuadra Location: Fossano, CN, Italy Project Year: 2006 Photographs: Courtesy of Studio Kuadra A cascade of chains on the facade, dynamic space, mobile, changing, not what you would expect from a bank, especially in a province at the foot of the Maritime Alps. The branch of this Credit Agency, winner of a closed competition, brings a breath of lightness and a levity that would ..
“Hovering” a large volume above the landscape eliminates the typical discontinuity between the front and rear garden areas and situates a built outdoor environment in the midst of a measurably larger feeling garden space. The blanketing roof is shaped to conduct softly gradient, reflected clerestory light while seemingly floating gently and protectively over the interior spaces. The second of th..
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photos of three health centres in Madrid by Spanish architects Estudio Entresitio, all with identical floor plans but executed in different materials. San Blas, Usera and Villaverde were all built on previously unused sites surrounded by social housing. Usera is clad in perforated metal panels with a gold finish. San Blas is a concrete cons..
