Architect: Manuel Ocana Arquitectos Location: Calle Pelayo, Madrid, Spain Collaborators: Roberto Gonzalez Garcia, Maja Frackowiack, Michael Rabold y Sebastian Camacho (ground painting) Project year: 2005-2006 Promotor: Benedicta Uria Contractor: Manuel Ocana Constructed Area: 67 sqm Budget: $75,000 EURO (US $104,775) Photographs: Miguel de Guzman construction process This is a project where one ..
Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres Location: Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares Project Year: 2005-2007 Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero The plot, where this housing is situated, is the result of dividing an original state. It adopts the form of an irregular polygon of four sides, presents a light slope and has a surface of 13.357 sqm. The plot borders ..
The concept for Line of Work is inspired by the “ripple effect” or more specifically the notion that single elements working together can become more than the sum of their parts. The sculpture is composed of a changing series of individual elements that together create a giant wave-form that reaches out towards the sea. The elements grow in both size and reach along the edge of a pedestrian path..
Architects: x Architekten Location: Ebelsberg, Austria Client: Mrs. and Mr. Seebacher Construction: Mixed Structure Constructed Area: 215 sqm Project Year: 2004-2007 Photographs: Max Nirnberger Task: The existing building from the 1920s proved itself valuable to the client mainly due to the surrounding garden landscape. Nevertheless, there was the aim to create more space and living quality whic..
Architects: BIG Architects Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Architect: Jakob Lange Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Manager: Jan Borgstrøm Construction Manager: Henrick Poulsen Contributors: Annette Jensen, Dariusz Bojarski, Dennis Rasmussen, Eva Hviid-Nielsen, Joao Vieira Costa, Jørn Jensen, Karsten V. Vestergaard, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Leon Rost, Loui..
The client purchased this penthouse apartment off the plans and has been three years in the making. The award winning Architect for the apartment project had designed this contemporary complex with very modern simple lines. There is a high degree of glass and natural stone on the exterior. He had sourced European Imported Kitchens for all of the apartments, however my client found that the compa..
NBBJ’s proposed design for the new Dalian Shide football stadium in China represents a new direction in sports architecture by moving away from the creation of a building based on pure form. The organic architecture of the building challenges the typical stadium typology to become more than an impressive skin wrapped around an ordinary seating bowl. Designed to emulate a garden, NBBJ’s Garden St..
It seems no one told Dubai about the financial crisis, as new projects keep being unveiled. This time, our green friends over Inhabitat tipped us on a mega development, owned by Maraas Holding: The Jumeirah Gardens. The master plan for this project was designed by SOM Chicago, and consists of a mixed-use development that incorporates low, medium, and high-density zones for business, residences, ..
The site is located in Kanagawa Prefecture on a mountainside that overviews a sea and a city. The client couple, who are friends of mine, and I visited there, when the project was initiated. Walking around in the pre-project site, where too many tall trees stand on, views changed variously, because of the slanted land’s height differences. The experience was comparable to a pleasure of wandering..
