Architects: LAVA - Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck Location: Sydney, Australia Project year: 2008 Project Team: Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck Collaborators: Jarrod Lamshed, Esan Rahmani, Kim Ngoc Nguyen, Anh Dao Trinh, Erik Escalante Mendoza, Pascal Tures, Mi Jin Chun, Andrea Dorici Materials: Specially treated high-tech Nylon and light Area: 300 sqm Volume: 3,..
Tim Fishlock's What Watt? chandelier is a memorial to and a celebration of the humble incandescent lightbulb. By 2011, all forms of incandescent light bulb will have been phased out in favour of greener alternatives. What Watt? marks the passing of a beautiful design that has remained relatively unchanged since its invention 130 years ago. Don't be fooled by the enormous amount of bulbs, the pie..
I can remember my mother telling me that in order to fall in love, you must put your energy towards the heart and the stomach. Studio Arne Quinze (SAQ) out of Brussels, Belgium clearly understands the recipe for love. Located in the heart of the city, at the Mont des Arts, lies a small yet big idea restaurant, KWINT. It sits within the recently renovated Congress Palace that was inaugurated duri..
A-cero Architects have sent us a house in Galicia, Spain that they have designed. The house is located on a 2.000m2 plot presenting a strong slope. The site is delimited by the access road on the East, North and Northwest sides, and by a cliff on the West border, a natural balcony with great views over A Corunna’s coast. The form of the building that evolves starting from these constraints consi..
Qb Design have completed the Split-Level House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Total Area: 3,800 sq.ft Sited on a vacant corner in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, this newly constructed house stitches itself into the neighborhood by responding to local cues. Curved brick corners negotiate the irregular street grid, while the cadence of typical rowhouses and a palette of brick volu..
SITUATION: MENORCA, SPAIN AREA: 180 Sqm TEAM: MODO, Arquitectura y Diseño ARCHITECTS: Christian Sintes, David Dominguez This small project (180 sqm) is located near the seaside, in an urbanization on the northface of the port of Mahon, in Menorca. The area is very quite, caracterized by the existence of several isolated houses mainly composed by the intersection of cubic blocks. As the site is s..
Architects: LVS Architecture + JC NAME Arquitectos Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Design team: Luis Othón Villegas, Juan Carlos Name, Alvaro Gutierrez, Juan Luna Construction: PIBOC Constructora Project Area: 700 sqm Project year: 2007 Construction Year: 2008 Photographs: Mito Covarrubias, Luis Othón Villegas The project for the MO House responds to a typical architectural program withou..
Miguel Angel Aragones has designed the recently opened Hotel Encanto in Acapulco, Mexico. from contemporist
Architects: Audrius Ambrasas Architects Location: Konstitucijos Ave. 20, Vilnius, Lithuania Design team: Audrius Ambrasas, Vilma Adomonytė, Tomas Eidukevičius, Donatas Malinauskas Client: UAB “Swedbank valda” Construction: Idea Constructiva Engineering: COWI Baltic Project manager: Saulius Mikaliūnas Total area (above-ground): 23,000 sqm Total area (underground): 19,000 sqm Project Year: 2007-20..
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur Location: St. Margarethen, Austria Collaborators: Ecki Csallner, Elmir Smajic, Ferdinand Kersten, Maria Magina, Mareike Kuchenbecker, Martin Brandt, Michael Sohm Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung Project Year: 2005-2006 Contruction Year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus A show in the Roman quarry doubtless is a unique experience for every ..