Architect: Armon Choros Architects / Eleftheria Serghidou, Vasilis Pashiourtides Location: Larnaca, Cyprus Structural Engineering: Nicos Kalathas, George Demetriades Mechanical Engineering: Giannos Zempylas Budget: US $676,950 Design Year: 2000 Construction Year: 2007 Photographs: Christos Papantoniou It was asked for an introvert residence, with internal yard where the water would constitute th..
Client: British Land Project Manager: M3 Consulting Architects: Carmody Groarke Engineering: Arup Landscape Architecture: EDCO Lighting design: Maurice Brill Lighting Design Contractor: BOVIS Sub Contractor: Skanska Specialist Sub contractors: Sheetfabs, Nottingham London architects Carmody Groarke have completed a pavilion in London featuring a steel plate supported eight meters above the groun..
Panoramic sea views and wind protection were strong design determinants of this spectacular holiday home. Timber decked terraces either side of the living area provide outdoor seating options for different wind directions. The sheltered rear courtyard, framed by the building, large water tanks and timber screens focuses on a wood fired pizza oven. Corrugated colorbond, timber windows, flooring a..
Architect: Sebastian Mariscal Studio Location: La Jolla, California, USA Designer & Builder: Sebastian Mariscal Studio Design Team: Sebastian Mariscal & Jeff Svitak Structural Engineering: Omar Mobayed Project Area: 1,546 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographs: Hisao Suzuki Conceived as a series of town residences, SIX in La Jolla combines clear form with continuous indoor/outdoor spaces, elevating ..
Architect: Paul de Ruiter Location: Rhenen, Netherlands Project Architect: Paul de Ruiter Project Team: Michael Noordam, Sander van Veen, Dieter Blok, Lei Coppus, Hannes Ochmann, Mathilde Joosse, Willeke Smit, Monique Verhoef, Bjorn Peters Advice Installations: Halmos bv / Milieukundig onderzoek- en ontwerpbureau BOOM Lighting device: Van Dijk en Partners Landscape Ecology: Buro Zijaanzicht Land..
MECANÍSMOS OF INTERVENTION The problems of tackling a social, urban, economic intervention, of rehabilitation, put in value of pre-existences, as well as landscape and sustainable it does that it occurs by means of partial visions of the environment, that isolate the problems to give concrete, concise and local solutions. These " partial looks " are not isolated but sometimes they are performanc..
This family house faces onto views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. The house explores the maximisation of light, space, ventilation and views on a tight sight. We are exploring a more environmentally sensitive form of design called ‘micro design’. Micro design utilises parametric modelling software which can respond to very small changes to design input criteria. In this case issue..
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has unveiled the iPad, a large touch-screen device for reading, browsing the internet, listening to music and playing games. The much-anticipated product has a 9.7 inch screen, is 13 mm thick and weighs 0.7 kg. The display automatically switches from portrait to landscape as the device is turned. It runs almost all existing apps and allows users to read and send email, look ..
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan plays with space in a way that makes you think that if he ever gets bored, a second career as a movie set designer awaits. Based in São Paulo, Kogan’s 20-strong firm continues to be busy with projects in every corner of Brazil. Of his four most recent offerings, three (the Corten House, Panama House and C16H14O3 House) are located in São Paulo while the fourth (t..
The latest version of the 3D Display Cube. This new version maintains the same functionality of previous iterations but now uses a custom LED module based off the patented technology that lets you to snap together a spatial display of any size. This means that individual modules can be easily replaced should they go out, make the unit more architectural applicable. Prototype exhibited at the Mus..
