Architects: Murtinho y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Calle Holanda Nº64, Providencia, Santiago, Chile Client: Los Héroes Caja Compensación Architect in Charge: Santiago Raby Pinto Collaborators: Miguel Angel Contreras Ch. y Alejandra López Contractor: ALTIUS Refurbishment Area: 3.350 sqm Photographs: Pedro Mutis Johnson CONTEXT The challenge was the rehabilitation of a ‘70s building for a new ..
Architects: Choi Ropiha Location: Mona Vale, NSW, Australia Client: Graeme Jessup & Barbara Elkan Environmental Systems: Graeme Jessup Landscape: ExParrot Engineering: Simpson Design Associates - Northrop Engineers Construction: Graybuilt Photographs: Brett Boardman The client for the project has a long standing interest in building sustainability developed through working at the Sustainable Ene..
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven student Ricardo Ploemen has designed a conceptual chapel with wavy brick walls, using an AutoCad script to determine the structure of each facade. Called Brick Tectonics, the project involved generating different structural patterns according to changing parametres, creating curved or pleated walls. Ploemen combined the resulting forms to design a space where a ..
About a month ago the Rolex Learning Center designed by SANAA opened its doors and we feature it with a great video and some images they shared with us. Now, Iwan Baan sent us this great photoset he made for March’s issue of Domus magazine, where we can see much more of the sloped interiors and some amazing images of the perforated curved concrete+glass volume that gives form to the building. fr..
California-based Forward Design Office shared with us their design for a Monterey Residence in California. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Monterey Residence reinterprets traditional hacienda architecture to create a contemporary design focused around an inner courtyard. The client’s concern for privacy, desire for an ocean view and performance requirements drive the..
Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC Location: Guangzhou, China Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium) Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium) Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France) Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium) Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven This project recently won the civic category at the World Architec..
Steven Holl Architects have won a competition to masterplan the Futian business district in Shenzhen, China. Steven Holl Architects’ design for the competition included four towers connected by a horizontal linking structure. The firm was awarded the design of the overall master plan, while the tower designs (not pictured here) were won by Morphosis, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Atelier FCJZ, Hans Hollein..
Architects: ACXT Location: Boroa, Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Spain Project Architects: Javier Pérez Uribarri, Xabier Aparicio Ortega Client: AIC Fundation Project Team: Jose Cavallero, Nuno Lobo, Roberto Fdez De Gamboa, Roberto Aparicio, Cristina Lamikiz, Oscar Costa, Marc Rips, Jose Cavallero, Nuno Lobo, Fernado Ortega, Marina Duran, Oscar Malo, Arrate Achalandobaso, Ziortza Bardeci, Francisco ..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos Location: Desierto de los Leones, Mexico DF, Mexico Project Leader: Derek Dellekamp Project Team: Honore Carmona, Fernando Valencia, Horacio Merediz, Omar Chavez Godoy Program: Single Family House Constructed Area: 130 sqm Project Year: 2002-2003 Photographs: Dellekamp arquitectos This 130m2 house is located on a rural area adjacent to Mexico City. Built with a ..
The main carcass and legs of the sideboard are crafted using American black walnut whilst the doors are formed using a mixture of walnut, oak, ash, poplar and sapele solid wood lamination’s. In today’s throwaway society it has never been more important to reuse and recycle materials. My “Neapolitan” range of furniture does exactly this. By utilising what most furniture manufacturers would consid..
