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 ..
Greg Gehner, the owner of Transit Forge, a metalworking studio in northwestern Pennsylvania, has created the SOLID Table. Greg says: Often, I apply my aesthetic to a found or acquired piece of raw material to suit a function, in this case, furniture. The SOLID table started with the top, which was formed from a large piece of industrial c-channel steel reclaimed from a scrap yard. The focus of m..
The new 300-room, five-star-rated Sheraton Incheon Hotel recently opened in New Songdo City, Korea, offering a new state-of-the-art facility in the heart of a new urban center. HOK provided architectural design, landscape design and sustainable design services for the new 500,000-square-foot, LEED® certified hotel. Adjacent to the city’s new Convention Center, the Northeast Asia Trade Tower and ..
