The T House is located in Israel in a suburb of Tel Aviv. The lot is 750 Meters Sq. On it are two single family house sharing a central courtyard and pool. The houses are shared by two sisters and their families. Structure: All vertical structure (columns) are steel except the west wall which is sheer concrete – 12 meters high – to resist earthquakes. The house, having no walls on the east side ..
Architect: Li Xiaodong/atelier Location: Pinghe, Fujian, China Project Area: 240 sqm Budget: RMB650,000 Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Li Xiaodong Located at a remote village, Fujian Province in China, the project does not only provides a physical function – a school + a bridge, but also presents a spiritual centre. The main concept of the design is to enliven an old community (the village..
Architect: Vector Architects Location: Hefei, China Client: CR Land Design-partner-in-charge: Gong Dong Project Architect: Jiajun Chen, Qun Sun Structural/Mechanical Engineer: Huanyu Design Institute, Hefei Project Area: 900 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Shuhe Photo & Vector Architects Like many other cities in China, Hefei is undergoing a rapid transformation. The original urban fabric wa..
Spanish practice XPIRAL shared with us this nice urban residence in a very narrow site in Murcia, Spain. With a very tight budget, they decided to built a concrete structure house attached to the party walls that creates a central courtyard facing west to the neighbors. from archdaily
Concept: The purpose of the newly-founded chain, nat. fine bio food, is to make fast food healthy, to offer delicious organic food in a timely manner – and this in a contemporary environment. nat. brings together Organic and Lifestyle, and with this follows the increasingly-important LOHAS-Trend (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability). The claim, “nature comes to the city” guided the design con..
autor: Affonso Risi arq. colab.: Willian T. S. Miyagui maquete: Lucas BittarFAUMack fotos: Paulo Risi estrutura: eng. José Luiz Botta de Assis luminotecnia: Espaço Luz paisagismo: Julia Risi e Marina Toscano obra: eng. Lineu Botta de Assis mestre de obras: José Antônio da Silva Publicação Vertentes:arquitetura e design/interiores brasileiros contemporâneos- MAB/FAAP/ Vv.Aa./ novembro de 2008/ pa..
Developed by Alf Naman and currently in construction, HL23 is a 14 floor condominium tower that responds to a unique and challenging site directly adjacent to the High Line at 23rd street in New York's West Chelsea Arts district. Partially impacted by a spur from the elevated tracks that make up the High Line superstructure, the site is 40' (12.20 m) x 99' (30.20 m) at the ground floor. The site..
The Pentagon memorial will be inaugurated tomorrow, 7 years after 9/11. This memorial is the result of a competition won by KBAS Studio, who worked closely with the familiars of the victims. Pre fabrication and computer modelling where vital on the design and construction process of this memorial. More pictures after the architect’s statement. “Like many people, from the moment we witnessed and ..
ROSO has launched a major art installation at Clark Shoes Headquarters in Street Somerset, South England. This was commissioned by Mr Lance Clark and is the first phase of two, of the art work situated in the communal court yard in the heart of Clarks office buildings. Concept The installation itself was developed from a single observation - Light is only seen when reflected. A light beam coming..
B199 Istanbul Residences Architecture: Oncuoglu Architecture-Planning Location: Istanbul, Turkey Client: Zorlu Real Estate Architects: Enis Oncuoglu, Onder Kaya, Cem Altinoz, Cumhur Keskinok Project Team: Ozge Ozden, Sibel Konu, Ebru Aras, Fatih Kaplanoglu Landscape Architecture: Promim (Can Kubin) Project Date: 2008 Gross Land Area: 12.700 m² Gross Construction Area: 74.500 m² Oncuoglu Architec..
