Architects: Suppose design office Location: Hiro, Kure city, Hiroshima, Japan Site Area: 78.34 sqm Building Area: 37.39 sqm Total Floor Area: 66.46 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano The site is located in a shopping district alongside the main highway, a harsh place to satisfy the demands of a client desiring a home with bright gardens. There are no outdoor gardens here, so we d..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Caparica, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Marco Roque Antunes, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro Project year: 2000- 2003 Construction year: 2004- 2007 Constructed area: 640 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Projectos e Estudos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: Telmo Miller This is the second project for the urbanization of ..
Architects: XTEN Architecture Location: Manhattan Beach, California, USA Principals: Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly, AIA Client: Jennifer & Nick Hall Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Art Gray Photography The Surfhouse appears as an abstract block of ebonized cedar a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach. The site is very small. While typical lots in the area measure 120′ x 40′, t..
Architects: Johnston Marklee & Associates Location: Pacific Palisades, California, USA Project year: 2004 Project Architects: Mark Lee, Sharon Johnston AIA, Jeff Adams, Mark Rea Baker Project team: Diego Arraigada, Brennan Buck, Michelle Cintron, Daveed Kapoor, Anne Rosenberg, Anton Schneider Developer: Lucas Ma (President, Markee LLC) Client: Chan Luu Contractor: Hinerfeld-Ward, Inc. Structural..
Envisioned as a home that will accommodate a family as it grows, and play host to friends and extended family, the ideas that inform the design of the house were developed through an unusual process — The family, including their children, all actively participated in design meetings with the team from Dick Clark Architecture. Critical decisions were vetted among the group and decided by vote, wi..
Architect: Manuel Ocana Arquitectos Location: Calle Pelayo, Madrid, Spain Collaborators: Roberto Gonzalez Garcia, Maja Frackowiack, Michael Rabold y Sebastian Camacho (ground painting) Project year: 2005-2006 Promotor: Benedicta Uria Contractor: Manuel Ocana Constructed Area: 67 sqm Budget: $75,000 EURO (US $104,775) Photographs: Miguel de Guzman construction process This is a project where one ..
Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres Location: Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares Project Year: 2005-2007 Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero The plot, where this housing is situated, is the result of dividing an original state. It adopts the form of an irregular polygon of four sides, presents a light slope and has a surface of 13.357 sqm. The plot borders ..
The concept for Line of Work is inspired by the “ripple effect” or more specifically the notion that single elements working together can become more than the sum of their parts. The sculpture is composed of a changing series of individual elements that together create a giant wave-form that reaches out towards the sea. The elements grow in both size and reach along the edge of a pedestrian path..
Architects: x Architekten Location: Ebelsberg, Austria Client: Mrs. and Mr. Seebacher Construction: Mixed Structure Constructed Area: 215 sqm Project Year: 2004-2007 Photographs: Max Nirnberger Task: The existing building from the 1920s proved itself valuable to the client mainly due to the surrounding garden landscape. Nevertheless, there was the aim to create more space and living quality whic..
Architects: BIG Architects Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Architect: Jakob Lange Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Manager: Jan Borgstrøm Construction Manager: Henrick Poulsen Contributors: Annette Jensen, Dariusz Bojarski, Dennis Rasmussen, Eva Hviid-Nielsen, Joao Vieira Costa, Jørn Jensen, Karsten V. Vestergaard, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Leon Rost, Loui..
