Who: Junichi Sampei/ A.L.X. (ARCHITECT LABEL Xain) What: Single-family residence (2 adults and a child) w/ dance studio Where: Yokohama, Kanagawa When: May 2008 How: Three-story reinforced concrete construction Site Area: 1,093 square feet Construction Area: 634 square feet Total Floor Area: 1,224 square feet/ 1st Fl - 185 sf., 2nd Fl - 609 sf., 3rd Fl - 430 sf from whatwedoissecret
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Dutch architects Cepezed have designed a wind responsive façade for their office building in Utrecht in collaboration with Ned Kahn Studios. The façade is made of a 300 square metre area of stainless steel mesh which holds thin transparent plastic disks. Wind causes the mesh to vibrate and move the disks which ‘ripple and create intricate patterns in the light’. As the disks move, they catch the..
ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies. In this special series of ShowCase features, we are profiling a single project from each of the eight Architectural League's "Emerging Voices", as profiled in our recent feature 3 Questions for 8 Emerging Voices. We are always accepting nomination..
Daniel Libeskind’s recent project, a series of signature prefabricated homes, is a drastic change from his usual commissions. Although a smaller project (5,500 square foot), the residence strongly speaks his language of design with drastic angles, strong geometries and seamless transitions between spaces. In this ever-growing age of prefab dominance, Libeskind’s villas will be able to be shipped..
Architects: AMID (Cero9) / Cristina Díaz Moreno + Efrén García Grinda Location: Jerte Valley, Cáceres, Spain Client: Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, Junta de Extremadura. Program: Cherry Tree Fair and Convention Centre in the Jerte Valley Competition Team: Luis Cabrejas Guijarro, Jorge Saz Semolino, José Quintanar Iniesta, Bruno Gomes, Mireia Luzárraga. Project Team: Jorge Saz Semolino, Alex Mu..
London practice ThreefoldArchitects have completed Ladderstile House, a courtyard house on Richmond Park in London. The house features a heated indoor swimming pool, wine cellars, stables and a large courtyard garden. It even has its own website (run by estate agents), www.ladderstilehouse.co.uk. Whoever buys the house will be able to make use of historic rights to a private gate to the park and..
Architects: Antonio Eraso Co. Location: One Fullerton, Singapore Client: Mr. Loh Lik Peng and Chef Yong Bing Ngen Design Team: Antonio Eraso, Andres Atela, Akira Kita, Narisa C.watananun, Sharon de Guzman General Contractor: Cheng Meng Furniture Co Pte Ltd Electrical Contractor: Emac Pte Ltd M&E Consultant: Bescon Consulting Engineers Pte Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Derek Swalwell Jing is a ..
Architects: TYIN Tegnestue Location: Noh Bo, Tak, Thailand Project team: Pasi Aalto, Andreas Grøntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad, Magnus Henriksen, Line Ramstad, Erlend Bauck Sole Client: Ole Jørgen Edna Program: 6 sleeping units Budget: 68.000 NOK (Approx. 10.000 USD) Project year: November 2008 - February 2009 Photographs: Pasi Aalto TYIN tegnestue is a non-profit organization working humanitar..
Valenciennes, France HUBERT & ROY ARCHITECTS Above ground parking lot with 850 parking places. Valenciennes Hospital Centre. ICADE G3A client’s representative. (maître d'ouvrage délégué) Competition 2003, hand over 2005, complete mission, project underway. Surface area 19 113 m2, construction cost 4 900 000 Euros. Bruno J. Hubert & Michel Roy, architects. ARVAL, associated architects. Thomas Ada..