As we shared earlier this week, the Desiging in Teheran international competition urged designers to creatively rethink the potential a retail area can have upon an evolving metropolis (Grzegorz Witold Woronowicz’s won as we reported earlier on AD). Giuseppe Iodice’s proposal placed third as it aimed to create an architecture that ”would investigate a social, political, cultural function and bec..
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..
Ladderstile House: 현대 건축의 경이로움래더스타일 하우스(Ladderstile House)는 리치먼드 파크(Richmond Park) 인근, 래더스타일 게이트(Ladderstile Gate) 옆에 위치한 뛰어난 현대적 가족 주택입니다. 이 집은 모던한 디자인과 지속 가능한 요소들이 아름답게 어우러져 독특하고 친환경적인 생활 공간을 제공하고 있습니다. 디자인 개념 현대적 중정 주택 래더스타일 하우스는 중심에 조경된 중정을 배치하고, 사이트 주변에 위성 중정을 배치한 디자인을 특징으로 합니다. 건물의 각 볼륨은 하루 종일 자연광을 최대한 활용하도록 배열되었습니다. 유리, 천공된 강철, 나무 스크린을 통해 외부 공간과 다양한 시각적 연결을 제공합니다. 나무 빔 그리드 부지는 큰 노출된 나무 빔으..
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..
