Architects: Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden architects + urbanistes Location: Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada Principal in charge: Bruce Haden Project Architect: Brady Dunlop Project Team: Norm Hotson, Stephanie Forsythe, Tina Hubert, Julie Bogdanowicza Project year: 2006 Site Area: 1,600 acre Constructed Area: 1,115 sqm Materials: Rammed Earth, Concrete, Bluestain Pine Cladding Structural Engine..
Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Zapallar, Chile Collaborators: Rodrigo Rojas, Davor Pavlovic, Baltazar Sanchez y Tomas Swett Project year: 2006-2008 Structural Engineering: Alfonso Larrain Photographs: Enrique Browne construction process A group of social housing was built for local families in the traditional resort town of Zapallar, in the Central Coast of Chile. T..
Japanese architect Teruhiro Yanagihara of Isolation Unit has completed a hair salon in Osaka. The salon, for Japanese chain LIM, features individual rooms for each of six stylists. Photos are by Takumi Ota. See our earlier story about Isolation Unit’s Climie hair salon for LIM. Here’s some info from Isolation Unit: – The spacious salon with an area of 247 square metres is composed of six scatter..
El pabellón está elevado sobre tres núcleos estructurales y de comunicación liberando el espacio de planta baja para crear una plaza y ceder un espacio libre al conjunto de la expo. A esa plaza se superponen cuatro niveles. Inicialmente se construyen únicamente dos, para la exposición, durante la cual funcionará el pabellón de Aragón. Para su uso posterior, como departamento del Gobierno de Arag..
Architects: Charles Pictet Architecte FAS SIA Location: Frontenex, France Collaborator: Philippe Le Roy, Architecte EPFZ Engineering: Jean Regad, Geneve Project Year: 2004-2006 Photographs: Francesca Giovanelli The construction is located on an old property that comprises several high-quality buildings, among which an orangery dating from the early 19th century. The project includes the building..
Architects: Garduno Arquitectos - Juan Garduno, Ernesto Flores, Ricardo Guzman, Daniel Banda Location: Polanco, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Project year: 2008 Site Area: 1,100 sqm Constructed Area: 6,300 sqm Structural Design: Diseno y Supervision S.C. Contractor: BICYQ Construcciones Photographs: Sofocles Hernandez, Paul Czitrom The lot was located in a difficult area, originally classified as hig..
Por su ubicación respecto de las áreas industriales y químicas del entorno, que no permiten un uso residencial, el edificio rehabilitado de una antigua serrería alberga ahora un taller de arquitectura. El proyecto recupera el edificio conservando su estructura y cerramiento perimetral. La rehabilitación se materializa en dos tratamientos diferentes para el interior y el exterior. El exterior val..
Architects Coop Himmelb(l)au have completed a visual and performing arts high school in Los Angeles, USA. The campus is comprised of seven buildings: four classroom buildings, a library, a cafeteria and a professional performing arts theatre. The comprehensive high school will accommodate about 1,800 students, organised into four academies. Here’s some more information from Coop Himmelb(l)au: – ..
An exhibition of work by french designer Matali Crasset called Living Wood is on show at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris, France. Pieces include furniture that consists of orange leather seats arranged on a block of wood, and an animation entitled Spring City. The exhibition continues until 10 January. The following information is from Matali Crasset: – LIVING WOOD Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is pl..
Here are some more images of the Welcome Back bus designed by Héctor Serrano Studio, Miñarro García and Javier Esteban, which won second prize in the New Bus For London competition last week. See our previous story for details of the other winners. Lighting in the entrance platform at the back of the vehicle alerts boarding or alighting passengers when the bus is about to move. The bus is compac..
