French architects O-S created this temporary installation at Hotel Saint-Côme in Montpellier, as part of the Festival des Architectures Vives 08. The installation is made of cardboard boxes, as you can see. Here’s some info from the architects: – This small scale temporary project underlines and sublimates the intimate character of the Hotel Saint-Côme’s courtyard, emblem of the 18th century arc..
Architect: Pilar García A., Carolina Portugueis W., Martín Labbé P. Location: Zapallar, V Región, Chile Contractor: Belco S.A. Structure: Joel Contreras Site area: 5,000 sqm Built area: 396 sqm Project Year: 2006 Construction Year: 2007 Building materials: Concrete, Stone, Wood Photographs: Carolina Portugueis, Martin Labbe The house is located in the north hillside of Zapallar’s bay, on the c..
Architects: German del Sol Location: Provincia de Última Esperanza, Magallanes, Patagonia, Chile Project team: José Luis Ibañez G. / Architect, Francisca Schüler M. / Architect, Carlos Venegas / Architect, Rodrigo Arenas P. / Graphics Arts Contractor: Salfa, Punta Arenas Constructed Area: 5,213.46 sqm Project year: 2004 - 2005 Construction year: 2004 - 2005 The inspiration The inspiration are ..
Architect: Erick Van Egeraat Program: Educational building for vocational education, including sports facilities Location: Doetinchem, Netherlands Client: Stichting CoVoa, Doetinchem Constructed Area: 16.400sqm Construction start: 2004 Completion: 2006 Structures: ABT-C, Delft Landscape: Poldergast, Polsbroek The new Metzo College, located in Doetinchem, a City in the East of the Netherlands, ho..
Architects: Alejandro Beals, Christian Beals Location: Lago Rupanco, Region de los Lagos, Chile Design Year: 2004-2005 Construction Year: 2005-2006 Collaborator: Loreto Lyon Structure: Patricio Stagno Contractor: Nicolas Aranguiz, Mauricio Carrasco Site Area: 5,000 sqm Constructed Area: 280 sqm The house is located on the edge of lake Rupanco, in the south of Chile. The 160 x 30 meters site has ..
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are some images of Symbiotic Villa, a house designed by Zaha Hadid for the Next-Gene 20 project in Taiwan. The project has invited ten international architects and ten Taiwanese architects to design houses. More info and images in our earlier story. The project was launched in Venice last week during the architecture biennale.
Architects: Ecosistema Urbano - blog - Belinda Tato, Jose Luis Vallejo, Diego García-Setién Location: Pau de Vallecas, Vial C-91, Madrid, Spain Collaborators: Ignacio Prieto, Maria Eugenia Lacarra, David Delgado, David Benito, Jaime Eizaguirre, Patricia Lucas, Ana López, Asier Barredo, Laura Casas, Fabricio Pepe, Michael Moradiellos Client: Land and Housing Municipal Company, Madrid Council, Dir..
Architects: MMBB Arquitetos Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Architects in charge: Fernando de Mello Franco, Marta Moreira, Milton Braga Project team: Marina Sabino, Marcia Terazaki, Marina Acayaba, Rodrigo Brancher, Thiago Rolemberg Client: Iran do Espirito Santo Project year: 2004-2005 Construction year: 2005-2006 Site Area: 500 sqm Constructued Area: 435 sqm Budget: US $425,000 Structural Engineer..
The Brick Accumulator BY JAZZYTHUMPER The fort unruly, wayward, neglected for hundreds of years stands on the edge of the River Medway, incomplete from years of abuse, more recently teenagers have taken away bricks but the River Medway has always. Wyllie a painter, his house Hoo lodge overlooks the Medway, he used bricks from the fort to repair his dining room. The fort is now distributed across..
