Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us his photographs of a centre for rescued turtles, dolphins and birds in Barcelona by Hidalgo Hartmann Arquitectura. Called CRAM Foundation, the project is situated on a former golf course and makes use of two existing swimming pools plus a former creche building. This refurbished building forms the administrative centre for the complex and also provides a vis..
Architectural photographer Joao Morgado has sent us some images of a house made of glass in Maastricht, Netherlands, designed by Wiel Arets Architects. Called H House, all the internal and external walls are a combination of transparent and opaque glass, however a series of curtains on the interior provide privacy. The building has no structural walls, with a few rectangular columns providing su..
Architects: Studio Mumbai Location: Kashid, Maharashtra, India Principal Architect: Bijoy Jain Project Year: 2005 Photographs: Helene Binet & Studio Mumbai Surrounded by mountains, forests, and the waters of the Arabian Sea, the house is configured around a tropical garden filled with Plumeria, ferns, grasses, bamboo and jasmine. Under the wood framed roof, rooms are loosely arranged around the ..
Austrian architect Stephan Unger designed the Villa San Valentino in Merano-Alto Adige, Italy. Task: Planning of a bi-familiar house on high architectonic level for the cohabitation of 3 generations with common spaces. Idea: To create a monolithic house with common spaces, under whose roof two independent habitation units are unified. Orientation: Considering the orientation of the views. The ea..
Architects: C+C04STUDIO Location: Cagliari, Italy Collaborators: Ing. S.Pusceddu, Ing G.Meloni Contractor: Edilizia Bandini snc Budget: € 400,000 Project Year: 2005 Photographs: Pierluigi Dessì / Confinivisivi The building is located in the hinterland of Cagliari, in one of the smaller towns developed in the 60s and 70s of the twentieth century and lacking in the quality of construction and form..
Architects: Aires Mateus Location: Santo Tirso, Portugal Collaborators: Marco Arraiolos, Anna Bacchetta, Bruna Parro Engineering: AFA Consult Client: Portugal Telecom Constructor: LENA / ABRANTINA Surface Area: 4,700 sqm Built Area: 3,985 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: João Morgado The plot assimilates a sequence of different levels, that can be seen from the higher city, in different point..
BAK Architects have completed the JD House, located in the forest of Mar Azul, in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires. from contemporist
Task: To marry eighty-four years of history by integrating a contemporary, open and functional living space inside a 1924 landmark that overlooks the Rideau Canal. Project Challenge: The starting point for this renovation was a modest Victorian home in poor condition, whose rooms with small windows and dark interior spaces were separated from one another, as was typical of homes built in an era ..
Architects: Arhitektura Krušec Location: Teharje, Slovenia Project Team: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec Collaborators: Matej Nolda, Miha Žargi Client: Municipality of Celje Project Area: 160 sqm Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Miran Kambič The location at the top of a small slope in the middle of the village cemetery is characterised by beautiful panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The arch..
client: The Municipality of Greve Place: Hundige, Denmark Year: Concept development 2003 / Construction periode 2008-2010 Purpose: Culture and sports Surface area: 17,800 sq.ft Commission: Public from cebra
