Architects: Arhitektid Muru&Pere Location: Suurupi village, Estonia Project Team: Urmas Muru, Peeter Pere, Anna -Maria Erik Interior Design: Kaido Kivi Site Area: 1,264 sqm Project Area: 320 sqm Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Tarvo Varres Bit by bit have extra rooms been added to the one-storey private house, designed in 1998 and built in 1999. In the first phase the house was a simple woo..
Architect: Elding Oscarson Location: Landskrona, Sweden Structural Engineer: Konkret Builder: Skånebygg Gross Floor Area: 125 sqm Construction Cost: 280,000 Euro Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman The narrow site is sandwiched between very old neighboring buildings in Landskrona, Sweden. Since mid 20th century it has been empty, waiting behind a wooden fence. It is only 5 meters w..
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. Called Anansi Playground Building, the pavilion splits the playground in two. One side is used by teenagers, the other by young children. The interior is divided into three separate playrooms featuri..
Mar Azul is a seaside town at 400km south of Buenos Aires, characterized for his large dune beach and his leafy coniferous forest. The owners, has chosen a field in the forest with a challenging topography, away from the sea and from the most lived zone, to construct a cottage without loosing the important presence of the landscape. The proposal With the experience of a constructed house in the ..
French architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau shared with us the Rennes Metropole Museum by french architects Guinée et Potin. The project is the result of a competition held in 2006 for an Eco Museum, and it includes exhibition spaces, reception and administrative offices, wrapped in a wooden skin. from archdaily
The Baltimore, Maryland based Ziger/Snead Architects designed the River House, located on the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The house is divided into three components: the main house, the guest quarters, and a multi-purpose level. By divorcing the primary skin of the house from the steel structure, large sliding glass doors could be used as the only barrier between interior and exterior. As a ..
Architects: Carlos Castanheira & Clara Bastai, Arqtos Lda. Location: Gerês, Portugal Collaborators: Pedro Carvalho, João Figueiredo (3D) Engineering: HDP, Gabinete de serviços e projectos de engenharia civil, Lda. / CONCILIARUM, Projectos e soluções de engenharia, Lda. Carpentry & General Contractor: Carpicunha madeiras Lda. Copper Works: ASA, Antonio Sousa Alves Lda. Metal Works: Val e Quintão ..
Architects: Razan Text & Context Location: Tehran, Iran Principals: Alireza Taghaboni & Parisa Alimohamadi Constructed Area: 300 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Razan Text & Context We had suggested a house to a friend: “we will make you a home; fitting the best friend”. He didn’t wait for something special; a normal villa, just safe and out of harm’s way, as possible as it could. Municipali..
Morphosis Architects is currently completing a massive project in Shanghai: The Headquarters and offices for Giant Group, including residence for the chairman & all Giant Group employees, hotel, training center and clubhouse, with a total of 258,300 sqf (23,996 sqm). Thom Mayne’s architecture has pushed building techniques in order to take his organics form to reality, and I think that the best ..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Navarra, Spain Project manager: Daniel Galar Irurre, architect Rigger: Pacho Jiménez Structure: Tadeo Errea- LANDABE Engineer: Luis Miguel Navarro Lighting: Anton Aman - ALS LIGHTING Facades: VITROCSA Client: Restaurante Marisol Project year: 2007 Photographs: Vaillo + Irigaray The organizational scheme is due to simil..
