Architect: Bates Masi Architects Location: Amagansett, NY, USA Client: Private Structural Engineer: Steven L. Maresca Contractor: Paul Cassidy Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Christopher Wesnofske In many ways, a small house can be more luxurious than a large one because of the casual simplicity it affords. The owners of this little retreat in the dunes appreciated the lifestyle their quirky but..
Parisian architect Pascal Grasso has installed a temporary, transportable restaurant on the roof of Le Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris. The structure features a dining room for twelve people with a panoramic view over the Seine and the Eiffel tower. The restaurant comprises a glass cabin and a perforated metal screen covering the central cooking area. Coloured LED lighting is placed between the ..
The Paraty House by Marcio Kogan Architects Paraty House’s two reinforced concrete boxes, sit atop each other, connected on the mountainside of one of the islands of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis (between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), like two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. The building projects outward from the mountain, almost onto the..
Architects: al bordE - David Barragan y Pascual Gangotena Location: Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador Client: Sra. Carla Flor Technical Advisor: Arq. Bolivar Romero, Rammed Earth specialist Contractor: Sr. Miguel Ramos Site area: 5.000 sqm Constructed area: 180 sqm Project year: 2007 Construction year: 2007?2008 Photographs: Raed Gindeya, Pascual Gangotena, David Barragan The wish to set up, the search fo..
Architects: Irisarri + Piñera / Jesús Irisarri Castro & Guadalupe Piñera Location: Pontevedra, Spain Structural Collaborator: Antonio Reboreda Martínez Technical Architect: Sandra Valverde Concrete & Structure: CHS – Construcciones Hnos. Sanz S.L. Domotic: Indomotika Sistemas y Comunicaciones, S.L. Project year: 2004-2006 Photographs: Manuel Gonzalez Vicente, Jesús Irisarri & Angel Baltanás Our ..
London practice Amanda Levete Architects have completed the facade of an office building off Oxford Street in London. Work on 10 Hills Place is now complete. Amanda Levete Architects has harnessed high quality ship hull technology to create an ingenious sculptural facade for a new office building just off London’s Oxford Street. Lack of daylight in the narrow streets around this major retail art..
Architect: Bates Masi Architects Location: East Hampton, NY, USA Client: Private Structural Engineer: Steven L. Maresca Landscape: Coen & Partners Contractor: Robert Padden Company & Brian Mannix Builder Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Michael Moran Photography This residence is primarily used when the clients’ extended family comes from England for long visits. They come to relax and to reconne..
Architects: Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos Location: Várzea Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil Architects in Charge: Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz Coordinator: Renata Davi Collaborators: Adriana Junqueira, Ana Paula Barbosa, Fernanda Alpiste Trainees: Paloma Delgado, Luciana Muller Structure: Catuta Engenharia Contractor: Construtora Linic Site Area: 6,344 ..
Authors:Maurizio Angelini / Sebastián Espinoza / Benjamín Oportot Project: 2002 Construction: 2003 Location:Coelemu, Bío-Bío Region, Chile Structural Engineer:Ignacio Vial / Oscar Buzeta Construction:Jorge Carrasco Materials: Concrete / Steel / Wood / Stone Nestled into a forest of Australian mimosa trees, a small family chapel designed by 57 Studio provides a quiet and serene place for religiou..
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps Location: Albertslund, Denmark Client: Freja Ejendomme A/S Constractor: N. H. Hansen og Søn A/S Construction Engineer: Jørgen Nielsen A/S Engineering, Electricity & Plumbing: Jens-Peter Madsen ApS Landscape: Svend Kierkegaard A/S Site Area: 875 sqm Construction Area: 408 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Adam Mørk Architectural Concept Community Centre H..
