Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway Location: Papper, Hvaler Islands, Norway Project Team: Reiulf D Ramstad, Anders Tjønneland Site Area: 80 sqm Project Year: 2004-2006 Construction year: 2005-2006 Photographs: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway, Kim Muller, Norway The house is beautifully situated on the top of a hill overlooking the ocean and the horizon, placed in the midst ..
From the street, this Edwardian house might seem unassuming, undeserving of a second glance. From the back, however, the addition to the Trojan House by Jackson Clements Burrows, where three children’s bedrooms are cantilevered above a large living space, is anything but ordinary. The entire addition is wrapped in a seamless wooden skin that conceals any obvious openings. Windows, covered by shu..
Architects: x Architekten Location: St. Oswald, Austria Client: Golf und Tourismusforderung Contractor: Passivhaus Constructed Area: 757 sqm Project Year: 2003-2004 Photographs: Dietmar Tollerian The golf course as an integrated design landscape and topography nestles up to the soft downs of the Muhlviertel. The club house merges with the landscape and integrates consistently into the natural su..
Rome architects AKA Architetti have won a competition to design a television and learning centre in Italy with this design, entitled Digital Origami. The design will be built in the former Italcitrus packaging plant in Reggio Calabria, Italy. The complex will comprise television and audio-visual productionfacilities, as well as exhibition spaces for temporary installationsand film festivals. The..
Architects: SARC Architects Location: Joensuu, Finland Building Owner: Senaatti-kiinteistöt User: The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Forest Research Institute Building consultant: ISS Proko Oy (Engel Rakennuttamispalvelut Oy) Constructed Area: 7,650 sqm Project Year: 2004 Photographs: SARC Architects The construction of The Finnish Forest Research Institutes (METLA) new building to a..
american firm morphosis architects created a futuristic design for the taipei performing arts center. within walking distance of the lively shilin night market, the historic cixian temple, and the zhongshan north green boulevard, as well as the TRTS jiantan station and major roadways, the taipei performing arts center anchors a round-the-clock cultural axis. the architecture becomes, by virtue o..
La Capital, a restaurant designed by architects Dellekamp, opened in Mexico City this week. The tall, narrow building has a glass facade at street level, below a patterned screen and opaque concrete facade concealing the entertainment venue above. Photographs by Iwan Baan. Here’s some text from Dellekamp: – La Capital 2008 La Capital has infused a modern twist on the cantina while evoking its sp..
Italian architects Massimo Mariani have completed the company headquarters for software company Cabel Industry in Empoli, near Florence, Italy. The building has two storeys above ground, with exhibition spaces in the basement. The area around the building has been excavated to admit light to the lower level. Three bridges span the gap, which contains a public lawn. The structure is made of pre-c..
Architect: Pedevilla Architekten Location: St. Lorenzen, Italy Project Team: Armin Pedevilla, Kurt Egger Project type: Town Hall Client: Community of St. Lorenzen Constructed Volume: 8,500 m³ Budget: US $3.7 M Project Year: 2007 Energy Consumption: 5,5 kWh/m²a Photographs: Armin Pedevilla, Günter Wett St. Lorenzen is a small community in South Tyrol, an area of the Italian Alps that lies near th..
“AIKI”, the entry by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd, has taken first prize in the architectural competition arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Finnish Embassy building in Tokyo. The winner was announced by Mikko Paaso, Director for Real Estates, at an event to publicize the competition results held at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on March 13. The event was attended by ..
