Istanbul-based outfit Nuvist Architecture & Design have shared with us their entry to the Izmir Opera House Competition. Art has a great role in showing what happens in human beings' life. Soul, intelligence and the emotions are the reflections of the community, and Art forms the social identities of communities. It also shows us the difference between the various social identities. Global influ..
Chinese architects NHDRO have transformed this disused Japanese army headquarters in Shanghai into a hotel, maintaining the building’s stripped concrete and brick walls while adding a new Corten steel extension on the roof. The Waterhouse hotel has nineteen rentable rooms spread over four storeys and a roof-terrace looking onto the neighbouring Huangpu River. Existing features like exposed concr..
NOVAE Architecture has been recently selected as one of the 10 Young Italian Architects under 35 at the “Architects Meet at Fuori Biennale”, for the Venice Biennale. For the event, they presented their project “Teritorial Dissonances”. More images and architect’s description after the break. The theme of the urban border (social, cultural and physical )apparent inherent identity with the attitud..
Widjedal Racki Bergerhoff Architects have designed the Casa Barone in Ingarö-Evlinge, Sweden. An existing summer house on a steep continues slope was the starting point for this project. The old house sat in the middle of the property leaving only unusable narrow and highly sloping ground around it. A main issue was therefore to regain the property and to create flat areas with good sun conditio..
Studio H:T have designed the Fractured residence in Boulder, Colorado. The project creates spatial experience from the fracture implied by splayed property lines. The resulting volumetric fissure of the building mass organizes the horizontal circulation and creates the space of the stair cavern. The fracture also serves as a connector between the two entries of the long narrow dwelling, thus rem..
Architects: Aboday Architects Location: Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang, Indonesia Project Team: Ary Indra, Rafael David, Johansen Yap, Wahid Annasir, Armeyn Ilyas Structure Consultant: Prijasembada M & E Consultant: Darwan Landscape: Hagani Flora Contractor: Sabar Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Happy Lim This 2 storey house is located in Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang. Part of a new gated housing..
Project Title: Chalon Residence Status: Completed 2009 Project Type: Residential Building Type: Renovation Size: 10,000SF Location: Los Angeles, CA from belzbergarchitects
Photographer Luke Hayes has sent us a selection of photos of the MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts in Rome by architect Zaha Hadid. The 27,000 square metre centre is Italy’s first national public museum of comtemporary arts and features two museums – MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture. All photos here are copyright Luke Hayes and used with permission. Please see our copyright notice. S..
Architect: al bordE / Pascual Gangotena Location: Machachi, Ecuador Client: Iñigo Salvador Technical Advisor: Bolívar Romero, Rammed Earth Specialist Builder: al bordE, Pascual Gangotena & Miguel Ramos Infographics: al bordE, David Barragán & Esteban Benavides Constructed Area: 61.95 sqm Design Year: 2006 Building Year: 2007 Photographs: Pascual Gangotena & Iñigo Salvador He requires a shelter t..
Location: Urbanización Roncesvalles. C/ Roncesvalles, 33 Galapagar, Madrid Architects: SUBARQUITECTURA ( Andrés Silanes + Fernando Valderrama + Carlos Bañón) Design years: 2007 Construction: 2008 – 2010 Structural design: Subarquitectura Building services: Daniel Rodriguez Client: Arco Design and Projects Surface area: 385 m2 Photographs: David Frutos Ruiz This house by Spanish architects Subarq..
