The Library is a resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where designer Tirawan Songsawat created a minimalist structure while intruding as little as possible on the site by building around old-growth trees. Guests may lose themselves among vegetation interspersed with artwork and statuary, contrasting a colour scheme in which white, red, black and grey predominate: the Library’s exterior is white, the s..
Finnish architects Anssi Lassila and Teemu Hirvilammi of Lassila Hirvilammi with Jani Jansson of Luonti have completed this slate-clad church with a separate steeple in Jyväskylä, Finland. Called Kuokkala Church, the project has a laminated wood structure and the interior is finished with spruce, ash and lime wood. The church is adjacent to a market square and has a wide granite stairway to lead..
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Architects: Henning Larsen Architects Location: Frederiksberg, Denmark Client: Copenhagen Business School Project Area: 3,800 sqm Project Year: 2005-2009 Photographs: Kontraframe The new study universe at the CBS Campus – formerly home of the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory in Frederiksberg – is the result of Henning Larsen Architects winning 1st prize in an invited competition. The assig..
Robles Architects have sent us a recently completed project, the ISEAMI House in Playa Carate, Península de Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. ISEAMI concept eradicates in the education and awareness of its occupants and its community,that will be capable tolearn about sustainable living thru its spatial living. The house promises a responsible approach to the nature of its location, Peninsula de Osa,..
Architects: Davide Macullo Architects Location: Lumino, Switzerland Project Architects: Davide Macullo, Marco Strozzi Design collaborator: Michele Alberio Works supervision: Ennio Maggetti Structural engineer: Ingenere Andreotti & Partners Building engineer: IFEC Consulenza SA Client: Cristina e Curzio De Gottardi Site area: 497 sqm Building area: 133 sqm Total floor area: 221 sqm Project Year: ..
Architects: Aboday Architects Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Principal: Ary Indra, Rafael David, Johansen Yap Principal in Charge: Ary Indra Team Member: Rafael David, Johansen Yap, Armeyn Ilyas, Wahid Annasir Lighting Consultant: PT. Litac Structure Engineer: In house PT. Dwamitra Mechanical & Electrical Consultant: Team Deni_N21 Contractor: PT. Batu Kali Site Area: 542 sqm Building Coverage: 275..
Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Richard Hardy has shared with us his short film imagining an autonomous, artificially intelligent, sustainable city Click on the symbol in the bottom right of the video player above to view the movie in full-screen HD. The city would adapt to its natural environment and derive energy from available renewable resources. In The Transcendent City, Hardy envi..
Architects: Paul Kaloustian Location: Gemayze, Beirut, Lebanon Client: Joe Mourani Project Area: 140 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Paul Kaloustian Located in the iconic night life district of Beirut, the MYU bar/restaurant inhabits an old small liquor factory. The design concept is based on creating 2 separate spaces of bar and restaurant defined by 2 vaults different in scale. These vaults which..
This is a summer beach house in the resort community of the Pines on Fire Island New York. The typology of the homes in the Pines is recognizable to anyone who has visited an East Coast Shoreline resort town. It is a builder- driven typology reflecting the pragmatism of the inhabitants of these coastal communities. Almost always the “good sense” pragmatism that allows these homes to be built aff..
