Architect: OFIS arhitekti Location: Bled, Slovenia DesignYear: 2001 Construction years: 2001-2005 Strcutural Engineer: Elea IC d. o. Mechanical Engineer: Celarc d. o. o. Electrical Engineer: IPE d. o. o. Constructed Area: 1,200 sqm (residential area); 150 sqm (garages); 20,000 sqm (site area) Budget: 2.5 M EURO (US $3.85 M) Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric The project involves an extension of a 19th-..
Architects: Pb Elemental Architecture Location: Seattle, Washington, US Contractor: Lead Construction Landscape: Volz Landscaping Interior Design: Modern Dwelling, LLC Constructed Area: 1.688 sqft (156.8 sqm) Design Period: 60 days Construction year: 2008 Photographs: Pb Elemental Architecture The project includes 1688 sf of living space, one car garage, driveway, and green space on a small lot ..
A new branch of the Swedish Museum of Modern Art in Malmö. Public opening on December 26th 2009. Moderna Museet Malmö is the first branch of the main museum in Stockholm. The former Electricity Station dating from 1900 and once the Rooseum gallery, has been refurbished to meet international museum standards. Seen from the exterior a new extension marks the arrival of the new museum. The extensio..
Architects: Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes, Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Project Team: Renata Davi, Monica Harumi Coordinator: Dante Furlan Structural Project: OPPEA Electrical and Hydraulics Projects: Ramoska & Castellani Construction: Marcelo Szprynger Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Fran Parente The program asked by the client was a commercial space, which would be t..
Architects: AFGH Location: CH-7557 Vna, GR, Switzerland Project year: 2006-2007 Construction year: 2006-2007 Client: Eva Presenhuber Planners: Jon Andrea Konz Budget: 900.000 CHF (US $866.551) Constructed Area: 224 sqm Photographs: Valentin Jeck This holiday house is located in the middle of the village of Vna in the Lower Engadine. The particular challenge of the project was to bridge the divid..
Architect Ben Naqoka of Point has completed an installation featuring plywood archways at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. Called Labyrinth of Woods, the wooden profiles branch out lower down to form extra display stands and include arms forming chandeliers where several sections meet. The installation opened last week and will remain in place until 10 July 2010. More Dezeen stor..
Architect: Eduardo Berlin Razmilic Location: Las Condes, Santiago, Chile Client: Withheld Technical Advisors: Eduardo Valenzuela, Gonzalo Santolaya, Juan Grimm Site Area: 1.600 sqm Constructed Area: 600 sqm + terraces Project year: 2005 Construction year: 2006 - 2008 Main Materials: Nude Concrete, Stone & Glass Photographs: Sebastian Sepulveda & Eduardo Berlin Through an unconventional implantat..
The task was the construction of a guests house and a house of games to give support to the main house located in Calera de Tango. The programme requested to have two bedrooms each one with bathroom, one kitchen / bar and a visits bathroom, plus a living area that should include a pool table and a games table. The house should have a maximum area of 100 square metres The land, a 4.5 hectares ten..
Location: Rua da Velosa, 121, Carreço, Viana do Castelo, Portugal Preliminary Design: 2000; Final Design: 2001 Construction: 2002-2005 Architecture: Nuno Grande (1966) and Pedro Gadanho (1968) Collaborators: Rita Cantante, Cristina Silva, Mariana Martins, Matilde Seabra Engineering: NEWTON, Consultores de Engenharia, LDA (Structural); ENGILIMA, Projectistas e Consultores, LDA (Water and Sewage N..
Beginning in Sydney, Australia three years ago, Earth Hour has grown into a global observance. States, large organizations and individual people observed Earth Hour 2010 on Saturday March 27th, as homes, office towers and landmarks turned off their lights for an hour starting at 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions. These ..
