Australian design firm Carr Design Group have completed a modular house in Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. Called Modular House, the residence comprises two buildings, each arranged along a spine housing all services. The main building contains the living room, dining room, kitchen, study, storage and bedrooms, connected by glazed walkways. Split-level timber decking joins this building to the gue..
Architects: Anttinen Oiva Architects Location: Helsinki, Finland Project Manager: Vesa Oiva Collaborators: Jussi Kalliopuska, Selina Anttinen, Antti Lehto Building services consultant: Aila Puusaari, DI, Pˆyry Building Services Oy Construction-engineering consultant: Sami Lampinen, DI, WSP Finland Oy Library consultants: Irma Pasanen, office chief, Library of Helsinki University of Technology / ..
Ferrari Factory Store of Serravalle Scrivia, entirely designed by Iosa Ghini Associates, is located outside McArthur Glen Outlet in Serravalle Scrivia. For the first time in the history of Ferrari Stores an entire building has been designed to accommodate the store. The building enjoys a privileged position as one of the first structures of the Outlet visible from the main parking area and acces..
Assimilation to surroundings The residence aims for a synthesis between the indoor and the outdoor space. The outdoor space is more or less embraced, creating subtle transitions. The living room has been deliberately raised by 80 centimetres, which creates a direct relationship with the magnificently wide view. The different levels within the house subtly interact with the central staircase, wit..
LOCATION: Santa Monica, California ARCHITECT: John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects CONTRACTOR: Anthony Bonomo FLOOR AREA: 4,300 s.f. (includes 2-car garage) The King Residence is a 4,300 square foot single family residence located in the Sunset Park section of Santa Monica, a neighborhood originally developed to house workers from the World War II era McDonnell Douglas Airplane Factory. About one..
Los Angeles-based architect Marcelo Spina of architectural practice Patterns has completed an art gallery on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. Called PRISM, the project is a three-storey gallery space designed to showcase work by new artists. The building incorporates exhibition space, film-viewing and lecture areas, and a bookshop. The facade is made of a polycarbonate resin-based composite, which..
Architect: Produkcija 004 Location: Osijek, Croatia Client: City of Osijek and Panteon d.o.o. Project architects: Davor Katušic Project team: Venko Ćurlin, Robert Franjo, Ivana Senjak, Mirko Buvinić, Maja Furlan Zimmermann Construction: Studio Arhing, Borivoj Pojatina; P&D, Hrvoje Petrovic Installation: Mario Josipović; Renato Majcunić; Nenad Šutevski Project area: 14,200 sqm Budget: 10 mi..
Architects: Longhi Architects Location: Punta Misterio, Peru Principal in Charge: Luis Longhi Project Architect: Christian Bottger Project Manager: Carla Tamariz Collaborators: Hector Suasnabar, Ysa Jamis Construction: Longhi Architects / Hector Suasnabar Project year: 2006-2008 Constructed Area: 530 sqm Photographs: CHOlon Photography Conceived as the place where the arid Peruvian desert meets ..
Architects: KHR arkitekter AS Location: Jyllinge, Denmark Project year: 2001-2008 Client: Jyllinge Minighedsrad Constructed Area: 800 sqm The church of the holy cross was conceived as part of the landscape around Jyllinge. With its glass facade facing the fjord and a “fishing net” dividing the space of the church, the design clearly takes the history of the place seriously. A good place to build..
It comes as a shock to discover one of the Bay Area’s most riveting examples of recent architecture is not the work of international highfliers imported to San Francisco and its environs to rev up the local landscape. To be sure, Bay Area architects have long held their own with a calmly cool regional Modernism. But with current media hoopla, cultural institutions by Herzog & de Meuron, Renzo Pi..
