A luxurious on-ground villa, that offers to its residents the comfort, spaciousness and interior flexibility but yet immobile? Or a limited in space and wavering but at the same time capable of transferring you to any place you want yacht? That could always be the question faced by clients of the luxury leisure sector. Trying to address this issue while simultaneously implementing the know-how a..
The Hespeler Library addition and renovation in the Town of Hespeler, Ontario (now part of Cambridge) wraps a 1922 Carnegie Library in this historically significant textile mill town within an elegant and generous glass case. The new building envelope is contemporary in its materiality with modulated ceramic frit patterns on glass that weave around the building to create varying degrees of trans..
Architect: Verónica Arcos Clients: Rodrigo Arcos, Alejandra Schmidt Location: Santiago de Chile Structural Engenieer: José Manuel Morales Design: 2006 Construction: 2007-2008 Built surface: 220m2 Photographs: Gonzalo Puga Work in progress photographs: Verónica Arcos Chile-based architect Veronica Arcos has completed an angular house in the El Arrayán area of Santiago, Chile. Called Casadetodos, ..
Architects: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL / Einar Jarmund, Hakon Vigsnæs & Alessandra Kosberg Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Design Period: 2001-2003 Construction period: 2003-2005 Collaborators: Anders Granli, Nevzat Vize, Sissil Morseth Gromholt, Thor Christian Pethon, Halina Noach, Harald Lode, Stian Schjelderup Client: Statsbygg / Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction a..
Architects: Barkow Leibinger Architects - Frank Barkow & Regine Leibinger Location: Stuttgart, Germany Design Phase Team: Jason Sandy, Johanna Doherty, Christina Eickmeier, Klaus Reintjes Construction Phase Team: Lukas Weder (Project Architect), Philipp Heidemann, Caspar Hoesch, Christina Möller, Mathias Oliva, Dagmar Pelger, Jason Sandy Project Year: 2006-2008 Constructed Area: 5,400 sqm Client..
Louisiana based Trahan Architects, a firm with expertise in institutional design and religious architecture (check the Holy Rosary Church Complex, remarkable project), recently unveiled conceptual design for the renovation and expansion of the River Center Branch Library. The project stands at the intersection between civic buildings and the city’s arts and entertainment district, overlooking a ..
Copenhagen- and Rotterdam-based architects Powerhouse Company have completed a spiral-shaped extension to a house in Burgundy, France. Called Spiral House, the extension is arranged around a central patio, where visitors enter the structure. A shallow staircase wraps around this central space, leading from a living room and library on the ground floor to two guest rooms on the first floor. Glaze..
The city council of Weilburg, Germany, a dense medieval city, organized a design competition upon the demolition of an existing parking structure. ACME’s terrace design is a contemporary spin on the Baroque terraced-landscape building typology found nearby in the Weilburg Castle Gardens. The form becomes an integrated part of the landscape, allowing the project to blend into the surrounding cont..
Architects: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects Location: Leiden, The Netherlands Project Area: 130 sqm building + 60 sqm garden Project year: 2005-2009 Photographer: Marcel van der Burg As the plot does not allow for traditional front or back gardens, the design incorporates open-air spaces within the build structure. The open floor plan with its voids generates exciting views inside the volume and enhanc..
