Daniel Libeskind’s recent project, a series of signature prefabricated homes, is a drastic change from his usual commissions. Although a smaller project (5,500 square foot), the residence strongly speaks his language of design with drastic angles, strong geometries and seamless transitions between spaces. In this ever-growing age of prefab dominance, Libeskind’s villas will be able to be shipped..
Architects: Antonio Eraso Co. Location: One Fullerton, Singapore Client: Mr. Loh Lik Peng and Chef Yong Bing Ngen Design Team: Antonio Eraso, Andres Atela, Akira Kita, Narisa C.watananun, Sharon de Guzman General Contractor: Cheng Meng Furniture Co Pte Ltd Electrical Contractor: Emac Pte Ltd M&E Consultant: Bescon Consulting Engineers Pte Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Derek Swalwell Jing is a ..
Architects: TYIN Tegnestue Location: Noh Bo, Tak, Thailand Project team: Pasi Aalto, Andreas Grøntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad, Magnus Henriksen, Line Ramstad, Erlend Bauck Sole Client: Ole Jørgen Edna Program: 6 sleeping units Budget: 68.000 NOK (Approx. 10.000 USD) Project year: November 2008 - February 2009 Photographs: Pasi Aalto TYIN tegnestue is a non-profit organization working humanitar..
Valenciennes, France HUBERT & ROY ARCHITECTS Above ground parking lot with 850 parking places. Valenciennes Hospital Centre. ICADE G3A client’s representative. (maître d'ouvrage délégué) Competition 2003, hand over 2005, complete mission, project underway. Surface area 19 113 m2, construction cost 4 900 000 Euros. Bruno J. Hubert & Michel Roy, architects. ARVAL, associated architects. Thomas Ada..
No se trata de un barco con un exquisito y amplio interior sino de una plataforma sobre la que se erige toda una edificación. Hace un tiempo crearon el prototipo y vista la viabilidad del proyecto se dedicaron a llevarlo adelante. El resultado: una casa amplia, bonita, cerca de la ciudad y perfectamente anclada. Estas singulares soluciones son perfectas para países en los que el terreno es limit..
Architects: TYIN Tegnestue Location: Min Buri, Bangkok Collaborator: CASE Studio Architects Project team: Pasi Aalto, Andreas Grøntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad, Magnus Henriksen, Erlend Bauck Sole Client: Old Market Community Project: Community house Cost: 27,000 NOK Project year: March 2009 - May 2009 Photographs: Pasi Aalto TYIN tegnestue is a non-profit organization working humanitarian thro..
Ginseng Chicken Architecture, a promising new firm, has proposed a design for the National Wildflower Center in Liverpool. The science center, which provides a variety of activities such as plant production areas and facilities for seed processing, “will inspire people to visit the center to learn about the relationship between nature, mathematics and physics…it will provide an operational hub f..
A museum dedicated to Belgian artist and Tintin author Hergé, designed by Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, opened earlier this month in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (via yatzer). The Musée Hergé is situated in a forest and connected to the city of Louvain-la-Neuve by a footbridge. Large, comic-strip-like bay windows allow natural light to fill the large reception area, from which the four large ex..
René van Zuuk Architekten have completed a pavilion for the pedestrianised central market square at Roosendaal in the Netherlands. The pavilion, built over the entrance to an underground car park, features a rooftop performance area. The pavilion also houses shops and offices. The pavilion and car park are elements of ongoing improvements to the square, which was pedestrianised in 2001. Over the..
This contemporary live / work home in Nikko, Tochigi by architect Japanese Katsutoshi Sasaki artfully balances life’s essentials with a modern aesthetic, all in a compact 1,752-sq.-ft. space. This small but sweet structure houses a single-family home and a hair salon, all within its two-storey frame. The home's slanted-pentagon shape is covered by an innovative roof that extends from the top alo..
