Project: Metamorfosis 1, Renovation of a wooden house Location: Tunquen,Casablanca, Chile Architects: Renewal ( 2008) Jose Ulloa Davet, Delphine Ding Original House (1990): Pedro Salas Construction Supervision: Danio Ulloa Azocar Engineering: Teknoingenieria Ltda Carpenter: Pablo Montoya Project year: 2007-2008 Photographs: Jose Ulloa Davet The project is organized according to a new helical pat..
Multi unit residential block- San Candido, Italy completed 2007 Tetris House is derived from turning very pragmatic parameters into a spatially engaging concept: multiple programmatic demands (five self-contained units, parking space and other covered exterior areas) have initiated two volumes. L-shaped in plan and section they are spatially interwoven as to produce a range of dynamic in-between..
Architect: Camilo Restrepo Arquitectos Location: Madellin, Colombia Collaborators: Juliana Montoya, Lucio Luque, Diana Rodriguez, Jorge Buitrago Constructed Area: 700 sqm Contractor: Juan Carlos Tabares, German Zapata, Juan Gonzalo Sanin Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2008 Photographs: Camilo Restrepo 7 considerations for a house on the andes tropic 1. on the placement The house swims thr..
Hector Peldoza shared with us this set of pictures of the Sametinget parliament by Stein Halvorsen AS and Christian Sundby architects MNA (1998-2000). The Sámi Parliament building is situated on a ridge above the Karasjok town centre, on a noticeable terrace on the hillside, 35 metres above today’s alluvial plain. Surrounding the building is a landscape comprised of pinetrees and natural vegetat..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos / Derek Dellekamp Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project leader: Ignacio Mendez Project team: Jachen Schleich, Pedro Sanchez, Paulina Goycolea Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox Concept * A container that holds every..
Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo. A short animated film about the feedback loops likely to lead to catastrophic climate change, by Leo Murray. The script, with extensive peer-reviewed references and additional information and links, is available at wakeupfreakout.org/ from vimeo by Leo Murray
Architecture photographer Iwan Baan just shared with us a photo set of the latest Herzog & de Meuron building in Spain, the Espacio de las Artes at Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Another H&dM building for Spain, after the Caixa Forum (Madrid) and the Forum building (Barcelona). With over 20,622 sqm, the building includes a public library, a contemporary art museum, the Photography Centre of the Tenerife ..
St. james`s park is the oldest Royal Park in London. Our brief was to create an environment that would challenge notions of existing park cafe, whilst retaining a sense of British tradition. The disign of the building reinforces the natural environment of eht park and the interior focus is on the food. Inn the park represents a new generation of modern organic English cuisine and the interior is..
Architects: X-Architects Location: Dubai marina, Dubai Program: Leisure home Constructed Area: 220 sqm Photographs: X-Architects X-Architects closely collaborated with Leen Vandaele, interior decorator ar￢chitect and design consultant from Squisito, to create a houseboat that in￢ventively combines the nautical lifestyle of relaxation and enjoyment with crisp architectural tectonics. The fundamen..
Architects: Ezzo - Cesar Machado Moreira Location: Oporto, Portugal Design Team: Fátima Barroso Project year: 2005-2006 Client: Marta Mello Sampayo Structural Engineering: Eng.Lopes de Oliveira Services: Oval Engenharia Photographs: Joao Ferrand The earliest records of the construction of the house at Outeiro Street date back to the last 19th century where the road to Romanticsm started. Built u..
