Architects: Studio Paralelo Location: Bento Golçalves, RS – Brazil Project team: Luciano Andrades, Rochelle Castro e Valéria Bertolini Contractor: Icon Incorporadora Structural Engineering: Pasquali e Associados Lighting: Potencial Engenharia Landscape: Samuel Seben Site Area: 930 sqm Constructed Area: 360 sqm Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2008 Photographs: Eduardo Aigner The house is lo..
Ficha técnica Proyecto: Casa Hemeroscopium Localización: Las Rozas- Madrid Fecha del proyecto: Diciembre 2005 Fecha de finalización de la obra: Junio 2008 Autor del proyecto: Antón García- Abril Arquitectos colaboradores: Elena Pérez, Débora Mesa - Ensamble Studio: Jorge Consuegra, Marina Otero, Ricardo Sanz Arquitecto técnico: Javier Cuesta Promotor: Hemeroscopium Empresa constructora: Materia ..
Studio Arne Quinze have completed the interior of die Kunstbar in Cologne, Germany. Situated at the base of the Dome cathedral, the bar is covered with packing crates used to ship artwork. The space was furnished by Quinze and Milan with variations of Studio Arne Quinze’s own chair design, Room 26 Seat. The first piece of artwork to be exhibited is a video installation by Quinze entitled EYE.C.U..
Japanese architects ARTechnic have completed Shell, a holiday villa in Karuizawa, Japan. The two-storey, concrete house comprises two tubes with oval sections, arranged around a fir tree. The floor is raised 1.4 metres from the ground; the architects intended to minimise time spent on maintaining the property by separating the house from its natural surroundings. “Being in sync with nature isn’t..
Residential buildings have always been an issue among architects. From on side, you have a developer who wants the best out of his money, usually leaving behind what we think matters - which sometimes does, but most of the times doesn´t… out of several -complex- variables which at the end have to make a project feasible. It´s not that i´m a pesimist. Actually, there are great residential buildin..
Owner: Mark Raab and Hemant Chowdhry of SOWA Restaurant Group, LLC Architect: Office dA, Inc. Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Project Design: Nader Tehrani, Monica Ponce de Leon Principal in Charge: Nader Tehrani Project Architect: Dan Gallagher (registered) Project Coordinators: Catie Newell, Brandon Clifford Project Team: Harry Lowd, Richard Lee, Lisa Huang, Re..
Architect of record: Hagy Belzberg, A.I.A. Interior designer: Elizabeth Paige Smith Engineer(s): Structural Dan Echeto Consultant(s) Landscape: Bill Nicholas of Nicholas Budd Dutton Architects Other: Furniture Elizabeth Paige Smith Special Fabrication Spectrum Oak General contractor: Belzberg Architects Photographer Benny Chan (Fotoworks) According to Hagy Belzberg, AIA, principal of Los Angeles..
This villa is located in plot #80 of the ORDOS project. Architects: Rocker-Lange Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project leaders: Ingeborg M. Rocker & Christian J. Lange 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 The project called “Inside Out|Outside In” is part o..
Austrian designer Christian Precht has designed a compact living environment called OrganiCube. The conceptual nine square metre apartment is made of Corian and comprises facilities for living, sleeping, working and bathing. Here’s some more information from Precht:–OrganiCube explores the creative potential of the material world on the one hand and a study of living in a limited space on the ot..
The Cornerstone Arts Building at Colorado College was conceived from the Colorado Arts Initiative (CAI), which began as a series of conversations and brainstorming sessions among faculty in the arts and humanities as a way of living in the creative arts. The goals of the CAI evolved into the creation of a relationship where artists are brought together for the production, presentation and discus..