Barcelona-based H Arquitectes have completed Casa 205, a wooden house in Vacarisses, Spain. Surrounded by forest, the home is built on a natural rock platform and two concrete struts, and constructed from laminated wood. “This structural system implies a very important diminishment of the weight, raw material, energy and so the CO2 emissions associated with the foundations and structure of the b..
Architect: René van Zuuk Architekten Location: Almere, the Netherlands Client: René van Zuuk & Marjo Körner Program: Villa Structural Ingeneering: Van de Laar, Eindhoven / NL Project Year: 2008 Site Area: 454 sqm Constructed Area: 215 sqm Photographs: Christian Richters & René van Zuuk Behind the somewhat mysterious name ‘Project X’, hides the design of René van Zuuk and his family’s own residen..
Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor Location: Bad Gleichenberg, Austria Design Period: 2005-2007 Construction period: 2005-2008 Client: HCC/Kappa Project Architects: Olav Jensen(pl), Børre Skodvin (pl), Ane Forfang, Carl Patrik Larsson, Helge Lunder, Minna Riska, Dagfinn Sagen, Thomas Knigge, Torunn Golberg, Torstein Koch, AnneLise Bjerkan Collaborating Local Architect: Domenig Wallner, ..
London-based Theis and Khan Architects have completed the renovation of Lumen United Reformed Church in London, UK. Located on Tavistock Place in Bloomsbury, the project involved adding an entrance, offices, toilets, a cafe and courtyard garden to the 1960s church. A conical room lit from above, referred to by the architects as the ’sacred space’, divides the cafe from the main congregational ar..
Amarrada a la isla de los impresionistas en Chatou, la Casa Flotante se balancea al ritmo de los remolinos del Sena. Los reflejos cambiantes del agua impregnan las paredes de madera del interior, en las cuales se recortan dos grandes ventanales. Desde el interior del estudio se ve el pintoresco paisaje que inspiró el “Déjeuner des canotiers” de Renoir en 1881. Una atmósfera de fantasía para la i..
Cliente: Hernan Ponce Autor: Mathias Klotz Colaborador: Pablo Riquelme Paisajista: Juan Grimm Año proyecto: 2000 Año de construcción: 2001-2003 Superficie del terreno: 2000 m² Superficie construida: 570 m² Empresa Constructora: Stieglitz Ingeniero Estructural: Enzo Valladares Ubicación: Perdriel 1540, San Isidro, Pcia. Buenos Aires, Argentina Fotografías: Roland Halbe
Nombre de la obra: residencia DN Local: São Paulo – SP Fecha de finalización: Diciembre de 2004 Área aproximada: 612 m2 Autores del proyecto: Cláudio Bernardes, Thiago Bernardes e Paulo Jacobsen Equipo técnico: Andrés Galvez, Adriana Dias e Paulo Mattos Principales suministradores: Proyecto de estructuras de concreto: João Leão Ejecución de la estructura metálica: Açomig Proyecto hidráulico: Pau..
Brazilian architects Konigsberger & Vannucchi have completed construction of two office towers for property company Brascan Imobiliaria in São Paulo, Brazil. The project, comprising of two adjacent towers of 24 and 21 storeys, is situated in the city’s financial and commercial centre. Each floor of the tower features a different interior layout, with every office having its own exterior terrace...
In the early 1970s, artist Kazuaki Saito’s fantastic alien landscape illustrations graced the covers of SF Magazine, Japan’s first successful and longest running science fiction periodical.
Architects: Manel Brullet & Albert de Pineda Location: Barcelona, Spain Project year: 2006 Client: Grup Agrupació Mutua, Ajuntament de Barcelona y el Consorci (Zona Franca de Barcelona) Structural Engineer: Manuel Arguijo, Arq. Artists: $42,35M Euro (US $54M) Constructed Area: 55,000 sqm PRBB building has a total surface of more than 55.000 m2 and is located at a 9000 m2 site at Barcelona’s seaf..