Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada Location: Hôpital de St-Loup, Switzerland Project year: 2008 Structure: IBOIS - Hani Buri, Yves Weinand Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008 In the summer of 2007, Localarchitecture and architect Danilo Mondada were awarded the contract to renovate the mother house of the Deaconess Community of St-Loup. The commissio..
En una azotea de Colonia Anzures, en Ciudad de México, se sustituyeron las áreas de servicio comunitario por cuatro penthouses. PH-N es uno de ellos. En la planta baja se encuentra el área pública: comedor, sala, cocina, servicios y estudio; en planta alta los dormitorios. En la doble altura, una escultórica escalera helicoidal de acero remata las principales visuales interiores. La luz es abund..
Architects: Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi Location: Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal Site Area: 3,013 sqm Constructed Area: 355 sqm Promotor: Joaquim Agostinho Carneiro da Costa e Sá Collaborators: Ana Neto Vieira, Susana Silva, Telmo Gomes, Katharina Wiederman, Pedro Gama Structure and foundation engineering: GOP Hydraulic Services: GOP Technical Facilities Engineering: GET Coordinat..
Dezeen podcasts: in this latest in our series of podcasts for the Design Museum, illustrator Alan Aldridge gives a talk recounting stories from his career, which spans nearly 50 years. A retrospective exhibition of his work is on show at the museum until 25 January. Involving characters from Princess Margaret to the The Beetles, the stories cover Aldridge’s early experiences of illustration, his..
290 Mulberry is defined by its context through a direct response to zoning and building code regulations. Located in Nolita, New York, this building is bound on the north by Houston Street and on the west by the historic Puck Building on Mulberry Street. A zoning district requirement specifying a masonry enclosure for the two street walls created an opportunity to respond directly to the Puck Bu..
Architects: Wingardh Arkitektkontor Location: Waren (Muritz), Germany Architects team: Gert Wingardh, Gunilla Murnieks, Therese Ahlstrom, Joakim Lyth, Ulrika Davidsson, Peter Ohman, Bjorn Nilsson, Liselott Jademyr, Maria Olausson, Anna Palm, Mats Bengtsson, Sara Helder Construction Year: 2005-2007 Partner in Germany: DGI Bauwerk, Berlin Germany Contractor: Landlord/owner - Landkreis Muritz Lands..
Contemporary Japanese visual artists tweaked the genes of Osamu Tezuka’s manga characters in dozens of works featured at the recent “Tezuka Gene - Light in the Darkness” exhibit at Parco Factory in Shibuya. Here is a small selection. Astro Boy (Enlightenment) The Three-Eyed One (Enlightenment) Phoenix (Hiroki Tsukuda) Ambassador Magma (Yutanpo Shirane) Buddha (Teppei Maki) Unico (Tsuyoshi Kusano..
Oppenheim Architecture + Design have unveiled plans to build an art storage facility in Miami, USA. The facade of the 11-story, 140,000 square foot building will display artwork by emerging and established artists. Designed for art services company Artemundi & Company and referred to as The Vault, the development will include a conservation laboratory, showrooms and exhibition spaces. Constructi..
Duality + Co. Reel 2008 from Christopher Holewski on Vimeo In the past, we have featured several architecture photographers, such as Cristobal Palma, Joao Morgado and Iwan Baan. But the web allows for much more than just images. This time, the guys over Duality Co -readers of our blog- shared with us their reel on architecture videos, a new service they are offering to architectural firms. They ..
Architecture and design practice Plystudio have completed an apartment interior called J-Loft in Singapore. The project involved removing all interior walls from the apartment and installing box-shaped divisions and furniture along one side of the 1,200 square foot space. The installed elements comprise storage, fixed seating, worktop surfaces, a bay window and stairs to the attic. The interior ..
