Architects: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten Location: Nanjing, China Developer: Jiangsu Province, represented by the Jiangsu Olympic Center, China Partner Company: Nanjing Kingdom Architecture Design Co. Ltd., China Structural Engineering: Breuninger Tragwerksplanung, Dr. Ulrich Breuninger Site Area: 10,605 sqm Project Area: 27,449 sqm Project Year: 2006-2010 Photographs: Courtesy of KSP Jürgen Eng..
Project name: Zamet Centre Program: Public, cultural, business, sport Location: B. Vidas Street, Zamet, Rijeka, Croatia Architect: 3LHD - Sasa Begovic, Tatjana Grozdanic Begovic, Marko Dabrovic, Silvije Novak, Paula Kukuljica, Zvonimir Marcic, Leon Lazaneo, Eugen Popovic, Nives Krsnik Rister, Andrea Vukojic Collaborators: Mateo Bilus, Building Physics / Details; Berislav Medic, UPI-2M, Structura..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Martinhal, Portugal Project year: 2002-2003 Construction year: 2005-2007 Constructed area: 320 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra This house is located in Sagres (Algarve), the furthest southwest location in Portugal. This town hosted the Navigation Schoo..
‘Orb House’ adopts a minimalist aesthetic as a counterpoint to the heavy handed, utilitarian architectural fabric that makes up it’s streetscape tapestry. Located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course, it is less a protest statement than an exploration of contrasts through purity of form – a simple transparent circle in a congested patchwork quilt..
Architects: Suppose design office Location: Hiro, Kure city, Hiroshima, Japan Site Area: 78.34 sqm Building Area: 37.39 sqm Total Floor Area: 66.46 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano The site is located in a shopping district alongside the main highway, a harsh place to satisfy the demands of a client desiring a home with bright gardens. There are no outdoor gardens here, so we d..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Caparica, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Marco Roque Antunes, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro Project year: 2000- 2003 Construction year: 2004- 2007 Constructed area: 640 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Projectos e Estudos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: Telmo Miller This is the second project for the urbanization of ..
Architects: XTEN Architecture Location: Manhattan Beach, California, USA Principals: Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly, AIA Client: Jennifer & Nick Hall Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Art Gray Photography The Surfhouse appears as an abstract block of ebonized cedar a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach. The site is very small. While typical lots in the area measure 120′ x 40′, t..
Architects: Johnston Marklee & Associates Location: Pacific Palisades, California, USA Project year: 2004 Project Architects: Mark Lee, Sharon Johnston AIA, Jeff Adams, Mark Rea Baker Project team: Diego Arraigada, Brennan Buck, Michelle Cintron, Daveed Kapoor, Anne Rosenberg, Anton Schneider Developer: Lucas Ma (President, Markee LLC) Client: Chan Luu Contractor: Hinerfeld-Ward, Inc. Structural..
Envisioned as a home that will accommodate a family as it grows, and play host to friends and extended family, the ideas that inform the design of the house were developed through an unusual process — The family, including their children, all actively participated in design meetings with the team from Dick Clark Architecture. Critical decisions were vetted among the group and decided by vote, wi..
Architect: Manuel Ocana Arquitectos Location: Calle Pelayo, Madrid, Spain Collaborators: Roberto Gonzalez Garcia, Maja Frackowiack, Michael Rabold y Sebastian Camacho (ground painting) Project year: 2005-2006 Promotor: Benedicta Uria Contractor: Manuel Ocana Constructed Area: 67 sqm Budget: $75,000 EURO (US $104,775) Photographs: Miguel de Guzman construction process This is a project where one ..
