Architects: LVS Architecture + JC NAME Arquitectos Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Design team: Luis Othón Villegas, Juan Carlos Name, Alvaro Gutierrez, Juan Luna Construction: PIBOC Constructora Project Area: 700 sqm Project year: 2007 Construction Year: 2008 Photographs: Mito Covarrubias, Luis Othón Villegas The project for the MO House responds to a typical architectural program withou..
Miguel Angel Aragones has designed the recently opened Hotel Encanto in Acapulco, Mexico. from contemporist
Architects: Audrius Ambrasas Architects Location: Konstitucijos Ave. 20, Vilnius, Lithuania Design team: Audrius Ambrasas, Vilma Adomonytė, Tomas Eidukevičius, Donatas Malinauskas Client: UAB “Swedbank valda” Construction: Idea Constructiva Engineering: COWI Baltic Project manager: Saulius Mikaliūnas Total area (above-ground): 23,000 sqm Total area (underground): 19,000 sqm Project Year: 2007-20..
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur Location: St. Margarethen, Austria Collaborators: Ecki Csallner, Elmir Smajic, Ferdinand Kersten, Maria Magina, Mareike Kuchenbecker, Martin Brandt, Michael Sohm Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung Project Year: 2005-2006 Contruction Year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus A show in the Roman quarry doubtless is a unique experience for every ..
Greg Gehner, the owner of Transit Forge, a metalworking studio in northwestern Pennsylvania, has created the SOLID Table. Greg says: Often, I apply my aesthetic to a found or acquired piece of raw material to suit a function, in this case, furniture. The SOLID table started with the top, which was formed from a large piece of industrial c-channel steel reclaimed from a scrap yard. The focus of m..
The new 300-room, five-star-rated Sheraton Incheon Hotel recently opened in New Songdo City, Korea, offering a new state-of-the-art facility in the heart of a new urban center. HOK provided architectural design, landscape design and sustainable design services for the new 500,000-square-foot, LEED® certified hotel. Adjacent to the city’s new Convention Center, the Northeast Asia Trade Tower and ..
The T House is located in Israel in a suburb of Tel Aviv. The lot is 750 Meters Sq. On it are two single family house sharing a central courtyard and pool. The houses are shared by two sisters and their families. Structure: All vertical structure (columns) are steel except the west wall which is sheer concrete – 12 meters high – to resist earthquakes. The house, having no walls on the east side ..
Architect: Li Xiaodong/atelier Location: Pinghe, Fujian, China Project Area: 240 sqm Budget: RMB650,000 Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Li Xiaodong Located at a remote village, Fujian Province in China, the project does not only provides a physical function – a school + a bridge, but also presents a spiritual centre. The main concept of the design is to enliven an old community (the village..
Architect: Vector Architects Location: Hefei, China Client: CR Land Design-partner-in-charge: Gong Dong Project Architect: Jiajun Chen, Qun Sun Structural/Mechanical Engineer: Huanyu Design Institute, Hefei Project Area: 900 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Shuhe Photo & Vector Architects Like many other cities in China, Hefei is undergoing a rapid transformation. The original urban fabric wa..
Spanish practice XPIRAL shared with us this nice urban residence in a very narrow site in Murcia, Spain. With a very tight budget, they decided to built a concrete structure house attached to the party walls that creates a central courtyard facing west to the neighbors. from archdaily
