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 ..
Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres Location: Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares Project Year: 2005-2007 Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero The plot, where this housing is situated, is the result of dividing an original state. It adopts the form of an irregular polygon of four sides, presents a light slope and has a surface of 13.357 sqm. The plot borders ..
The concept for Line of Work is inspired by the “ripple effect” or more specifically the notion that single elements working together can become more than the sum of their parts. The sculpture is composed of a changing series of individual elements that together create a giant wave-form that reaches out towards the sea. The elements grow in both size and reach along the edge of a pedestrian path..
Architects: x Architekten Location: Ebelsberg, Austria Client: Mrs. and Mr. Seebacher Construction: Mixed Structure Constructed Area: 215 sqm Project Year: 2004-2007 Photographs: Max Nirnberger Task: The existing building from the 1920s proved itself valuable to the client mainly due to the surrounding garden landscape. Nevertheless, there was the aim to create more space and living quality whic..
Architects: BIG Architects Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels Project Architect: Jakob Lange Project Leader: Finn Nørkjær Project Manager: Jan Borgstrøm Construction Manager: Henrick Poulsen Contributors: Annette Jensen, Dariusz Bojarski, Dennis Rasmussen, Eva Hviid-Nielsen, Joao Vieira Costa, Jørn Jensen, Karsten V. Vestergaard, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Leon Rost, Loui..
The client purchased this penthouse apartment off the plans and has been three years in the making. The award winning Architect for the apartment project had designed this contemporary complex with very modern simple lines. There is a high degree of glass and natural stone on the exterior. He had sourced European Imported Kitchens for all of the apartments, however my client found that the compa..
