Architects Aboday have completed a holiday home called Villa Paya-Paya in Bali, Indonesia. The two-storey building is arranged around courtyards and surrounded by water of varying depth, which creates a shallow pond at the entrance, jacuzzi and large swimming pool. The building itself consists of a concrete, box-shaped facade with a separate master bedroom, made using traditional wooden construc..
XTEN Architecture have designed Sapphire Gallery, an extension to a house for art collectors in Los Angeles, USA. Cantilevered above the existing 1960’s house, the structure is clad in perforated aluminium to protect the artwork from direct sun but allow views of the gardens beyond. Solar cells are arranged in a similar pattern on the south facade and sloping roof. Radiant heating and cooling sy..
Swiss designers Tina Stieger and Annina Gaehwiler of Pour les Alpes have designed a collection of furniture called Echos. There are three pieces in the range, all created in collaboration with traditional, local artisans in the Swiss Alps. Neugierde (top image) is covered with hand-cut spruce shingles, referring to a local roofing technique, while the inside is coated in luminescent red paint. E..
Ruta del Peregrino - HHF Lookout Point State of Jalisco, Mexico, 2008 - Client Secretaria de Turismo, Gobierno de Jalisco Official project Site: http://rutaperegrino.wordpress.com/ List of Architects HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER with Alexa den Hartog, Janna Jessen Team HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER with Alexa den Hartog, Janna Jessen The other Architects and Designers involved in the Project ar..
Architect: Smiljan Radic Clarke Location: Los Lirios, Rancagua, Chile Collaborators: Danilo Lazcano, Gonzalo Torres Structural Engineer: Claudio Assar Olguín Technical Inspection: Smiljan Radic Contractor: Eugenio Durán Constructive System: Masonry Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006 Site Area: 1600 sqm Constructed Area: 210 sqm Photographs: Gonzalo Puga These two houses -actually there´s..
Architects: Shuhei Endo Location: Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan Structure System: Suspended Steel Sheet Project year: 2005 Principal use: Public Lavatory Site Area: 580 sqm Constructed Area: 103 sqm Photographs: Shuhei Endo
Architects: KWK PROMES Location: Katowice, Poland Project Architect: Robert Konieczny, Marlena Wolnik Structural Engineer: Jaroslaw Kaminski Design Year: 2000 Construction Year: 2001-2002 Site Area: 3,500 sqm Constructed Area: 330 sqm Photographs: KWK PROMES The building is located on the outskirts of Katowice, near a forest, on land deteriorated by 4th category mining damage, where tectonic fau..
Client Helse Sør-Øst RHF Engineering Multiconsult AS SWECO AS Hjellnes COWI AS / Interconsult ASA Architect Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller Landscape Bjørbekk & Lindheim AS Schønherr Landskab A/S Artist Troels Wörsel, Gunilla Klingberg, Mari Slaattelid, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Jan Christensen, Tony Cragg, Birgir Andrésson, Petteri Nisunen, Tommi Grönlund, Julie Nord, Per Sundberg, Vesa Honkonen, Jan..
Artfarm Town of Clinton, New York, 2006 - 2008 , in collaboration with the artist Ai Weiwei Client private Team HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER with Tom Strub, Fumiko Takahama Photos by Iwan Baan, www.iwan.com The ARTFARM is located in upstate New York, on the site of a private residence. The building is designed as a gallery for a professional art collection. On the interior it is subdivided into..
