Architects: Atelier Phileas (member of PLAN01) Location: Dammarie-les-Lys, France Client: Région Ile-de-France Programme: Asbestos removal, heavy restructuration, extension of the workshops while in use, with temporary buildings Consultant: ARCADIS Renovation Area: 3,100 sqm Extension Area: 1,030 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographer: Stephan Lucas The renovation project presented a major advanta..
Cabin Vardehaugen by Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of a rocky hill at the outermost coast of Fosen (Norway). The building is carefully placed and designed in relation to the local terrain, the panoramic view and the specific climactic conditions in the area. A variety of s..
Architects: Coll-Barreu Arquitectos - Juan Coll-Barreu & Daniel Gutiérrez Zarza Location: Bilbao, Spain Client: Bilbao Council Project year: 2002-2003 Construction year: 2004-2006 Constructed area: 10,350 sqm Budget: 5,663,020 EURO (US $7,7M) Contractor: UTE Albatros, Olábarri Photographs: Aleix Bagué The lot is a reduced and irregular piece of terrain, almost residual, that opens a way between ..
Las casas diseñadas por Withney Sander poseen alguna curiosidad relevante, en cierto modo cómica, que encuadra a este arquitecto en una raza con pocos ejemplares pero presente en todas partes y en todas las épocas. Arquitectos que van más allá de la cordura; o, dicho de otro modo, que dan siempre más de lo que de ellos se espera. Es la misma raza de Maynard, por mencionar uno presente en arkinet..
Villa 1, a woodland house in the Veluwe Zoom area near Arnhem in the Netherlands designed by architects Powerhouse Company, has been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards, which will be announced this weekend. Beneath the glazed top floor is a sub-terranean living space in the basement. The project has been nominated for the AM NAi prize 2008 and the ´best private interior´category of the Dutch ..
Architects Merkx+Girod have sent us these images of the interior they designed for Foster + Partners‘ Vivaldi Tower near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The 24-storey building, for financial services company Ernst & Young, includes a restaurant and bar, auditorium, meeting rooms, library, newsroom and fitness facilities plus offices, video conference rooms and an executive boardroom. See our previ..
Young Irish artist Debbie Smyth has created a series of objects by weaving tape measures. Smyth was one of the winners of Dezeen’s competition to show work at Talent Zone at Tent London last month, where she also showed her Pins & Thread project. See our earlier story. Debbie, who graduated in textile design this year, uses techniques like knitting, knotting, basket making and origami. The follo..
Situada en el borde de un acantilado de setenta metros de altura, la casa ofrece una serie compleja de espacios de estar fluidos, inscriptos en un perímetro conformado por una serie de curvas y contracurvas que se extienden en respuesta al paisaje y al sol. Las áreas de día componen un voladizo sobre el océano permitiendo excelentes vistas de la costa. La planta más baja forma una base construid..
June 15th, 2006 This competition entry was submitted with Hannah Tribe and myself and was awarded first place. Let’s hope they go ahead with the suckah. This proposal aims to serve the dual purpose of consolidating North Sydney’s major public transport interchange and providing North Sydney with a tangible and defining marker. The scheme comprises a thin steel roof that links the three sites and..
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Oita, Japan Project Team: Yumiko Nogiri Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers Design Year: 2006-2007 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Site Area: 236,57 sqm Constructed Area: 150,57 sqm Photographer: Iwan Baan A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermos..
