Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. The house, 57 Tivoli Road, is located on a sloping corner plot and has internal courtyards. A six metre-long window in the living room slides open over views of the city. The interior is primarily fitted out in wood, with a staircase twisting through the space and guest bed..
Architects: IwamotoScott Location: North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA Principals in Charge: Lisa Iwamoto & Craig Scott Collaborators: Dan Sullivan & Blake Altshuler Diagrams: Ryan Gollenberg Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Craig Scott PS House offers a way of densifying the inner block of an already fairly dense San Francisco neighborhood (North Beach), while bringing an unexpected degree of sp..
Architect: McBride Charles Ryan - Rob McBride & Debbie-Lyn Ryan Location: Melbourne, Australia Project year: 2007 Photographs: Trevor Mein This is a new 4 storey building located in a largely pedestrian lane (Ridgway place) at the East end of Melbourne’s CBD. Dominant in the lane is the historic Melbourne Club wall and the gigantic plane trees emanating from the Melbourne Club Garden which ar..
Architects: Murtinho y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Calle Holanda Nº64, Providencia, Santiago, Chile Client: Los Héroes Caja Compensación Architect in Charge: Santiago Raby Pinto Collaborators: Miguel Angel Contreras Ch. y Alejandra López Contractor: ALTIUS Refurbishment Area: 3.350 sqm Photographs: Pedro Mutis Johnson CONTEXT The challenge was the rehabilitation of a ‘70s building for a new ..
Architects: Choi Ropiha Location: Mona Vale, NSW, Australia Client: Graeme Jessup & Barbara Elkan Environmental Systems: Graeme Jessup Landscape: ExParrot Engineering: Simpson Design Associates - Northrop Engineers Construction: Graybuilt Photographs: Brett Boardman The client for the project has a long standing interest in building sustainability developed through working at the Sustainable Ene..
About a month ago the Rolex Learning Center designed by SANAA opened its doors and we feature it with a great video and some images they shared with us. Now, Iwan Baan sent us this great photoset he made for March’s issue of Domus magazine, where we can see much more of the sloped interiors and some amazing images of the perforated curved concrete+glass volume that gives form to the building. fr..
Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC Location: Guangzhou, China Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium) Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium) Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France) Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium) Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven This project recently won the civic category at the World Architec..
Architects: ACXT Location: Boroa, Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Spain Project Architects: Javier Pérez Uribarri, Xabier Aparicio Ortega Client: AIC Fundation Project Team: Jose Cavallero, Nuno Lobo, Roberto Fdez De Gamboa, Roberto Aparicio, Cristina Lamikiz, Oscar Costa, Marc Rips, Jose Cavallero, Nuno Lobo, Fernado Ortega, Marina Duran, Oscar Malo, Arrate Achalandobaso, Ziortza Bardeci, Francisco ..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos Location: Desierto de los Leones, Mexico DF, Mexico Project Leader: Derek Dellekamp Project Team: Honore Carmona, Fernando Valencia, Horacio Merediz, Omar Chavez Godoy Program: Single Family House Constructed Area: 130 sqm Project Year: 2002-2003 Photographs: Dellekamp arquitectos This 130m2 house is located on a rural area adjacent to Mexico City. Built with a ..
Location Ponta Delgada, Açores Client Administração dos Portos das Ilhas de São Miguel e Santa Maria S.A. Date 2002 – 2008 Architecture and Urban Design Manuel Salgado, Marino Fei, Tomás Salgado and Pedro Pinto Interior light design Piero Castiglione Sculpture / Instalation Filipe Franco Site Area 50.153 m2 Build Area 18.000 m2 Cost 50.000.000 € The intervention has encompassed the city's long, ..
