Architect: Elding Oscarson Location: Landskrona, Sweden Structural Engineer: Konkret Builder: Skånebygg Gross Floor Area: 125 sqm Construction Cost: 280,000 Euro Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman The narrow site is sandwiched between very old neighboring buildings in Landskrona, Sweden. Since mid 20th century it has been empty, waiting behind a wooden fence. It is only 5 meters w..
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. Called Anansi Playground Building, the pavilion splits the playground in two. One side is used by teenagers, the other by young children. The interior is divided into three separate playrooms featuri..
Mar Azul is a seaside town at 400km south of Buenos Aires, characterized for his large dune beach and his leafy coniferous forest. The owners, has chosen a field in the forest with a challenging topography, away from the sea and from the most lived zone, to construct a cottage without loosing the important presence of the landscape. The proposal With the experience of a constructed house in the ..
The Baltimore, Maryland based Ziger/Snead Architects designed the River House, located on the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The house is divided into three components: the main house, the guest quarters, and a multi-purpose level. By divorcing the primary skin of the house from the steel structure, large sliding glass doors could be used as the only barrier between interior and exterior. As a ..
Architects: Carlos Castanheira & Clara Bastai, Arqtos Lda. Location: Gerês, Portugal Collaborators: Pedro Carvalho, João Figueiredo (3D) Engineering: HDP, Gabinete de serviços e projectos de engenharia civil, Lda. / CONCILIARUM, Projectos e soluções de engenharia, Lda. Carpentry & General Contractor: Carpicunha madeiras Lda. Copper Works: ASA, Antonio Sousa Alves Lda. Metal Works: Val e Quintão ..
Architects: Razan Text & Context Location: Tehran, Iran Principals: Alireza Taghaboni & Parisa Alimohamadi Constructed Area: 300 sqm Project year: 2008 Photographs: Razan Text & Context We had suggested a house to a friend: “we will make you a home; fitting the best friend”. He didn’t wait for something special; a normal villa, just safe and out of harm’s way, as possible as it could. Municipali..
Architects: Vaillo + Irigaray / Antonio Vaillo + Juan Luis Irigaray Location: Navarra, Spain Project manager: Daniel Galar Irurre, architect Rigger: Pacho Jiménez Structure: Tadeo Errea- LANDABE Engineer: Luis Miguel Navarro Lighting: Anton Aman - ALS LIGHTING Facades: VITROCSA Client: Restaurante Marisol Project year: 2007 Photographs: Vaillo + Irigaray The organizational scheme is due to simil..
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur Location: Arlberg, Austria Collaborator: Jan Schröder Client: Gemeinde Project Area: 625 sqm Construction Year: 2007 Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus & AllesWirdGut Architektur The compact building block is situated at the upper north area of the plot. The north corner of the mainly 1-storey high kinder- garden rises up into a second floor annex to correspond wit..
SsD Architects designed the Big Dig house in Lexington, Massachusetts. As a prototype building that demonstrates how infrastructural refuse can be salvaged and reused, the structural system for this house is comprised of steel and concrete discarded from Boston’s Big Dig utilizing over 600,000 lbs of salvaged materials from elevated portions of the dismantled I-93 highway. Planning the reassembl..
Project: A 2,500 SF residence for a couple occupying a tiny, pie-shaped site with views of the Mississippi River. Solution: The house is decidedly modern as it responds to both the neighborhood and its primary asset, an unobstructed view of the Mississippi River. The design is composed of two components; a white-brick cube, which aligns itself with the established streetscape of rowhouses; and a..
