Architects: [N2X] Arquitectos Location: Azores Island, Portugal Project Leader: Pedro Furtado Project Team: Bruno Pinto, Isabel Ourique, Pedro Furtado Graphical Design: Raquel Fernandes Structural Engineering: Joao Serpa Area: 265,00 sqm Project Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Isabel Ourique The restaurant and bakery is located in a farm composed of different arborean species of a certain age. Its ..
Designed by UK-based architects PCKO in co-operation with MOFO Architects of Krakow, Poland, Jodlowa House is a modern glass home located on a picturesque plot just outside of Krakow’s city limits. The single-storey home’s fully glazed facade sits in a contemporary steel frame, which floats above the ground (so not only does this modern home showcase nature, but it’s also designed to minimize it..
Brazilian photographer Leonardo Finotti sent us the latest Bernardes Jacobsen’s house photos, with an impressive ocean’s view. You can see the complete photoset, drawings & architect’s description after the break. The whole idea of the project was created when Thiago was visiting the site. There, in front of the client, he sketched what later would be the transverse section of what was being pro..
Designer: Johnston Marklee & Associates Location: Rosario, Argentina Partnership with Diego Arraigada Arquitecto - AIA Next LA Citation Award 2004 from johnstonmarklee
Hiroshi Sambuichi`s ideas on making architecture are as far removed from those of his Tokyo contemporaries as the location of his Hiroshima-based office. With his latest project, a house for a couple and their three children, Sambuichi sets an example for the proper use of natural energy sources, showing that good design is first and foremost all about getting the balance between the building an..
Architects: Bebin & Saxton – Daniel Bebin y Tomás Saxton Location: Punta Arenas, XII Región, Chile Structural Engineer: Samuel Marín Concept Consultant: Pablo Prieto Client: Patagonia Mineral S.A. – Agua Mineral Aonni Materials: Steel, Glass, Corrugated Aluminium, Timber Site Area: 5,000 sqm Constructed Area: 640 sqm Project Year: 2007‐2008 Construction Year: 2008 Photographs: Franklin Pardon & ..
Architects: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Location: Montecito, CA, USA Principal in Charge: Tom Kundig Year: 2008 Photographs: Tim Bies/Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Montecito Residence is a single-family home set in the fire-prone Toro Canyon. The owners wanted a house that minimized its use of scarce natural resources and recognized the challenging environmental conditions of..
Architects: LOHA Architects Location: Mill Valley, California, USA Principal in Charge: Lorcan O’Herlihy Project Manager: Kuo-Huei Tsai Project Team: Michael Poirier, Juan Diego Gerscovich, Su Yingzi Structural Engineer: Paul Francheschi Client: Tony and Rachel Sherman Project year: 2005 Constructed Area: 386 sqm Photographs: LOHA The house sits on a south facing hillside on a ridge overlooking ..
The program is for a residence of approximately 6,700 SF, with a detached 3-car garage. The site is very steep, long and narrow ? it’s 50’ wide by 400’ long with an average slope of 35%. Located on the west side of Mercer Island, there are panoramic views west towards Seattle and the Olympic Mountains beyond. Zoning requirements allowed us to only occupy 35’ of the 50’ property width, and limite..
A-cero Architects have sent us a house in Galicia, Spain that they have designed. The house is located on a 2.000m2 plot presenting a strong slope. The site is delimited by the access road on the East, North and Northwest sides, and by a cliff on the West border, a natural balcony with great views over A Corunna’s coast. The form of the building that evolves starting from these constraints consi..
