Qb Design have completed the Split-Level House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Total Area: 3,800 sq.ft Sited on a vacant corner in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, this newly constructed house stitches itself into the neighborhood by responding to local cues. Curved brick corners negotiate the irregular street grid, while the cadence of typical rowhouses and a palette of brick volu..
SITUATION: MENORCA, SPAIN AREA: 180 Sqm TEAM: MODO, Arquitectura y Diseño ARCHITECTS: Christian Sintes, David Dominguez This small project (180 sqm) is located near the seaside, in an urbanization on the northface of the port of Mahon, in Menorca. The area is very quite, caracterized by the existence of several isolated houses mainly composed by the intersection of cubic blocks. As the site is s..
Architects: LVS Architecture + JC NAME Arquitectos Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Design team: Luis Othón Villegas, Juan Carlos Name, Alvaro Gutierrez, Juan Luna Construction: PIBOC Constructora Project Area: 700 sqm Project year: 2007 Construction Year: 2008 Photographs: Mito Covarrubias, Luis Othón Villegas The project for the MO House responds to a typical architectural program withou..
Miguel Angel Aragones has designed the recently opened Hotel Encanto in Acapulco, Mexico. from contemporist
Architects: Audrius Ambrasas Architects Location: Konstitucijos Ave. 20, Vilnius, Lithuania Design team: Audrius Ambrasas, Vilma Adomonytė, Tomas Eidukevičius, Donatas Malinauskas Client: UAB “Swedbank valda” Construction: Idea Constructiva Engineering: COWI Baltic Project manager: Saulius Mikaliūnas Total area (above-ground): 23,000 sqm Total area (underground): 19,000 sqm Project Year: 2007-20..
Architects: AllesWirdGut Architektur Location: St. Margarethen, Austria Collaborators: Ecki Csallner, Elmir Smajic, Ferdinand Kersten, Maria Magina, Mareike Kuchenbecker, Martin Brandt, Michael Sohm Client: Fürst Esterházy Familienprivatstiftung Project Year: 2005-2006 Contruction Year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus A show in the Roman quarry doubtless is a unique experience for every ..
The new 300-room, five-star-rated Sheraton Incheon Hotel recently opened in New Songdo City, Korea, offering a new state-of-the-art facility in the heart of a new urban center. HOK provided architectural design, landscape design and sustainable design services for the new 500,000-square-foot, LEED® certified hotel. Adjacent to the city’s new Convention Center, the Northeast Asia Trade Tower and ..
The T House is located in Israel in a suburb of Tel Aviv. The lot is 750 Meters Sq. On it are two single family house sharing a central courtyard and pool. The houses are shared by two sisters and their families. Structure: All vertical structure (columns) are steel except the west wall which is sheer concrete – 12 meters high – to resist earthquakes. The house, having no walls on the east side ..
Architect: Vector Architects Location: Hefei, China Client: CR Land Design-partner-in-charge: Gong Dong Project Architect: Jiajun Chen, Qun Sun Structural/Mechanical Engineer: Huanyu Design Institute, Hefei Project Area: 900 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Shuhe Photo & Vector Architects Like many other cities in China, Hefei is undergoing a rapid transformation. The original urban fabric wa..
Spanish practice XPIRAL shared with us this nice urban residence in a very narrow site in Murcia, Spain. With a very tight budget, they decided to built a concrete structure house attached to the party walls that creates a central courtyard facing west to the neighbors. from archdaily
