Spanish architects Camprubí i Santacana have completed a hotel consisting of timber-clad rooms set on a rocky ridge near Teruel, Spain. Hotel Consolación features ten “kubes” - cabins set in the landscape - plus communal facilities housed in a converted hermitage building. Photographs are by Jaime Font Furest. The following text is from the architects: – HOTEL CONSOLACION The luxury of the essen..
Architects: Luis Izquierdo, Antonia Lehmann, Mauricio Leniz y Mirene Elton Structural engineering: Luis Soler P. y Asociados Main contractor: Constructora Marchetti Ltda. Location: Espoz 3125 esquina Narciso Goycolea, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile Plot area: 2240m2 Built area: 2016.45m2 Project: 2007 Construction: 2008 from izquierdolehmann
Architects: Izquierdo Lehmann - Luis Izquierdo W., Antonia Lehmann S.B. Location: Punta Caracoles, IV Region, Chile Structural Engineering: Luis Soler P. y Asociados Services: Kenneth Page (PVT) Constructed Area: 350 sqm Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Main Materials: Concrete, Stone,Glass Photographs: Izquierdo Lehman from archdaily
This remarkable residential property is a prime example of how the Dutch landscape is being transformed. Historic farmhouses are making way for new, artificial ones or abstract dwellings. The land itself is increasingly being used for recreational purposes rather than for agriculture. Where, in the past, houses were screened from their surroundings, a good view is now regarded as an attractive f..
More from Rojkind Arquitectos, who collaborated on the New Tamayo Museum in our previous story: the architects have recently completed a laboratory building for food brand Nestlé. Rojkind Arquitectos also designed the Nestlé Chocolate Museum in our previous story. Located in Querétaro, Mexico, the laboratory comprises cubic volumes with intersecting domes cut from underneath. The exterior is cla..
Here’s another project from FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects who designed the House of Vision in our previous story: this time, House of Inclusion in Shiga, Japan. The residence includes a courtyard sheltered from the street by a high wall. Photographs by Takumi Ot. Here’s some text from the architect: – House of inclusion This house, located in a new residential area, is for a 30-something couple..
Architects: Studio NminusOne Location: Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Client: Marc Morisset Construction Year: 2005 Contractor: Michael McGillion Engineering: David Strandberg and C. A. Boom Photographs: Studio NminusOne The Khyber Ridge house was commissioned by a professional snowboarder. The strategy takes its cue from the intimate engagement of a shredder following the line of a mountain..
Barcelona-based H Arquitectes have completed School Gym 704 in Barberà del Vallès, Spain. Commissioned by the city council of Barberà del Vallès, School Gym 704 is a prefabricated, prism shaped building with a sloping roof. The gym’s design includes a porch which provides access to the changing rooms and an outdoor running track for the children’s education centre. The structure of the gym is ma..
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects have completed a church in Foligno, Italy. The new building will be opened on Friday. Photographs by Moreno Maggi. Here’s some more information from Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects: – Friday 24 April at 11 a.m. will be presented the new Church in Foligno, based on plans by Architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. The project was won in 200..
Lima-based architect Juan Carlos Doblado featured in our 2006 architect's directory. Since then, he's completed several more beach houses on Playa del Sol and this structure, a spectacular new private house in the foothills of the Andes. The new building comprises of two concrete pavilions, one nestled into the shallow slope, the other cantilevered forwards across the site. Doblado describes the..
