Lace Apartments by Ofis Arhitekti The location of the apartment block is in the centre of Nova Gorica (population 32.000) – Nova Gorica is situated in the west of Slovenia, adjacent the Slovene – Italian border. It lies 92 meters above sea level. The town has also very specific climate conditions – it is renowned is the hottest town in Slovenia in summer and very strong winds in winter. The obje..
This is a housing project of 11 units for one person that built in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. This architecture is built in the alley of Nishioji-Hachijo, where the town houses of about 100 years of old slightly remain. An open space is arranged on the alley side of the site. A street garden is arranged in the center of the architecture. It connects the open space to the courtyard of the north side nei..
Client Private Investor Architect: Future Systems Services Engineers: Arup Structural Engineers:Arup Quantity Surveyors: Savant Cladding Consultant: Billings Design Associates Completion: 2008 Architects Future Systems have completed the facade of a building on Oxford Street in London. The project involved adding an extra floor to the existing building and two new facades. The faceted glass surf..
The Salon Mittermeier hair salon in Linz by Austrian architects Xarchitekten features a facade with a “three-dimensional architectural (hair) wave”. Completed last year, the store front is composed of waterjet-cut, laminated profiles arranged along the facade to create an undulating wave. Photos are by David Schreyer. Here’s some more information from Xarchitekten: – Hairstyle Interface Salon Mi..
Volúmenes esenciales y voladizos audaces. Gramática distributiva casta y juegos de formas plásticas. También, un ejemplo impecable de propuesta constructiva. Es la Casa Capece Venanzi en Giulianova, nacida del entusiamo y de la sintonía, muchas veces declarada, entre el comitente y el arquitecto. La vivienda recientemente terminada constituye un signo de calidad en el paisaje que la contiene, en..
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 ..
Temporarer Pavillon fur die skulptur projekte munster 2007. Der ?Vorplatz“ des ehem. archaologischen Museums erhalt fur die Zeit der Ausstellung eine temporare Platzgestaltung und einen Pavillon als Unterbringung einiger zentraler Servicebereiche (Infopoint, PDA-Ausgabe, Katalogverkauf und einen thematischen Bookshop). Der geplante Pavillon funktioniert als eine Art ?urbane Weiche“ - ein bewegli..
Architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Location: Silkeborg, Denmark Ingeneering: The DAI Group Contractor: SKANSKA Danmark A/S Project Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Constructed Area: 3,700 sqm Photographs: SHL The project – centred on a 19th-century paper mill - was commended for the simplicity of the design, characterised by the choice of materials as well as the successful trans..
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..
