‘Orb House’ adopts a minimalist aesthetic as a counterpoint to the heavy handed, utilitarian architectural fabric that makes up it’s streetscape tapestry. Located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course, it is less a protest statement than an exploration of contrasts through purity of form – a simple transparent circle in a congested patchwork quilt..
Wall house innovates on house design, through a sustainable soft skin. This house was awarded the 2007 AR Emerging Awards and selected as one of the 2008 Record Houses by Architectural Record. Name: Wall House Location: Lampa, Santiago, Chile Completion: 2007 Project Team: FAR frohn&rojas - Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Amy Thoner, Pablo Guzman, Isabel Zapata Structural Planning Wood: Ingewag ..
MVRDV shared with us their design of The Water Cube, a pavilion for the World Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. The theme of the Expo is “The Living Ocean and Coast”. You can see more proposals for the thematic pavilion by Ginseng Chicken, PTA, and Nicoletti Associati. WORLD WONDERS World expos are fantastic. In the literal meaning. They show man kinds fantasies. They allow for this great opportunity t..
Architects: AK2 Location: Bratislava, Slovakia Designers: Andrea Klimková, Peter Kručay Project Year: 2008 Site Area: 5,418 sqm Construction Area: 9,271 sqm Photographs: Andrea Klimková, Ľubo Stacho Einsteinova Road is probably the most frequented artery in Bratislava, situated misfortunately, like a big cut through Petržalka town quarter. But some architects show us it is possible to refine suc..
Architects: Tetsuya Nakazono / naf architect & design Location: Hiroshima, Japan Engineer: Kenji Nawa / NAWAKENJI-M Program: Single family residence Site area: 172.55 sqm Building area: 61.38 sqm Total floor area: 114.50 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Noriyuki Yano / Nacasa & Partners Design Concept The site is located in a district where many traditional sake breweries preserve good old Ja..
Auftraggeber: Offenburger Stadthallen- und Messeimmobilien GmbH Realisierungszeit: 2007-2008 Projektkosten Brutto: 26 Mio Euro, KG 200-700 Leistungsphasen: 1-8 Auszeichnung, Preise: Wettbewerb 2001, 2.Preis Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a conference centre in Offenburg, Germany, designed by Freiburg architects Hetzel & Ortholf. Called Stadthalle Offenburg..
PROJECT AND DIRECTION: ANDRES REMY ARQUITECTOS DESIGN TEAM: ANDRES REMY, HERNAN PARDILLOS, JULIETA RAFEL, CARLOS ARELLANO, GISELA COLOMBO. BUILDING DIRECTION: ANDRES REMY, ASOCIATED HERNAN PARDILLOS. STRUCTURAL STUDY: CLAUDIO. SURFACE: 330m YEAR: 2007 The black house was born by the request of a young couple, brought to us by another of our projects “The Waterfall House”, which gave us the chall..
Architects: Lucio Morini Location: Ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina Project Team: Lucio Morini + GGMPU Arquitectos – Gramática/Morini/Pisani/Urtubey Project Manager: Arq. Iciar Lecuona Client: IECSA S.A. – Electroingeniería S.A.-U.T.E. Contractor: IECSA S.A. – Electroingeniería S.A.-U.T.E. Project Area: 950 sqm Project Year: 2006-2007 Photographs: Lucio Morini, Sosa Pinilla These studios belong to t..
Panoramic sea views and wind protection were strong design determinants of this spectacular holiday home. Timber decked terraces either side of the living area provide outdoor seating options for different wind directions. The sheltered rear courtyard, framed by the building, large water tanks and timber screens focuses on a wood fired pizza oven. Corrugated colorbond, timber windows, flooring a..
The latest version of the 3D Display Cube. This new version maintains the same functionality of previous iterations but now uses a custom LED module based off the patented technology that lets you to snap together a spatial display of any size. This means that individual modules can be easily replaced should they go out, make the unit more architectural applicable. Prototype exhibited at the Mus..
