Situada en el borde de un acantilado de setenta metros de altura, la casa ofrece una serie compleja de espacios de estar fluidos, inscriptos en un perímetro conformado por una serie de curvas y contracurvas que se extienden en respuesta al paisaje y al sol. Las áreas de día componen un voladizo sobre el océano permitiendo excelentes vistas de la costa. La planta más baja forma una base construid..
La ubicación de la casa, sobre el borde de un impresionante acantilado de 300 metros con vistas a una playa de arena negra, al volcán Teide y a una gran extensión de la costa norte de la isla de Tenerife, ha resultado decisiva para la propuesta arquitectónica. La idea de la casa consiste en insertar una pieza monolítica de hormigón y vidrio sobre una plataforma de madera en el borde del acantila..
' JOHN LEWIS DEPARTMENT STORE AND CINEPLEX by FOA Leicester, UK This project involves the design of a block housing, a department store and a Cineplex. The ground floor is occupied almost entirely by the department store, leaving the upper area to be divided between the two functions. The Cineplex is a large blank volume, that will be clad in stainless steel shingles. No communication can be exp..
Shop_World Business Center Busan SHoP’s design proposal for the World Business Center Busan (WBCB) complex begins by combining the traditional Korean courtyard type (Madang) with contemporary high-rise living to create a new urban ecology: the “vertical garden”. The parkscape surrounding the base for the WBCB is drawn up into the towers to produce vertical gardens of planted bamboo. These bamboo..
Architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Asia Pacific (LAVA) have unveiled Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower at the Cityscape property fair in Dubai. The 59-storey tower, one of seven to be built around the world, has been built in collaboration with former Formula 1 champion Schumacher, and is described as “branded architecture’s next step”. The..
Bubble table lights The Cluster table light is hand-blown in Brooklyn and measures 16" in diameter. The form evolved out of my interest in Slow Design, manifesting here in barnacle-like vessels fused together, in murky translucents. Two 40-watt double-loop Edison bulbs are included, with cloth-covered cord. It is also on view at the Met Home Showtime Showhouse in rooms designed by Tori Golub. Bu..
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps Location: Denmark Project Year: 2004 Engineer: Moe & Brødsgaard A/S Area: 200 sqm Photographs: Torben Eskerod Sitting in the midst of an expanding landscape, the summerhouse is an open-plan dwelling allowing the inhabitants and its visitors to experience a continual interior/exterior natural environment. Raised above the ground by concrete pillars, the hou..
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled their design for a triangular building in the Porte de Versailles area of Paris, France. According to the architects the triangular profile will prevent the structure casting shadows on adjacent buildings, and allow for optimum solar and wind power generation. The ground floor will incorporate shops and restaurants, while an open public space level wit..
German architects Coordination Berlin and photographers diephotodesigner presented a “multi-faceted design object” called Crystal City Mind in London last weekend. The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, are made from high-grade steel that is mirror-polished on one side and matt black on the other. Crystal City Mind was initially developed to highlight the rapidly changing sk..
German architects Coordination Berlin and photographers diephotodesigner presented a “multi-faceted design object” called Crystal City Mind in London last weekend. The objects, designed to reflect the surrounding cityscape, are made from high-grade steel that is mirror-polished on one side and matt black on the other. Crystal City Mind was initially developed to highlight the rapidly changing ..
