Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres Location: Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares Project Year: 2005-2007 Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero The plot, where this housing is situated, is the result of dividing an original state. It adopts the form of an irregular polygon of four sides, presents a light slope and has a surface of 13.357 sqm. The plot borders ..
The site is located in Kanagawa Prefecture on a mountainside that overviews a sea and a city. The client couple, who are friends of mine, and I visited there, when the project was initiated. Walking around in the pre-project site, where too many tall trees stand on, views changed variously, because of the slanted land’s height differences. The experience was comparable to a pleasure of wandering..
A 2000 SF, three-bedroom apartment in an elegant 1927 coop building in Greenwich Village, the project is a modernist edit of a classic prewar residence. The spacious dwelling was created by combining two one-bedroom units. In a bold move, the architects decided to raise the floor of one of the two original sunken living rooms to make a large master bedroom suite and, at the same time, space unde..
The concept of Casa G is based on reading and feedback to the landscape it exists on. The characteristic landscape situation and view differences distinctively in each direction. Towards south the view to the sea and islands, towards north the characteristic triangular mountain, towards east the glacier and towards west the river and canyon. Those elements are the creator of the project, the tra..
Architects: Belmont Freeman Architects Location: Atlantic Beach, New York, USA Principal in Charge: Belmont Freeman Project Architect: Devyn Osborne Client: Antoni and Joanna Kowalewski Construction Manager: Anko Contractor Structural Engineer: Ross Dalland, PE Site Area: 7,500 sft Project Area: 3,600 sqf Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Christopher Wesnofske Atlantic Beach is an established beac..
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 ..
Architects: MAD Location: Beijing, China Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun Design Team: Dai Pu, Yu Kui, Stefanie Helga Paul, He Wei, Shen Jianghai Type: Courtyard Renovation Construction Engineers: Beijing Nade Environmental Art Design Co., Ltd. Construction Cost: 400,000RMB Project Year: 2009 Photographs: ShuHe, Fang Zhenning & Daniele Dainelli MAD’s proposal for the future Beijing 2050 ..
The Pipe House is a weekend get-away retreat by Butenko Vasiliy and Sergey Mahno located along the Black sea, just at the edge of the Crimean Mountains of the Ukraine. Planned as an oasis for rest and relaxation, the house has been divided into zones by opaque and translucent screens, allowing the user flexibility in shading the sun, creating privacy, and blocking off areas when entertaining gue..
location : Obama city, Fukui ,Japan principal use : parsonal house site area: 389.25sqm building area : 171.60sqm total floor area : 301.29sqm ( 1F:158.60sqm 2F:142.69sqm ) completion : September. 2009 design period: 2007-2008 construction period: September.2009 structure: Steel construction 2 story client: a couple and two children Atsushi Ozu project architect: Makoto Tanijiri [suppose design o..
The house is located on a 3.500 m2 plot presenting a light slope that is used by the access ramp to the garage. The floor plan has the form of a greek cross, and is delimited by the access pathway and the other properties on both of its sides. The design of this 1.200 m2 compact single-family house is guided by two main concepts: a great functionality in the distribution of the interior spaces a..
