Final Wooden House / Sou Fujimoto Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Kumamoto, Japan Project Team: Hiroshi Kato Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers Lighting: Hirohito Totsune Contractor: Tanakagumi Construction Design Year: 2005-2006 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Site Area: 89,3 sqm Constructed Area: 15,13 sqm Photographer: Iwan Baan Lumber is extremely versatile. In a..
Condicionado por las características del terreno, angosto y con una fuerte pendiente hacia el sur, el estudio Syntax Architektur, liderado por el arquitecto Michael Barth, diseñó esta vivienda unifamiliar abundante en luz natural que aprovecha al máximo las virtudes del jardín y sus adyacencias. Casi un tercio del área de construcción debía ser destinada a una biblioteca y a una oficina, por lo ..
Project X (Text by Maarten Willems) Behind the somewhat mysterious name ‘Project X’, hides the design of René van Zuuk and his family’s own residence. The villa with a small office space is located right next to the architect’s former residence Psyche in Almere’s The Fantasy district, an area for experimental housing. Because the old house serves as his architect’s office since 2004, it occurred..
Norwegian architecture studio Fantastic Norway have completed a holiday cabin at Fosen in Norway. The timber dwelling is located on a hilltop in a remote coastal area. The following information is from Fantastic Norway: – Cabin Vardehaugen Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of ..
Cabin Vardehaugen by Fantastic Norway Short Project information: Name: Coastal Cabin (by “Fantastic Norway) Category: Residential/recreational The cabin is situated on the top of a rocky hill at the outermost coast of Fosen (Norway). The building is carefully placed and designed in relation to the local terrain, the panoramic view and the specific climactic conditions in the area. A variety of s..
Villa MRMM near Ludwigsburg Germany 2005 - Team J. MAYER H.: Jürgen Mayer H. Georg Schmidthals Thorsten Blatter Simon Takasaki Ausschreibung / Bauleitung: Architekturbüro Uli Wiesler, Stuttgart The geometry of the Dupli.Casa is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site, originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then. The new bui..
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are more designs for villas at the Next-Gene 20 project in Taiwan, which will feature 20 homes designed by Taiwanese and international architects. Above: Radix House by Shu-Chang Kung More info and images in our earlier story. Above: Ridge House by Hailim Suh The project was launched in Venice during the architecture biennale last week. Above: FlexiVilla by Tos..
Venice Architecture Biennale: here are some images of Symbiotic Villa, a house designed by Zaha Hadid for the Next-Gene 20 project in Taiwan. The project has invited ten international architects and ten Taiwanese architects to design houses. More info and images in our earlier story. The project was launched in Venice last week during the architecture biennale.