Portuguese practice OODA Architecture have shared with us their fascinating entry to the Taiwan Conceptual Tower International Competition that won the team a Merit Award. The competition called for conceptual designs for "Taiwan Tower", a landmark building in Taichung to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of Taiwan, R.O.C. and celebrate the merger between Taichung County and..
Toronto-based firm GH3 designed the Williams Studio on Stony Lake in Ontario, Canada. A photographer’s studio over a boathouse on Stony Lake is a re-imagination of the archetypal glass house in a landscape in the Canadian Shield. A continuation of thinking about this architectural ambition, the central concept of the house is reconceived through a contemporary lens of sustainability, program, si..
Tokyo 2010: here’s another chair by Japanese design studio Daisuke Motogi Architecture (see our earlier story), this time made from a thin mattress folded into a concertina. Called Sleepy Chair, the project was presented at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this week. Photographs are by Takahumi Yamada. Here’s a tiny bit of text from the designer: Sleepy chair A chair as a blanket which provides a s..
Architect: Maxwan Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan Partner in charge: Hiroki Matsuura Team leader: Jason Hilgefort Team: Hiroki Matsuura, Rients Dijkstra and Jason Hilgefort with Artur Borejszo, Leena Cho, Ignas Uogintas, Nobuki Ogasahara Client: City of Kaohsiung Program: Cultural – Pop Music Center, Marine Center, Large Performance Hall, Music Rehearsal Space, Small Performance Halls Site area: 12 ..
Minervini Vandermark Architecture have sent us the 360 14th Street building they’ve designed in Hoboken, New Jersey. Designed and built by a young emerging architecture firm to house their expanding design studio, this 4 story mixed use building has been instrumental in the revitalization of the industrial urban neighborhood it calls home. The 50′x50′ lot sits mid-block down a cobble street in t..
Spanish studio Hoz Fontán Arquitectos have completed this rectangular office tower in Irun, Spain. The eight-storey tower sits atop an elliptical plinth, which in turn is built on top of an existing car park. The building has a double-glazed facade and features gardens on the upper two floors. The tower houses the headquarters for the Zaisa transportation hub and its offices are located in the h..
Project : House_TN Architect : Teruo Miyahara Builder : Three ef Co. Design : Oct. 2003 – May 2005 Construction : July 2005 – Feb. 2006 Location : Kanagawa Japan Total Floor Area : 160 sqm House TN is a residence that stands along the Tama River in western Tokyo. It was designed for two sisters and their respective families. Though the sisters may be close, they do have separate families and sep..
敷地面積: 110.55㎡(33.44坪) 構造 / 規模: 鉄筋コンクリート造 / 7階建 延べ面積: 341.38㎡(103.27坪) 設計期間: 2006.03 - 2006.04 施工期間: 2006.05 - 2007.03 構造設計: エスアンドエフ 一級建築士事務所 施工: 真柄建設株式会社 参考価: 10500万円～ （本体工事 ＋ 設計監理） ｢繰り返しパターンの窓に同じ間取り｣ アパート／マンションだからと諦められていた部分がデザインの大きな課題となっています。その中でコスト的に厳しい小さな集合住宅で挑戦し、そして生み出されたのがこの集合住宅です。 ｢片山集合住宅｣は全10戸の小さな集合住宅。基本はフラットプランだが一部に2層の天井高を持つメゾネット住戸が積み木細工のように組み込まれていま す。その様子は南側正面のファサードを見れば一目瞭然。断面のカタチがそのままフ..
Urban Landscape Group have designed the Corvin Gate Public Light in Budapest, Hungary. The public premise renewal program called 3K – Köztéri Kulturális Keresztez?dés (Public premises Cultural Crossing)” will come to fruition between the fall of 2010 and spring of 2011, within the confines of which the crossing of Ferenc boulevard and Üll?i street and a part of Üll?i street will be renewed. The ..
Japanese architect Daisuke Motogi has designed the “Lost in Sofa” chair that allows you to insert objects into it, such as a book or a TV remote control. from contemporist
