Architect Werner van der Meulen has sent us photos of a redevelopment of an old house situated in the Northern part of South Africa. from contemporist
Bercy Chen Studio have designed a multi-use building in Austin, Texas. 1111 East 11th is a three story mixed use project in the revitalized 11th Street Corridor of Austin TX. The ground floor is divided between a musical instrument shop and boutique retail outlet. The second floor is reserved for office tenants, with residential spaces on the top floor. Volumetrically, the shifting floor plates ..
A remarkable architect not only designs on one scale, but can shift between residential and large-scale buildings while maintaining a distinct style or set of techniques to link them all together. The houses of Paul Rudolph have withstood the tests of time, both in the physical sense and in their ability to be greatly appreciated and admired even as architectural styles evolve. His residences ar..
UK-based in.it studios have sent us some photos of their contemporary garden studios. Modern, eco-friendly and customisable, a Garden Studio is simply an additional room for your home. Not to be confused with a shed, in.it.studios are built using the same methods as a timber framed house and uses 100mm rigid insulation throughout, multiple membranes and double glazed argon filled windows. The St..
projectnaam Villa vide Almelo opdrachtgever Particulier aannemer Aannemingsbedrijf Hulshof, Tubbergen programma Gemetselde sculptuur, Woonfuncties zijn om een vide georganiseerd. periode 2003 - 2004
Project Title: The Black Pearl Residence Façade Design: Studio Rolf.fr i.s.m. Zecc Architecten Interior Design: Studio Rolf.fr Program: Residence and Workshop Date: 2008 – 2010 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands I think it was love at first site! That’s what I felt when we received the images from Zecc architecten. The Black Pearl, the residence of my dreams; especially for the story it carries. A..
Glen Irani Architects have designed the third in their series of Hover Houses located on the Venice Canals of Los Angeles, California. Situated on the Venice Canals of Los Angeles, California, Hover House 3 represents the third in the architects’ Hover House series. This series focuses on maximizing outdoor living on small lots by ‘hovering’ the building envelope above the grade level in order t..
While Louis Kahn was designing the National Assembly Building in Bangladesh in 1962, he was approached by an admiring Indian architect, Balkrishna Doshi, to design the 60 acre campus for the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India. Much like his project in Bangladesh, he was faced with a culture enamored in tradition, as well as an arid desert climate. For Kahn, the design of the inst..
Arhiidea Architects of Riga, Latvia shared with us their proposal for the Pireaus Tower 2010 Competition in Greece. Additional images and the architect’s conceptual description after the break. The core concept of the proposal for the reconstruction of Pyreaus Tower is the publicisation of private space, thus opening the building to the city and its inhabitants for multiple uses. The character o..
In an adaptive re-use project, Serie Architects, Grimshaw of London and Pysall Ruge Arkitekten of Berlin were asked to renovate four factories in Hangzhou that would form a new urban core for the city center. For Serie’s factory, the firm decided to preserve the unique16 ft tall main hall of the factory and to “accentuate the industrial drama of this massive void by restoring the concrete truss ..
