This is a summer beach house in the resort community of the Pines on Fire Island New York. The typology of the homes in the Pines is recognizable to anyone who has visited an East Coast Shoreline resort town. It is a builder- driven typology reflecting the pragmatism of the inhabitants of these coastal communities. Almost always the “good sense” pragmatism that allows these homes to be built aff..
Onat ÖKTEM and Ziya İMREN have receievd an Honorable Mention in the Middle East Technical University Student Center & Public Square Architectural Competition. They have shared their competition entry with us... The main concept of the design is to create an in-between condition between a built environment and the landscape. The inner and outer spaces flow into each other in an historical site wh..
Architects: Della Valle + Bernheimer Design Location: New York, NY, USA Partner in Charge: Jared Della Valle Project Manager: Burck Schellenberg Project Designer: Garrick Jones Project Team: Andrew Willard, Cathy Braasch, Brian Butterfield, Adam Ruedig Client/Developer: Alloy Development Contractor: TG Nickel Project Area: 29,700 sq ft Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Della Valle + Bernheime..
name Flintholm SPARK type invited competition task public building client frederiksberg municipality size 4.000 m2 (phase 1) + 2.000 m2 (phase 2) + 6.000 m2 (commercial) year 2010 collaboration mvrdv, sla, søren jensen consulting engineers, imitio, max fordham, winie ricken The building is a new urban typology with its mix of community centre, exhibition and performance, playground, park and hea..
Architects: 56.02 (Mauricio Bruna-Fruns, Ursula Oliva, Alejandro Gandarillas, Pablo Muñoz) Location: Huentelauquen, Chile Client: Familia Bruna-Fruns Contractor: Arturo Cuevas Project Area: 91 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Alejandro Gandarillas The B8 House is located 270km north of Santiago, in an area characterized for strong winds that run through the pacific coast. The original scheme ..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Ubatuba, Brazil Principal in charge: Angelo Bucci Project team: Ciro Miguel, Juliana Braga, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Flávia Parodi Costa, Tatiana Ozzetti, Lucas Nobre, Nilton Suenaga Client: Antônio Carlos Onofre / Regina Silveira Onofre Structural engineer: Ibsen Puleo Uvo Landscape architect: Raul Pereira Lightning design: Ricardo Heder Construction:..
Architects: Mayslits Kassif Architects Location: Arlozorov Street, Tel Aviv, Israel Design Team: Udi Kassif, Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Maor Roytman Program: A mixed use building containing kindergarten cluster and municipal welfare offices. Client: The Tel Aviv-Yafo Economic Development Authority Ltd. Site Area: 6,000 sqm Built Area: 3,000 sqm Budget: $5,000,000 Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Iwan..
This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. Called Hanil Visitors Center and Guest House, the information centre aims to educate visitors about recycling concrete and demonstrates different options through its own construction. Four openings in the eastern wall allow glimpses of how the concrete is produced in the factor..
Architects: A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects Location: Pozuelo de Alorcón, Spain Partner in Charge: Rafael Llamazares Contractor: Helio Construcciones Interiors: A-cero Project Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Luis H. Segovia The architecture studio A-cero presents one of its last works about a big single-family house. It takes place in the outskirts of Madrid on a 5,000 m2 plot. It is a single sto..
Our friends at Abitare published several works by Italian firm Buratti + Battiston, an architect and engineer, respectively. With a strong grasp of aesthetics as their foundation for creating spaces, their Vetreria Airoldi Office + Showroom works with the characteristics of colored glass to form a contemporary working space. The office + showroom is an entire experimentation of glass. On the ext..
