El sistema de plataformas es lo que subyace a la idea del proyecto, el punto de partida. La presencia de éstas es perceptible desde el nivel superior de la terraza y desde el inferior del jardín. Las vistas, los cortes, los voladizos y los recorridos acentúan la horizontalidad. La composición geométrica y espacial, los materiales y la relación con el sitio evocan inevitablemente al Pabellón de B..
Architects: Dennis Gibbens Architects Location: Venice, CA, USA Senior Project Architect: Oren Dothan Project Architect: Ryan Turner Lighting Consultant: Lux Populi Audiovisual Consultant: Audio Video Experience Structural Engineer: Taylor & Syfan Consulting Engineers Concrete Contractor: Creative Masonry Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Benny Chan, Nazy Alvarez, Ryan Turner Abbot Kinney Boulevar..
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has won the competition for a major expansion to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ). The 12,000m2 new building, a cascade of three overlapping boxes at the juncture of downtown Quebec City and the historic Battlefields Park, will be OMA’s first built project in Canada. The winner was announced today by MNBAQ President Pierre Lasson..
Architects: Powerhouse Company Location: Schou, Denmark Partner in Charge: Charles Bessard Project Team: Nanne de Ru, Charles Bessard, Mads Lassen, Thomas Lund, Anders Lyhne Project year: 2005 - 2008 Structural Engineer: Tonny Hovborg Engineering: Carl Peter Adolph Photographs: Powerhouse Company Glamourous yet cost effective, the XXLong Summerhouse challenges the idea that luxurious does not ne..
Architect: HHF Architects + Ai Weiwei Design team: HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER & AI WEIWEI with Bhavana Hameed, Tom Strub, Fumiko Takahama, Magnus Zwyssig Structural engineering: Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY Construction management: Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY General Contractor: Robert Reed Construction, Germantown, NY Photos: Iwan Baan and Nikolas Koenig Client: private Livable ar..
Architects: Hidalgo Hartmann - Jordi Hidalgo Tané & Daniela Hartmann Location: Girona, Spain Project year: 2004 Technical Architec: Mateu Batlle Client: Lluis and Montserrat Contractor: Constructions Santa Pau S.L. Constructed Area: 375 sqm Photographs: Hidalgo Hartmann The structure and location of country houses is the result of a century-long study of ways to overcome conditionings such as to..
A new house, guesthouse, and garage form a community of buildings on a rural hilltop site, evoking a rural homestead. The buildings define a formal courtyard that opens to specific views of the Berkshire and Catskill Mountains. Copper, wood, and bluestone are the primary materials, deployed to affect a minimal and sculptural vocabulary. The buildings are embedded to varying degree within the roc..
Architect: Harald Opitz Location: Camino a Ensenada, Puerto Varas, Chile Contractor: Inmobiliaria Cielos del Sur Ltda Structure Engineer: Jose Torres Herrera Site Area: 14.000 sqm Constructed Area: 1.500 sqm Project Year: 2006 Construction year: 2007-2008 Materials: Wood, Steel & Concrete Photographs: Francisco Negroni Young chilean architect Harald Opitz shared with us this impressive hotel lo..
Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. The house, 57 Tivoli Road, is located on a sloping corner plot and has internal courtyards. A six metre-long window in the living room slides open over views of the city. The interior is primarily fitted out in wood, with a staircase twisting through the space and guest bed..
Architects: Murtinho y Asociados Arquitectos Location: Calle Holanda Nº64, Providencia, Santiago, Chile Client: Los Héroes Caja Compensación Architect in Charge: Santiago Raby Pinto Collaborators: Miguel Angel Contreras Ch. y Alejandra López Contractor: ALTIUS Refurbishment Area: 3.350 sqm Photographs: Pedro Mutis Johnson CONTEXT The challenge was the rehabilitation of a ‘70s building for a new ..
