Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Martinhal, Portugal Project year: 2002-2003 Construction year: 2005-2007 Constructed area: 320 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra This house is located in Sagres (Algarve), the furthest southwest location in Portugal. This town hosted the Navigation Schoo..
‘Orb House’ adopts a minimalist aesthetic as a counterpoint to the heavy handed, utilitarian architectural fabric that makes up it’s streetscape tapestry. Located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course, it is less a protest statement than an exploration of contrasts through purity of form – a simple transparent circle in a congested patchwork quilt..
Architects: Suppose design office Location: Hiro, Kure city, Hiroshima, Japan Site Area: 78.34 sqm Building Area: 37.39 sqm Total Floor Area: 66.46 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano The site is located in a shopping district alongside the main highway, a harsh place to satisfy the demands of a client desiring a home with bright gardens. There are no outdoor gardens here, so we d..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Caparica, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Marco Roque Antunes, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro Project year: 2000- 2003 Construction year: 2004- 2007 Constructed area: 640 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Projectos e Estudos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: Telmo Miller This is the second project for the urbanization of ..
Architects: XTEN Architecture Location: Manhattan Beach, California, USA Principals: Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly, AIA Client: Jennifer & Nick Hall Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Art Gray Photography The Surfhouse appears as an abstract block of ebonized cedar a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach. The site is very small. While typical lots in the area measure 120′ x 40′, t..
The concept for Line of Work is inspired by the “ripple effect” or more specifically the notion that single elements working together can become more than the sum of their parts. The sculpture is composed of a changing series of individual elements that together create a giant wave-form that reaches out towards the sea. The elements grow in both size and reach along the edge of a pedestrian path..
Architects: x Architekten Location: Ebelsberg, Austria Client: Mrs. and Mr. Seebacher Construction: Mixed Structure Constructed Area: 215 sqm Project Year: 2004-2007 Photographs: Max Nirnberger Task: The existing building from the 1920s proved itself valuable to the client mainly due to the surrounding garden landscape. Nevertheless, there was the aim to create more space and living quality whic..
The site is located in Kanagawa Prefecture on a mountainside that overviews a sea and a city. The client couple, who are friends of mine, and I visited there, when the project was initiated. Walking around in the pre-project site, where too many tall trees stand on, views changed variously, because of the slanted land’s height differences. The experience was comparable to a pleasure of wandering..
The architects at the Zurich based Smolenicky & Partners, designed the Tamina Thermal Baths for the Grand Resort in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. COMPETITION The project for the Tamina thermal baths is the result of a two-stage competition from 2003. The aim of the first phase of the process was to coordinate the large pending architectural interventions in terms of town planning. Where should the new..
Temporarer Pavillon fur die skulptur projekte munster 2007. Der ?Vorplatz“ des ehem. archaologischen Museums erhalt fur die Zeit der Ausstellung eine temporare Platzgestaltung und einen Pavillon als Unterbringung einiger zentraler Servicebereiche (Infopoint, PDA-Ausgabe, Katalogverkauf und einen thematischen Bookshop). Der geplante Pavillon funktioniert als eine Art ?urbane Weiche“ - ein bewegli..
