Architects: Arquitectos Anónimos® and Paulo Teodósio Location: Esposende, Portugal Client: Maria Helena Ramos Structural consultant: Ricardo Fonseca, Luís Fernandes and Luís Gonçalves Floor area: 157 sqm Site area: 8,900 sqm Built-up area: 288 sqm Start of planning: 2004 Start of construction: 2005 Completion: 2007 Photographs: Ivo Canelas An unusual and inverted process. The client convinced us..
Canadian architects Bricault Design have completed a plant-covered extension to a house in Venice, Los Angeles. Large glass doors on the ground floor pivot open onto the courtyard. Air is drawn inside and up a sculptural staircase to an opening in the roof, cooling the building. The building is clad with cedar batons and the new bedroom is covered in plants, including vegetables and indigenous s..
Japanese architects Masaki Mori of Morii’s Atelier and Shin Yokoo of OUVI have completed a house in Kanagawa, Japan, for a couple who plan to retire soon. Called M-house, the residence is organised around a kitchen garden. Large windows frame views of the surrounding cedar trees. More stories about OUVI: House in Mitaka by Hidetaka Shirako and OUVI Andon by Grasses and OUVI Photographs are by Ta..
Internationally recognized practice RMJM Architects have recently announced their groundbreaking $1 billon mixed-use complex for the Atasehir district, the growing residential and business area of Istanbul, Turkey. RMJM’s complex will allow the new business center to flourish by serving 20,000 people and providing for a variety of their needs. The project will be revolutionary for Turkey as it w..
Architects: Arquitectos Anónimos®, Maria Veloso and Vasco Aragão Location: St. Tirso, Portugal Client: Norte Golfe Structural consultant: Hélder Ferreira Floor area: 80 sqm Site area: 1,100 sqm Built-up area: 80 sqm Start of planning: 2006 Start of construction: 2006 Completion: 2006 Photographs: Abel Andrade Sometimes we dig up foundations only to cover them up again. A safe certainty to determ..
設計監理:三幣順一/A.L.X. 構造設計:久米弘記(久米弘記建築構造研究所) 施 工:岡田善工務店 写真撮影:鳥村鋼一 所在地 :東京都板橋区 用途 :専用住宅 構造規模:鉄筋コンクリート3階建 述床面積:85.32m2(法定床面積) 竣工年 :2008年 『MARK』No.20掲載 『モダンリビング』2009年1月号掲載 『ELLE DECO』2008年6月号掲載 この住宅は、北側前面道路の向かいに二本の見事な桜の樹の有る公園に面している。印象的だったのはグランドレベルの快適性はそれほど高くないが、ある高さを越えた部分から劇的に環境が良くなる事が予想出来た事だ。勿論、それには二本の桜の樹が、大きな役割を果たしている。そこで、桜との関係に焦点を絞った、樹上生活と言えるような暮らし方を提案した。また桜との関係を出来るだけ近くするために、下階の軸線に対してボリュームを振って建築が桜を正面..
On July 27, Bustler reported about the big night at Calgary’s Grand Theatre where the five competition finalists presented their designs for the Cantos National Music Center competition. Presenting firms that night were Diller Scofidio and Renfro, New York, NY, Jean Nouvel Workshop, Paris, France, Allied Works Architecture/BKDI, Portland, OR, Saucier + Perrotte, Montreal, Quebec, and Studio Pali..
REX and Principal in Charge Joshua Prince-Ramus have been named the winner of the BibLLLiotheek competition to build a “Library of the Future” for the city of Kortrijk, Belgium. New York-based REX partnered with landscape architects Bureau Bas Smets in entering the competition, which included both a building and master plan. In making its decision, the BibLLLiotheek jury noted that the REX desig..
This villa is located in plot #52 of the ORDOS project. Architects: Tatiana Bilbao Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009-2010 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox The design is based on the archetype form of a house. The concept is composed of a study of seve..
name: n house place: warsaw design: 2008 construction: 2009 status: design designers: jakub majewski, lukasz pastuszka collaborator: tomasz bierzanowski, katarzyna kazimierczyk investors: private usable floor area: 265㎡ from moomoo