The House 53 volumetry was defined following São Paulo city building laws and the site’s peculiar shape, which is just over 10 meters in front and approximately 30 meters in length. According to the legislation one can build in the neighborhood up to a two-floor building, settled upon the site’s lateral limits. A third floor is allowed as long as the lateral setbacks are respected. The house was..
Architect: Prax Architects Location: Auch, France Project year: 2006-2007 Project Area: 180 sqm Photographs: Arnaud Saint-Germès This house project is founded on the concept of Louis Kahn: a company of space: the project consisted in organizing spaces with different uses related to the individual, around the space of family, gathered in a coherent space unit. This project is based on the followi..
Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos Project Principal: Michel Rojkind Project leader: Agustin Pereyra Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project team: Juan Carlos Vidals (3D massing) Alejandro Biguria, Moritz Melchert, Mónica Orozco, Phillip Jung, José Moreno, Laura Rodriguez , Roberto Gil Will, Tere Levy, Alan Rahmane Structural Engineer: Juan Felipe Heredia Design year: 2008 Construction year:..
Location: Gojo, Kyoto, Japan Type of Project: Single family residence/ craft studio Project Architects: EASTERN design office /// Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno Construction area: 140.2 m² Total floor area: 259.8 m² Year of Construction: 2007 House with Crest is located in the city of Gojo in Kyoto, Japan, where architects Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno of EASTERN design office reveal their talent..
Architect: Rati Chomakhidze, Studia Arci Location: Tbilisi, Georgia Client: Arci development Design year: 2006 Construction year: 2007-2008 Total plot area: 1,105 sqm Total built area: 4,310 sqm Living area: 2,100 sqm Office area: 650 sqm Photographs: Goga Mamasakhlisi The presented project is located in the general development plan of the Vake district and the surrounding area. The general plan..
Most city parts of Almere, a city with almost 190,000 inhabitants, have a petting farm. In the 'den Uyl' park there used to be one, but it burned down in the early 80's, leaving only its concrete foundation. Early 2005 we were commissioned by the municipality of Almere to design a new petting farm on the exact location and the remaining foundation. The building was finally built using almost onl..
German architect Ole Scheeren of Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed a skyscraper for Bangkok in Thailand. Called MahaNakhon, the building consists of a 77-storey glass tower. A band of shifted, box-like elements breaks up the surface and creates terraces and balconies. There will also be a public plaza, retail space, 200 homes, a hotel, bar and restaurant. Building is due for comp..
Architects: Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Oslo Norway Location: Remmen in Halden, Norway Project team: Reiulf D Ramstad, Espen Surnevik, Anja Strandskogen, Anders Tjønneland ++ ( all Architects MNAL) Client: Statsbygg, Norwegian Public Construction and Property Management Structural Engineer: Dr Techn. Kristoffer Apeland AS, Oslo Norway Mechanical Engineer: Erichsen & Horgen engineering AS, Oslo No..
Architects: ODOS architects Location: Dublin, Ireland Construction: SHALE Construction Constructed Area: 140 sqm Design Year: 2006 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Photographs: Ros Kavanagh and Barbara Corsico This new residential development, for a motorcycle enthusiast, adjacent to No.10 Grangegorman Villas, Grangegorman, Dublin 7 is an alternative reaction to the more traditional city centre infi..
Architects: Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos Location: Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil Architects in Charge: Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz Collaborators: Renata Davi, Renata Buschinelli Goes, Luiz Florence, Adriana Junqueira, Paloma Delgado, Ivo Magaldi, André Malheiros, Luciana Muller, Débora Zeppellini, Marília Caetano, Nilton Rossi, Ana Paula Barbosa L..
