Young Mexican architects Arquitectura en Proceso have completed the headquarters of developers Darcons in the suburbs of Delicias City in the Chihuahua state of Mexico. The building consists of three stacked, orthogonal volumes with glazed opposite sides. The western facade is shaded by opaque, concrete walls. Photographs are by Francisco Lubbert and Jorge Cajiga. Here are some further details f..
Architects: Yazdani Studio Location: La Jolla, California, USA Client: University of California, San Diego Project Team: Mehrdad Yazdani, Design Principal; Craig Hamilton, AIA, LEED AP, Project Principal; Ron Benson, Project Manager; Mark Piaia, AIA, Project Architect; John Chan, Designer, Yan Krymsky, Designer, Manson Fung, Designer, Tommy Yuen, Designer; Jim Peshl, QA/QC, Jack Poulin, IIDA Int..
Architects: Una arquitetos / Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara e Fernando Viégas Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Collaborators: Ana Paula de Castro, Gabriela Gurgel, Jimmy Liendo, José Carlos Silveira Junior, Luis Eduardo Menezes, Maria Cristina Motta, Sílio de Almeida Structure and Fundation: Stec Engenharia Hydraulic Instalations: Nestor Caiuby Electric Instalations: Pascoal d´Apri..
Architects: za bor architects / Arseniy Borisenko, Peter Zaitsev Location: Moscow, Russia Principal Use: Residence Engineer: za bor architects Structure material: Concrete Constructed Area: 270 sqm Project year: 2005-2006 Photographs: Peter Zaitsev The site is located not far from Moscow, on a steep hillside. The inclinated terrain has been minimally transformed - in fact, a building built-in to..
Architect: Luca Selva Architects Location: Lupsingen near Basel, Switzerland Client: Private Project year: 2004-2005 Project architect: Christoph Rothenhöfer Civil engineer: Bitterli + Partner Ingenieure AG, Gelterkinden, Switzerland Building physicist: reber.physics, Riehen, Switzerland Photographs: Ruedi Walti, Menga von Sprecher The village of Lupsingen consists of a small old center and a mu..
Architects: Bernardes Jacobsen Architecture Location: São Paulo, Brazil Partners in Charge: Thiago Bernardes and Paulo Jacobsen Project leaders: Fabiana Porto e Marina Nogaró Collaborators: Andrez Galvez e Gabriel Bocchile Interior Design: Bernardes Jacobsen Architecture (Eza Viegas e Veridiana Ruzzante) Lighting Design: Iluz Studio de Iluminação Structure: Leão e Associados Eng. Estruturas Cons..
Architects: Rodrigo Duque Motta / Rafael Hevia García-Huidobro Location: Talca, Chile Client: Gran Casino y Hotel de Talca Collaborators: Cristóbal Martínez / Catalina Ventura Structural Engineer: Eduardo Valenzuela Interior Design: Francisca Varela Lighting Design: Ramón López / Matías López Technical Inspection: José Tomás Vargas Contractor: Inarco Constructed Area: 15.000 sqm Project year: 20..
Architects: EM2N Location: Greifensee, Switzerland Programme: new building: 3 childrens’ rooms, 1 bathroom, 2 patios, 1 home cinema/hobby room Client: Private Engineers: Tragwerk Bauingenieure GmbH, Zürich Design year: 2003-2008 Constructed Area: new building: 67 sqm, conversion ground floor: 127 sqm Photographs: Hannes Henz In fact, all the clients originally wanted was a larger living room win..
Architects: LOHA Architects Location: West Hollywood, California, USA Principal in Charge: Lorcan O’Herlihy Project Team: Kevin Southerland, Tracy Smith, Franka Diehnelt Contractor: Archetype, Inc. Client: Habitat Group Los Angeles, LLC Project year: 2006 Photographs: Lawrence Anderson As a model of courtyard housing development, Gardner 1050 utilizes a variety of design strategies to elevate it..
Slovenian practice Bevk Perović Arhitekti have completed a residential project in an abandoned quarry in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Called Housing Pilon, the two buildings contain 140 apartments. Small, single-occupant homes are located on the lower floors. Above these, patio-villas are arranged around courtyards, with penthouses above those. The facade comprises storage areas alternated with yellow b..