Architects: PROJEKTSTUDIO, ing.arch. David Kotek Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic Consultant: Hutní projekt Ostrava a.s. Constructed Area: 2,200 sqm Project year: 2006 Photographs: PROJEKTSTUDIO The fundamental concept of the design is the division of the Substance of the structure into two clearly defined buildings – hall and administration. It is dialogue between the static and the dynamic, a..
Primitive Living in Saijo – Hiroshima text by Marcia Argyriades for Yatzer Design: Suppose Design Office, Japan Lead Architect: Makoto Tanijiri Site area: 246 m2 Building area: 50.41 m2 Total floor area: 115.51m2 “When I always create, I think that I want to find the charm of the plan,” claims 35 year old talented architect Makoto Tanijiri, chief architect of Suppose Design Office. In the nine y..
Danish architects C.F.Møller and Norwegian practice Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter have won a competition to design three office towers in Oslo. Called Crystal Clear, the winning design features towers composed of consists of stacked glazed boxes. Here’s some info from C.F.Møller: – C.F.Møller Architects and Norwegian Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter cooperate to design a new landmark for Oslo C. F. Mølle..
Designer: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects, Inc. Location: Marin, CA The site is fifteen acres of wooded grasslands with a ravine running through. The house, a continuous twenty-two-foot-wide two-story bar, bridges the ravine from east to west. from spaceinvading
ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies. We are always accepting nominations for upcoming ShowCase features - if you would like to suggest a project, please send us a message. Background The clients required a permanent home/office on their small property, located one hour’s drive from A..
Architect: Workshop 1 Dunn + Hillam Architects Location: Botany, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Project Team: Ashley Dunn, Lee Hillam, Linden Thorley Structural Engineer: John Carrick Builder: Workshop 1 Dunn + Hillam Architects and Brett Wiley Constructions Constructed Area (Studio): 140 sqm Constructed Area (House): 50 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographer: Kilian O’Sullivan In 2002 we bough..
RIBA recently selected The Study Centre at The Møller Centre in Cambridge, UKas a regional winner of the prestigious annual RIBA architecture awards. The Study Centre was opened in 2007 and designed by London-based architects DSDHA. Winners of the Regional and European Awards are put forward for the Stirling Prize for Architecture, which is announced in October. The Architects Journal commented ..
As we shared earlier this week, the Desiging in Teheran international competition urged designers to creatively rethink the potential a retail area can have upon an evolving metropolis (Grzegorz Witold Woronowicz’s won as we reported earlier on AD). Giuseppe Iodice’s proposal placed third as it aimed to create an architecture that ”would investigate a social, political, cultural function and bec..
Who: Junichi Sampei/ A.L.X. (ARCHITECT LABEL Xain) What: Single-family residence (2 adults and a child) w/ dance studio Where: Yokohama, Kanagawa When: May 2008 How: Three-story reinforced concrete construction Site Area: 1,093 square feet Construction Area: 634 square feet Total Floor Area: 1,224 square feet/ 1st Fl - 185 sf., 2nd Fl - 609 sf., 3rd Fl - 430 sf from whatwedoissecret
ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies. In this special series of ShowCase features, we are profiling a single project from each of the eight Architectural League's "Emerging Voices", as profiled in our recent feature 3 Questions for 8 Emerging Voices. We are always accepting nomination..
