Architects: Rintala Eggertsson Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,170 sqm SITUATION The landscape of the Ordos plateau in Inner Mongolia is wide and open, characterized by dunes of sand and low vegetation. The climate is stable and d..
Architects: Jorge Hernandez de la Garza Location: Oaxtepec, Mexico Design team: Carlos Rubio Martinez Project Year: 2007 Furniture: Gandiablasco By Designet Art: Victor Reyes Sculptures: Alfonso Magana Photographs: Paul Czitrom This house is located in a residential area of Oaxtepec, a place of exceptional natural beauty. It is contiguous to the north with the hill of Tepozteco and to the south ..
Architects: Saucier + Perrotte architectes Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Principal in Charge: Gilles Saucier Project Architect: Anik Shooner Executive Architect: MENKÈS SHOONER DAGENAIS Project team: Gilles Saucier, Anik Shooner, Caroline Elias, Maxime-Alexis Frappier, Anna Bendix, Anne Sophie Allard, Audrey Archambault, Eda Ascioglu, Patrice Bégin, Catherine Bélanger, Alain Boudrias, Natha..
Architects: Encore Hereux + G Studio Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox French architects Encore Heureux & G Studio didn’t send a text for their Ordos villa, but the renderings are quite expressive. Judge for yourself. ..
Manchester architects Arca have completed a beach café on the promenade in Morecambe, UK. A band of stainless-steel cladding wraps around the sides and roof of the cafe, and overhangs the two glazed facades that face the promenade and the bay. In front of the cafe there is a south-facing outdoor seating area on two levels. Photography by Timothy Soar. Below is some more information from Arca: – ..
Paris architects ECDM have completed this 63-unit social housing development in Paris. It is located between existing buildings, at the intersection of two streets. A courtyard, hidden from the street, separates the building into two volumes connected by a basement car park. The front facade is composed of coloured glass in different shades of green. The text below is from the architects: – Coll..
Split & Rotate, a holiday home designed by architect Nicos Kalogirou, has been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. Located at the foot of East Vermion mountain inNaoussa Greece, the single-family house consists of two volumes linked by a glass passageway. The main residence has a metal structure and is clad in shipping plywood. The second volume consists of a children’s pavilion with..
Architects: Markus Wespi Jérôme de Meuron architects Location: Brione sopra Minusio, TI, Switzerland Construction Supervision: Guscetti Arch. Dipl., 6648 Minusio Engineer: Anastasi SA, 6604 Locarno Building Physics: IFEC Consulenze SA, 6802 Rivera Contractor: Merlini + Ferrari SA, 6648 Minusio Carpenter: Erich Keller AG, 8583 Sulgen Project year: 2004-2005 Photographs: Hannes Henz The new buildi..
Architects: debartolo architects ltd. Location: Gilbert, Arizona, USA Project team: Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, J. Eric Huffman Civil Engineer: integra engineering Structural Engineer: rudow + berry Mechanical engineer: kunka engineering Electrical Engineer: woodward engineering Contractor: the construction zone Landscape: GBtwo Constructed Area: 1,672 sqm Design year: 2005-200..
architecte : Franklin Azzi Architecture bureau d'étude environmental : Tribu bureau d'étude : Iosis Nord Paysagiste :Office of Landscape Morphology / Philippe Coignet superficie : 5500 m² activité : logements et crèche et commerces emplacement : Zac Cardinet Chalabre 75017 Paris AVANT PROPOS Ce dossier présente notre démarche pour la réalisation d’un programme de 55 logements HQE, d’une crèche e..
