Rotterdam-based designer Reinier de Jong has designed an extending bookcase. Called REK, the bookcase consists of five parts, which slide out to accommodate books in the resulting voids as the user accumulates them. “REK is a bookcase that grows with your book collection. The more books, the bigger the bookcase,” explains de Jong. The following information is from the designer: – The zigzag shap..
Architects: ACXT Location: Bakio, Spain Client: Bakio City Council Constructed Area: 5,200 sqm Budget: 3,9 M EURO (US $4,93 M) Project year: 2006 Photographer: Cesar San Millán The building is situated in a small and floodable valley open to the sea in the coastal town of Bakio. It takes up the Northwest side of the site, leaving two free areas, one in the West, through which access is carried o..
Petrópolis, en el estado de Rio de Janeiro, era el lugar de veraneo de la familia imperial. A sólo 60 kilómetros al norte de la segunda capital de Brasil, Petrópolis se eleva 830 metros sobre la Bahia de Guanabara, a la vera del camino que en 1720 se convirtió en la nueva ruta entre Rio y Minas Gerais. La fuerte impronta histórica, que otorga a Petrópolis el mote de Ciudad Imperial, contrasta co..
La Casa en Bahía de los Piratas explota las virtudes de un terreno incómodo, con dos actitudes opuestas respecto del paisaje: el gesto dramático de cara al mar y la integración casi mimética en la vegetación que la respalda. La estructura ligera de acero galvanizado levita sobre el camino de acceso vehicular. El sutil detalle del perfil alado de la cubierta, con pendiente contraria y longitudina..
Architect: Gwenael Nicolas - Curiosity + Tomoyuki Ustumi - Milligram Studio Location: Tokyo, Japan Project Year: 2005 Client: Curiosity Structural Engineering: Mitsuhiro Kanada Main Contractor: Shin Site Area: 189 sqm Constructed Area: 113 sqm Photographs: Curiosity The originality of the c-1 project started from the design process. it is designed as a product, unique independant, a seamless spa..
Architects: Atelier Phileas (member of PLAN01) Location: Chennevières-sur-Marne, France Client: Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne Program: Archery hall, outside shooting field, offices, cloakrooms Consultant: BETIBA Constructed Area: 1,600 sqm Budget: 1.5M Euro + tax (US $1.91M + tax) Project year: 2005 Photographer: Pauline Turmel The archery centre of Chennevières-sur-Marne is located in an area..
DOMO Arquitetos Associados sent us this temporary art gallery built for an exhibition in Brasilia that took place between august and october of 2008. The project is a 60sqm temporary art gallery built for an exhibition in Brasília that took place between august and october of 2008. The gallery´s exhibition displayed paintings and portraits of contemporary and modern brazilian painters such as Zi..
Architect: Quim Larrea y Katherine Bedwell Location: Barcelona, Spain Project Year: 2008 Technical Architect: Emili Manrique Client: Rembed Structural Engineering: Marc Gual Site Area: 1,717 sqm Constructed Area: 312 sqm Photographs: Rafael Vargas, K. Bedwell The site is located nearby a natural park 20 miles NW of Barcelona. It is a magical place, surrounded by pine trees, oaks, and holm oaks a..
Project: 4-star Hotel Aire de Bardenas / Location: Tudela, Navarre, Spain / Client: Aire de Bardenas S.L./ Commission 2004, Completed 2007/ Built area: 1,500m2 / Scope of work: Full architectural services, interior, landscape and furniture design / Contractor: Alejandro Ahedo / Quantity Surveyor: Leticia Montes / Collaborators: Gillermo Zuaznabar, María E. Seligra, Karen Pinheiro, Carla Isern, G..
Architects: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier Location: Oita-city, Oita, Japan Client: Private Project year: 2008 Constructed area: 119 sqm Photographs: Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc.,) It is a hairsalon built in the suburbs. A mountain type design code is repeated from facade and an opening to interior design. This brings the visual effect as an icon to construction. “Paper-cutting” will be a mot..
