100 Planos Architecture designed the Jorge Guedes’ House in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Located on top of a valley, Jorge Guedes’s house, appears as a large window that covers the landscape. The building rises to the principles of aggregation volumetric patents in vernacular architecture of the region. We draw an organic whole, composed of three bodies, which extends to the ground, searching each..
Architects: Consexto Location: Matosinhos, Portugal Project area: 44 sqm Project year: 2009 – 2010 Photographs: Amândio Neto The Closet house rises from the need to transform 44m2 in a house thoroughly useful and livable. Has five spaces, two of them completely flexible and transformable by result of a displacement of a cabinet/wall, in wood with natural finish, that grants spaces from the livin..
SIA AOYAMA BUILDING is a high-rise office for rent that stands in the middle of the commercial district Omotesando, which houses increasing number of brand boutiques, as well as the terminal rail station Shibuya. The area contains a mix of residential and office blocks. Therefore, a building was designed that does not classify into either of those categories; a tower-like monolith with a seamles..
Dutch designers Peter van der Jagt, Erik Jan Kwakkel and Arnout Visser have developed a system of kitchen tiles that fit round corners to cover all surfaces of a kitchen without breaking up the grid of grouting. Called DTILE, the product features various corner pieces and ties that integrate fixtures like plug holes and sockets. The designers were unable to find a suitable manufacturer and event..
Project: Skien Brygge, Norway Type: International Competition with prequalification [4 teams selected from 33 applicants] Client: ROM Eiendom, Skien Municipality and Grenland Harbor Program: Housing, offices, retail and urban spaces Site area: Approx. 4 hectare Proposed built area: 56,000 m2 Team: A-lab & SEA Consultants: Buro Happold Ltd A collaborative design effort by A-lab (Oslo, Norway) and..
Architects: Architecture3s Location: Frisco, TX, USA Project area: 10,000 sq. ft. Project year: 2009 Photographs: Architecture3s This is the completion of a 10,000 sf. training facility as part of the FieldhouseUSA in north Texas. The facility is specifically designed to deliver world-class training to athletes. It’s features include a 7,000 sq/ft training floor, state-of-the-art equipment, ener..
