Architect: Paul de Ruiter Location: Rhenen, Netherlands Project Architect: Paul de Ruiter Project Team: Michael Noordam, Sander van Veen, Dieter Blok, Lei Coppus, Hannes Ochmann, Mathilde Joosse, Willeke Smit, Monique Verhoef, Bjorn Peters Advice Installations: Halmos bv / Milieukundig onderzoek- en ontwerpbureau BOOM Lighting device: Van Dijk en Partners Landscape Ecology: Buro Zijaanzicht Land..
This family house faces onto views of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. The house explores the maximisation of light, space, ventilation and views on a tight sight. We are exploring a more environmentally sensitive form of design called ‘micro design’. Micro design utilises parametric modelling software which can respond to very small changes to design input criteria. In this case issue..
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan plays with space in a way that makes you think that if he ever gets bored, a second career as a movie set designer awaits. Based in São Paulo, Kogan’s 20-strong firm continues to be busy with projects in every corner of Brazil. Of his four most recent offerings, three (the Corten House, Panama House and C16H14O3 House) are located in São Paulo while the fourth (t..
Architects: Longhi Architects Location: Pachacamac, Peru Principal in Charge: Luis Longhi Collaborators: Hector Suasnabar, Christian Bottger, Carla Tamariz, Veronica Schreibeis Construction: Longhi Architects / Hector Suasnabar Project year: 2006-2008 Site Area: 5,000 sqm Constructed Area: 480 sqm Photographs: CHOlon Photography, Elsa Ramirez A hill in Pachacamac, located 40 km south of Lima nea..
Caltech's Newest Shining Star: The Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics press release by Morohosis Architects The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists who study the outer reaches of space got some space of their own with the official opening of the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics. The opening on January 27,2009, not only marks the beginning of a new era fo..
Architects: Arhitektid Muru&Pere Location: Suurupi village, Estonia Project Team: Urmas Muru, Peeter Pere, Anna -Maria Erik Interior Design: Kaido Kivi Site Area: 1,264 sqm Project Area: 320 sqm Project Year: 2006-2009 Photographs: Tarvo Varres Bit by bit have extra rooms been added to the one-storey private house, designed in 1998 and built in 1999. In the first phase the house was a simple woo..
Architect: Elding Oscarson Location: Landskrona, Sweden Structural Engineer: Konkret Builder: Skånebygg Gross Floor Area: 125 sqm Construction Cost: 280,000 Euro Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman The narrow site is sandwiched between very old neighboring buildings in Landskrona, Sweden. Since mid 20th century it has been empty, waiting behind a wooden fence. It is only 5 meters w..
Mulders vandenBerk Architecten of Amsterdam have completed a playground building in a park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a Corian façade engraved with images of fairytales from around the world. Called Anansi Playground Building, the pavilion splits the playground in two. One side is used by teenagers, the other by young children. The interior is divided into three separate playrooms featuri..
Mar Azul is a seaside town at 400km south of Buenos Aires, characterized for his large dune beach and his leafy coniferous forest. The owners, has chosen a field in the forest with a challenging topography, away from the sea and from the most lived zone, to construct a cottage without loosing the important presence of the landscape. The proposal With the experience of a constructed house in the ..
French architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau shared with us the Rennes Metropole Museum by french architects Guinée et Potin. The project is the result of a competition held in 2006 for an Eco Museum, and it includes exhibition spaces, reception and administrative offices, wrapped in a wooden skin. from archdaily
