Architects: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier Location: Oita, Japan Client: Private Project year: 2006-2007 Site area: 419 sqm Constructed area: 132.6 sqm Contractor: Hokoku Co. Ltd Photographs: Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc.,) The house is built on a hill looking down at a town area. The site’s shape has an irregular form. There is a height difference of 2m in the site. The north side is adjacent..
Dutch architect René van Zuuk has designed a house for himself in Almere in the Netherlands. Called Project X, the villa includes an office space and is located at the Fantasy District, an area for experimental housing. The following is from René van Zuuk: – Project X (Text by Maarten Willems) Behind the somewhat mysterious name ‘Project X’, hides the design of René van Zuuk and his family’s own..
Project X (Text by Maarten Willems) Behind the somewhat mysterious name ‘Project X’, hides the design of René van Zuuk and his family’s own residence. The villa with a small office space is located right next to the architect’s former residence Psyche in Almere’s The Fantasy district, an area for experimental housing. Because the old house serves as his architect’s office since 2004, it occurred..
Las casas diseñadas por Withney Sander poseen alguna curiosidad relevante, en cierto modo cómica, que encuadra a este arquitecto en una raza con pocos ejemplares pero presente en todas partes y en todas las épocas. Arquitectos que van más allá de la cordura; o, dicho de otro modo, que dan siempre más de lo que de ellos se espera. Es la misma raza de Maynard, por mencionar uno presente en arkinet..
Villa 1, a woodland house in the Veluwe Zoom area near Arnhem in the Netherlands designed by architects Powerhouse Company, has been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards, which will be announced this weekend. Beneath the glazed top floor is a sub-terranean living space in the basement. The project has been nominated for the AM NAi prize 2008 and the ´best private interior´category of the Dutch ..
Situada en el borde de un acantilado de setenta metros de altura, la casa ofrece una serie compleja de espacios de estar fluidos, inscriptos en un perímetro conformado por una serie de curvas y contracurvas que se extienden en respuesta al paisaje y al sol. Las áreas de día componen un voladizo sobre el océano permitiendo excelentes vistas de la costa. La planta más baja forma una base construid..
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Oita, Japan Project Team: Yumiko Nogiri Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers Design Year: 2006-2007 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Site Area: 236,57 sqm Constructed Area: 150,57 sqm Photographer: Iwan Baan A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermos..
Casa H está situada en un lugar prestigioso, un barrio residencial de Rožna Dolina. El proyecto consiste en integrar con el jardín una introvertida casa de los 60. Para ello se añadió un pabellón a modo de jardín de invierno y sala de estar extra que actúa como transición entre la casa y el jardín. Aunque el pabellón es una cáscara de hormigón armado, flota leve sobre el suelo y preserva la cont..
In March 2001 the Danish Public Education Ministry hosted an international design competition, invited tenders for the design of an extension to the Ordrupgaard museum. The purpose was to provide new exhibition space for the permanent collection, targeted to incorporate special events facilities, a restaurant, a foyer, a bar and a multipurpose hall. Seven architectural studios were honoured to p..
Santiago Calatrava _Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV (formerly Gare de Satolas) is a railway station near Lyon, France. This is a new station built to serve the TGV line from Paris to Marseille. It is situated 20km from Lyon city centre. Saint-Exupéry station was designed by, cost 750 million Francs and opened on 3 July 1994, at the same as the high speed line to Saint-Marcel-..
