Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. It was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to the completion of this project, Yale University placed its rare books on special shelving in Dw..
This office building in the Belgian hills by architects Atelier Vens Vanbelle has a brick facade broken by huge windows overlooking the surrounding farmland. The offices, waiting room and kitchen open out to the views on two sides, turning away from the adjacent street and restaurant. The building is cantilevered at the back to accommodate staff parking beneath. Here are some more details from t..
Architects: Elton+Leniz Arquitectos Asociados Location: Concepción, Chile Collaborator Architect : Germán Rodríguez Olivos Construction: Tirapeguy Ramos Site Area: 1200 m2 Constructed Area: 540 m2 Year (proyect): 2006-2007 Year of Construction: 2008-2009 Photos: Natalia Vial Casa Concepción is located in a community over a hill with a spectacular view towards the Bio-Bio river. The general layou..
There are few buildings as famous as the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Arguably considered the eighth wonder of the world, the opera house has a long history behind its design. The story behind this magnificent structure began in 1956 when the New South Wales Government called an open competition for the design of two performance halls, for opera and for symphony concerts, that would ..
Located on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the 3,500-square-foot Zeidler Residence arranges interior and exterior living spaces to maximize views, natural light, and ocean breezes within a subtle, sophisticated material palette. Designed for a retired couple with grown children, the house sits on a relatively flat corner lot with expansive views of the Pacific and vegetated cliff that ..
Spanish architect Alejandro Munoz Miranda’s kindergarten in Granada is designed for children up to three years old and has windows in rainbow colours. It is built around a central courtyard onto which all the classrooms open. Communal spaces such as corridors are scattered with multicoloured light while the windows in classrooms are colourless. Photographs are by Fernando Alda. The following inf..
Davide Macullo Architects have completed a house in the hills of Canobbio, Switzerland. Nestled on the Alpine slopes north of Lugano, this house is characterised by a volumetric architecture that emerges from the terrain and follows the natural contour of the land. Its constructed volumes embrace the land in an organic and fluent sequence of spaces, each relating to each other and to the surroun..
Architect: Iñaqui Carnicero Alonso-Colmenares Location: Los Peñascales, Madrid, Spain Technical Architect: Manuel Iglesias Contractor: Antón Iakobiny Pitch S.L. Client: Guirao-Carnicero Project Year: 2005-2009 Photographs: Courtesy of Iñaqui Carnicero The house is located in a small neighbourhood on the west boundaries of Madrid in a place called “los Peñascales”, that mean something as well as ..
BCHO Architects have completed this house buried in the ground in Seoul, Korea. Called Earth House, the project was built to honour the late Korean poet Yoon Dong-joo. The concrete-lined residence has two courtyards with earth floors, to which all rooms are connected. Rammed-earth walls make use of the excavated earth while wood from a pine tree from the site is embedded in the concrete courtyar..
Architect: Enota Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Team: Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Jernej Živic, Polona Ruparčič, Matjaž Drinovec, Eva Matjašič, Nataša Mrkonjič, Maruša Zupančič Landscape Architect: Bruto Size: 4,620 m2 Budget: 3,800,000 EUR Client: LIZ Inženiring Type: Invited competition, First prize Year: 2004 Status: completed 2007 Photo: Miran Kambič A residential building with 47 dwelling units l..
