Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us his photographs of a centre for rescued turtles, dolphins and birds in Barcelona by Hidalgo Hartmann Arquitectura. Called CRAM Foundation, the project is situated on a former golf course and makes use of two existing swimming pools plus a former creche building. This refurbished building forms the administrative centre for the complex and also provides a vis..
BAK Architects have completed the JD House, located in the forest of Mar Azul, in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires. from contemporist
Designed by Office of Architecture in Barcelona, this urban landscape snakes along the Benidorm seascape in Spain. The region is a popular attraction outfitted with high rise buildings, promenades, the bars, and the water. Yet, OAB’s addition to the thriving seaside has created an identifying element which sets this area apart from similar places. he artifical landscape elegantly resolves the pr..
Architect: José Juan Barba (Project & Management) Location: Valle del Órbigo, Benavente, Zamora, Spain Collaborating Architect: Concha Llorden (Project) Technical Collaborators: Miguel A. Vecino (Quantity Surveyor), Daniel Juan (Quantity Surveyor) Rosa Pérez Fdez. (Civil Eng.) Collaborators: Andrés Ferrero, Alex Puigborn, Pablo Cruz (infography), Juan Carlos Yusto (model), Menelaos Yorgos Struct..
Architects: Oltmann Ahlers W. + Oltmann Ahlers G. + dRN Arquitectos Location: Cachagua, Chile Collaborators: Eduardo Vivanco, Felipe Camus Structural Engineer: Santiago Arias Site Area: 1,000 sqm Project Area: 260 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Nicolás Saieh & Felipe Camus Not having a direct view of the ocean allowed us to place this weekend house facing a less expected landscape. The open..
With the combination of design, quality and functionality arises this new A-cero´s work: a house of 1.500m2 defined by a set of clean lines and perfect volumes. The grey colour of the concrete that make up the whole building and an architectural wide black pergola, there are the elements that, at first sight, stand out in the house exterior. Furthermore, huge windows have been included in the fa..
Visible concrete is part of the language of modern architecture and, with Aplomb, Foscarini presents a model that uses this material with completely new and innovative technology. The material is translated, from large-scale architecture to a small suspension light, for interiors making it an elegant product with a simple formality, inspired by a material that has always been linked to the world..
Villa Bussum is situated in a lush, leafy neighbourhood in Bussum; a small town near Amsterdam. The design for the villa by GROUP A appears both modern and sculptural, and interacts in a natural way with its surroundings. By using slanting walls and roofs the abstract building volume feels comfortably embedded in the landscape. A cut-out corner facing the street in front of the house, clearly in..
Architect: TEN Arquitectos/Enrique Norten Location: Irapuato, Guanajuato. Mexico Project Team: Enrique Norten, Salvador Arroyo, Victoria Grossi, Verónica Chávez, Carlos Marin, Mateo Riestra, Ernesto Orrante, Ricardo Orozco, Alejandro Mantecón, Gabriela Puente, Dionisio Arras, Uvaldo Arenas Structure: Colinas de Buen, SA de CV, Ing. Óscar de Buen MEP: DIIN, SA de CV. Ing. Alejandro Borboa Client:..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Director in Charge: Angelo Bucci Project Team: Ciro Miguel, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Juliana Braga, Suzana Jeque, Tatiana Ozzetti Structural Engineer: Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian Landscape Architect: Fernando Magalhães Chacel Lighting: Ricardo Heder Services: Alberto Chagas Barreto Site Area: 4,488.65 sqm Constructed Area..
