Architects: Specht Harpman Location: Austin, Texas, USA Project Team: Scott Specht, Louise Harpman, Sarah Gamble, Erica Quinones, Brett Wolfe MEP Engineering: Energy Engineering Associates Structural Engineering: Architectural Engineers Collaborative Civil Engineering: Urban Design Group Landscape Architecture: Sasaki Associates, Inc. in association with RVI Inc. Contractor: VRW Construction Com..
Architects: Davide Macullo Architects Location: Lumino, Switzerland Project Architects: Davide Macullo, Marco Strozzi Design collaborator: Michele Alberio Works supervision: Ennio Maggetti Structural engineer: Ingenere Andreotti & Partners Building engineer: IFEC Consulenza SA Client: Cristina e Curzio De Gottardi Site area: 497 sqm Building area: 133 sqm Total floor area: 221 sqm Project Year: ..
Architects: Aboday Architects Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Principal: Ary Indra, Rafael David, Johansen Yap Principal in Charge: Ary Indra Team Member: Rafael David, Johansen Yap, Armeyn Ilyas, Wahid Annasir Lighting Consultant: PT. Litac Structure Engineer: In house PT. Dwamitra Mechanical & Electrical Consultant: Team Deni_N21 Contractor: PT. Batu Kali Site Area: 542 sqm Building Coverage: 275..
Dutch architect Frank Havermans has built a sunken concrete pavilion by a stream in St. Oedenrode, the Netherlands. The KAPKAR/TO-RXD landscape observatory is built into a bank and made of concrete cast in bark. The pavilion is entered by a ramp that takes you into a space containing two benches. A second ramp takes you further down into an small enclosed space with slit that looks out onto the ..
French architects Studio Bellecour have completed a pair of office buildings near Toulouse, France, wrapped in aluminum fins and connected by a twisting concrete element. The horizontal fins curve around all sides of both offices to prevent overheating in the summer and reflect light back into rooms during the winter. Between the two volumes sits a half-raised courtyard with landscaped gardens a..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Ubatuba, Brazil Principal in charge: Angelo Bucci Project team: Ciro Miguel, Juliana Braga, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Flávia Parodi Costa, Tatiana Ozzetti, Lucas Nobre, Nilton Suenaga Client: Antônio Carlos Onofre / Regina Silveira Onofre Structural engineer: Ibsen Puleo Uvo Landscape architect: Raul Pereira Lightning design: Ricardo Heder Construction:..
Architects: Mayslits Kassif Architects Location: Arlozorov Street, Tel Aviv, Israel Design Team: Udi Kassif, Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Maor Roytman Program: A mixed use building containing kindergarten cluster and municipal welfare offices. Client: The Tel Aviv-Yafo Economic Development Authority Ltd. Site Area: 6,000 sqm Built Area: 3,000 sqm Budget: $5,000,000 Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Iwan..
This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. Called Hanil Visitors Center and Guest House, the information centre aims to educate visitors about recycling concrete and demonstrates different options through its own construction. Four openings in the eastern wall allow glimpses of how the concrete is produced in the factor..
Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. Called The House with Balls, the building was designed for the owner of an aquarium shop and houses four huge tanks for breeding fish. It also doubles as a weekend retreat. The long narrow main room is lined on both sides by shutters,..
Architects: Guz Architects Location: 18 Maryland Drive, Singapore Project Architect: Gan Ren Ying C & S Engineer: MSE Consultants M & E Engineer: Herizal Fitri Consultants Main Contractor: Sun Ho Construction Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Courtesy of Guz Architects The house is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional courtyard house, laid out around a central green courtyard with a doub..
