Kalmar Museum of Modern Art in Sweden was designed by Stockholm-based architects Tham + Videgard Hansson Arkitekter. The four-storey building is clad in black wooden panels. Tham + Videgard Hansson Arkitekter designed some of the furniture for the interior, which comprises exposed concrete, black-stained plywood doors and panels and white walls. The museum will house the Kalmar collection of mod..
Architects: KWK PROMES Location: Poland Project Architect: Robert Konieczny Structural Engineer: Marian Goczoł Design Year: 2001 Construction Year: 2002-2004 Site Area: 972 sqm Constructed Area: 102 sqm Photographs: KWK PROMES The building is situated in an industrial area of Poland. It’s been designed for an indigent family, which appreciates its functionality, as well as low maintenance and co..
More from DCPP Arquitectos: the Mexican architects have recently completed a private residence in Mexico City. The 360 square metre house consists of two concrete volumes. Timber used for pouring the concrete was reused for interior elements. See our earlier story about DCPP’s warehouse and offices for textile company Bayon Artell. Here’s some more information from the architects: – CASA PARACAI..
Architects: aum Location: Lyon, France Principals: Edouard Minassian, Yves Duvernois, Pierre Minassian, Gilles Peillon, Jean-Claude Rerolle Constructed Area: 260 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographs: aum The house is located in a small village in the area of Lyon on a very steep slope and facing an open landscape. It is situated on the fringe of a natural reservation where no house can be built. T..
Architects: Charles Pictet Architecte FAS SIA Location: Colony, Switzerland Collaborator: Anjéla Aubert, architecte DPLG Engineering: ESM, Jérôme Ponti, Genève Project Year: 2003-2005 Photographs: Francesca Giovanelli Standing on a steeply inclined plot of land, this house articulates its layout of over 800 sqm in two volumes. The two-level residential area in light-colored masonry is set on a d..
Architect: Eduardo Cadaval & Clara Solà-Morales Location: Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico Collaborator: Eugenio Eraña Lagos Structures: Ricardo Camacho de la Fuente Construction Managment: Marcial Burgos & Hugo López Solano Constructed Area: 350 sqm Project Year: 2005-2006 Photograhs: Santiago Garcés / Cadaval & Solà-Morales Where are the limits of materials? Are they in their apparently implic..
Architects: Studio Paralelo Location: Bento Golçalves, RS – Brazil Project team: Luciano Andrades, Rochelle Castro e Valéria Bertolini Contractor: Icon Incorporadora Structural Engineering: Pasquali e Associados Lighting: Potencial Engenharia Landscape: Samuel Seben Site Area: 930 sqm Constructed Area: 360 sqm Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2008 Photographs: Eduardo Aigner The house is lo..
Ficha técnica Proyecto: Casa Hemeroscopium Localización: Las Rozas- Madrid Fecha del proyecto: Diciembre 2005 Fecha de finalización de la obra: Junio 2008 Autor del proyecto: Antón García- Abril Arquitectos colaboradores: Elena Pérez, Débora Mesa - Ensamble Studio: Jorge Consuegra, Marina Otero, Ricardo Sanz Arquitecto técnico: Javier Cuesta Promotor: Hemeroscopium Empresa constructora: Materia ..
Japanese architects ARTechnic have completed Shell, a holiday villa in Karuizawa, Japan. The two-storey, concrete house comprises two tubes with oval sections, arranged around a fir tree. The floor is raised 1.4 metres from the ground; the architects intended to minimise time spent on maintaining the property by separating the house from its natural surroundings. “Being in sync with nature isn’t..
This villa is located in plot #80 of the ORDOS project. Architects: Rocker-Lange Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Project leaders: Ingeborg M. Rocker & Christian J. Lange Design year: 2008 Construction year: 2009 Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm The project called “Inside Out|Outside In” is part o..
