Spanish practice Andres Jaque Arquitectos shared with us this great renovation in Plasencia, transforming an old and abandoned seminary into a residence for former priests and students. Check the diagrams and a great photo set after the break. Catholic Church has defined historically territory superposing two occupation structures: 1. - Ideological structure, tree vertexed at the Vatican. 2. - P..
Hudson Architects have completed a new “citadel” for the Salvation Army in Chelmsford, UK. The new building gives the religious organisation a new worship hall and community facilities. Here’s some text from the architects: – Hudson Architects’ new building for the Salvation Army in Chelmsford is the first Citadel Corps building designed in a contemporary idiom using modern methods of constructi..
The farewell chapel is located in a village close to the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The site plot is next to the existing graveyard. The chapel is cut into the rising landscape. The shape is following the lines of the landscape trajectories around the graveyard. Three curved walls are embracing and dividing the programs. External curve is dividing the surrounding hill from chapel plateau and a..
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects have completed a church in Foligno, Italy. The new building will be opened on Friday. Photographs by Moreno Maggi. Here’s some more information from Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects: – Friday 24 April at 11 a.m. will be presented the new Church in Foligno, based on plans by Architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. The project was won in 200..
Designer: Bunker Arquitectura Location: Mexico from spaceinvading
Architects: debartolo architects ltd. Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Project team: Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, J. Eric Huffman, Aaron Taylor, Tim Smith, Kent McClure Civil + Landscape: wrg design Structural Engineer: rudow + berry Mechanical engineer: kunka engineering Electrical Engineer: associated engineering Contractor: arthur porter construction Landscape Design: michael ..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Ilhavo, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Gonçalo Manteigas, João Rodrigues, Marco Roque Antunes, Nuno Grancho, Pedro Sousa, Sónia Luz Project year: 2002-2004 Construction year: 2004-2005 Constructed area: 3,200 sqm Landscape: ARX PORTUGAL, Arquitectos Lda. Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenh..
Situación: Oñati Autores: Miguel A. Alonso del Val, Rufino J. Hernández Minguillón Colaboradores: Juan Biain, Francisco Trujillo, Isabel Gordoa, Patricia Biain, Juan Oroz, Jesús Sanz Aparejadores: Michel Aldaz García-Mina, Fernando Aspiazu, María López, Saioa Iñurrategi Instalaciones: GE & asociados Promotor: Provincia Franciscana de Arantzazu, Ayuntamiento de Oñati (Plan Especial) Fecha finaliz..
London-based Theis and Khan Architects have completed the renovation of Lumen United Reformed Church in London, UK. Located on Tavistock Place in Bloomsbury, the project involved adding an entrance, offices, toilets, a cafe and courtyard garden to the 1960s church. A conical room lit from above, referred to by the architects as the ’sacred space’, divides the cafe from the main congregational ar..
Architects: Localarchitecture & Danilo Mondada Location: Hôpital de St-Loup, Switzerland Project year: 2008 Structure: IBOIS - Hani Buri, Yves Weinand Client: Deaconess Community of St-Loup Photographs: Milo Keller ©2008 In the summer of 2007, Localarchitecture and architect Danilo Mondada were awarded the contract to renovate the mother house of the Deaconess Community of St-Loup. The commissio..
