Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design have completed the Vesu Restaurant in Walnut Creek, a small city near San Francisco, California. Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design transformed a piano store with little curb appeal into a vibrant and engaging restaurant, fitting the bustling downtown Walnut Creek. The clients sought an inviting, modern environment to complement the globally inspire..
Architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space have sent us this video of a pavilion situated in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, designed by US architects Studio Gang. The movie shows the construction of the bent-wood lattice structure, the installation of fibreglass shells to the top of the pavilion providing shelter and its various uses throughout day and night. Studio Gang Architects also designed the ..
Long Island-based firm Bates Masi + Architects has been honored with two AIA New York State Design Awards in the Residential Small Project Category. Competition for this award is open to Architects registered in the State of New York with projects located around the world. Awards will be presented on October 15 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center at the annual AIA New York State Convention...
Finnish architects Anssi Lassila and Teemu Hirvilammi of Lassila Hirvilammi with Jani Jansson of Luonti have completed this slate-clad church with a separate steeple in Jyväskylä, Finland. Called Kuokkala Church, the project has a laminated wood structure and the interior is finished with spruce, ash and lime wood. The church is adjacent to a market square and has a wide granite stairway to lead..
Robles Architects have sent us a recently completed project, the ISEAMI House in Playa Carate, Península de Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. ISEAMI concept eradicates in the education and awareness of its occupants and its community,that will be capable tolearn about sustainable living thru its spatial living. The house promises a responsible approach to the nature of its location, Peninsula de Osa,..
Parador-Mirador en Pinohuacho. Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad de Talca. OBRA DE TITULO Alumno: Rodrigo Sheward Año: 2006 Proceso de diseño: marzo - septiembre Proceso de construcción: septiembre - diciembre Fecha de entrega de la obra: 19 de diciembre Staff de profesores: Juan Pablo Corvalán, Kenneth Gleiser, Andrés Maragaño, Fernando Montoya, Mauricio Ramírez, Carolina Reyes, Juan Román, ..
This is a summer beach house in the resort community of the Pines on Fire Island New York. The typology of the homes in the Pines is recognizable to anyone who has visited an East Coast Shoreline resort town. It is a builder- driven typology reflecting the pragmatism of the inhabitants of these coastal communities. Almost always the “good sense” pragmatism that allows these homes to be built aff..
Architects: 56.02 (Mauricio Bruna-Fruns, Ursula Oliva, Alejandro Gandarillas, Pablo Muñoz) Location: Huentelauquen, Chile Client: Familia Bruna-Fruns Contractor: Arturo Cuevas Project Area: 91 sqm Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Alejandro Gandarillas The B8 House is located 270km north of Santiago, in an area characterized for strong winds that run through the pacific coast. The original scheme ..
Slade Architecture designed the Pup Tent as a contribution to the annual auction for New York’s Design Trust for Public Space, a not-for-profit organization committed to improving New York City’s parks, plazas, streets, and public buildings. This piece was an exploration in materials and fabrication. An invitation from the Design Trust for Public Space to contribute a piece for their Annual Auct..
Thailand’s X2 (pronounced “cross-to”) resorts are about soul, freedom and simplicity. These credos add up to an earthy philosophy that beautifully continues at X2 Koh Samui, on the Hua Thannon beach on the southeastern coast of Koh Samui island. The newly built resort’s 27 villas rest on a largely undeveloped beach surrounded by old tree growth; the buildings’ sleek, horizontally oriented design..
