London architects dRMM have designed a house with mobile walls and roof that can be moved to cover and uncover parts of the dwelling. The house, in Suffolk, England, features a sliding structure that fits over the static main house, guest annexe and greenhouse. The mobile element, which is 28 metres long and weighs 50 tons, move along rails set into the ground. As it moves, the sliding element c..
Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative Location: Los Angeles, USA Project Team: Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Brad Goldpaint Lighting Design: Thomas Paterson, Luxpopuli Photographs: Art Gray Photography Located approximately 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, this backyard intervention sits within a community of traditional suburban homes. Some of our initial interests grew out of looking..
Baltic birch plywood finished with low-VOC milk paint. from 4-pli
Architects: Sander Architects Location: Wilmington, Delaware, USA Project Year: 2002-2004 Construction Year: 2004-2006 Photographs: Sander Architects The design and building of Tree House was a labor of love. I designed this house for my sister, her first house. The death of our father allowed her the funds to build it. Tree House sits on a cul-de-sac at the end of a mature subdivision in Wilmin..
Architects: PLOT = BIG + JDS Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Client: Kvaterloft Copenhagen, Loa Fund Collaborator: JDS ARCHITECTS, BIRCH & KROGBOE Constructed Area: 2,000 sqm Project year: 2004 Budget: US $1,950,000 Photographs: Julien de Smedt, Mads Hilmer, Esben Bruun, Paolo Rosselli How do you turn the problem of a polluted site into an architectural potential? A third of our budget was allocat..
White-box renovation of 2000 sf. office space, including design and manufacture of desks and conference table. Completed 8/2005.
Architects: Workr - Ashton Cates Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Project Year: 2008 Construction Area: 274 sqm Budget: US $722.750 Contractor: Southwest General Contractors Photographs: Ashton Cates A new donut shop in the Panhandle of West Texas celebrates post-war roadside Architecture along Route 66. This is the fourth new building completed by the Donut Stop in the past five years, all design..
White-box interior renovation to accomadate a new wine store. Project included planning, design, fabrication and installation of all casework and interior elements. Completed 1/07. from 4-pli
Architects: at103 / Julio Amezcua + Francisco Pardo Location: Acapulco, Mexico Project Team: Jorge Vazquez, Aida Hurtado Constructed Area: 600 sqm Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2007 Photographs: Frida Escobedo, Adolfo Pardo The Project consists on a restoration and addition of an existing house in the old part of the city of Acapulco, Mexico. Acapulco in the 50’s and 60’s was a Hollywood..
Owner: Mark Raab and Hemant Chowdhry of SOWA Restaurant Group, LLC Architect: Office dA, Inc. Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Project Design: Nader Tehrani, Monica Ponce de Leon Principal in Charge: Nader Tehrani Project Architect: Dan Gallagher (registered) Project Coordinators: Catie Newell, Brandon Clifford Project Team: Harry Lowd, Richard Lee, Lisa Huang, Re..
