Architects: Steven Holl Architects Location: Paradise Valley, AZ, USA Architects: Steven Holl (design architect), Martin Cox (project architect), Tim Bade (schematic design), Robert Edmonds, Annette Goderbauer, Hideki Hirahara, Clark Manning (project team) Project Year: 2002-2005 Structural Engineer: Rudow & Berry Mechanical Engineer: Roy Otterbein Civil Engineer: Fleet Fisher Engineering Electr..
Architects: dosmasuno arquitectos - Ignacio Borrego, Néstor Montenegro and Lina Toro Location: Madrid, Spain Construction beggining: September 2004 Construction ending: November 2007 Client: EMVS. Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid Contractor: Begar Structural advisor: José Luis de Míguel Consulting Engineers: Grupo JG Photographs: Miguel de Guzmán
Architects: Branimir Medic & Pero Puljiz, de Architekten Cie Location: Haaksberger, Netherlands Project Team: M. de Jong, H. Hammink, R. Lambrechts, S. Moerman, S. Oehlers, J. Metz, D. Scholten Construction Year: 2005-2006 Contractor: Klein-Poelhuis BV, Haaksberger Client: Meindersma Family Constructed Area: 400 sqm Photographs: Christian Richters, Your Captain Luchtfotografie Villa Meindersma s..
Architects: GRID Architekten GmbH Luxemburg-Wien - Gerhard Klocker, Ric Thill, Isabella Straus Location: Styria, Austria Function: Holiday Cabin Construction year: May 2007 - August 2007 Site Area: 480 sqm Constructed Area: 68.12 sqm Construction: Prefabricated Wood / Artificial Grass Photographs: Lukas Schaller
Low-Income Housing with Heart It has been a crucial question for ages: how best to house low-income people in densely populated urban environments. As the world becomes more crowded and urbanised, the matter grows increasingly urgent. Eve Kushner reports. Has anyone come up with a solution to embrace the problem of high-density housing wholeheartedly? Many experiments have failed, and some have ..
Feldbalz is a new home overlooking Lake Zurich designed by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann. The three-storey house includes space for children on the ground floor, which leads to the garden, family living rooms on the first floor and the parents’ rooms at the top of the house. A concrete path connects the garden with the house, bordering a swimming pool. Photographs by Bruno Helbing. See Wüstemann..
Location: L.E.S., New York Program: New building with art gallery and 5 apartments. Area: 14,000 sf Completion: 2004-2007 Consultants : Sharon Engineering Team: Eric Bunge, Mimi Hoang; Daniela Zimmer, Jorge Pereira, Takuya Shinoda. Client: 109 Norfolk, LLC Contractors:Builders & HVAC; George Dimizas/G&G Metal (steel packages and facade) Switch Building is a 7 storey apartment and art gallery bui..
Architect: OFIS arhitekti Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia Design Year: 2005-2006 Construction Year: 2006-2007 Design Team: Martina Lipicer - udia, Nejc Batistic - udia, Andrej Gregoric - cand.arh, Ana Kosi - stud.arch. Programme: Social apartments with parking Client: Gradis G group, Ljubljana Constructed Area: 5,000 sqm Nº of floors: 4 floors + 2 underground parking Budget: Construction: 650 EURO..
First Australian member of Design Hotels opens Designed by award-winning designer, Alexander Lotersztain, the first Australian member of Design Hotels, the Limes Hotel, opened June 27 in Brisbane. Located in Fortitude Valley, the hub of Brisbane’s nightlife, also known for its trendy cafes, shops, bars and restaurants, in keeping with this vibrant neighbourhood, Limes has been created to include..
Paulo David - Centro das Artes [Casa Das Mudas] in Calheta, Madeira Paulo David’s Centro das Artes, Casa das Mudas is based in Portugal’s Madeira island. It remains the memory of the unexpected angles, the cut of the volumes against the loaming landscape, the frames resting on the interior light, the strength of the texture and richness of the stone, the confrontations between the opaque darknes..
