Architects: A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects Location: Pozuelo de Alorcón, Spain Partner in Charge: Rafael Llamazares Contractor: Helio Construcciones Interiors: A-cero Project Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Luis H. Segovia The architecture studio A-cero presents one of its last works about a big single-family house. It takes place in the outskirts of Madrid on a 5,000 m2 plot. It is a single sto..
Architects: Kevin deFreitas Architects Location: 2 Mazzetti Lane, Valley Center, California, USA Project Team: Kevin deFreitas & Manish Desai Structural Engineer: Envision Engineering Landscape Architect: LandLAB Inc. Mechanical Engineer: Stueven Engineering Plumbing & Electrical Engineer: BTA Engineers Contractor: Lusardi Construction Company Building Area: 6,112 sf + courtyard Construction Cos..
Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. It was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to the completion of this project, Yale University placed its rare books on special shelving in Dw..
Architects: Studio EDR Eskew+Dumez+Ripple – Guidry Beazley Architects Location: Key West, Florida, USA General Contractor: BRPH MEP Engineer: Associated Design Group, Inc. Structural Engineer: McKee and Deville Consulting Engineers Civil Engineer: URS Group, Inc. Cost Management: Atkins HF+G Year of Completion: 2006 Client: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra..
Parque Humano Architects have designed a club house on a golf course in Morelia, Mexico. The house occupies a natural ledge on a hillside looking towards the panoramic valley of Montana Monarca, in Morelia, Mexico. The building has been conceived as a homogenous stone mass, hollowing out a huge opening that slopes from ceiling to floor, framing the hillside panorama. A sloped celosia grid meant ..
Architects: Studio Mumbai Location: Kashid, Maharashtra, India Principal Architect: Bijoy Jain Project Year: 2005 Photographs: Helene Binet & Studio Mumbai Surrounded by mountains, forests, and the waters of the Arabian Sea, the house is configured around a tropical garden filled with Plumeria, ferns, grasses, bamboo and jasmine. Under the wood framed roof, rooms are loosely arranged around the ..
Architects: Arhitektura Krušec Location: Teharje, Slovenia Project Team: Lena Krušec, Tomaž Krušec Collaborators: Matej Nolda, Miha Žargi Client: Municipality of Celje Project Area: 160 sqm Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Miran Kambič The location at the top of a small slope in the middle of the village cemetery is characterised by beautiful panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The arch..
The plot is located in the middle of Kojetín, close to Nový Ji?ín, on a hill with a view of the surrounding landscape. The investor’s intention was to reconstruct a former barn into a place for work and living in the first phase, and build a new family house in the vicinity in the future. The original sandstone walls and pillars from 1862 have been preserved. A reinforcing concrete ring was desi..
Architects: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Location: Sydney, Australia Quantity Surveyor: Page Kirkland Partnership Pty Ltd Archaeology: Godden Mackay Logan Landscape Architects: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Contractor: St Hilliers Heritage Architects: Clive Lucas, Stapleton & Partners Pty Ltd Structural Consultant: Taylor Thomson Whitting Mechanical / Environmental Consultant: Steensen Varming Elec..
Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres Location: Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Associate Architect: Rafael Llamazares de la Fuente Technical Architect: Sandra Moreno Contractor: Formas & Entornos S.L. Project Area: 1,021.57 sqm Project Year: 2006-2008 Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero The Architecture Studio A-cero, managed by Joaquín Torres and his associate architect Rafael Llamazares, presents..
