Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. The house, 57 Tivoli Road, is located on a sloping corner plot and has internal courtyards. A six metre-long window in the living room slides open over views of the city. The interior is primarily fitted out in wood, with a staircase twisting through the space and guest bed..
Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC Location: Guangzhou, China Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium) Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium) Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France) Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium) Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven This project recently won the civic category at the World Architec..
Architects Standardarchitecture-Zhaoyang Studio have completed a visitors centre next to a river in Tibet. The building was constructed using local vernacular techniques and brightly coloured pigments from local minerals have been painted directly onto the stone walls of the interior. Called Niyang River Visitor Center, the building contains a ticket office, changing room and bathroom. Photograp..
Architects: Jaime Rendon Arquitectos Location: Medellin, Colombia Project Team: Jaime Rendon, Felipe Campuzano, Fernando Zapata Structure Engineer: Luis Bernardo Gonzalez Contractor: Luz Estella Orrego Soil Study: SOLINGRAL LTDA Electrical Design: INGELECTRICA LTDA Construction year: 2006-2007 Photographs: Sergio Gomez, Felipe Campuzano This house is located at the suburbs of Medellin (Colombia..
Architects: KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten Location: Nanjing, China Developer: Jiangsu Province, represented by the Jiangsu Olympic Center, China Partner Company: Nanjing Kingdom Architecture Design Co. Ltd., China Structural Engineering: Breuninger Tragwerksplanung, Dr. Ulrich Breuninger Site Area: 10,605 sqm Project Area: 27,449 sqm Project Year: 2006-2010 Photographs: Courtesy of KSP Jürgen Eng..
Envisioned as a home that will accommodate a family as it grows, and play host to friends and extended family, the ideas that inform the design of the house were developed through an unusual process — The family, including their children, all actively participated in design meetings with the team from Dick Clark Architecture. Critical decisions were vetted among the group and decided by vote, wi..
Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres Location: Somosaguas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares Project Year: 2005-2007 Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero The plot, where this housing is situated, is the result of dividing an original state. It adopts the form of an irregular polygon of four sides, presents a light slope and has a surface of 13.357 sqm. The plot borders ..
The house is located on a 3.500 m2 plot presenting a light slope that is used by the access ramp to the garage. The floor plan has the form of a greek cross, and is delimited by the access pathway and the other properties on both of its sides. The design of this 1.200 m2 compact single-family house is guided by two main concepts: a great functionality in the distribution of the interior spaces a..
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Architects: Christian Pottgiesser - architecturespossibles (Paris) Location: Paris, France Client: private Design Team: Christian Pottgiesser (architect) , Alejandro Ratier (designer), Pascale Pottgiesser (artist) Engineer: Joël Betito Assistant: Dr. Florian Hertweck Furniture design: arch. Raphael Budin (low table + dining table) Contractors: ERCN (main construction), Carrières du Bassin Parisi..