Situada en el borde de un acantilado de setenta metros de altura, la casa ofrece una serie compleja de espacios de estar fluidos, inscriptos en un perímetro conformado por una serie de curvas y contracurvas que se extienden en respuesta al paisaje y al sol. Las áreas de día componen un voladizo sobre el océano permitiendo excelentes vistas de la costa. La planta más baja forma una base construid..
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Oita, Japan Project Team: Yumiko Nogiri Structural Consultant: Jun Sato Structural Engineers Design Year: 2006-2007 Construction Year: 2007-2008 Site Area: 236,57 sqm Constructed Area: 150,57 sqm Photographer: Iwan Baan A home for two plus a dog. The house itself is comprised of three shells of progressive size nested inside one another. The outermos..
Casa H está situada en un lugar prestigioso, un barrio residencial de Rožna Dolina. El proyecto consiste en integrar con el jardín una introvertida casa de los 60. Para ello se añadió un pabellón a modo de jardín de invierno y sala de estar extra que actúa como transición entre la casa y el jardín. Aunque el pabellón es una cáscara de hormigón armado, flota leve sobre el suelo y preserva la cont..
In March 2001 the Danish Public Education Ministry hosted an international design competition, invited tenders for the design of an extension to the Ordrupgaard museum. The purpose was to provide new exhibition space for the permanent collection, targeted to incorporate special events facilities, a restaurant, a foyer, a bar and a multipurpose hall. Seven architectural studios were honoured to p..
Santiago Calatrava _Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV (formerly Gare de Satolas) is a railway station near Lyon, France. This is a new station built to serve the TGV line from Paris to Marseille. It is situated 20km from Lyon city centre. Saint-Exupéry station was designed by, cost 750 million Francs and opened on 3 July 1994, at the same as the high speed line to Saint-Marcel-..
Architects: Querkraft - Jakob Dunkl, Gerd Erhartt, Peter Sapp Location: Neuhaus, Carinthia, Austria Project Architect: Erwin Stättner Project team: Sandra Denk, Dominique Dinies, Vera Kittler, Janine Hochrieser, Jan Geldermann, Charlotte Lieske, Tobias Colz, Petra Meisenbichler, Dana Rakova Client: dkfm herbert liaunig Project year: 2006 Construction year: 2007-2008 Constructed area: 4,810 sqm G..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Barreiro, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Clara Martins, Marco Roque Antunes, Nuno Grancho, Pedro Alves, Pedro Dourado, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro, Francisco Marques, Sónia Luz Client: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Project year: 2001- 2003 Construction year: 2005- 2007 Constructed area: 10,500 sqm Lan..
Architects: -H Arquitectes David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros, Roger Tudó Location: Santa Cristina d’Aro, Girona, Spain Collaborator: Felip Toledo, Technical Architect Client: Steven Hind and Beatriz Escolano Construction year: 2002-05 Constructed Area: 109 sqm Budget: 154,000 EURO (US $243,000) Photographs: STARP estudi Although located in one of the most untouched areas of the Costa Brava..
Architect: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Aps Location: Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark Project Year: 2006 Landscape Architect: Marianne Levinsen Landscape architects Client: Gentofte Municipality and Domea Engineer: Hansen, Carlsen & Frølund A/S Site Area: 5,370 sqm Constructed Area: 2,880 sqm Photographs: Jens Markus Lindhe, Torben Eskerod & DMA Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter ApS won in 2004 the competition..
Alien is a new headquarters for media agency Mediaxis at Schlieren in Switzerland, designed by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann. The offices, in a converted factory next to the railway station, feature a “huge alien of concrete” at the entrance (below). The following information is from Gus Wüstemann: – An alien for Mediaxis The alien The project was to convert an old factory next to the train stat..
