ARCHITECTS: Risco (Manuel Salgado, Joao Almeida eTomás Salgado) www.risco.org ARCHITECTURE TEAM: João Almeida (site architect), Cristina Picoto, Catarina Pires e GianLuca Bono. INTERIOR DESIGN: FSSMGN (Fernando Sanchez Salvador e Margarida Grácio Nunes) www.fssmgn.com INTERIOR TEAM: Ana Tsukagoshi, Claire Campens, Eliana Candeias Alves, Miguel Ribeiro Carvalho, Nelson Magro, Sofia Torres Pereira..
Architects: Felber Szélpal Architekten ag, Solothurn Location: Solothurn, Switzerland Contractor: Galli AG, Surface and Civil Construction Structural Engineering: BSB+Partners, Engineers and Planners Furniture: Theo Jakob AG, Berne Project Year: 2006 Photographs: Bruno Helbling, Zurich The narrow form of the property together with its descending topography has amazing architectural consequences ..
San Francisco architect Stanley Saitowitz has completed a museum in Florida, USA, which is wrapped in a perforated metal skin and cantilevers out from its glazed base. Called Tampa Museum of Art, the building is divided into two volumes, each organised around a courtyard. The first contains public areas of the museum and the other is for offices and curatorial facilities. A cafe and bookstore ar..
Architects: GH+A / Guillermo Hevia Location: Graneros, Chile Collaborators: Tomás Villalón, Francisco Carrión, Guillermo Hevia García, Marcela Suazo Client: Nestlé Chile S.A. Contractor: Precon S.A. Bioclimatic Consultant: Biotech Lighting: Opendark Project Area: 2,800 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Cristián Barahona, Guillermo Hevia H. & Guillermo Hevia García The new building, part of Nes..
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..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Martinhal, Portugal Project year: 2002-2003 Construction year: 2005-2007 Constructed area: 320 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra This house is located in Sagres (Algarve), the furthest southwest location in Portugal. This town hosted the Navigation Schoo..
‘Orb House’ adopts a minimalist aesthetic as a counterpoint to the heavy handed, utilitarian architectural fabric that makes up it’s streetscape tapestry. Located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course, it is less a protest statement than an exploration of contrasts through purity of form – a simple transparent circle in a congested patchwork quilt..
Architects: Suppose design office Location: Hiro, Kure city, Hiroshima, Japan Site Area: 78.34 sqm Building Area: 37.39 sqm Total Floor Area: 66.46 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano The site is located in a shopping district alongside the main highway, a harsh place to satisfy the demands of a client desiring a home with bright gardens. There are no outdoor gardens here, so we d..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Caparica, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Marco Roque Antunes, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro Project year: 2000- 2003 Construction year: 2004- 2007 Constructed area: 640 sqm Structure: SAFRE, Projectos e Estudos de Engenharia Lda. Photographs: Telmo Miller This is the second project for the urbanization of ..