Architects: f451 Arquitectura Location: Barcelona, Spain Project Year: 2006 Design team: Santiago Ibarra, Toni Montes, Lluis Ortega, Xavier Osarte, Esther Segura Quantity Surveyor: J. Hierro-Tram Structure: NATEC Mechanical: AIA Photographs: José Hevia In this project emphasis was placed on the construction process. The whole building was constructed offsite and then transported. Quality, transp..
Green renovations like this one in London are really exciting, because they show how much potential there is for taking something you already having and making it so much better, through the application of smart design. Crawford Partnership, a London based architecture firm, was responsible for this remodel and extension. They replaced a dilapidated lean-to shed with a modern and spacious extens..
Il doppio livello della zona giorno con soppalco. La modernità del cemento a vista sposa la tradizione dei materiali locali Arredi minimali e funzionali dotazioni tecnologiche organizzano l’area living. Nel grigio della pietra locale e del cemento a vista spicca il rosso delle sedie e dei complementi di arredo Il calore dei materiali naturali usati per le pavimentazioni - pietra e legno- fanno d..
Architects: Peter Zumthor, with Marc Loeliger, Thomas Durisch and Rainer Weitschies Location: Graubunden Canton, Switzerland Project completed: 1996 THE THERME VALS BUILDING Built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland, The Therme Vals is a hotel and spa in one which combines a complete sensory experience designed by Peter Zumthor. ONE OF THE INDOOR POOLS Peter Zum..
When architect Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen's Entenza House, aka Case Study No 9, went on the market a month ago, the listing photos were a bit confusing. The house, it seems, had been converted to a guest house or maid's quarters, while owner Barry Berkus built his main residence adjacent to the Entenza House. While Curbed commenters exercised their usual restraint ("The Berkus house is an A..
Designer: Spacebox Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands Spacebox® is a new and innovative building system. Spacebox® is a registered trademark for a light weight prefab building system for semi-permanent and permanent solutions. What is Spacebox® ? Spacebox® is a new and innovative building system. Spacebox® is a registered trademark for a light weight prefab building system for semi-permanent and p..
The Wyly Theatre in Dallas is almost finished. This project is very interesting, and REX shows once again how designing a building goes way beyond that working on the volumes and the skin, but to rethink the program itself. Anyone familiar with a theatre knows the program order hasn´t changed much, as it´s pretty much the same you find on Neufert. But REX takes this a step further, by re-studyin..
New Country House - Fernden Lane, Haslemere, West Sussex Since its conception the project has been driven by the idea that a design of exceptional value can become an important heritage for the area in which it is located. Moreover if the landscape surrounding the site is of outstanding natural beauty then there is potential for a strategic synergy where the two components, natural and manmade, ..
Multi unit residential block- San Candido, Italy completed 2007 Tetris House is derived from turning very pragmatic parameters into a spatially engaging concept: multiple programmatic demands (five self-contained units, parking space and other covered exterior areas) have initiated two volumes. L-shaped in plan and section they are spatially interwoven as to produce a range of dynamic in-between..
Architects: X-Architects Location: Dubai marina, Dubai Program: Leisure home Constructed Area: 220 sqm Photographs: X-Architects X-Architects closely collaborated with Leen Vandaele, interior decorator ar¬chitect and design consultant from Squisito, to create a houseboat that in¬ventively combines the nautical lifestyle of relaxation and enjoyment with crisp architectural tectonics. The fundamen..