Enta Yang shared with us the photographs he took of the Hsiangshan Visitor Center by Japan architect Norihiko Dan in Taiwan, winner project from the Sun Moon Lake Tourist Route International competition, featuring a really nice concrete work and a green roof cover to keep under control internal temperatures. from archdaily
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater doubles the company’s previous facilities. The design by Bing Tom Architects included restoring two historic theaters, Fichandler and Kreeger, and adding a new experimental theater, Kogod Cradle. A wood and glass structure encase all three theaters topped by a sculptural and dramatic cantilevered roof. Bing Thom Architects thoughtful site desig..
敷地面積: 110.55㎡(33.44坪) 構造 / 規模: 鉄筋コンクリート造 / 7階建 延べ面積: 341.38㎡(103.27坪) 設計期間: 2006.03 - 2006.04 施工期間: 2006.05 - 2007.03 構造設計: エスアンドエフ 一級建築士事務所 施工: 真柄建設株式会社 参考価: 10500万円~ (本体工事 + 設計監理) 「繰り返しパターンの窓に同じ間取り」 アパート/マンションだからと諦められていた部分がデザインの大きな課題となっています。その中でコスト的に厳しい小さな集合住宅で挑戦し、そして生み出されたのがこの集合住宅です。 「片山集合住宅」は全10戸の小さな集合住宅。基本はフラットプランだが一部に2層の天井高を持つメゾネット住戸が積み木細工のように組み込まれていま す。その様子は南側正面のファサードを見れば一目瞭然。断面のカタチがそのままフ..
Gaeta Springall Architects designed the 4 Casas (4 houses) project in Mexico City, Mexico. The project involves two towers that each contain two houses that have been built on the side of a steep ravine. from contemporist
This underground railway station with criss-crossing concrete beams is by Hungarian firm Spora Architects and currently under construction in Budapest. Fővám tér forms part of a new metro line, comprising 10 stations, that will connect south Buda with the city centre. Three levels of reinforced concrete beams rise up through a void above the platforms. At ground level a new square will be create..
Architects: Nomena Arquitectos + Ximena Alvarez Location: Bridge to Manchay, Cieneguilla, Lima, Peru Client: De la Piedra Family Contractor: Americo Chavez Structure: Luis Yeckle Site Area: 15,000 sqm Project Area: 85 sqm Project Year: 2009-2010 Photographs: Ronald Harrison The de la Piedra Chapel is located at the margin of the Lurín river and beside the Lomas de Castilla hill, in the district ..
This holiday home by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld comprises three perpendicular volumes built into a slope in Piracicaba, Brazil. A half-submerged garage and storage area is the lowest of three elements and punctuated by a series of concrete pillars. Above, the ground floor forms an L-shaped plan with the living and dining space in one wing and the kitchen and services in the other. The gro..
Drucker Architects have completed the Makenna Resort in Itacaré, Brazil. The challenge of this project was to transform a natural place in an architectural space, or build a territory in which the physical landmark is no longer a backdrop to become an active part of their own construction, identifying those key elements of the landscape to emerge through a system of relations that go beyond the ..
This office building in Shanghai punctuated by rectangular apertures is a renovation by Chinese firm NHDRO. The existing building is situated in the former Shanghai French Concession, and original features such as timber joists and structural walls have been left exposed. The first of five storeys is a shop for retailer Design Republic while the floors above form offices for Design Republic and ..
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photos of three health centres in Madrid by Spanish architects Estudio Entresitio, all with identical floor plans but executed in different materials. San Blas, Usera and Villaverde were all built on previously unused sites surrounded by social housing. Usera is clad in perforated metal panels with a gold finish. San Blas is a concrete cons..