Dutch architect Frank Havermans has built a sunken concrete pavilion by a stream in St. Oedenrode, the Netherlands. The KAPKAR/TO-RXD landscape observatory is built into a bank and made of concrete cast in bark. The pavilion is entered by a ramp that takes you into a space containing two benches. A second ramp takes you further down into an small enclosed space with slit that looks out onto the ..
French architects Studio Bellecour have completed a pair of office buildings near Toulouse, France, wrapped in aluminum fins and connected by a twisting concrete element. The horizontal fins curve around all sides of both offices to prevent overheating in the summer and reflect light back into rooms during the winter. Between the two volumes sits a half-raised courtyard with landscaped gardens a..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Ubatuba, Brazil Principal in charge: Angelo Bucci Project team: Ciro Miguel, Juliana Braga, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Flávia Parodi Costa, Tatiana Ozzetti, Lucas Nobre, Nilton Suenaga Client: Antônio Carlos Onofre / Regina Silveira Onofre Structural engineer: Ibsen Puleo Uvo Landscape architect: Raul Pereira Lightning design: Ricardo Heder Construction:..
Architects: Mayslits Kassif Architects Location: Arlozorov Street, Tel Aviv, Israel Design Team: Udi Kassif, Ganit Mayslits Kassif, Maor Roytman Program: A mixed use building containing kindergarten cluster and municipal welfare offices. Client: The Tel Aviv-Yafo Economic Development Authority Ltd. Site Area: 6,000 sqm Built Area: 3,000 sqm Budget: $5,000,000 Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Iwan..
This wavy wall forms the east facade of an information centre designed by BCHO Architects at a Korean concrete factory. Called Hanil Visitors Center and Guest House, the information centre aims to educate visitors about recycling concrete and demonstrates different options through its own construction. Four openings in the eastern wall allow glimpses of how the concrete is produced in the factor..
Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. Called The House with Balls, the building was designed for the owner of an aquarium shop and houses four huge tanks for breeding fish. It also doubles as a weekend retreat. The long narrow main room is lined on both sides by shutters,..
Architects: Guz Architects Location: 18 Maryland Drive, Singapore Project Architect: Gan Ren Ying C & S Engineer: MSE Consultants M & E Engineer: Herizal Fitri Consultants Main Contractor: Sun Ho Construction Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Courtesy of Guz Architects The house is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional courtyard house, laid out around a central green courtyard with a doub..
London Metropolitan University graduate Charlotte Wilson was awarded Best in Show at London graduate show FreeRange this year for her proposal to convert a bunker into a museum. The existing RAF Bempton bunker in Yorkshire, UK is built into a cliff-side and would be be transformed into a museum celebrating the role of women during war. The bunker would be dug out in areas to reveal its three met..
Spanish architect Javier Peña of Xpiral has completed two houses in Murcia, Spain, with the lower volume built from stacked ceramic wine racks. Called Torreagüera Vivienda Atresada, the project comprises two residences, with one cantilevered above the other. Some of the holes in the wine racks that make up the lower level are plugged with coloured ceramic tiles. Torreagüera Vivienda Atresada (20..
Former European skateboarding champion and architect Matthias Bauer of MBA/S Associates has designed a skatepark and youth club in Stuttgart, Germany. The park has a 1000 square-metre concrete plaza and bowl area, and will also feature a soon-to-be-added vert-ramp. The vert-ramp will form part of an open-air structure housing the youth club. Here’s more info from Bauer: The skatepark is conceive..