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..
Located in the Portugal Northwest border, the Vila Nova de Cerveira House was designed for weekend use, promoting the relationship between interior and exterior, integrating the astonishing surroundings on a glass interior. Emphasizing the equilibrium with the surrounding morphology, the horizontal volumes contrast with the stone coating of the basement floor, on a material and chromatic counter..
The project involved complete reorganisation of an existing dwelling and the addition of a new living room, veranda, courtyard and garage. Located at Trial Bay overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, the ‘Channel Room’ as it is now called is like an abstraction of a cinematographer’s camera, whereby the apertures have been adjusted to subject, view, and light. The new architecture departs from ..
Architects: Pablo Ribera Pons & Joseán Vilar Pons Location: C/ Morera 5, urb Lloma de la Verge, Picassent (Valencia), Spain Collaborators: Uno Uno arquitectos Promotor: Escola les Carolines S.Coop.V. Project Date: August 2006 – September 2008 Cost: 1,750,000€ Construction Area: 1,711 m2 Photography: Fernando Alda The cooperative Escola Les Carollines needs to grow so they decide to create a new ..
Architects: Formwerkz Architects Location: Singapore, Singapore Design Team: Seetoh Kum Loon, Alan Tay, JY Pang, Koh XuanYi, EkaChai Site Area: 1,190 sqm Gross Floor Area: 1,000 sqm Photography: Courtesy of Formwerkz Architects Brief The scale and programme of the house suggests more of a communal dwelling for a multi-tier family. The family called for a design that can accommodate a long wish l..
Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. It was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and is located in New Haven, Connecticut. Prior to the completion of this project, Yale University placed its rare books on special shelving in Dw..
This office building in the Belgian hills by architects Atelier Vens Vanbelle has a brick facade broken by huge windows overlooking the surrounding farmland. The offices, waiting room and kitchen open out to the views on two sides, turning away from the adjacent street and restaurant. The building is cantilevered at the back to accommodate staff parking beneath. Here are some more details from t..
Architects: Elton+Leniz Arquitectos Asociados Location: Concepción, Chile Collaborator Architect : Germán Rodríguez Olivos Construction: Tirapeguy Ramos Site Area: 1200 m2 Constructed Area: 540 m2 Year (proyect): 2006-2007 Year of Construction: 2008-2009 Photos: Natalia Vial Casa Concepción is located in a community over a hill with a spectacular view towards the Bio-Bio river. The general layou..
