JDS architects have designed 'M6B1' - student housing in paris france. the site is located in a context that is in development. after fulfilling the required programming, the left over square meters were unfolded creating a spiral for social activities linking the ground floor to the roof terrace. considering the exterior of the building as generic as possible to respond to its unknown context, ..
Architects: 3+1 Architects Location: Tallinn, Estonia Architects in charge: Markus Kaasik, Andres Ojari, Ilmar Valdur & Merjer Müürisepp Garden Design: atelier le balto / Marc Pouzol, Véronique Faucheur, Chloé Sanson Project Year: 2002-2004 Construction Year: 2004-2005 Constructed area: 694 sqm (renovation) / 1,267 sqm (extension) Photographs: 3+1 Architects Building is located close to the Kadr..
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..
Arons & Gelauff Architects - Dormitory, Enschede (Copyright Jeroen Musch) Arons & Gelauff Architects send me photographs of their recently finished dormitory building in Enschede, a city in the east of the Netherlands. One of the sides of the nine story building features a climbing wall. According to the architect it is the second highest one in the Netherlands. The addition of the climbing wall..
Paris architects ECDM have completed this 63-unit social housing development in Paris. It is located between existing buildings, at the intersection of two streets. A courtyard, hidden from the street, separates the building into two volumes connected by a basement car park. The front facade is composed of coloured glass in different shades of green. The text below is from the architects: – Coll..
Architects: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects Location: London, England Client: The Peabody Trust Design team: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects; Ellis & Moore (Structural Engineering); Max Fordham LLP (Building Services) Contractor: Sandwood Construction Design year: 2001-2005 Construction year: 2006-2007 Photographs: James Morris Antony House on the Pembury Estate in Hackney provides 30 units of..
Architects: Vallo & Sadovsky Architects Location: Pekná Cesta, Bratislava-Rača, Slovakia Construction Year: 2006 End section house constructed area: 162 sqm Terraced house constructed area: 138 sqm Photographs: Pato Safko, Vallo Sadovsky Architects Our client’s requirement was to create a hybrid between a larger more comfortable dwelling with 4 parking places and a family house with a small gard..
Residential buildings have always been an issue among architects. From on side, you have a developer who wants the best out of his money, usually leaving behind what we think matters - which sometimes does, but most of the times doesn´t… out of several -complex- variables which at the end have to make a project feasible. It´s not that i´m a pesimist. Actually, there are great residential buildin..
Architects: Garduno Arquitectos - Juan Garduno, Ernesto Flores, Ricardo Guzman, Daniel Banda Location: Polanco, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico Project year: 2008 Site Area: 1,100 sqm Constructed Area: 6,300 sqm Structural Design: Diseno y Supervision S.C. Contractor: BICYQ Construcciones Photographs: Sofocles Hernandez, Paul Czitrom The lot was located in a difficult area, originally classified as hig..
Architects: Dellekamp arquitectos Location: Colonia Polanco, Mexico DF, Mexico Project Leader: Alejandro Santillanes Project Team: Rodrigo Alcocer, Aisha Ballesteros, Tania Velazco, Aline Wallach, Victor Jaime Program: Apartment Building Project Year: 2004-2006 Photographs: Dante Busquets & Oscar Necoechea