© Jordi Surroca Architects: R+B - José Miguel Roldán, Mercè Berengué Location: Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona, Spain Collaborators: Vicenç Sanz ,Isis Campos, Zana Bosnic, Alfredo Garza, Núria Monfort Built up Area: 3,314.35 sqm Budget: 3,136,220.99 € Completion: 2009 Photographer: Jordi Surroca I start with the “Architectural Association Press”, I go towards Lewerents and I will arrive to Masrampinyo. There was a 1989 book, “Sigurd Lewerents 1885-1975. “The Dilemma of Classicism” published by
Twin Megaphones is a single-family residence located in the center of Tokyo. Designed by the Japanese firm Atelier Tekuto, the house is situated on a rectangular-shaped lot that has an incline. To maximize natural daylight and ventilation throughout, the house is made up of two separate trapezoid-shaped volumes that are connected by a bridge. The bridge acts as an open-air breezeway that has an outdoor staircase leading to a rooftop terrace. The house was structured around the family of four&
Courtesy of Woods Bagot Architects: Woods Bagot Location: 2 Clarendon Street South Bank, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Gross Area: 66,000 sqm Construction Cost: Total Precinct $ 1.4 billion Completion: 2009 Client: Major Projects Victoria Project team: Joint Venture between Woods Bagot and NH Architecture Photographs: Courtesy of Woods Bagot Courtesy of Woods Bagot Part of a one billion dollar integrated mixed–use development, Melbourne’s new Convention Centre is pivotal to the evolving g
© Jaap Oepkes Architects: ESA Architects Location: Newbury, Berkshire, England Client: Stryker UK ltd Project Area: 10,000 sqm Project Year: Sept. 2011 Cost: £15million Project Team: Nic Sampson, Ralph Humphrey, Samiul Kamal-Uddin, Claire Lewis-Smith, James Gott Photographer: Jaap Oepkes © Jaap Oepkes ESA completes an exciting new office for Stryker UK Ltd, whom are the global leader in medical technology providing specialist or thopaedic and surgical equipment to healthcare professionals
This house located in Merseyside, just north of Liverpool in the UK, was designed by ABW Architects. The house is situated low and is centered around a curved glass wall in the living area of the first floor. The back of the house is just as stunning as the front with its walls of glass looking out into the large outdoor space. Measures were taken to reduce energy consumption with high levels of insulation, low energy lights, and photovoltaic panels. Brick, stone, and wood were found locally
© Andres Asturias Architect: PAZ Arquitectura – Alejandro Paz Location: Santa Rosalía, Guatemala City, Guatemala Collaborators: Axel Mendoza, Gabriel Rodriguez, Alex Titus, Mario Roberto Paz, Claudia Pezarozzi, Wolfgang Schoenbeck Landscape Design: Pokorny y Valencia, Arquitectura de Paisaje Construction: Conarq / Paz Arquitectura Structure Design: Consultores Estructurales Built Area: 747.50 sqm Completion: 2011 Photographs: Andres Asturias © Andres Asturias Located on a dense hills
© Albert KS Lim Architect: AR43 Architects Location: Singapore Design Team: Lim Cheng Kooi Landscape Design: DrEasaw Thomas Builder: Pekson Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd Site Area: 1,516.9 sqm Photographer: Albert KS Lim © Albert KS Lim The house is a surprising discovery in the densely populated Singapore. Sited in one of Singapore’s prime shopping district, the house sits on a steep sloping terrain with mature rainforest trees at its peripheral. The intrinsic lush natural settin
One my my favorite magazines, Atomic Ranch, just came out with their second book called Atomic Ranch: Midcentury Interiors. AR editor Michelle Gringeri-Brown and photographer and AR publisher Jim Brown make such a great team and their publisher Gibbs Smith did an excellent job with the book. It takes a look at eight postwar homes including a suburban split-level, some modernist marvels and even an aluminum kit home all of which demonstrate that modern can be comfortable, warm and inviting. If
Courtesy of Hilberink Bosch Architects Architect: Hilberink Bosch Architects Location: Oud-Empel, The Netherlands Project Team: Geert Bosch, Annemariken Hilberink, Rolf van Boxmeer, Bas Lavrijssen Photographer: René de Wit, Breda Courtesy of Hilberink Bosch Architects Due to the demolition of several old sheds a unique plot became vacant in Oud-Empel. Oud-Empel is a small village situated along side embankment of the river Maas. The dike divides the village in two parts: the unsafe waterfr
© Bharath Ramamrutham Architects: Khosla Associates Location: Hubli, Karnataka, India Design Team: Sandeep Khosla, Amaresh Anand, Praveena A., and Dhaval Shellugar Photographs: Bharath Ramamrutham © Bharath Ramamrutham The house, conceived for Hubli businessman ArvindBellad and his family is set amongst a one acre wooded property in north Karnataka. The first visual of the site was that of towering old Gulmohar trees with peacocks strutting around and we planned a house that would weave it
© Antoine Duhame Architect: Frank Repas Architecture Location: Shanghai, China Structural Engineering: Weidlinger Associates, Inc. (New York) Environmental Engineering: ARUP – Hong Kong Photographs: Antoine Duhame drawing 01 The Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal encompasses a massive 630 thousand square foot site in the very center of the bustling metropolis of Shanghai. It exists beneath a public park that forms its roof, thus conserving precious land for green, public use. Below
© Jeremy San Architect: Wallflower Architecture + Design Location: Serangoon, Singapore Design Team: Robin Tan, Cecil Chee & Sean Zheng Completion Date: 2011 Photographs: Jeremy San © Jeremy San The client’s brief for this house was simple. Functionally, to maximize usable area and to incorporate greenery. Aesthetically, to use travertine copiously as an architectural finish. Inspired by the Italian urban-scape during his travels, so too would travertine express this house. © Jeremy San
