Architects: PAD studio + SPUD Group + Stephen Turner Location: River Beaulieu, England Year: 2013 Photographs: Nigel Rigden Artist Stephen Turner, who specialises in long term artistic explorations of environmental settings, has worked with the designers to create the Egg which he will now use as a ‘residency’, floating in the Beaulieu Estuary for a year, to examine the changing patterns of its marine ecology, while making artworks inspired, influenced and informed by his surroundings
Architects: DISEÑO ESPACIAL Location: Ciudad de México, México Architects In Charge: Arturo Álvarez, Daniel de León Languré, Carlos Ortega Arámburo Structural Project: Baez Santana, Ingenieros Consultores, SA de CV Area: 125 sqm Proyect Year: 2013 Photographs: Ana Eunice Ortíz Pámanes Akin to the process of building a ship in a bottle, the construction of Casa Murray was conditioned to the amount of space in which it is placed. Projected and built by Diseño Espacial, the house is enclos
Architects: htmn Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo Architect In Charge: Hiroaki Takada, Nakahata Masayuki Structure Design: Ryo Kuwako, Kuwako Area: 3,980 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Daici Ano, Courtesy of htmn Overview of the site Many buildings stand side by side in the shopping district near the train station. There were many partitioned tenement-houses in this area, but currently rebuilding has been proceeding. There is a platform of the conventional lines on the north side of the site.
Architects: Piotr Musialowski, Lukasz Przybylowicz Location: Kazimierz Dolny, Poland Area: 220 sqm Photographs: Maciej Gasienica Giewont The concept of a free-standing public toilet building has been selected during one of the editions of the architectural competition organized annually by the leading Polish producer and distributor of bathroom fittings – Sanitec Koło Ltd. The theme of the first editions was to design the interior of a studio bathroom in residential and public buildin
BUS:STOP Krumbach is a recently initiated project in the Bregenzerwald region of Austria that will pair seven well-known architecture offices from around the world with seven local architects and allow them to work together on the design of seven new bus shelters in the town of Krumbach. A true collaboration between tradition and innovation, national and international, BUS:STOP hopes to create a series of small and functional buildings with their own unique characters that tell not only the s
Architects: DyerGrimes Architects Location: Tandridge, England, United Kingdom Client: Tony and Nicky Maude Photographs: Courtesy of DyerGrimes Architects Our clients, Tony and Nicky, sold their country estate in Limpsfield, and purchased a one and half acre plot in Oxted with a view to knocking down the existing dilapidated pre-fab bungalow and building in its place a new ultra-contemporary sustainable home. An exciting and ambitious project, our clients wanted to create a large flex
Architects: LINK Arkitektur AS Location: Kvernaland, Norway Architect In Charge: Link Arkitektur as Area: 2,100 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Hundven-Clements Froeyland Orstad Church was completed in 2009 and is 2100 m2 in area. It is divided into two levels and has 600 seats at the place of worship. It is the first church in Norway to have a baptismal pool. In 2009 the church won the award for best accessibility for people with disabilities. The church had the highest average of people go
Architects: Open Y Office Location: Wijgmaal, Belgium Area: 180 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Tom Janssens This OYO story takes you to Wijgmaal, where a single family house is conceived as a place without boundaries. Due to the use of steel structure, you will experience the plan as open. The garden is the living room, the small lake the bathroom. The kitchen you’ll find next door. OYO chose for a minimalistic approach, omitting fancy details. There is no need of ornament. This and other
Click here to view the embedded video. In this interview by Hugo Oliveira, Álvaro Siza presents his ideas on the link between obsolescence and quality in architecture, and the role that a design’s flexibility plays in this relationship. He argues that the convent is perhaps the best example of a typology which is both fit for purpose and very flexible, allowing myriad other uses when its lifespan as a convent has ended. He also laments the current tendency to design a building for a very
Architects: Panorama Arquitectos Location: Punta Cachagua Architect In Charge: Constanza Hagemann, Nicolas Valdes Design Team: Nicolas del Rio, Max Nuñez Collaborators: Andrea Borraez Area: 240.0 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Roland Halbe The project consists of a second house at the coast, at a very exposed terrain, visually and acoustically, since it borders a highway. At the other hand it offers a panoramic view of the ocean. To give a solution to the problematic of display and mini
In addition to honoring renowned architect Ray Kappe with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the Los Angeles Business Council has awarded thirty-one county projects for their design excellence, sustainability and community impact at the 43rd annual LA Architectural Awards. The 2013 Los Angeles Architectural Award Winners: Grand Prize: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Headquarters / ZGF Architects LLP Community Impact Award: Grand Park / Rios Clementi Hale Studios Community Impact Award: Metro Oran
Architects: McGarry-Moon Architects Location: Broughshane, Northern Ireland, UK Design Team: Jessica McGarry, Steven Moon & Adam Currie Contractor: Alan Moon Joinery and Building Contractor Area: 110 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Adam Currie, Courtesy of McGarry-Moon Architects This unassuming residence is a responsive configuration of skilfully contained views from the interior the manipulation of natural light combined with fluid, informal spaces allowing us to create architecture
