© Huub Smits Architect: reSET architecture Location: Betuwe, The Netherlands Project Team: Theo Mathijssen (architect), Pieter Bardoel Floor Area (sqm): 280 sqm Completion: 2011 Contractor: Rosmalenbouw Photographs: Huub Smits The office ‘reSET architecture’ designed the renovation and extension of a small decaying farmhouse with a beautiful apple orchard, located in an idyllic location in the Dutch Betuwe region. The simplicity and sobriety of the farmhouse is revealing much a
© Nico Saieh After entering a general planning competition at the end of May 1951 for the Jyvaskyla Institute of Pedagogics, Alvar Aalto was immediately commissioned to begin working on the plans of each of the individual buildings that were to be added amidst existing complex. He was awarded first prize with his entry ‘Urbs’, which is reminiscent of some of his previous projects. The U pattern formed by the buildings frames the open center space, where a sports field is accessible
© Peter Bennetts Architects: Anthony Gill Architects Location: Sydney, Australia Project Team: Anthony Gill and Sarah Mcspadden Project Year: 2010 Project Area: 38 sqm Photographs: Peter Bennetts The Potts Point Apartment involved the re-design of an existing 38 sqm (410sqft), one bedroom apartment in a Harry Seidler building in Sydney. The brief was to adapt the layout as inexpensively as possible to suit our growing family. We wanted to provide a separate sleeping area for our young daug
Courtesy of Sasaki Associates Sasaki Associates, with RDG Planning & Design and Applied Ecological Services (AES), were recently announced as the winning team of the Water Works Parkitecture Competition. The international design competition entailed the creation of a conceptual plan for Water Works Park to form dynamic relationships between the river, the watershed, and the community. Education and the connection between the river and the community were highly stressed in Sasaki’s winning p
Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates Location: No. SL1-01, F1, South tower, Hongkong Plaza, 283 Huaihai Middle Road, Shanghai, PRC Project name: SHANG XIA Client: Shang xia Design Period: 2009.08-2009.12 Construction Period: 2010.03-2010.06 Principal use: Retail Total floor area: 126 sqm Stories: 1 story Photographs: Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates plan SHANG XIA is a new brand under the umbrella of Hermes. Its concept was developed to em
© Todd Eberle An architect celebrated for his breathtaking studies of light and materiality in the creation of memorable architecture, Louis Kahn did not fail to maintain his rigor in the Esherick House of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Admired for it’s spatial and luminous qualities, this is the first residence of its kind to convey the grand ideas of Kahn-style architecture. The two story dwelling, which is one of only nine private houses designed by Kahn to come into realization, rests on
The Monastery is the name of this project by Arild Eriksen, Joakim Skajaa of Eriksen Skajaa Architects for Netlife Research. Netlife wanted their new spaces to feel creative, yet offer spaces for privacy, reflection and silence. Inspired by a monastery garden, the architects designed a brick and wood building partition in the center of a wide open office space that features niches for plants and privacy, and windows for air circulation. One of the niches outside contains a bench to sit and re
Unknown at the time, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers stunned French president Georges Pompidou with their radical proposal that won the competition to construct a cultural center in Paris. Unlike anything seen in the architecture world before, their high-tech modern cultural center exposed the infrastructure of the building and offered a flexible plan that would be able to accommodate an ever-changing variety of exhibits and program. This historical cultural institution exemplifies success. Afte
© Steve Montpetit Architects: FABG Location: Montréal, Canada Project Team: Steve Montpetit, André Lavoie, Dominique Potvin, François Verville Project Year: 2011 Project Area: 20,000 sqm Photographs: Steve Montpetit The new building of Théâtre la Licorne like the theater company that runs it , La Manufacture, has a strong bond with its surrounding area. It tends to communicate with the city and reflects the type of theater that it produces: straightforward and urban. Aesthetic choices made
Courtesy of Matharoo Associates Architects: Matharoo Associates Location: Pavapuri, Rajasthan, India Principal in Charge: Gurjit Singh Matharoo Project Team: Ramesh Patel (Architect), Janmay Mehta (Trainee) Clients: K.P Sangvi charitable trust, Shri pavapuri tirth dham jeev maitri dham Structural Engineer: Matharoo associates – R.S Matharoo, Ritesh Chauhan Mechanical Engineer: Jhaveri Associates Interior Designer: Matharoo Associates Landscape Architect: Vagish Naganur Project Year: 2009
Photo by Piotr Krajewski - http://www.flickr.com/photos/piotrkrajewski/ ArchDaily’s Flickr Pool has now over 68,000 photos, and this week’s Round Up has 5 great selections including a wonderful photo of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue National Gallery. As always, remember you can submit your own photo here, and don’t forget to follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Fan Page to find many more features. The photo above was taken by Piotr Krajewski in Hamburg, Germany. Check the oth
If you’re an HGTV or DIY Network fanatic, you must understand that the channel didn’t blossom out of nowhere. Long ago, Bob Vila and This Old House laid the groundwork for DIY as entertainment. Vila, who has spent his career helping people upgrade their homes (and lives), went on to present similar offshoot series, Bob Vila’s Home Again, Bob Vila, and Restore America with Bob Vila. His latest efforts include tackling the online world with his webisode pilot series Building Green. W
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