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Photos courtesy Kuadra Studio

Project: New Branch of the Cooperative Credit Bank
Location:Fossano, Italy
Architect: Kuadra Studio

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Photo courtesy Paul Kaloustian Architect

Project: MYU restaurant/bar
Architect: PAUL KALOUSTIAN
owner: JOE MOURANI
location: Gemayze, Beirut
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Photo courtesy VAÍLLO & IRIGARAY+EGUINOA

Spanish architects firm, VAÍLLO & IRIGARAY + EGUINOA, has sent us the Audenasa office building project. It floats along the twisted-line gesturing the topography with interesting facade & interplay with natural lighting. Here is from the architect; Read the rest of this entry »

Image©Choi+Shine Architects, Background image supplied by Associate of Icelandic Architects

Choi+Shine Architects has sent us “Land of Giants” the honorable mention award from Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition as well as Award Winner of 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture

About The Design

The project was initially submitted for a 2008 competition held by the Icelandic power transmission company, Landsnet, in conjunction with the Association of Icelandic Architects.  The submitted design consisted of a single male pylon-figure as shown in the images and description on the file “Choi+Shine – pylon competition document (small)” and on the submitted board “Choi+Shine – pylon comp board (press)”. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo courtesy Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

TREE HOTEL in HARADS (2008-)
Architects: Tham & Videgård Arkitekter.
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Responsible architects: Martin Videgård and Bolle Tham.
Collaborator: Mia Nygren.
Client: Brittas Pensionat, Britta Lindvall and Kent Lindvall, www.treehotel.se.

A tree hotel in the far north of Sweden, near the small village of Harads. Read the rest of this entry »

Image courtesy Cheungvogl

Private commission, 2009 – ongoing

Looking out, seeing people come and go while trees are standing still, witnessing the change of scenery season after season. Street poles spanning across the narrowest allies, providing mysterious connections between houses. Window view becomes an extension to the outside world. It measures time quietly.

Image courtesy Cheungvogl

The two houses, standing side by side, related and yet separated. Its outline traces back years of history within the context. Simple detailing, rough concrete and aged timber are elements that tie the two houses together. Within them, store calmness.

Inside the house, the connection to the outside is reduced down to two linear courtyards. Framing ‘the tree’ standing on a sheet of white gravel, absence from the city’s influence, quietly documenting time. Contrary to the ground floor, the pitched roof is a small space enclosing the stair leading to an undefined open room -  the roof itself. Three meter above ground, the city skyline seems almost tangible. Looking back, ‘the tree’ – is standing still.

Image courtesy Cheungvogl

The project,

2 houses in Tokyo is a private development that consists of 2 almost identical houses, occupying 2 identical plots. House 2a is to be occupied by the client, a Japanese-German couple, based in Tokyo. House 2b is for sale. The client’s requirements are clear.

Calm, but not sterile.
Humble, and yet unexpected.
Economical, nothing extravagant.
Open space with flexible floor plans and a space to contemplate.

Image courtesy Cheungvogl

By the choice of materials like fair-face in-situ and pre-cast concrete, industrial finished flooring and local construction techniques with simple details, the project stays under budget. This opens up opportunities to custom design furniture pieces as prototypes for House 2a, such as the kitchen unit, the dining table, the courtyard bench and the floor-sitting-couch.

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The architects

Cheungvogl is a young international architectural practice founded in 2008. The design studio is based in Hong Kong and led by Chinese-Canadian architect Judy Cheung and German architect Christoph Vogl.

www.cheungvogl.com

New Tamayo Museum overlooking Mexico City from BIG on Vimeo.

The main concept of MUSEO TAMAYO EX-TENSION ATIZAPAN is an “OPENED BOX” that unfolds, opens and invites the visitors inside. Package, restoration and storage will serve as additional cultural spaces for visitors to understand the stages that an art piece goes through in order to get to its specific destination. Read the rest of this entry »

DESIGN ARCHITECT : STUDIO IDE
BRIEF
Complete rehab of a 550 sq.ft. space
STATUS
Completed 2010
All Photo©Candice C. Cusic
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Photo©Möhn + Bouman architekten

Daycarecentre Willem Felsoord designed by Möhn + Bouman architekten, The project concerns the extension and renovation of an existing daycare centre for mentally disabled, situated in a natural wetland area near Delft, the Netherlands. The complicated limitations of the patients make the sensory and tactile quality of the building a key issue in the design process. The emotional wellbeing of this specific group and their ability for orientation is greatly determined by the building, both in shape, lighting and the use of materials. Every day, around 70 people between the age of 15 and 65 are visiting the centre. Read the rest of this entry »

Copyright MVRDV/ADEPT

The City of Frederiksberg, Denmark, the Danish Foundation for Culture and Sport Facilities and Realdania announced MVRDV and ADEPT winner of the House of Culture and Movement competition in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Read the rest of this entry »