We were asked to create a multi-use guest pavilion on a relatively small Northern California vineyard lot that could also host sit down dinners for up to 60 people. We started by asking the key questions: “Where should it be within the property?” “How much floor area do we need for a 60 person dinner?” “How much volume do we need for a basketball court?” We also always tell ourselves to “look at the landscape first, let it dominate and lead it through.” The building took the form of a large Napa Valley barn.
Moleskine notebooks, sketching, architecture photography, imagination, and Instagram—these are all curiosities that arouse the interest of a stereotypical architecture lover. So it’s hard to believe that Pietro Cataudella, author of the CityLiveSketch project, is neither a trained artist or architect, but a student of geophysics.
Hill country house offering wonderful exterior and gorgeous interior is presented here. This is a 3 bed Mediterranean-inspired house offering a very organized home plan. There is a foyer as a dividing element of…
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Rubble trench is a cheap and effective foundation that combines drainage with load distribution. The basic principle of it has been around for thousands of years but American architect Frank Lloyd Wright brought it…
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Building of the Year Awards presented the 16 winners from over 3,000 published projects. They were all offering amazing platforms for the many diverse and global voices in the architecture. In every one of…
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Bamboo scaffolds can be used in different construction works. If in any special situation where the technical requirements in Section 5 of the Code of Practice need to be modified the stability and strength…
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Perspective shadow drawing is something the regular people admire at and something the professionals do so easy. Actually they have a lot of experience and knowledge that makes their job so easy. Indeed they…
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To highlight the site’s characteristics, La Louve is organized according to two distinct ambiances. Towards the mountain, the simple volume rests against the bedrock, while to the forest side, it is perched on slender pilotis hidden amongst the trees.
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