Month: May 2017

Gimeno + Guitart creates chevron-patterned concrete for church of Santa Maria Assumpta

May 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Gimeno + Guitart has completed a church and parish centre in Tarragona, Spain, featuring concrete walls patterned with angular etchings. The church of Santa Maria Assumpta is situated in the city’s Bonavista neighbourhood on a plot adjacent to a plaza. It comprises a robust concrete polyhedron flanked by a translucent metallic volume. Madrid-based architects Daniel Gimeno

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Stone Matters / AAU ANASTAS

May 3, 2017 Diego Hernández 0

Palestine suffers of a misuse of stone as a structural material: while it was an abundant material used for structural purposes in the past, it is now used as a cladding material only and the know-how of stone building is disappearing. 

Messana O’Rorke Architects extends New York homestead with weathering-steel annex

May 3, 2017 John Trujillo 0

During the renovation of an 18th-century home in Upstate New York, Manhattan-based Messana O’Rorke Architects has revitalised its original appearance and added modern conveniences in an extension clad in Corten steel. Situated on an apple orchard in Columbia County, the renovated Ten Broeck Cottage – which dates back to 1734 – still bears signs of

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Gabriel Rivera Architects Have Designed A New Beachfront House In Ecuador

May 3, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Sebastian Crespo   Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos have designed a modern home right on the beach in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador. The house is organized in an L shape, with one side pointing towards the beach, and the other containing the social areas of the home. The exterior of the home naturally suits the landscape […]

This Office Design Has Built-In Nooks For Relaxing

May 3, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Halkin Mason Photography   When design firm Nelcon created the Capital One offices in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, they included casual comfort in the workplace in the form of contemporary seating nooks. Three circular seating nooks with red upholstered cushions are embedded within a dark wood wall, creating a cozy and intimate environment to […]

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Houzz Tour: Iconic Wavy Wood Home Opens Up (21 photos)

May 3, 2017 Kathleen McCleary 0
Imagine the sounds of the surf crashing just outside your bedroom window, in a home where the windows and the very lines of the house itself echo the curves of the waves below. That’s the Wave House, an iconic home built on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean by noted architect Michael Carmichael in…

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House along Saigoku Highway / Koyori + DATT

May 3, 2017 Cristobal Rojas 0

The “House along Saigoku highway” is a renovation project of an over-100-year-old wooden house located aside the Saigoku highway in the city of Muko at Kyoto Prefecture. Due to artistic activity made by the owner; it is a living and atelier space for a 3 member’s family; the 60-years-old parents and their high school teenager son.

These Colorful Glass Vases Put The Flower Stems On Display

May 3, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Athos Burez and Siska Vandecasteele.   Rotterdam-based designer Chris Kabel has created a collection of contemporary vases that show off the stems of the flowers, instead of hiding them away. The collection, named Hidden Vases, have the water source turned upside-down, and the flowers appearing to grow from the plate.   Photography by […]