Month: May 2017
Courtyards House / HK Associates Inc
Situated in a nondescript subdivision in Tucson, Arizona, the Courtyards House is a desert minimalist reinvention of residential suburban inhabitation.
Spanish Urban Beach House for the Perfect Summer Vacation
Are you ready for summer? Are you ready for endlessly beautiful days and nature at its peak? We all look forward to summer. That’s a fact. It is basically coded into our DNA. Summer is the best time of year, and the best time for a vacation. Barcelona is one of the best places to […]
Houzz Tour: A Sydney Home’s Raw and Honest Renovation (19 photos)
Obama Foundation Unveils TWBTA-Designed Obama Presidential Center
The Obama Foundation today unveiled the design of former President Barack Obama’s Presidential Center, reports The Chicago Tribune. Designed by Todd Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the center’s design comprises three buildings. At the north of the site, the tallest building will contain the center’s museum, while buildings to the south will house a library, auditorium, and restaurant, arranged around a public garden.
“Hard to believe this is a product of one of the most admired creative partnerships of the last two decades”
By bringing together commerce and ornament, the now-defunct Foreign Office Architects has produced a shopping centre that looks like a giant black slug, says Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. You remember Foreign Office Architects. The London-based firm was dissolved five years ago with the split of its main partners, Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo, but
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6 Bathrooms Freshen Up With Farmhouse Style (6 photos)
Farmhouse style has made a name for itself in the bathroom. You have the claw-foot tub, the earthy color palette, and the handy shelves and stools dotted around the room. Together, these farmhouse-style features create a soothing, collected-over-time …
Tower-house I / SOUTH
Tower-house I interprets the form of dwelling, widely found throughout the outer Mani, southern Greece; a combination of defense tower and farmhouse. This was articulated by a monolithic, stone structure with few openings, so as to protect dwellers from extensive heat as well as piracy. The surrounding landscape is characterized by dry stone retaining walls transforming a steep topography into a series of arable plateaus; these long walls were the most prominent man-made intervention in this harsh landscape for centuries.
The Complex Construction of Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum Tower to be Featured in New Documentary
With construction now well underway on One Thousand Museum in Miami, one of Zaha Hadid’s largest projects to be completed posthumously, Curbed has reported that the 62-story tower will be the subject of an upcoming Discovery/PBS documentary covering the creation of complex structures from around the world. Titled “Impossible Builds,” the program will highlight the building’s unique glass fiber reinforced concrete exoskeleton.








