Month: March 2019

Staggered floors overlook four-storey void at architect’s house in Lisbon

March 27, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Dodge House by Leopold Banchini and Daniel Zamarbide

Architect Daniel Zamarbide worked with Leopold Banchini to design a pared-back Lisbon house with glass-walled rooms overlooking a full-height living space, as his own home. Zamarbide and Banchini, who ran a studio together called Bureau A until 2017, collaborated on the design of the house that is tailored to suit his family’s lifestyle. Zamarbide named project Dodge House

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Nagus House / IASE Arquitectos

March 27, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The words “Behind the Tree” was the starting point for the house, which we thought should include this tree as a front host at the entrance of the house, but in a framed and protected manner, as a protagonist, not only for the visitor or passerby, but also for the interior and the daily life of the inhabitants.

Casa Negra is designed to “be like a camera obscura” says Frida Escobedo

March 27, 2019 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Frida Escobedo explains how one of her first residential projects, Casa Negra, was influenced by the function of a camera obscura, in the third instalment of a series of short movies about the Mexican architect.  In an exclusive interview, Escobedo tells Dezeen that the house she designed for a photographer acts like a camera obscura –

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Foster + Partners’ Tulip Tower Set for Approval in London

March 27, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

The Foster + Partners-designed Tulip skyscraper in London just took a major step towards realization with an endorsement by planning officials. A report by the City Corporation’s chief planning officer has said that the scheme would give London “a new iconic building” with a “bold and striking” form. The 1000-foot-tall (305-meter-tall) scheme would sit adjacent to The Gherkin: one of Foster’s and London’s most iconic structures.