tato architects’ ‘house in sonobe’ features polycarbonate façade

March 26, 2019 macnadusa 0

tato architects, led by yo shimada, has completed a house in japan’s kyoto prefecture that features an entire façade made from polycarbonate panels. located in the small city of nantan, ‘house in sonobe’ forms part of a new residential district and is surrounded on all sides by other dwellings. noting that many of the adjacent […]

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Loft Diego / Arquitetura Nacional

March 26, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The client first approached us when he was looking for a solution to his 59 sqm loft in Porto Alegre, of which the floorplan did not reflect his desire to live with integrated spaces. The first strategy was to merge all the entrance floor areas, replacing the existing stair by a helicoidal staircase in the center of the project and incorporating the laundry to the kitchen woodwork.

Tracks Architectes designs timber-clad kindergarten with gabled forms in France

March 26, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
La Ruche by Tracks Architectes

A long run of gabled volumes clad in honey-coloured wood has been designed by Tracks Architectes for a kindergarten in France called La Ruche, which translates as The Beehive. La Ruche is located in the village of Perthes-en-Gatinais, and the project borrowed its simple geometry from the local architecture. Each pitched unit sits on one level, with widths and

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Peter Zumthor Reveals Revised LACMA Design for Los Angeles

March 26, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Peter Zumthor has revealed more details of a paired-back design for the LACMA expansion in Los Angeles. The proposal for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was part of a final environmental impact report submitted for the $650-million project. Undergoing a series of changes over previous years, the latest design will still branch over Wilshire Boulevard with amorphous, sand-colored concrete galleries. The new expansion plan reduces both the expansion’s size and footprint.

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08 Albatross Avenue House / Studio Workshop

March 26, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

8 Albatross is a three-storey pair of beach residences with an east-facing aspect toward the pacific ocean, situated along a narrow, busy thoroughfare. An array of vertical fins is deployed to serve multiple functions including sun-shading, privacy, curation of views, and to modulate the scale of the overall form. 

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Viewmaster House / React Architects

March 26, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

The house is located at Ageria, on the island of Paros, in the Cyclades. It faces west, towards the sea. The buildings protrude from the natural slope, and they are aligned on a cantilever slab that floats over the land. On their eastern side lays the patio, protected from the northern winds.

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HUB / ITS Studio

March 26, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

Located  on the edge of the consolidated city nearby Tiburtina railway station, the new building is meant to be a workplace open to contemporary society issues and new technologies.

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Flick House / Delution

March 26, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

Starting from the memory of the client’s past in the birthplace of the owner in Central Java, clients wanted us to design a house that seems humble and warm. Clients and Architects agreed to use brick as the main material of the Flick House, because it seemed to have a humble and warm philosophy. According to the owner, the brick has the power to make a big house welcoming. Starting with the main material, then the Architect chose Green Architecture as the main concept to be applied in the Flick House.

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Island Friends / Advanced Architecture Lab[AaL] + WIKI

March 25, 2019 韩爽 - HAN Shuang 0

“Island Friends”was built near a reservoir in the suburban area of Wuhan from 2017-2018. The project is in the north of the reservoir, on a small peninsula, where is off the beaten track and the scenery with the natural pristine beauty and the wild excitement. The project is an exploration of community-based natural life in association with the well-known French smart city research institution “7 Billion Urbanists”and the global children architecture education NGO “World Children Campaign” .