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Braga House / Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associados

May 17, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

The rectangle 1,000m² site demanded a solution in an elongated form, uniting the front and the back with green-tinged spaces. With a view to the mountainous landscape of Minas Gerais, the tectonic characteristics of this residence give it its unique value. Leading to the front door and beyond is a sculptural concrete wall.

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This Architectural Movie Uses an Abandoned Building in Lebanon to Create a Modern Fairy Tale

May 17, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

Lebanon-based firm JPAG has created a short architectural movie titled “Coming Back to Life” which uses an abandoned icon from the Lebanese civil war to generate a modern day fairy tale. The Burj El Murr (Tower of Bitterness) has been reimagined in a cinematic narrative loaded with emotional content and dramatic sceneries, in an attempt to generate new understandings of what an architectural concept is.

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Country House in Lugar da Lapa / ADAPTEYE

May 17, 2019 Pilar Caballero 0

The property is located in the vicinity of the rural nucleus of the Fornelos in Lugar da Lapa in the county of Cinfães do Douro. It is located about 10 km south of the “Passadiços do Paiva”, which in 2017 and 2018 were recognized as the Best World Adventure Travel Attraction. The owner intended to recover and expand a residential house in order to install a rural tourism project in the country side, to respond to the lack of accommodation with these characteristics in the region and at the same time contribute to the development of the local economy in a sustainable way.

Mary Duggan completes versatile events space inside London’s Science Museum

May 17, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Science Museum events space by Mary Duggan Architects

Gauzy white curtains and subtly patterned floors help organise the layout of this events space, created by architect Mary Duggan for the Science Museum in London. Occupying the fifth and sixth floors of the Science Museum’s building in South Kensington, the two-room facility is designed as an “ever-changing theatre of activity”. Since the 1980s these

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