Month: April 2020

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Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden

April 23, 2020 Sebastian Jordahn 0

In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, video blogger Martin van der Linden uses some of his favourite architecture books to explain the order behind Tokyo’s apparently chaotic urban landscape. “When first-time visitors come to Tokyo, they are often overwhelmed by its chaotic urbanity,” he says. “Buildings jumbled together with no sense of coordination

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Pakhaniyil Residence / Nufail Shabana Architects

April 23, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

Earthy Ethnic Abode. A modern ethnic abode designed in chembad, kerala 4kms within the main town with lush greenery around is a clear attempt to recreate an ethnic feel to a modern day house. The design intent revolves around the crisp and clear lines used throughout the house in the elevation and interior spaces . The ethnic theme used throughout the house is evident in the cota stone used for flooring to the mud texture, the colors used in the partition, light fixtures and metal used in handrails and partitions ,the wood used in ceiling and handrails.

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Cottonwood Canyon Experience Center / SIGNAL | Architecture + Research

April 23, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

This story begins around the fin-de-siecle, when Jim Murtha, an Irish immigrant, partnered up with Frank Monahan to start a sheep operation at what would become known as the Murtha Ranch. Business peaked during the Great War when the army needed blankets, but life in the windy Cottonwood Canyon changed after the depression, and the barn went empty. Years later, Oregon State Parks was donated the 8,000-acre private property nestled against the John Day River.

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OMA reveals updated design for Washington DC garden bridge

April 23, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
11th Street Bridge Park by OMA

Architecture firm OMA and landscape studio Olin have released updated visuals for 11th Street Bridge Park – a raised garden that will extend over Washington DC’s Anacostia River. The update follows the National Capital Planning Commission’s approval of the scheme to construct a park spanning Washington DC’s Anacostia River earlier this month. OMA and Olin,

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Cate House / S-AR

April 23, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

The conditions of the terrain being a corner and its orientation were the guidelines to define the spacial and constructive strategy of the house. The local regulations establishes a remission of the corner to leave it construction free almost the same size as the one in the back side of the plot. As well they require a service hall. This reduced significantly the constructive area, forcing to concentrate the house in the center of the plot.

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Huge Property In Indonesia Risen From Raw Concrete Architecture

April 23, 2020 HD Staff 0

Approximately 5600 square metres of land in Bandung, Indonesia, became the build site for this luxury family home. Architectural firm Andramatin, known for their clean and modern approach to architecture, designed the IH Residence in solid volumes of raw concrete and vast plains of glass. A huge structure with abundant functions was realised, whilst the […]

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3V House / Studio MK27

April 23, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

3V House is located in a gardened neighbourhood in São Paulo, which was built on an old floodplain area. This condition brought us to the solution of slightly elevating the property land and its garden relative to the street level, thereby protecting it from the flooding rains that this area is subject to.