Concrete columns draped in greenery, steel beams filled with books and a small pool feature in this apartment in Quito, Ecuador that local architect Aquiles Jarrín has overhauled for a family of three and their dog. Jarrín designed the project, called A Forest House, for an apartment located in a 1970s building in the city’s
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This Community Cultural Center exhibits the archeological and textile wealth of Teotitlán del Valle, a village in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The principal volume, facing the village square, houses the Museum which will host the collections and activities of the present Teotitlán Museum of History. In formal terms, the project is governed by the aesthetics of the immediate context, which determine the height, color, and materials used. The secondary volume contains the Municipal Library and a service zone. The area occupied by both buildings on the site represents just 18% of the whole surface area, leaving a large public space of plaza and gardens. This helps to improve the pedestrian routes passing across the site and connecting with the main square, inserting the new public spaces created by the Cultural Center into the circuit of existing plazas that define the urban structure of the village.
During the construction phase of their new home, a Seattle family hired landscape architect Kim Rooney to create a beautiful and thoughtful design that would fit their needs and their personalities. Rooney had done a beautiful job transforming their…
During the construction phase of their new home, a Seattle family hired landscape architect Kim Rooney to create a beautiful and thoughtful design that would fit their needs and their personalities. Rooney had done a beautiful job transforming their…
It is located in a neighborhood in Pilar, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina and located on land with a slight unevenness and with excellent open views of the Golf course at the bottom of the 50 meter lot. long, and with a north orientation that allows you to have sun most of the day in the terraced gardens, it was decided to locate the social part of the house elevated at 3 meters to allow you to have the best views and be able to use the terraced unevenness as extensions in medium height . The bedrooms located on the ground floor have direct exits to the zero level gardens and with lateral access through the lower living room.
like its cenote plunge pool, casa mérida’s character is deeply enriched by the mayan heritage of its community.
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Vo Trong Nghia Architects has built a house on Vietnam’s scenic Ha Long Bay with trees growing through its concrete walls. Big rectangular openings dot the concrete facade of Ha Long Villa, and each one contains a tree. The Ho Chi Minh City studio, which won Architect of the Year at last year’s Dezeen Awards, wanted
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The design of ‘Blue House’ was determined from the very start of the process by the exposed concrete beam that runs parallel to the facade, dividing the apartment in two areas: the wide, sun-drenched space by the windows and balcony, and a long, narrow and much darker space on the entrance side.
That was week three of VDF! Highlights include a video message from Ben van Berkel and an exclusive screening of the Dieter Rams documentary plus a live interview with director Gary Hustwit. We also teamed up with Fritz Hansen to celebrate Vico Magistretti’s centenary. Monday 27 April VDF x reSITE: we started week three with
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the facades most exposed to rain and wind are clad with a micro corrugated zinc sheet which oxidizes over time.
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