Month: August 2023

Materiality is a determining factor in shaping the character and experience of a building. Playing with the aesthetic and tactile qualities of materials, the design process encompasses their analysis, selection, and arrangement to create purposeful and sensory-rich spaces. Alongside textures and patterns, exploring materiality also involves the study of color possibilities. The versatile role of color in architectural materials extends beyond mere aesthetics, as it can broaden design opportunities and influence emotional responses, functionality, cultural relevance, and environmental performance. 

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) announced Madrid-based practice Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos as the winner of the international design competition Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art. The project was selected out of 154 submissions from around the world, and a shortlist featuring internationally recognized names such as David Chipperfield Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Johnston Marklee, Michael Maltzan Architecture and Weiss/Manfredi. The winning proposal was conceived ‘as a reflection of the original building, transforming the relationship between art, landscape, and community into a balance of memory and innovation,’ according to the architects. The winner’s concept design is available to view in a free presentation on Mezzanine Level 2 at the DMA through this Fall and on the competition website.

The house in Mitterfischen is not a very large house, but a house that offers a variety of options. It mainly consists of a two-story room with a few small rooms attached to two levels.

The National Gallery of Victoria 2023 Architecture Commission has chosen a colossal inflatable sphere, named (This is) Air, as its centerpiece. This unique creation is a collaboration between architect Nic Brunsdon and ENESS, aiming to bring the invisible into view by highlighting a fundamental aspect of life: breathing air.

As it is a beach house, traditionally used by families only for vacations and weekends, the intention from the beginning was to develop a project without excesses. A single-story, practical house that maximizes the use of the lot and has the primary objective of ensuring the well-being of the occupants of the space.

In a private urbanization of five lots in front of Lake Calafquén and the Villarrica Volcano in southern Chile, this compact house sits almost like a container, on a wooden structure with minimal intervention in the terrain and the slope. The narrow proportion of the site suggested a small, vertical design that would allow for maximizing unobstructed views of the impressive geography while freeing up as much space as possible between neighboring buildings.

This project relocated and integrated a hair salon and eye salon into a single building. The layout is divided between the hair salon on the first floor and more relaxing services, in the forms of an eye salon and spa-equipped hair care, on the second floor. The staircase provides direct access to the second floor. The target building is old and quaint, and we decided to take advantage of the existing staircase, high ceilings, and the wood grain of formwork marking the surfaces of the structural concrete.

the chapel composes a small nave and an altar with just enough space for a person to sit, pray and lie down.
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