Articles by macnadusa

dosa studio and TAAC have collaborated on the newest branch of el auténtico pato manila – a restaurant serving traditional tacos fused with asian street food in mexico city – transforming the basement of an early twentieth century manor into a contemporary taqueria. divided in two main areas, service and patrons, the 46 sqm interior […]

The post dosa studio + TAAC transform early 20th century manor into taco restaurant in mexico city appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

marking the architecture firm’s first realized project in europe, MAD architects is close to completing the ‘UNIC’ residential complex in paris‘ 17th arrondissement. after winning an international design competition in 2012, the scheme has been developed in collaboration with local french firm biecher architectes and is expected to be completed in september 2019. characterized by […]

The post MAD architects’ first building in europe ‘UNIC’ nears completion in paris appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

sandellsandberg has built a new entrance building for eriksberg wild & nature, scandinavia’s largest wildlife park and nature reserve, located in blekinge, sweden. the stockholm-based office has drawn from the area’s building tradition, shaping the building like a barn, with large windows and a thatched roof, and cladding it in a unexpected façade of playful […]

The post sandellsandberg clads swedish wildlife park building in playful red wooden drapes appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

a private house made entirely of cork, an energy-efficient residential development, an opera house, and a new visitor center for the yorkshire sculpture park join projects by grimshaw and rogers stirk harbour + partners on a diverse shortlist for the 2019 stirling prize. last year, the award — which is presented annually to the UK’s […]

The post shortlist for the UK’s best new building appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

perched on the rooftop of an existing building within the san juan neighborhood of quito in ecuador, el sindicato arquitectura has built ‘parasitic house’ (casa parásito) – a compact dwelling measuring just 12 sqm. the project is inspired by a quote from former uruguayan politician, josé mujica, who said: ‘poor is not who owns little, […]

The post parasitic house is a tiny 12 sqm dwelling by el sindicato in ecuador appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

porto-based architect carlos castanheira has completed the extension of a sprawling residential property in central portugal. the overhaul of the ‘barrocas house’ involved the addition of two wings to the existing home, as well as a timber-clad pavilion located to the east of the main residence. the pavilion is positioned on the highest point of […]

The post carlos castanheira expands barrocas house in portugal appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

couvelas/kouvelas placed a summer house in the middle of a steep hillside at andros island, greece, its only neighbor being an old lighthouse on the southern edge of the slope. the cliffside landscape led to splitting the house into three independent smaller volumes, scattering the areas through the site. all images © erieta attali   […]

The post couvelas/kouvelas blends summer house into greek island’s landscape appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

a wavy interior space, the lighthouse, created by mass design crowns the top of a 1920s houseboat in amsterdam. a wooden wave inside the former wheel house forms a writing shack, reading room and champagne bar with a 360 view that spans the canals. at night, its light is a glowing beacon in the former […]

The post mass design materializes wave in wood for lighthouse in amsterdam boat appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

irregularly stacked volumes emerge from the facade of this residential building designed by muñoz miranda architects. located on the spanish coast of malaga, and built adjacent to a protected smokestack from the beginning of the 20th century, the apartment complex references the industrial activity that once took place in the area. images courtesy of the architects […]

The post muñoz miranda designs residential complex in malaga with extruding volumes appeared first on Architecture Admirers.

toprojekt’s cichy house is a renovated, elongated residence nestled in the fields of leszczyny, poland. the modern house was designed for a sophisticated, young couple who initially wanted to extend the living room and rethink the landscape surrounding the house. however, the architects went even further and decided to incorporate a rolling landscape and use […]

The post toprojekt’s polish residence doubles as a barrier that blocks highway noise appeared first on Architecture Admirers.