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La Rectoria Chidren’s Summer Camp / OAB

April 17, 2019 Martita Vial 0

The Rectoria de la Selva hostel is located where the old rectory of the church of Sant Climent in Navès, Lleida, was located. The church and the bell tower are a seventeenth-century construction of squared and pitted stone.

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Zen Garden Resort Zánka / Másfél Építész Stúdió

April 17, 2019 Martita Vial 0

The Zen Garden Resort Zánka is situated at the shore of Lake Balaton, in a holiday resort that was in the last 30 years owned by a company with a main profile in woodworking. In its original form the holiday resort consisted light weight structured apartment houses, built in harmony with the natural environment. By the time the present owner got hold of the resort it has already lost its previous light, and only a few from the existing buildings could have been saved and renovated. At the beginning of the design process however it was obvious for all of us, that some good traditions have been already laid down in site, which should be taken further.

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Musee du Quai Branly / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

April 12, 2019 Martita Vial 0

This is a museum built around a specific collection, where everything is designed to evoke an emotional response to the primary object, to protect it from light, but also to capture that rare ray of light indispensable to make it vibrate and awaken its spirituality. In a place inhabited by symbols of forests and rivers, by obsessions of death and oblivion, it is an asylum for censored and cast off works from Australia and the Americas. It is a loaded place haunted with dialogues between the ancestral spirits of men, who, in discovering their human condition, invented gods and beliefs. It is a place that is unique and strange, poetic and unsettling. 

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B.C House / Architect Oshir Asaban

April 9, 2019 Martita Vial 0

In the interior planning stage, emphasis was placed on a division in which the sea is present in all spaces of the house. Both public and private. “The challenge was to place all spaces of the house frontally to the sea, beginning with the master bedroom and guest room, through the positioning of the furniture in the living room and even while cooking in the kitchen”, says Oshir Asaban. The sea is noticeable from the moment you enter the house along the transparent glass façade toward the focal point that is the beach. Further along, the living room, kitchen and the dining area were designed as an open space in order to enhance the sense of openness. The central public space is defined by four interior facades, each characterized by a different materiality.

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Malibu Crest / Studio Bracket

April 9, 2019 Martita Vial 0

Major Addition and Remodel to 1949 International Style Home. Original structure was built in 1949 and was the first home/building constructed in the Malibu Knolls region of Malibu. The house sits atop a bluff with views of the Malibu Pier, Surf Rider Beach, Malibu Lagoon to the south and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north.

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Pivoting, Sliding, Accordion and Curtain Wall: Different Types Of Windows In 11 Buildings

April 8, 2019 Martita Vial 0

Although all windows have common functions such as allowing the passage of light, providing ventilation, and focusing the different views, these objectives can be enhanced through a series of useful options. Depending on the orientation of the building, climatic conditions, direction of the wind, and architectural point of view, each specific window model can make a difference within a project, improving usability and the spatial and environmental quality of each room.

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The Painted Hall / Hugh Broughton Architects

April 8, 2019 Martita Vial 0

Hugh Broughton Architects’ scheme for the conservation and refurbishment of the Painted Hall and King William Undercroft at the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC) in Greenwich conserves the hall and creates new facilities for the expected 800,000 annual visitors.