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House in Nada / Fujiwarramuro Architects
Architects: Fujiwarramuro Architects Location: Nada, Hyogo, Japan Project Architects: Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro Area: 63.33 sqm Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano… This small site measuring 36.95 sqm is located in a downtown residential area. The slatted, drainboard-like floors on the first through
Passive House "Bruck" / Peter Ruge Architekten
Setting new standards of sustainability through the design of the Passive House "Bruck", Peter Ruge Architekten…'s project is a model apartment complex, consisting of 36 one room staff flats, 6 two room executive suites and 4 three-bedroom model apartments
AD Classics: Silver Hut / Toyo Ito
Known for his conceptual designs, Japanese architect Toyo Ito is arguably one of the world's most innovative architects. He began his architectural career with a project for his sister in 1976 called "The U House," located in the center of Tokyo....
Request for Proposals: QueensWay Project
The New York office of The Trust for Public Land recently issued an RFP for a feasibility study, framework plan, and conceptual design for the QueensWay–a potentially transformative 3.5-mile project which will enhance quality of life in central and southern Queens, New York by...
A House in Ayukawa / Méga
Architects: Méga Location: Ibaraki-city, Osaka, Japan Architect In Charge: Dai Nagasaka Project Team: Méga (Dai Nagasaka, Ikue Tanaka) Structural Design: Satoru Shimoyama Area: 230.85 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Kei Sugino… This is a house of a court and a skip
House X / Elías Rizo Arquitectos + Agraz Arquitectos
Architects: Elías Rizo Arquitectos + Agraz Arquitectos Location: Zapopan, JAL, Mexico Project Architects: Ricardo Agraz, Elías Rizo Area: 305 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Mito Covarrubias Collaborators: Jessica Magaña, Juan Antonio Jaime Construction: Álvaro Martínez… A corner lot, therefore an unusual and unique
The Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture
[ March 28, 2013; 18:30 to 19:30. ] The Architecture & Design Society at the Art Institute of Chicago is presenting the Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture featuring Wang Shu: 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate and co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio, founded by him and his wife, Lu Wenyu, in 1997 in Hangzhou, China. They...
Community Center at Batuco Abajo / Luis Quezada
Architects: Luis Quezada Location: Pencahue, Maule, Chile Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of Luis Quezada… The project is conceived of as a central pavilion that allows for spatial flexibility; it is delimited by two core program elements comprising storage and restrooms
Coma House 02 / Juan Marco
Architects: Juan Marco Location: Castellón, España Area: 420 sqm Photographs: Elena Arroyo… The house is located on a lot of 1560 square meters, with a complex topography of steep slopes both in the longitudinal (north-south) and transversal (east-west) directions. The
Manish Restaurant / ODVO arquitetura e urbanismo
Architects: ODVO arquitetura e urbanismo Location: São Paulo, Brazil Project Architects: Carol Kaphan Zullo (Mínima Arquitetura e Urbanismo), Omar Mohamad Dalank y Victor Oliveira Castro (ODVO Arquitetura e Urbanismo) Area: 472 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Pregnolato e Kusuki estúdio Fotográfico…
House Bill Proposes to Eliminate Funding for Eisenhower Memorial
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial saga continues, as Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) proposed legislation that would forego Frank Gehry's controversial design and eliminate federal funding. Although Bishop's radical bill would save $100 million in future funding, it ignores any possibility...
CAP Blanes / aq4 arquitectura
Architects: aq4 arquitectura Location: Carrer Ernest Lluch s/n. Blanes. Girona, Spain Design Team: Ibon Bilbao Spain, Jordi Campos Garcia, Caterina Figuerola Tomàs, Carlos Gelpí Almirall Contractor: FCC Budget: 2,840,000 € Client: CATSALUT Area: 3,000 sqm Year: 2007 Photographs: Adrià Goula …
Video: A documentary on Toyo Ito's Sendai Mediatheque
One of Toyo Ito's most iconic building is undoubtedly the Sendai Mediatheque. The latest Pritzker laureate completed the building in 2001, a cultural media center allowing complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community. French director Richard Copans made this documentary on the Sendai Mediatheque that...
56 Dwellings in Salburúa / Patxi Cortazar
Architects: Patxi Cortazar Location: Vitoria, Álava, Spain Project Architects: Patxi Cortazar y José Manuel Simón Technical Architects: Juan José Gracia Martín y Gonzalo Porres Salces Client: VIVANTIS Consulting: Zikotz S.A. Area: 7,993 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: César San Millán… The
Christo Unveils Inflatable, Light-Infused Installation in Germany
The internationally – and often controversial - acclaimed artist Christo… has unveiled the "largest indoor sculpture ever made". Prepared to debut in a public exhibition starting March 16, the inflated "Big Air Package" has been designed to occupy a 117-meter-tall former gas
National Convention and Exhibition Center Winning Proposal / gmp Architekten
gmp Architekten… just won the first prize in the competition to design the 1.2 million square-meter Tianjin Exhibition Center. Now the third city where an exhibition center of international importance will be built after Shanghai and Guangzhou, their design concept
Sac Chich Hacienda / Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos
Architects: Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos Location: Acanceh, Yucatan, Mexico Collaborators: Berenice Barroso Quiab Area: 200 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Marcelo Troché, Pim Schalkwijk… A contemporary guest house is inserted in an old patio for tending agave fibers within a
Predictions from the Past: New York 2012 and LA 2013
Throughout history, people have spent a great deal of time pondering what the future holds. Scientific discovery and technological innovation – along with rebellious androids, zombies, flying cars, hover crafts, visiting aliens – have been consistently used as stereotypes that...
The extension of the Montreuil Polytechnic / Ateliers 2_3_4_
Architects: Ateliers 2/3/4/ Location: Paris, France Architect In Charge: Olivier Arene, Jean-François Patte, Emilie Sopena Design Team: Elie Marçais, Hélène Arligui, Olivia Medot, Nicolas Guillaume, Fabrizio Glorioso, Guilio Tarquini, Tae Hyung Kim Area: 4,400 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Juan Sepulveda, …
Tallinn Architecture Biennale Vision Competition 2013
The topic of this year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale Vision Competition, Recycling Socialism, seeks architectural ideas and methods to envision the future of an iconic circular block-housing district in Tallinn – Väike-Õismäe ("Little Blossom Hill"). Väike-Õismäe stands apart from other similar neighborhoods in Tallinn by way...
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