MYZ Family House / no.555
© Koichi Torimura Architect: no.555 - Tsuchida Takuya Location: Nagano, Japan Structural Design: Frame works, Megumi Akimoto Completion: 2011 Site area: 335.96 Floor Area: 97.39 Photographer: Koichi...
View ArticleChicago Navy Pier / Team X, led by Xavier Vendrell Studio
Courtesy of Xavier Vendrell Studio Led by Chicago-based Xavier Vendrell Studio, Team X seeks to respect, reveal and amplify the physical and experiential qualities of the authentic Navy Pier. Team X...
View ArticleThe Dike House in Wierumerschouw / Onix
© Rob de Jong Architects: Onix Location: Wierumerschouw, The Netherlands Photographs: Rob de Jong, Mark Sekuur © Rob de Jong The Dike House lies on a beautiful rural parcel by the Reitdiep water....
View ArticleRaakspoort Haarlem / BOLLES+WILSON
© Christian Richters Architects: BOLLES+WILSON Location: Raaks Kwartier, Zijlvest 39, NL-2011 VB Haarlem, The Netherlands Client: MAB Development Nederland B.V Deisgn Team: Prof. Julia B....
View ArticleHouse In The Moscow Region / Sergey Nasedkin
Courtesy of Sergey Nasedkin Architects: Sergey Nasedkin Location: Moscow, Russia Completion: 2010 Total area:210 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Sergey Nasedkin Courtesy of Sergey Nasedkin This...
View ArticleIs the Field of Architecture Experiencing a “Meltdown” or is it just Evolving?
Butaro Hospital © MASS Design Group Many of you may have probably noticed Scott Timberg’s article “The Architecture Meltdown” (Salon, February 4, 2012) circling the internet. The gloomy article...
View ArticleJidaiya Arashiyama / GENETO
© Jidaiya Arashiyama Architect: GENETO - Koji Yamanaka, Yuji Yamanaka, Asako Yamashita Location: Kyoto, Japan Structure: Wooded structure Floor Area: 47.79 sqm Total Floor Area: 94.6 sqm Photographs:...
View Article‘I Have Seen the Future’ Event / CityVision
Courtesy of CityVision I Have Seen the Future will be the fourth event that the creative Roman group, CityVision, will present at the MACRO museum of via Nizza in Rome next February 17th at 6:30pm....
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Architects are not funny Architects do not fish Architects do not understand velvetta Architects do not hunt, they do peck Architects have not seen ”Two and a Half Men” Architects love Charlie Sheen,...
View ArticleHouse in Nakameguro / Yoritaka Hayashi Architects
© Takumi Ota Architects: Yoritaka Hayashi Architects Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan Collaborators: Akira Suzuki / ASA (Structural Engineer) , Takasou Takahashi / SESSE-Design (Façade Consultant) Site...
View ArticleIn Defense of an Architecture Education
PAUL CLEMENCE© Archi_Photo When the statistics showed architecture as the field of study where recent graduates had the highest unemployment rate, some suggested that future students ought to pursue...
View ArticleHWKN wins the 2012 Young Architects Program at MoMA PS1 in New York
Rendering of HWKN’s Wendy, winning design of Young Architect’s Program 2012. Image courtesy of HWKN. The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 have announced the New York based office HWKN...
View ArticleBlundell New Residence / Studio MWA
Courtesy of Studio MWA Architects: Studio MWA Location: 36 Sylvan Way, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, New Zealand Client: Mr. Phillip Blundell &Mrs. Helen Blundell Size: Floor area 267 sqm, terraces...
View ArticlePIERSCAPE / James Corner Field Operations
Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) is one of five shortlisted teams invited to participate in an international design competition to renovate and reactivate...
View ArticleHouse G16 / Mira Arquitetos
© Maíra Acayaba Architects: Mira Arquitetos - Luís Eduardo Loiola e Maria Cristina Motta Location: Piracicaba, Brazil Collaboratos: Marcelo Ribas, Carolina Gaspar, Gabriela Ornaghi, Ricardo Tadashi,...
View ArticleFasano Las Piedras Hotel / Isay Weinfeld
© FG+SG Architects: Isay Weinfeld Location: Punta del Este, Uruguay Collaborator: Domingos Pascali Project Manager: Monica Cappa Team: Marcelo Alvarenga, Adrianaun, Bruno Levy, Manoel Maia, Alexandre...
View ArticleCastle Of Castelo Novo / Comoco
© FG+SG – Fotografia de Arquitectura Architecture: Comoco, Luís Miguel Correia, Nelson Mota, Susana Constantino Location: Pombal, Portugal Promoter: Pombal Municipality Completion: 2011 Site Area:...
View ArticleAD Round Up: Kohn Pedersen Fox
© H.G. Esch The new Abu Dhabi International Airport by KPF was approved yesterday, so we decided to prepare a little round up on some great projects we’ve featured before by the firm founded by Eugene...
View ArticleVideo: Richard Meier on Creating Public Spaces
Richard Meier recently discussed his perspective on creating public spaces. He expands on his experiences of designing numerous buildings across the globe and their importance in relation to public...
View ArticleBromilia House / Urban Recycle Architecture Studio
© Urban Recycle Architecture Studio Architects: Urban Recycle Architecture Studio Location: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Design Team: Diego Viana Gomes, Juliana Meira Araujo Aguiar, Saul Kaminsky Bernfeld...
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