Cantilever

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about cantilever

Progetto • By Lund Hagem Arkitekter • Biblioteche

The new Deichman library

The competition site is split into three blocks, with the new library acting as a separate building located towards the west. The broken down scale of the blocks in conjunction with the pedestrian connections created, integrate the project into the surrounding urban fabric and give life to the streets. The positioning of the library brings activity to the square ‘Operaallmenningen’. It offers the visitors to the library the best views towards the city, the fjord, the surrounding green hills of Oslo as well as keeping the distance to public transport to a minimum. The top of the library cantilevers out to announce its presence to the visitors arriving from down town Oslo and the station. Big cuts in the façade mark the entrances on th... Altro

Progetto • By Skidmore, Owings & Merrill SOM • Uffici

Takshing House Redevelopment

Proposed for an area in the heart of Hong Kong, the Takshing House Redevelopment project replaces an existing mid-block house with an office tower and lower level retail space. Inspired by the natural architecture of trees, the proposed office tower is lifted 90 meters out of the dense mass of existing buildings, allowing southern sunlight to reach ground level and exposing the once-covered facades of adjacent historic buildings. Above 90 meters, office floors are cantilevered from the building core, like branches. The unique design approach is supported by a central reinforced concrete core (or “trunk”) that carries gravity loads and resists lateral forces. The core walls follow a “braided stream” concept that uses more material to mat... Altro

Progetto • By Craig Steely Architecture • Appartamenti

Lavaflow 1 - Robert Trickey House

This home and separate studio sits high on a lava flow overlooking the ocean. At night from the lanai, the red glow of Kilauea crater is visible reflected on the clouds. The house is entered from a cut lava terrace by crossing a bridge over the pool onto the 40' x 40' lanai. A glass enclosed living room sits in the south of the lanai with an uninterrupted view over the lava flow. Directly off of the lanai are a sitting room, the kitchen, the dining room and a guest room. A cantilevered stair of mango wood slabs leads to the upstairs master bedroom, bath, and study. Altro

Progetto • By Craig Steely Architecture • Appartamenti

Lavaflow 2

Located on a cliff above the ocean, this house is a 1400 sq.ft. cantilevered concrete slab with steel framing enclosing a glass louvered living area. The glass louvers wrap the entire building, allowing air to flow while dampening sunlight and shedding rain. At night the house glows like a lantern. Altro

Progetto • By Craig Steely Architecture • Appartamenti

Kurokawa/Fishman House

The house, located in a "kipuka", (a Hawaiian word for a strip of old growth vegetation left undisturbed as the lava flowed around it) holds several trees predating the lava flow including 2 magnificent Monkeypod trees. The house grows out of the Kipuka cantilevering back over the lava flow much like the canopy of the Monkeypod trees Altro

Progetto • By Craig Steely Architecture • Appartamenti

Lavaflow 3 - Davis/Hall House

The house, located along the Puna coastline, is sited to allow views of the ocean from all rooms. Overhangs, slats, and louvered walls provide privacy from the nearby street and protection from the prevailing weather direction. The main living area is cantilevered above a protected garden Altro

Progetto • By Craig Steely Architecture • Appartamenti

vonStein Pavilion

"The work of art is revolutionary, the house is conservative"
Adolf Loos The pavilion floats in a secluded thicket of Live Oaks protecting it from the summer heat. Its very simple requirements are to function as an occasional guest room, and a place to sip martinis and watch German television. The one wall supporting the cantilever carries a 28' x 9' fresco by artists Cathy Liu and Gary Maricich Altro

Progetto • By Craig Steely Architecture • Appartamenti

Gipsy House

A new house on a steep sloping acre lot in the Berkeley hills. The house is divided into two distinct zones; one burrowed into the hillside and the other, mostly glass, cantilevering toward the view. Altro

Progetto • By BURATTI ARCHITETTI • Uffici

B+BA OFFICE

The office occupies a totally restored ex-carpentry workshop; part of an overall project to convert an entire block in Busto Garolfo (Mi), a building constructed in the early '50s when the surrounding land was occupied by only woods and fields. It is a rectangular building with a single high vaulted roof span, flooded with light and open on three sides of which two overlook the road and one overlooks the courtyard. With the removal of the dividing walls, an internal floor slab and several exterior lean-to roofs, the building was returned to its original state. Along the entire central axis, corresponding with the apex of the vault, a mezzanine was built in bare reinforced concrete. On the lower floor, in the entrance area, there are... Altro

Progetto • By Didproekt • Alloggio

Residential building, village Zhivkov

The building is free standing in a plot without displacement. Designed in the northwestern corner of the property to ensure the greatest possible southern courtyard. The relationship between interior and exterior, and the desire to have distinct functional areas - day, night and vertical communication in different volumes, are the decisive factors in the design. The house is simple and traditional layout: living room, dining room and kitchen are downstairs, the bedrooms are above them. Situated veranda southern seeks two things: a smooth transition from inner to outer space and to protect the living from direct sunlight. In winter, the porch can be closed and be used for a winter garden or as part of the living room. The laid across the p... Altro

Progetto • By Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects Pty Ltd • Negozi

Pirrama Park - Belvedere + Canopy

The Canopy and Belvedere provide a welcoming entrance and civic-scaled shelter for the new two-hectare Pirrama Park in Pyrmont, announcing its presence to city and harbour. The Canopy and Belvedere signal the waterfront termination of Harris Street, which is the principal spine of the Ultimo / Pyrmont peninsula. This street connects a rich sequence of urban spaces, community and public buildings dotted along its length. The lofty Canopy and grounded Belvedere are complementary structures that overlap in plan and section. The Canopy’s north end provides a grand protected entry into the park, while its south end extends over the Belvedere to provide a more intimate yet elevated viewing terrace. The west side covers the park entry stair... Altro

Progetto • By Hill Thalis Architecture + Urban Projects Pty Ltd • Uffici

Parisi's Fruit Market

The proposal is for a fresh produce / food market, on a long site between at the southern edge of the Rose Bay Centre. The design treats the ground floor as a masonry block, with the upper floor constructed of lightweight materials, generally set back from the site boundaries. The cantilever roof projects past the upper floor’s perimeter, creating a dramatic silhouette. The articulation of the facades includes inset and projecting elements, changes of surface material and colour. This architectural articulation also assists in the environmental performance of the building. The street level interest for pedestrians is considered. A large shop window, awning and generous porch announce the building entry to the main street. To the secon... Altro

Progetto • By Oppenheim Architecture + Design LLP • Hotel

San Silencio

San Silencio merges silently with its wondrous setting, dramatically exploiting and enhancing the natural beauty of Central America to establish luxury hotel accommodations and private residences- that are uniquely beautiful and luxurious. Reinterpreting the status quo of the tropical hospitality experience, San Silencio sets forth a new benchmark for design, quality and sustainability in the natural environment. Earnest and timeless, the architecture of San Silencio is simultaneously powerful, yet comfortable; primitive, yet innovative; casual, yet elegant; raw, yet refined. The resulting experience is sensual and sensitive, intentionally reduced to what is essential- romantically establishing opulence through bold, elemental forms, sincer... Altro

Progetto • By Oppenheim Architecture + Design LLP • Alloggio

Cube

Cube represents the next frontier in multifamily high-rise housing in urban areas. A dramatic and elemental steel infrastructure creates the possibility for ultimate volumetric flexibility where the homeowner can customize spatial prerogatives. Rising 22 stories over the design district in Miami, Florida—Cube promotes its occupants to design their own domain with the possibility of connecting multiple cube modules vertically, horizontally, and diagonally in addition to creating double height volumes, garden voids and cantilevered living environments. Generated by desire and need rather than architectural assumption, the volumetric play of the building creates intriguing arrangements of solid and void— a true interactive architecture.... Altro

Progetto • By XTEN Architecture • Gallerie d'Arte

Sapphire Residential Gallery

The Sapphire Gallery is a residential addition designed to display a private collection of contemporary art while also providing for a home office with views to the surrounding hills. The owners’ collection includes work by the artists Gregory Crewdson, Uta Barth, Tomoroy Dodge and the video artist Jennifer Steinkamp, and they wanted a new building that would be more than just a container for their art collection. The new gallery extension is multivalent, with different spaces for presenting artworks, while also opening to hillside views, incorporating a home office, and creating a compelling new focal point for the approach and entry to the property. The new structure is grafted onto the circulation spine of the existing house and li... Altro