Archello classics

This interior is an entwinement of considerable experience of the designer, excellent taste of the customer, antique and modern elements.It all started with the fact that the customer approached to the studio of Yuriy Zimenko, and knew exactly what she wanted to get and was determined to actively participate in the selection of subject content. Apartments located in the historical part of Kyiv required minor adjustments to the planning solution. And the designer easily adapted the functionality of the apartment for the life scenario of a particular family. Today the total area is 200 sq. m is divided into a living room with two entrances and exits (to the kitchen and to the corridor), a bedroom, a dressing room, a bathroom, a children&rsquo... More

The Farnsworth House was designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe between 1945 and 1951. It is a one-room weekend retreat in a once-rural setting located 89 km southwest of Chicago's downtown, adjoining the Fox River, south of the city of Plano, Illinois. The steel and glass house was commissioned by Dr. Edith Farnsworth, a prominent Chicago nephrologist, as a place where she could engage in her hobbies — playing the violin, translating poetry, and enjoying nature. Mies created a 140 m2 house that is widely recognized as an iconic masterpiece of International Style of architecture. The essential characteristics of the house are immediately apparent. The extensive use of clear floor-to-ceiling glass opens the interior to its... More

Kahn structured the library in three concentric square rings. The outer ring, which is built of load-bearing brick, includes all four exterior walls and the library carrel spaces immediately inside them. The middle ring, which is built of reinforced concrete, holds the heavy book stacks. The inner ring is a dramatic atrium with enormous circular openings in its walls that reveal several floors of book stacks. Architect Louis Kahn was chosen to design the new library in 1965, and it was ready for occupancy in 1971. The library has an almost cubical shape: each of its four sides is 33m wide and 24m tall. The outer area, which houses the reading carrels, is made of brick. The middle area, which contains the heavy book stacks, is made of rei... More

Mies' design principle of "less is more" and emphasis on functional amenities created a fine example of early functionalism architecture, a groundbreaking new vision in building design at the time. The free-standing three-story villa is on a slope and faces the south-west. The second story (the ground floor) consists of the main living and social areas with the conservatory and the terrace, and the kitchen and servants' rooms. The third story (the first floor) has the main entrance from the street with a passage to the terrace, the entrance hall, and rooms for the parents, children and the nanny with appropriate facilities. Service areas were accessed through a different entrance. Mies used a revolutionary iron framework, which enable... More

This house was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains. The house was designed as a weekend home for the family of Edgar J. Kaufmann. Time cited it after its completion as Wright's "most beautiful job", it is listed among Smithsonian's Life List of 28 places "to visit before you die.". It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The Kaufmanns planned to entertain large groups of people, so the house would need to be larger than the plot allowed, and also the plot was not large enough for a typical Wright house. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann requested separate bedrooms, as well as a bedroom for their... More

Brasilia is the capital city of Brasil. It was conceived as a modern and model city. The main idea was to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. Building it was part of president Juscelino Kubitschek "fifty years of prosperity in five years" plan. For its design, a contest was held and Lúcio Costa won becoming the main urban planner in 1957. Oscar Niemeyer, a close friend of his, was designated the chief architect of most public buildings and Roberto Burle Marx was the landscape designer. Brasília was built in the speedy lapse of 41 months, from 1956 to April 21, 1960, when it officially gained the status of capital city of Brasil. URBAN PLANNING The city plan was established on the Pilot Plan which was s... More

The Unité d'Habitation is the name of a modernist residential housing design principle developed by Le Corbusier, of which the Cité Radieuse in Marseille is the most famous. The Cité Radieuse (Radiant City) was built between 1947 and 1952 and it proved enormously influential in the Brutalist architecture style and philosophy that was often cited as the initial inspiration. The Unité, designed as a "vertical garden city," as opposed to the construction of villas, was an innovative integration of a system of distributing goods and services that provides independent support to the dwelling unit, responds to the needs of its residents and ensures operational autonomy in relation to the outside world. The proposed housing units is made... More

Concept In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life , one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction. This concept rings true in the design of Peter Zumthor to the Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, where a mystical and intimate interior that invites reflection, is masked by a very rigid rectangular outer . On a sunny day, the oculus resembles the eruption of a star, a fact that can be attributed and refer to a vision of Brother Klaus in utero. Very somber and reflective feelings that become inevitable in one's encounter with the chapel make it one of the most remarkable pieces of religious architecture to date. No plumbing, bathrooms, running water or electricity and with its charred concrete and ca... More

Peter Zumthor was selected as the architect for the spa, despite his limited track record at the time. The facility was built between 1993-1996. The baths were designed to look as if they pre-dated the hotel complex, as if they were a form of cave or quarry-like structure. This is particularly evident from observing the grass roof structure of the baths, which resemble the foundations of an archaeological site, and reveal the form of the various bath rooms which lie below, half buried into the hill-side. Built using locally quarried Valser quarzite slabs, the spa building is made up of 15 different table-like units, 5 metres in height, with cantilevered concrete roof units supported by tie-beams. These units fit together like a giant jig... More