Cantilever

The mission of Hudson River Park Trust in the redevelopment of New York City’s Pier 26 in Hudson River Park was to focus on the pre-settlement ecology of the Hudson River estuary. The redesigned park, which opened in September 2020, is now connecting people to the diverse ecology of the river in a multitude of ways.OLIN’s Philadelphia studio made it their mission to make those connections to the river deliberate and apparent. “Our design was predicated on Hudson River Trust’s strong ecological mission with an ecologically minded design,” says OLIN project manager Demetrios Staurinos. “The Trust looked at Hudson River Park’s Pier 26 as a platform for education; our design literally points to ecol... More

Gerhard Heusch, founder of Heusch Inc. has unveiled a 1,500 sq. ft underground office addition to his innovative Oak Pass residence in Beverly Hills, California. The office space continues to advance the innovative design solutions employed by the architect in building his 3,500 sq. ft. home, completed in 2006 on an empty parcel of abundantly natural land overlooking Benedict Canyon.  The additional office space succeeds in integrating into its surroundings without disrupting the architectural balance between the fully-built house and the natural beauty of the land, following in step with Heusch’s overall vision for the property. Frederico Zignani Supporting the design Heusch’s architectural concept began to unfold... More

Located in Southland, New Zealand, Invercargill House is a contemporary take on the local vernacular for modern family living,designed by Mason & Wales Architects. The rural-styled house has a traditional gable roof form that creates a grounded setting. Visitors are greeted under a cantilevered porte cochere that defines the strong entry. The house is arranged in a free-flowing plan interconnected by a corridor spine separating active and passive uses. These active uses are then orientated and presented to the surrounding landscape and the warmth of the Southland sun, while the occupants are grounded in their sense of place and use with a lowered living space, further reinforced by the warmth of a log fire.The natur... More

Placing a strong emphasis on programming and structural efficiencies, MKDA created a mixed-use project called Society Wynwood on behalf of Property Markets Group, meant to inspire a sense of neighborly belonging among residents. The project is a 326 unit co-living community, consisting of 50,000 square feet of amenity space, 43,000  square feet of ground floor retail, a 5,000 square foot rooftop restaurant and a 4,000 square foot underground speakeasy. Overall, the design team went through more than 90 different planning and programming options, including some that had a hotel component and additional parcels. The final product features a strong design concept that will enhance Wynwood’s urban fabric upon completion.  Disti... More

The Concrete House @ Paniotis is a bespoke single family house located in the fairly dense suburban area of Paniotis in Limassol and stands in stark contrast to its adjoining properties.   The linear plot afforded a longitudinal placement of the project; perpendicular to the narrower street façade. Although the plot is surrounded from pre-existing properties in close proximity, the project achieves organic fluidity between inside-outside, spatial permeability and the perception of openness. The arrangement of the house in the plot manipulates visual relationships with the adjoining properties and strategically hides and reveals parts.   A bold metal screen (steel frame and expanded mesh panels) on the west street fa&cce... More

Turnova is a vibrant new neighbourhood near the Grote Markt in the middle of Turnhout. B-architecten designed six of the buildings, including Kavel 4. Kavel 4 and the strip together form the entrance to the Turnova shopping area along the Otterstraat. The plinth consists of commercial spaces and provides access to the underground bicycle shed of Turnova. In the cantilever beam, there are three social two-bedroom apartments. The displacement of the apartments in relation to the shops provides shelter to shop visitors at the front and makes way for terraces at the rear. The building is designed as a sculpture: all facades and the exterior ceiling were covered with the same material. The windows are square and black with a white frame. Thei... More

This family residence for an art collector is located on a relatively flat, 2-acre park-like property characterized by hundreds of evenly spaced small oak trees.  The area is tremendously arid and hot in summer, an environmental condition that led to a design that uses both the building orientation on the site and cantilevered masses protect the glass areas of the house. The house is organized on the site as a series of open and closed volumes with spaces between that become entry points, transitions and covered outdoor living spaces.  The entry is under a projecting porte cochere and leads to a glass enclosed 2 story atrium which frame specific art works from the owners’ collection.  A gallery leads one to the main li... More

The story to be told by Agemar is one of openness to the horizon, fluidity, continuities, whiteness, light-and-shadow composition. Athens on the other hand is dense, varied, contradictory. Agemar is not a corporate building. It is more of a ‘house’ for one of the biggest worldwide maritime group of companies, a rather big house, though. In every project, there is a magic moment that changes what you look at and allows the idea to emerge. This is the moment that generates the story to be told by the project. This was the moment when, standing οn the bridge simulator, the architect had a sense that a sea voyage is about a destination, that is, a horizon and a direction. The proximity to the sea and the maritime nature of... More

Lower Tullochgrue is the refurbishment and extension of a traditional house in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. A dilapidated steading has been replaced by a contemporary extension, with a timber and glass upper volume above a stone plinth, with the existing topography of the site maintained at all times. Gillian Hayes The brief was for the creation of a home which could be used by numerous members of a large family, both collectively and in smaller family groups. This drove the creation of large social spaces, separate guest accommodation in the form of a small separate block, and refurbishment of the original house to provide bedrooms for different members of the family across a large age range, with varying levels of mobi... More

Mecanoo and MAYU’s design for the Tainan Public Library represents the meeting of cultures, generations and histories. Inspired by the local culture and designed for the tropical climate of Tainan. It is home to the city's cultural heritage, modern art, music, films and over a million books, including more than 16,000 from the Japanese occupation period and of course, is equipped with the latest technologies of a modern library. The most striking feature is the inverted stepped shape of the library. Slender columns support the cantilevers in rhythmically placed quartets, giving a feeling of weaving your way through a modern bamboo forest. The striking crown of the building is surrounded by vertical aluminium slats with carved flower... More

Our design is comprised of a timber and glass box, which is cantilevered above the landscape, and sited on a stone wall which runs both inside and outside of the house. A simple materials palette helps the building blend into the landscape, while large expanses of South-facing glass allow the house to be central-heating free. A ruined outbuilding on the site will also be converted to a sauna building, offering fantastic views of Bennachie.   What was the brief? To provide a 'forever' home for a young family, with dedicated spaces for their interests, whether it be a book-lined snug which lines up with a view of a nearby hill, or space in the flower floor for the hanging of game from hunting.   What building methods were used... More

The grass can be greener on the other side. Tasked with the familiar request for a side infill and loft conversion, we looked to combine the best of modern clean design with the period features of this Victorian terraced house. The house had only recently been purchased by the new owners with a project in mind. We were presented with a familiar layout for a town house, front and rear reception rooms on the ground floor and three beds on the upper floor. The dated interiors, woodchip lined walls, gloomy kitchen, garden of weeds meant that very little material was sacrosanct. Traditional features such as sash windows, panelled doors and cornicing have been reinstated to the front and upper floors of the main house to help bring back some of... More

A refurbishment and extension of an existing dwelling in a Victorian/Federation transitional style.   The starting point was a unique and dignified building which had been left fragmented and incomplete by a series of renovations. What remained was a short-lived experience of the original heritage building which bled into a characterless modern extension.  The intention was two-fold, firstly to lengthen and consolidate the experience of the original building by extending the formal corridor to a third bay, and restoring the original ceiling height and heritage detail throughout. Secondly to delineate the modern part with a clear threshold and create a new architecture that would transform the existing generic extension and becom... More