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The Center for Advanced Pediatrics exemplifies the theme of “Nurture through Nature.“The positive healing effects of nature have been well documented; so, the design team aimed to blur the line between outdoors and indoors.  By providing ample daylight, views and access to the garden, patients and their families are more connected to nature.  On the exterior, the two stair towers represent the earthen edges of a waterfall – with red terracotta representing red Georgia clay. The intervening blue glass curtainwall utilizes vertical curved mullions to replicate the random way water moves down the waterfall. As the day becomes night, the vertical tower elements are lit by LED fixtures in the horizontal fins that allo... More

Size: 7500sq. ft The project brief involved designing the head office for the leading supplier of engineered equipment to global chemical and pharmaceutical markets. Located in the upcoming business district of Mumbai, New Cuffe Parade, the 7500 sq ft office space encompasses 3 zones; the directors’ chambers with its allied facilities, the senior management zone, and a general office area. The directors’ zone holds the cabins for the two directors along with a spacious shared director’s lounge, tying the two spaces together. A remarkable see through floor to ceiling wooden and metal shelving unit takes centerstage in the director's cabin. The unit, designed with clean, minimal surfaces that stand out against the window b... More

Studio Arthur Casas always intends to create a new world within each project, considering users as the center of the experience. Unleash new perceptions, feelings and connections through materiality, lighting, color, and texture is the essence of our design. In our proposal for Kosushi Restaurant, located in Miami, these elements had a key role in the project's development, creating an atmosphere capable of offering to customers the complete experience of a Japanese vernacular architecture combined with contemporary references.   The woodworking was used to cause moments of wonder and surprise. The structure's design was inspired by Japanese carpentry, in particular the art of joinery, which consists of creating wooden structures wit... More

DOGTROT HOUSE refurbishes a bungalow from 1926 which has undergone numerous renovations. Surveys indicate that the house was originally a two-unit “dog trot”, a uniquely American typology, here re-interpreted in a contemporary configuration. Ibai Rigby Four independent ‘cabins’ sit between a deck and a roof. These units articulate two breeze-ways, ‘trots’, that separate functions and bring exterior features to the interior. Each cabin is singularly tasked for either Living, Cooking, or Sleeping. One trot accommodates the open tasks of dining and office, while the other serves as an axis between the front and back doors. Ibai Rigby Movement between cabins requires passage through either Trot vi... More

K&Co is a healthy food restaurant, following the Ecocook principles, the first one in Madrid with this international certificate.   Plantea Estudio started from a plain space in a peripheral neighborhood in Madrid, trying to achieve a fresh and luminous ambient, without superfluous elements or atrezzo. Architecture tries to correspond directly with the restaurant character. Offers a warm place in an environment in need of quality and design, the same that can be found at the city center, but free of decoration and tendencies.   The materials used in construction respond equally to a ‘sustainable’ idea. Continuous cement floors, ceramic block walls, wood fiber boards on the ceiling, iron and plywood bespoke made... More

In Between Gardens is a commercial space renovation designed following a bioclimatic architecture approach.  The main objective was to optimize the capture of solar radiation in order to reduce the energy consumption. Built with a reduced budget, the design tries to get a comfortable user experience from a visual, acoustic and olfactory point of view. Sun and nature are the design pillars. Sun defines the access hall depth, as well as the floor pattern and its materials. The store’s showcase position is defined by the facade’s hole shadow projected on solar noon winter solstice day. This bioclimatic strategy improves the solar radiation captured on winter days through the glass, while stopping it on summer days, avoiding... More

The process of setting up a Landscape Observatory went through an architecture project to create a space able to receive the intended program. The elected place for the purpose was a rural warehouse located in Gaviãozinho homestead, in the municipality of Chamusca, Ribatejo, central Portugal. This warehouse is sided to the southern side by other agriculture buildings, to the west, bordered by a road and cornfield, and to the north, opened to the cork oak landscape.  With 3 elevations available, we worked the relationship of the building with its natural surroundings to match that environment with the interior space. Once chosen as main function of the Observatory, a big space able to house groups of people, exhibitions, worksho... More

French studio Caprini & Pellerin Architectes was formed 10 years ago out of a longstanding friendship between architects Kevin Caprini and Jerry Pellerin. Fittingly, this theme of friendship filters through their latest project Villa Pistache, designed for Jerry’s close friends and their three children.   The Provençal villa is located on the heights of Villeneuve Loubet overlooking the bay of Cagnes-sur-Mer, creating a genuine Mediterranean atmosphere. Villa Pistache has been closely conceptualised with the clients in order to give the home a ‘specific soul’. “The clients are friends of mine, it was a real participatory project between the client and us,” Je... More

ICOMA is the acronim for Ilustre Colegio de Medicos de Alava, the medical professional association in the region of Alava in Spain, and this projects presents their new headquartes.   The new offices for ICOMA are implemented on an existing space in a residential building, connecting the street level space with the one on the second floor. The adaptive reuse of the existing space involved the aperture and definition of two small glass courtyards, new light sources for the ground level, that allowed for an open plan in visual continuity while helping to clarify transits and the definition of static versus dynamic areas.   There are two main strategies ruling the project; one from inside-out (opening a former dead space to light... More

Leading Italian designer furniture company with more than 80 years of history, the Molteni Group is opening a new window on the world in the heart of Los Angeles. A study of elegant modernity, the new Molteni&C|Dada Flagship, in partnership with the ddc Group, is designed by acclaimed Belgian architect and Molteni&C|Dada’s Creative Director, Vincent Van Duysen. “A cross pollination from Mid-Century Modern and the elegance of Italian design has reached Los Angeles,” Vincent Van Duysen. Inspired by the houses of the great architects of the mid-20th century, Molteni&C|Dada’s design is evocative of an Italian villa. The store is gracious and fluid, providing guests with the opportunity to experience a seque... More

Hoehyeon Community is a local facility renovated from the wooden house built in 1935 during the Japanese colonial period, which is a part of Urban Renewal Projects by Seoul Metropolitan Government. This type of old Japanese house so-called enemy’s house is assigned as architectural asset in Korea. These buildings have architectural and historic values, but also provoke controversy. People now understand them as Negative Heritage to prove Japanese Imperialism. Seoul government expects presenting a new model of renovating old Japanese house from this project.Existing house had been extended and rebuilt for more than 8 decades. It was hard to figure out the original shape. So, design focuses on keeping its mood and providing requested local pr... More

Casa DendêDuratex(Dendê Duratex House): Nildo José escapes stereotypes with his CASACOR SP 2019 project The architect from Bahia developed a house with fluid and minimalist architecture in partnership with Duratex Inspired and guided by the excellence that his work has been conquering since his first participation inCASACOR, Nildo José, a prodigy architect who, with a five year old firm, has already stablished himself as one of the main brands of Brazilian architecture, arrives in a festive mood in this year’s edition of the showcase, signing the “Dendê” Duratex House project in partnership with the supplier of solutions in wood panels, laminate floors, vinyl flooring and skirting boards,D... More

Located in one of the most renowned Italian mountain area and situated on the last floor of a 30s Italian listed villa, Cortina Residence has been completely renovated. Focusing the attention on the preservation of the traditional materials and the strong connection with the surrounding natural landscape, the project aims to use the design furniture as a tool to enhance the new space of the apartment. Thomas Pagani The first approach was to create an open space which combines the interior living room and the exterior terrace in one unique and vast room. The existing corridor was demolished in order to have a wider and brighter entrainment room. A large glass opening offers the views of the mountains and allows more light to enter. Com... More