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Project • By QBO3 ArquitectosPrivate Houses

Black Pearl

Black Pearl House is a wonderful example of how modern architecture can harmoniously blend with the tropical environment. The design team focused on highlighting the purity of form through the use of rationalist features such as right angles and precise decompositions, creating visuals that integrate with the natural environment's highlights. The goal was to reinterpret the tropical lifestyle of the area, using streamlined and contemporary lines that blend the interior spaces with the landscape. Andrés García Lachner Andrés García Lachner Located in the town of Cerro de San Juan in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, the house is surrounded by lush vegetation and offers breathtaking views of the sea. The architect... More

Project • By Dhanie & SalWarehouses

Mawi Garage

Mawi Garage is a renovation project of an existing pavilion that acts as a parking area for the owner's daily vehicles, and some of his collection consists of a fleet of off-road vehicles and arrays of motorcycles. An additional loft that will serve as a private office and living quarters for the client is also added during the process. Caption Caption Majority of the current structures are preserved and become the base where the design stems from. Ernest Theofilus Ernest Theofilus A homage to the object it shelters, a well-known utilitarian off-road automobile. It wears the essence of the vehicle's masculine design, thus steel is chosen as the main material to echo its rugged character  Ernest Theofilus E... More

Project • By archoffice | architecture & construction officeOffices

Haj-o-Ziarat Office Building of Kashan

The subject was the design of the facade and a part of the lobby space for the Hajj o Ziarat building located in Kashan City. In the middle of the construction process, this request was raised by the client, and this limited and challenged the design work. An effort was made to consider a pure cubic form for the building and also to emphasize the regularity of the building form by considering the well-organized cubic columns around the building, especially in the entrance part. In the entrance section, two rows of columns were designed to distinguish the entrance axis in that wall from other walls. Caption Caption Cylinders with different lengths and different distances were considered randomly at the height and above the entranc... More

Project • By FGMFPrivate Houses

Brisa House

The Terrain, in the interior of São Paulo, had a steep slope towards the back, whose orientation is north. To the south, on the façade of access to the lot there is dense forest of preservation on the other side of the access road, a look that also seemed very interesting to us.  Fran Parente Fran Parente The program requested by the client is quite extensive, and in order to create an organization that would allow deep contact with the land, we chose to create a large plateau one level below the access, such as a “buried” ground floor. This large social plateau at level -1, guarantees privacy to the user in relation to the street and ensures that the rooms, at the level of access has a view of the... More

Project • By scapelabSkateparks

SKATEPARK UNDER THE FABIANI BRIDGE

1. Previous state The site was a dead-end of space on the lower level of the Fabiani Bridge in Ljubljana. The bridge runs on two levels, with a four-lane motorway on the upper level, and a pedestrian bridge on the lower level. The structural characteristics of the bridge formed a pocket of unused, untraversed space under the bridge. Soon after the opening of the bridge, this space became a gathering spot for illegal drug use, homeless sleeping (despite a homeless shelter operating less than 100m away), and crime. Caption Miran Kambič The bridge was built in a gap formed by a partial demolition of the complex of the former sugar factory, called Cukrarna. This partial demolition of the factory complex was urbanistically necessary... More

NewsInnovations • 10 Jan 2024

Concrete and MOOS complete sustainable and modular social housing project

Amsterdam-based Concrete, a multidisciplinary interior and architecture studio, has partnered with MOOS, an innovative housing concept that seeks to address the widespread shortage of homes across the Netherlands in a responsible, affordable, and scalable manner. MOOS — an acronym standing for “In the Middle Of Our Street” from “Our House” by English band Madness — builds sustainable, high-quality, community-focused homes using a prefabricated system that is fully demountable. Working together since MOOS’ launch in 2020, Concrete and MOOS have just completed MOOS Euterpe, the first sustainable and modular project to be fully realized by MOOS. MOOS by concrete A social housing project locat... More

Project • By YokeApartments

Ivy Box

Integrating the existing fabric of Queenstown’s original butchery, this project creates two unique apartments, along with an artist’s studio and gallery on the lakefront site. Jono Parker Jono Parker Jono Parker Jono Parker The architecture is unapologetically raw, and the interiors bold and monochromatic, reflecting the client’s strong personality. The project blends seamlessly into its lakefront location, whilst standing out from the expected alpine language of surrounding buildings. Jono Parker Jono Parker Jono Parker Jono Parker Winner of Home Magazine Multi-unit Home of the Year 2023. Jono Parker Jono Parker Jono Parker More

Project • By Manuel UrbinaPrivate Houses

Heyford Avenue

The scheme provides a new rear single storey extension to a Victorian terraced flat in South London. The flat was in poor condition and required a full refurbishment and reconfiguration throughout. The clients, young professionals, were involved throughout the whole process and imagined a concept of light colours and natural materials. Rayan Bamhayan A minimal design in its purest form, the new rear open space aims to draw the garden into the interior. The detail of the interior is in keeping with the architectural concept. Walls and ceilings throughout the extension are finished in washed-plaster and micro-cement used in the shower room to also cover the ceiling, walls and ground to unify the space. Rayan Bamhayan The property... More

Project • By HabitArtUniversities

National School of Business

The National School of Business is a higher education institution offering both graduate and post-graduate courses in business management. Driven by a collaboration-focused, holistic pedagogy, NSB has cemented itself as one of Bangalore’s reputed business schools.  Shamanth Patil Shamanth Patil  In response to their rapid growth, the institution conceived of a new center of academia adjacent to its existing campus. Working with the institution’s board of directors, we developed a vision for this new block: a unique, landmark form that would refresh the institution’s identity and exemplify their community-centric ethos, all while fulfilling the heavy programmatic requirements. Shamanth Patil Sha... More

Project • By archoffice | architecture & construction officeOffices

Sarafraz Office Complex

The Sarafraz building in Beheshti neighborhood of Tehran, located on Sarafraz street, is designed on five floors, with two office units on each floor, around a large central void in such a way that, in addition to simultaneous light from the south and north sides of the building, have the possibility of providing more light absorption level through this void.Office units were designed in two different forms for offices with diverse spaces and functions. Caption Caption The general material of the facade of the building and the lobby and entrance space is made of gray basalt stone, which is worked at certain distances from each other with vertical finishes on the stone. In the facade of the building, rectangular cubic volumes of d... More

Project • By VON MPrivate Houses

HS 77

Text by David Kasparek The land we live on is a non-replicable commodity. In many cities and communities, space for housing is becoming scarce. This is because, despite the cor- rect statement that our cities are largely built, i.e. on average in Germany there is enough living and wor- king space available, this existing space is often not in the right place. Especially in economically prospering settlements, living space is needed. Due to the local economic system, the available land is subject to constant speculation and the associated price driving. Since 1962, the Federal Statistical Office has been recording the development of building land prices in this country: by 2017, there was an increase of 2,308 percent. Land prices are gettin... More

Project • By Gabrielle Vinson ArchitectePrivate Houses

2005_MNB

The project pertains to the renovation of a small family house in Toulouse. Despite its dated and somewhat run-down appearance, the house benefits from a five-meter wide parcel, which allows for a structure made of beams and hollow-core slabs, thus offering easy open-plan possibilities. gabrielle vinson gabrielle vinson gabrielle vinson gabrielle vinson On the ground floor, the garage is removed, and the veranda and its utility room are demolished. On the street side, a new glass block wall set back from the façade creates a buffer zone from the street and sidewalk, providing space for bikes and containers. The interior space is reduced to improve habitability and give the garden more magnitude. To the east, a la... More

Project • By TriangularHousing

PEUMO house

The project is the renovation of a two-story single-family home on land overlooking Cerro Manquehue. The proposal works with 3 main concepts that aim to achieve a new image for the home through contrasts of materials and the geometric mismatch of volumes. Juan Durán Sierralta Juan Durán Sierralta Juan Durán Sierralta First, consolidate the existing image of the first floor as a masonry plinth, delivering a more stone and airtight image with controlled perforations. Juan Durán Sierralta Juan Durán Sierralta Juan Durán Sierralta Juan Durán Sierralta Second, a new volume is proposed with a steel structure and coated in wood (graphite and natural) that contras... More

Project • By Cubo Arkitekter A/SCultural Centres

Nordkraft

The immense building complex, which once served as Aalborg's primary heat and power plant, has been transformed into Nordkraft. This revitalized space now hosts a wide range of activities, including music, sports, theater, art, education, tourist information, and a health center, all within the historic industrial complex. Helene Høyer Mikkelsen Helene Høyer Mikkelsen Helene Høyer Mikkelsen Helene Høyer Mikkelsen Originally constructed in 1947, Nordkraft housed the city's power plant and employed 384 people. Over the years, it underwent several expansions to meet the growing demand for electricity. In 1999, the power plant ceased operations, marking the beginning of a new era. Helene H&osl... More

Project • By Atelier PPrivate Houses

Villa Osmate

On Lake Maggiore, one of the most charming Italian areas, AtelierP recovers a brutalist villa and gives it a new comfortable allure and soul. Caption Caption Caption Beyond the rough materiality of the fair-faced concrete and the rigid brutalist essence, a 350 m2 villa in Osmate on the Lake Maggiore, in the Varese area, designed by architect Amedeo Clavarino, lives a second life face thanks to AtelierP. In the well-known region, retreat destination of personalities such as Gae Aulenti and Umberto Riva (Casa Ferrario), Luca Piccinno Savelli Passalacqua and Mattia Pareschi intervene on this precious architectural example of the seventies with a vision that, without distorting, innovates, enriches and enlights. The approach is... More