Curves in architecture
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about curves in architecture
Project • By TAU Arquitetos • Trade Shows
Oblique Pavillion
The Oblique Pavilion is an ephemeral space, configured in a 12x9 area, located between three access streets at an event fair. The proposal arises from this challenge: to design a pavilion without pre-established facades, that could dialog with all its views, as well as allow fluidity on all sides.
Studio Gui Uemura
Studio Gui Uemura
Studio Gui Uemura
Because of this, the design is defined by the sum of angles and organic lines, which provides fluidity to a space that would be constantly busy on event days and also favors the sectoring of the program.
Studio Gui Uemura
Studio Gui Uemura
Studio Gui Uemura
In a single, closed volume at the back of the pavilion, we concentrate the entire administrative and servic... More
News • News • 31 Aug 2022
Wraparound House by SAW reveals the subtle beauty and curving nature of a 1930s Spanish Revival home in San Francisco
The Wraparound House by SAW - Spiegel Aihara Workshop is an architectural renovation and landscape of a 1930s Spanish Revival home in San Francisco. The project adds 4,738 square feet of interior space for the family, including the garage.
Paul Dyer
In addition to recovering the best features of a historic home, the project offered the chance to remediate and stabilize a landfill subsurface beneath the home. Excavation of the top 4-6 feet of soil was necessary for remediation of the ground condition. By excavating the top layer of soil, it became possible to lift the entire house and replace the foundation with a relatively thick mat slab. In addition, tactical redistribution of load and shear-bearing walls throughout the ground flo... More