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Project • By OOIIO Architecture • Private Houses
Tornado House
Tornado House is located in a quiet residential area of Madrid capital. It is a domestic project tailor designed to a family with two children.
Javier de Paz
Javier de Paz
Everything is though for them, every space and detail. During the home design and construction process all decisions always started from listening to the needs of those who would be the inhabitants of the house, in order to be able to give the closest possible response to their tastes, budget, way of life, aspirations...
That is why Tornado is actually like a suit, a true "taylor-made house".
Javier de Paz
Javier de Paz
Its architecture is simple and emphatic, as well as purely functional and practical. Its carefully composed prismatic volumes stand... More
Project • By Quinzhee Architecture • Apartments
Scandinave
The Scandinave is a project to replace an unoccupied commercial building located at the corner of Eugène-Lamontagne Avenue and Wilfrid-Hamel Boulevard in the Vieux-Limoilou neighborhood. This large white structure, extending across two main public transportation routes for the Structuring Network, contributes to the collective effort to reduce urban heat islands by removing surface parking. Moreover, replacing a dilapidated and vacant building with a contemporary and quality construction helps enhance the character of the neighborhood and reinforces the importance of the Center Vidéotron and the Grand Marché as a strategic site for the future of the City of Quebec. The project accommodates a total of 40 housing units, i... More
Project • By Teass \ Warren Architects • Private Houses
NetZero Rowhouse
NetZeroRowHouse began as two architects designing and building a home for their family in the Capitol Hill / H Street neighborhood of Washington DC. A simple notion about adding solar panels started the journey to create a Net Zero Row House.
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The original 1925 brick rowhouse was completely reconstructed and expanded. The front façade and porch were retained to preserve the character of the street. A third-floor addition, for the principal suite and home office, is setback from the existing roof line, creating a private roof deck. The lower cellar level was fully excavated with a new entrance to access the accessory dwelling unit / rental apartment. The addition is clad with a combination of... More
Project • By Parc architectes • Housing
Michigan Garden
Project: 89 residential and commercial buildings - European branch of the University of ChicagoArchitectural team: Parc architectes (housing) + Studio Gang (Uni. Of Chicago)Client: ICADE PromotionEngineering firms: Elioth (structure - environment) Artelia (fluids - HVAC - economics) AVLS (acoustics) OLM (landscaping)Construction companies: SPIE Batignolles OUTAREX
© Studio Gang
Linked togetherLong associated with an industrial district, this part of the 13th district of Paris is undergoing a major transformation. The ground is an artificial slab created to cover a railway station. Today it is a project of stone, terracotta and wood that will rise. It will participate in the reintroduction of the earth and biodiversity in the... More
Project • By T3 Architects • Sports Centres
DOJO Saigon
T3 Architects just designed the first Dojo in Saigon (Vietnam).
The project started with a good mix of cultures: " Dojo " is the Japanese name of the building which means that the building will be built with a certain of Japanese traditional rules for the right practice of Judo. Then, the Dojo is located in the garden of an old French style Villa, and all this together in the dynamic city of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
Designed and built with the main sustainable principles in mind from the beginning, T3 placed the Dojo correctly on the garden using the existing Villa to be protected and right-oriented to avoid the main heavy rains/winds and designing the openings accordingly.
As the existing Villa will be rented as part of the Dojo offi... More