Raw concrete
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Project • By 6a architects • Offices
Juergen Teller Studio
6a architects has completed a studio building for the fashion and fine art photographer, Juergen Teller. Spanning a long and narrow 60-metre plot in West London, 6a architects designed a series of three individual buildings, comprising offices and archive, a top lit studio space, and a kitchen, library and ensemble of ancillary rooms including a yoga studio and sauna.
Each unit is punctuated by a garden designed by Dan Pearson Studio, which introduce a sequence of external rooms alternating back from the public thoroughfare of the street through to increasingly private interiors. Planted with deciduous trees and climbers growing from broken concrete slabs, the gardens are inspired by those that spring naturally in ruinous or untouched corn... More
Project • By Equipo de Arquitectura • Churches
UHP Synagogue
The project is the product of an international competition to restore an old construction that was used as a Synagogue at the Hebraic Union of Paraguay. The challenge of any ceremonial space demands a reflection that respects the religious essence and the culture that involves it. Imagining a space of introspection and prayer suggest a creation of silence, where rite becomes the main protagonist.
After analyzing the masterplan, we began the design process by locating two prisms, one as a threshold and the other as the holy enclosure. These two volumes converge at the union and they complement each other, structurally and morphologically.
The outer case works as a strongbox, controlling the access of the synagogue through m... More
Project • By Thibaud Babled Architecte Urbaniste • Offices
Program Head office Erdre & Loire Nantes Métropole
Perhaps more than anything, what guided us in the design of this project, are the Erdre and the Loire, nearby, and their estuary winds, these winds with changing skies, loaded with gray, blue. It is this Nantes climate, unstable with constant variations, that the project invites in an active part.
Also determining the contact with the major structuring lines: exit boulevard, tram / train rail, which places the project in the urban rumor, which must be defended.
Lastly, the question posed by an open program which at the outset of the competition required, rather than an environmental guarantee obtained from an Excel spreadsheet, a reflection that unmistakably associates architecture and thermal performance, architecture and... More
Project • By msr architecture • Private Houses
Maison An-Unan
A narrow and very sloping facing north site, a quite small surface (564 m²) with a third of its ground classified as a natural area, all located in a preserved area in a mainly new-Breton style neighborhood... At first, the exercise seemed quite ambitious for a family who dreamed of a contemporary and ecological home in there. But, seduced by this exceptional wooded environment and the patrimonial character of the neighborhood, they asked an architect to take up the challenge!
This sloping site quickly led to establish a first semi-buried volume with a raw concrete facade. First it creates a real urban facade on the road side and it defines, on the other hand, a radical aesthetic that stands out from the other constructions ar... More
Project • By DFROST Retail Identity • Trade Shows
Bauhaus meets Greenhouse
DFROST creates a trade fair booth with bauhaus and urban-jungle themes
It was just one year ago that neubau eyewear first displayed its »heritage wall« to grant others a glimpse into its history and showcase itself as a new, emerging eyewear brand from Linz. But you’d be forgiven for thinking that decades had passed since then. Today, the brand is an established industry player with an outstanding reputation for urban lifestyle topics and sustainability. Many of its customers will get to enjoy a truly impressive spectacle when they make their way to the MIDO Eyewear Show 2019 in Milan: on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus school, neubau will unveil a unique booth that combines the iconic des... More
Project • By Grupo Culata Jovái • Apartments
Leo 1 Apartments
Apartment building located in the San Vicente neighborhood, a new developing point in the city of Asunción. Strategic for its location, of easy access, close de historical city center y main urban services.
The building is composed of: 2 one bedroom apartments, 2 two bedroom apartments, 1 loft, 2 two story two bedroom apartments. Pedestrian access, garages and storage closets on the first floor.
Open circulation/common spaces connect the different living units, in search of appropriate ventilation.
The economy of the project is thought from the optimized spaces, diversity in living units, choice of materials and traditional construction techniques. Raw concrete and brick walls, that require low maintenance... More
Project • By Madeleine Blanchfield Architects • Private Houses
Crescent Head House
Crescent Head house is a pared back one bedroom home for a couple with generous and dynamic spaces. The house is expressed as a very simple single storey weatherboard box from the street. It sits on a stone base, which drops away to house a 3 bedroom apartment for guests on the garden side.
The spatial planning of the main house is open and flowing, with downplayed delineation between bedroom, bathroom and other areas. Being for a couple the need for typical separation of rooms was not required.
The entry area is sky-lit and the front door glazed to create a welcoming, though understated street address. A sense of light and openness is embraced throughout. Natural vaulted timber ceilings fold out from the entry area and enhance the... More
Project • By Elkus Manfredi Architects • Offices
Samuels & Associates Headquarters
Samuels & Associates – the company that spearheaded the revitalization of Boston’s Fenway neighborhood – embraced the adaptive re-use of a former auto repair shop in the Fenway for itsnew headquarters. The design team honored the building’s industrial rootswhile creating public and private spaces that reflect the company’s hands-onculture.
Design Challenge:A highly successful development, leasing, and property management company, Samuels & Associates has long been active in the Fenway, spearheading many urban renewal projects to help turn this formerly neglected neighborhood into a vibrant, welcoming, and pedestrian-friendly community. Samuels chose two floors above retail establishments in a f... More
Project • By Ian Shaw Architekten • Offices
Studio S
Ian Shaw has modernised an office building dating from the 50s, thereby creating new working spaces which emphasise reduction, openness and teamwork. All this was achieved with a minimum of building work and expense. The client’s overriding challenge to Ian Shaw Architects was to modernize the interiors of an outdated building from the 1950s in Frankfurt am Main with as little alteration to the existing building fabric as possible. The company were searching for an open well-lit building representative of the ideas of teamwork and flat hierarchies. The project was predicated upon no significant structural alterations and manageable construction costs. A resulting 145 sqm. on the ground, first and second floors was refurbish... More
Project • By Rockwell Group • Private Houses
Station House
Station House is an 11-story, LEED certified building situated in Washington, D.C.’s Atlas District . Rockwell Group developed a fresh and contemporary interpretation of industrial design for Station House’s public areas and residential units.
The inherent beauty of unfinished, natural materials serves as leitmotif. Raw concrete columns are set off by more refined polished concrete floors. Public areas and residential units feature handcrafted furniture and lighting. Custom metalwork influenced by mullioned factory windows provides accents throughout the ground floor. Public areas playfully dissolve the boundaries between indoors and outdoors.
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Project • By Tectoniques / Architecture & Engineering / • Private Houses
Maison P
Telluric emanation
Ever since the firm was first founded, Tectoniques has been developing a dry construction technique which it implements in a variety of forms, primarily using wood solutions. In order to further this expertise, the architects regularly explore new experimental avenues, sometimes in forms diametrically opposed to their usual projects, on a smaller scale to enhance their work to develop relationships between construction methods and architectural expression.
This was the case for the P. House built of cast-in-situ concrete, a standard method which contrasts with the architects’ usual practices. The result is a telluric house which emerges from the ground, following the steep slope of the ground, making use of the su... More
Project • By sam architecture • Housing
O6A LOT Housing
Context The urban regeneration zone of Clichy- Batignolles covers over 133 acres of land (54 hectares). Located in the 17th Parisian precinct, it is one of the most ambitious urban projects currently led by the city. The site bears the historical signs of transportation and logistics activities, facilitated by the train lines leading to Saintplaytime! Lazare train station and the close beltway. Therefore, the stakes of the project can be summarized by the single idea of designing a dense built environment for this neighbourhood. Hence creating the possibility to include this isolated railway site into a very much needed urban continuity.
The area is constructed around the Martin Luther King parc, crossing its whole length and leadi... More
Project • By Atelier Zébulon Perron • Bars
Le Boulevardier Restaurant / Le Flâneur Bar Lounge
Forging Ahead to the Past - Atelier Zébulon Perron's contemporary interpretation of a bygone era
Atelier Zébulon Perron, an interior design firm focused on forging connections between people and spaces, is proud to unveil the welcoming ambiance of Le Boulevardier restaurant and Le Flâneur Bar Lounge, comprising the food and beverage portion of a major $30 million renovation of Germain Hotels’ flagship property, Le Germain Hotel, in downtown Montreal. The firm’s ensemble of work comprises approximately 8,000sf of symbiotic space, on two separate levels, including a ground floor bar/lounge, a first-floor restaurant, and an alluring staircase to connect the vibrant spaces.
“The lead archi... More
Publicis Groupe - San Francisco
Client: Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is the third-largest communications group in the world, comprising advertising, public relations, and marketing companies.
Eric Laignel
Site: The new offices of Publicis Groupe San Francisco occupy the top three floors of 350 Bush Street (Heller Manus Architects), a new 19-story office tower in San Francisco’s Financial District that incorporates the landmarked 1923 San Francisco Mining Exchange Building as its grand lobby and principal entry. Located near 20 MTA bus stops and three major BART stations, the building features bike storage, day lockers, and shower facilities to accommodate commuters.
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Project • By Patrick Schweitzer & Associés Architectes • Housing
34 housing
The operation is part of a "Sainte-Anne Renaissance" subdivision project. The subdivision is bordered to the south and west by a residential area and to the north and east by farmland.The two buildings are small collectives R+2+attic resting on a semi-buried basement housing all the parking lots and cellars. The buildings are raised by a set of low walls that preserve the private character of the ground-floor dwellings but also protect the building from decennial flooding.The ground floor and the two upper floors are treated as a single block with the recessed street façade and balconies, while the attic is treated independently. It is organized in such a way as to create a box effect with houses on the roof.In general, the construct... More