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AL’s House / Gonzalo Mardones Viviani
Oct 12th
© Nicolás Saieh Architect: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani Location: Comuna de Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile Constructor: Yon Gallastegui Engineer: Cristián Delporte Lighting: Mónica Pérez Landscape: Karen Oetjen Site Area 2842 sqm Project Area: 841 sqm Project Year: 2011 Photographs: Nicolás Saieh © Nicolás Saieh AL’s house is located in Lo Barnechea District at Santiago’s foothills. Its volume locates like a longitudinal bar perpendicular to the street with the double purpose of facing North (Sun and better views) and allowing a big free space for the garden.
Tokyo/LA Houses Exhibition Charity Auction
Oct 12th
© Taiyo Watanabe ( deegan day design ) As part of Little Tokyo Design Week, a recently successful event hosted by Los Angeles, offices deegan day design and Open A of Japan curated an exhibition of 40 houses from Japan and California. The goal was to highlight 20 Japanese and 20 Californian architectural practices that explore new efficiencies of scale, construction and reduced ecological impact, posing innovative possibilities for the future of small-scale residential design
Step Inside bar by Giles Miller
May 31st
London designer Giles Miller installed this bar for Inside World Festival of Interiors at a former petrol station as part of Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. (more…)
Peter Zumthor’s Design Revealed for the 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Apr 4th
Courtesy of Serpentine Gallery Pavilion Pritzker Prize winning architect Peter Zumthor’s design for the 11th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was revealed today. A design that ‘aims to help its audience take the time to relax, to observe and then, perhaps, start to talk again – maybe not’, the materials are significant in aiding the design which emphasizes the role the senses and emotions play in our experience of architecture. The Pavilion will be Zumthor’s first completed building in the UK Zumthor shared that ‘the concept for this year’s Pavilion is the hortus conclusus, a contemplative room, a garden within a garden.
Andalsnes Master Plan proposal / Jagnefält Milton
Dec 27th
Rolling Hotel © Jagnefält Milton Swedish architects Jagnefält Milton shared with us their proposal, awarded with the third prize in an open international master plan competition for the city of Åndalsnes in Norway. A little description and more images after the break.
Light Perspectives: Between Culture and Technology
Dec 18th
Authors: Aksel Karcher, Martin Krautter, David Kuntzsch, Thomas Schielke, Christoph Steinke, Mariko Takagi Publishers: Tim Henrik Maack, Kay Pawlik First Edition: 2009 ISBN: 978-3-9813216-1-6 More info after the break.
Stadium for International Lunar Olympics / Brian Harms & Keith Bradley
Nov 28th
atrium floor When Brian Harms and Keith Bradley found a competition with such a unique premise, calling for the design of a moon stadium, they were interested in designing for an environment with which they were unfamiliar. The competition allowed them certain freedoms not typically present in an architectural studio project. This was the first time the two fifth year architecture students of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo collaborated on a design project and hope to work with each other again in the future.
Colorado Court / Brooks + Scarpa
Nov 19th
Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa The award winning, LEEDTM Gold Certified, Colorado Court by Brooks + Scarpa is 100% energy independent, distinguishing itself from most conventionally developed projects. Implementing energy efficient measures above and beyond the standard practices of the time, this project was able to optimize its building performance and ensure reduced energy use during all phases of construction and continuing upon occupancy. The initial planning and design of Colorado Court was a direct derivative of an emphasis on passive solar design strategies
AD Photographers: Joao Morgado
Nov 16th
Call Center in Santo Tirso / Aires Mateus In our AD Photographers section we are now featuring portuguese photographer Joao Morgado . Born in 1985, he has made his photographer career during the last 4 years, working regularly with offices from Portugal , Spain, Netherlands and Italy. 1
Ohio State University – Student Academic Services / Acock Associates Architects
Nov 15th
© Matthew Carbone A main gateway to The Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio, the once 400-car surface parking lot has been transformed into the Student Academic Services building with a connected nine deck parking garage. The new Student Academic Services building houses the following: Student Financial Aid, Testing Center, Office of Minority Affairs, Registrar’s Office, Bursar’s Office and other admission services. More after the break.
