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Cyclone Shelter / Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees
Jan 28th
Courtesy of Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees The proposal for the international competition for a cyclone shelter in Bangladesh by Lindsay Bremner and Jeremy Voorhees is conceptualized as a boat-building, referencing two local typologies – the boat and the landing ghat. Located in Ranggabali , a small village in the Patuakhali Province, the building is half submerged in water in times of cyclone flooding while beached against a concrete ghat in dry seasons. Sheltering its occupants in the liminal zone between land and water, it makes place by transitioning from depth and section to surface and plan
8 dwellings, 4 artist studios and 1 retail area by Charles-Henri Tachon
Jan 15th
This concrete social-housing block in Paris has artists’ studios on the ground floor and an oval-shaped opening in the roof. (more…)
Villa Midgård / DAPstockholm
Dec 29th
© ÅkeE:sonLindman Architects: DAPstockholm Location: Stockholm , Sweden Area: approx 300 sqm Client: Private Completion: 2011 Landscape: In collaboration with Nod Combine Photographs: ÅkeE:sonLindman © ÅkeE:sonLindman When the client met with DAPstockholm they wished for a solid, secluded house with a maintenance‐free facade, a sense of ceiling height and a master bedroom with the benefit of morning sun. They also wished for a solution where they could open up larger windows toward the scenery and have a sheltered space where they could sit and listen to the pouring rain. This resulted in a multi‐faceted house where the shape and direction of the different volumes are based on various factors such as the terrain, the light conditions, the views and the privacy
Plot 4328 / Bernard Khoury Architects
Nov 10th
© Bernard Khoury Architects Architect: Bernard Khoury Architects Location: Kferdebian, Lebanon Project Year: 2010 Client: Loft Investment Photography: Bernard Khoury Architects © Bernard Khoury Architects Plot 4328, by Bernard Khoury Architects , is located in a 535 square meters parcel in Kfardebian , Mount Lebanon, on a steep topography with 10 meter drop between its road frontage and the lowest point on the site. The south façade that connects the project to the access road is an inclined plateau that starts at ground level and slopes up seven meters in the northern direction.
House in Leiria by ARX
Oct 12th
Residents have to go careful on the roof terrace of this Portuguese house, where gaping chasms drop down to basement courtyards two floors below. (more…)
Martin Luther Church by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Aug 17th
Steel whirlpools spiral into skylights in the roof of a church in Austria by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au . (more…)
Morris Iemma Indoor Sports Center / McPhee Architects
Jul 20th
© Sharrin Rees Architects: McPhee Architects Location: Marrickville , Australia Client: Canterbury City Council Project Area: 3,575 sqm Photographs: Sharrin Rees Context of the Building The Morris Lemma Indoor Sports Centre (MIISC) was designed by Wayne McPhee & Associates, Architects, with a team of engineering specialists. As a community facility for the people of Canterbury, our beginning of the design process was to capture the context of Riverwood, a “poetic” place name combining both river and wood. This understanding of the geographic and cultural context was a springboard to the creative design process for the building.
Villa 4.0 by Dick van Gameren
Jul 19th
Dutch architect Dick van Gameren has converted a family house outside Hilversum by punching three faceted skylights through the roof and driving a corridor through the middle. (more…)
Convention Centre by Eva Jiricna Architects
Jul 19th
Pointed fins crown the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects . (more…)
Neighbourhood Centre by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Jul 7th
Visitors can climb a staircase over the roof of this spiralling community centre in Lille by French architects Colboc Franzen & Associés .
