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- Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson School of Entrepreneurship / David S. Robins + Dan Price
- Moai / L'EAU design
- Built by Associative Data Releases Plans for Mixed-Use Gastronomic Development
- Retreat in José Ignacio / MAPA
- Hanking Center Tower in China to Become Tallest Detached Core Building Worldwide
- AMBi Studio’s Award-Winning Yu-Hsiu Museum of Arts Photographed by Lucas K Doolan
- Zuccardi Winery in Valle de Uco / Tom Hughes + Fernando Raganato + Eugenia Mora
- Foster + Partners to Design Apple Store in Historic Washington D.C. Library
- A Door for my Parents / Genoveva Carrión Ruiz
- T Concept Apartment / Itay Friedman Architects
- Peacock Technology / .DWG
- MeePark / Lattitute
- Duplex & The City / Luigi Rosselli Architects
| Dr. Miriam & Sheldon G. Adelson School of Entrepreneurship / David S. Robins + Dan Price Posted: 31 Dec 2016 06:00 PM PST  © Amit Geron
 © Amit Geron From the architect. The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson School of Entrepreneurship at the IDC Herzliya is situated in the northeast corner of campus on a flat site in a small Mediterranean coastal city near Tel Aviv. The upper floors are open and transparent, looking directly out and over the university foliage while the lower floors relate more intimately to the scale of the immediate campus gardens. Students enter the building through an 8 meter high arcade.  © Amit Geron The building is home to a first-of-its-kind institution in Israel dedicated to the study and support of entrepreneurship.  © Amit Geron At the ground floor, a public lobby and student lounge doubles as a gallery space for exhibitions highlighting the "Startup Nation", a term coined to describe Israel's disproportionately high number of entrepreneurship ventures. Directly accessible from this double-height space are a 165-seat lecture hall, a refreshment kiosk, the school's administrative offices and a glass-encased conference room for the most important meetings and presentations.  © Amit Geron Above the more public lower floors are 3 floors of specialized classrooms, accelerator spaces, staff offices, meeting rooms and support facilities.  Section The architecture of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship embodies the spirit of innovation and transformative thinking, central to its mission. The plan is efficient and modular with tall spaces designed to be conveniently reconfigured to support a variety of teaching environments. The building is an extended metaphor for the entrepreneurial mindset - clear, straightforward, no frills while simultaneously assertive, dynamic, passionately creative and humane.  © Amit Geron The design of the building promotes an idea that the school can be read as both a conceptual and literal factory for the production of creativity and collaborative pursuits. However, unlike a actual factory that deals strictly with the efficient processing of materials into useful objects, the raw materials of this school are people who want to work together collaboratively, efficiently and in a spirit of opportunity and inspiration.  © Amit Geron The factory is conceptual in the use of: -The modular re-configurable 4.5 meter wide bays -Long-span beams stretching between the east core along the building length across to the west façade that frees up the floor plan underneath -The tall spaces that permit both the fabrication of large objects and radical changes to the floor section to permit new uses - The encasement of all of core building systems (vertical transportation, plumbing/HVAC/electrical and communication services, restrooms, support rooms and security rooms) within a narrow volume aligning one side of the floor plan  © Amit Geron The factory is literal in the use of: -Exposed building services -Industrial lighting systems -Simple, durable, industrial materials including architectural birch plywood furniture, polished concrete flooring, exposed concrete beams and columns, painted steel staircases, stainless-steel mesh guardrail infills, expanded metal-mesh [XPM] dropped ceiling panels and sun shading protecting the west façade  © Amit Geron -Large fenestration to allow ample natural light to penetrate deep into the floorplate The conceptual heart of the building is a continuous network of social spaces designed to encourage collaboration, networking and student-faculty interactions. These spaces are tied together by a suspended steel central staircase detailed with thin stainless steel cable mesh to maximize translucency.  © Amit Geron Product Description. Western Façade Shading – Italfim EXA 12 Expanded Metal Mesh [XPM]  © Amit Geron  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST  © Kim Yongkwan
 © Kim Yongkwan From the architect. Easter Island has almost been erased from history as it has no clear documentation of its past. Mysterious Moai statues are the only evidence of civilization. I gained a similar impression of Samjeon-dong, Seoul. Modern Moai at Samjeon-dong began with the consideration of a symbiotic structure for a city, including housing created by stacking commercial facilities and residential units on the everyday cultural ground.  © Kim Yongkwan The site is located at the corner of a village largely populated by four to five-story multiplex housing developments, all of similar size on uniformly planned sites.  © Kim Yongkwan Even though the size and volume of the rectangular sites, each divided by a gridlike urban planning, is similar, each site has different conditions. Instead of concentrating on a more glossy form to maximize a building°Øs profile, as found in the many villages of multiplex housing, it is assumed that making facade flexible in responding to the condition of all four sides would create a flexible architecture and resolve the relationship with its surrounding features.  Section  Section As architectural practice must overcome the mismatch and limitations caused by heterogeneity in retail facilities and multiplex housing. I hope it will begin to propose downtown residential areas of new promenades, enabling °Æcultural production and consumption°Æ combined with the lightness of an everyday program. It can become a village that encourages families to stroll and allow for everyday, smaller-scale culture to flourish, rather than existing as commercial spaces purely for consumption in another generic commercial/residential building.  © Kim Yongkwan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Built by Associative Data Releases Plans for Mixed-Use Gastronomic Development Posted: 31 Dec 2016 06:00 AM PST  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data BAD.Built by Associative Data has released its designs for BARCELONA, a new mixed-use development on the Mediterranean coast of Beirut, Lebanon at the Ramlet El Bayda waterfront. Spanning 18,000 square meters, the project will serve as "a new gastronomic experience, embracing the Mediterranean from a remarkable vantage point," through a clustered development featuring restaurants, coffee shops, lounges, and event spaces.  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data "The project derives inspiration from Barcelona city, in its materiality, tactility, and the relationship between space and gastronomical experiences," explained the architects, and it will stretch across the waterfront in terraced layers.  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data  Courtesy of Built by Associative Data (BAD)  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data As a "creative interpretation of a social venue," the project will showcase varying restaurant identities in customized lobby spaces.  Courtesy of BAD.Built by Associative Data News via: BAD.Built by Associative Data  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Retreat in José Ignacio / MAPA Posted: 31 Dec 2016 05:00 AM PST  © Leonardo Finotti
 © Leonardo Finotti From the architect. Dwell between the countryside and the beach To inhabit the binomial countryside-beach entails dialogs between uses and customs intuitively disparate. Far enough away from the city but yet influenced by it, the new maritime 'chacras' combine opposites in coexistence: from the summer enjoyment to the winter gathering, from the sophistication of the beach meeting to the simplicity of country life. Conjugation of landscapes and practices: field and lagoon, beach and sea.  © Leonardo Finotti  Floor Plan  © Leonardo Finotti Remote Landscapes To build in far away territories from the surroundings in which we usually live is a great challenge. Remoteness not as a limit but as a possibility, as a value, as a generator of fields and conditions. Remote landscapes confronts us with the awareness of immenseness. It puts us in our role in reality.  © Leonardo Finotti Prefab In landscapes of high natural value, it is fundamental to respect their original condition and so it is essential a reversibility condition. Prefabrication allows us to work with industrialized materials that enable high-precision processes. Thus amortizing the impact of construction on the ground, minimizing waste, staff in situ and displacement: a perfect combination of nature and industry.  © Leonardo Finotti  Section  © Leonardo Finotti Eppur si muove! Houses do not move. They are made of heavy materials, put together with mortar, concrete must be used. These prejudices are hard to break, as the immobility of constructions. On the other hand, Prefab Houses are produced in a controlled environment and carefully made. They are born in a factory and taken to its final destination. Houses do not move, however...  © Leonardo Finotti  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hanking Center Tower in China to Become Tallest Detached Core Building Worldwide Posted: 31 Dec 2016 04:00 AM PST  Morphosis Architects' Hanking Center Tower in Shenzhen, China has recently topped out, with the 62nd floor now in place. Defined by its detached core configuration, the building positions its primary core 9 meters outside its main body, connected by a series of sky bridges and braces, in order to increase flexibility and light penetration into the floor plate. Two secondary cores in the body of the building provide structural reinforcement and house private elevators for VIP users, as well as freight elevators and mechanical services. In an effort to serve global professionals and bring density to the suburb of Nanshan, the tower will feature flexible office space on its open floor plate, anchored by high-end retail and dining.  © Morphosis Architects  © Luxigon
Moreover, the separation of the core from the main portion of the building will allow for "a public to private gradient of activity on each floorplate, as tenants move from circulation and social spaces around the core to quitter perimeter offices with panoramic views."  © Morphosis Architects  © Morphosis Architects  © Luxigon At the ground level, a grand plaza and "dimensional hardscape" will support public activity. Similarly, glazed lobbies and sky gardens will be located throughout the building, with one for every five floors, in order to create communal hubs for tenants.  © Luxigon  © Luxigon  © Morphosis Architects Upon completion, the building will be the tallest steel building in China, as well as the tallest detached core building in the world. Hanking Center Tower is projected to open in 2018. News via: Morphosis Architects.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AMBi Studio’s Award-Winning Yu-Hsiu Museum of Arts Photographed by Lucas K Doolan Posted: 31 Dec 2016 03:15 AM PST  © Lucas K Doolan Located in the Tsaotun Township of Nantou County in Taiwan, the Yu-Hsiu Museum of Arts was completed in October of 2015, after 4 years of design development. The request received by AMBi Studio's design team, led by architect and founder Wei-Li Liao, was for a building that was "subtle," "delicate" and "clean." The building's focus is therefore on creating a harmonious relationship between the manmade and naturally formed architectural elements, paying respect to the surrounding Jiu-Jiu Peaks. This relationship is demonstrated in the combination of the building's artificially constructed corridors and the existing vegetation in the area, and the museum's doubled-façade construction which creates an "intermediary" space between outside and inside. This successful design led the building to win first prize at the 2016 Taiwan Architecture Awards, causing the selection committee to praise Liao for his "continual effort... to explore the experience of perception... and poetic spatiality." Taiwan-based photographer Lucas K Doolan visited the site to capture the building's interaction with nature in detail, exploring the museum's carefully considered materiality.  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  © Lucas K Doolan  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zuccardi Winery in Valle de Uco / Tom Hughes + Fernando Raganato + Eugenia Mora Posted: 31 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora
 Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora From the architect. The plan to design a winery for top quality wines was developed in Paraje Altamira, in the district of San Carlos at 130 km to the south of Mendoza city. Located at 1100msnm, Paraje Altamira is surrounded by vineyards and it is placed in the heart of Valle de Uco at the foot of the Andes Mountains. The area, which has been recognized worldwide, is ideal for wine growing because of the spectacular natural setting.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora Within this context, wine tourism has gained great importance not only for the industry but also for its tourism. The spillover effect is that in some basic rural areas, new activities and infrastructure related to the wine industry have begun to emerge. Hotels, local gastronomy, real estate developments are exploring the limits of creativity to offer visitors new and original ways of exploring the fascinating world of wines and the virtues of the surrounding areas.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The architectural proposal responds to two essential objectives: on the one hand, a building which is functional to the agronomical needs together with the enological aspect always following the strict technical and operational requirements that the process of high quality wine making demands. And on the other hand, the touristic aspect, where the visitor plays a leading role and together with the impressive landscape makes everything possible.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The Zuccardi Winery itself is a tribute to the solemn and austere Andes Mountains, which define the weather and the soil of the region. The building emerges directly from the soil and becomes part of the mountain, seeking integration and visual balance which do not affect the landscape.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora From the productive point of view, the winery is designed on a strong axis which links all the operating areas of the winery. It is similar to a backbone which is repeated on the three levels. The basement holds the wine vats, the ground floor contains all the productive process and the lab, the administration area and the tanks gateways are on the first floor.  Floor Plan The production system takes place through gravity. The grapes enter from the harvest area. Then, it follows a rigorous process of double selection. Next, it is deposited in big barrels that are raised and transported to the tank mouth to be deposited there. After that, the fermentation process starts.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The process is distributed in a U shape and it is organized around a big central terrace which guarantees a comfortable and agile operation, safe from the rigorous weather conditions of the area.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The winery is almost completely made in reinforced concrete in sight, exploring different finishes. Big slopes of hydro washed cyclopean (with great rocks) concrete, with local sand and gravel, emerge from the ground with a tectonic strength. Heavy and robust volumes look like bodies emerging from the surface, showing the features of the ground as a way to express its own identity. The use of local elements, such as sand and water from the Tunuyán River, was prioritized. The human resources and local workforce was also part of the plan.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora The main building surfaces from the ground exposing the long truncated cone shaped wine vats. These vats are the result of years of experience from the team of enologists. They were made of precast concrete. All the internal area, the surroundings and the equipment were solved with the same material giving it an homogeneous look, where soft strategic light lines fill the walls with a lively and natural brightness. This effect leaves the vats and the space exposed as if it were a cave where the vessels have always been but now, they have only been uncovered. The idea is to transmit that the winery is an extension of the vineyard.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora Between the structural walls emerges a metallic dome, which represents the universal and the eternal. The dome highlights the special conditions of the place, reflecting the light of the sun and the sky at different times of the day in this mountainous landscape. Inside the building, there is a succession of wine storage and wine tasting areas, which represent the passage of times and the projection into the future. Under the dome, a metal work of art, made by Guillermo Rigattieri, is suspended on the air. This work represents the seed, which is the origin and the potential of the future.  Elevation As you go through the winery, you get to understand the concept and it invites you to discover every corner of it. From the moment you approach the tall and majestic external walls and as you go through the interior and discover the different spaces which show the interplay of light, the changes of temperatures, the silence and the echoes, you feel at awe. All of these features allow the visitor to experience the enological process and get seduced by the attractive and mystic fantasy of the wine making process. Without this experience it is impossible to understand it or feel it.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora Making wines that respect the identity of the area is a unique activity, which results from a research and development process. It implies a great commitment and passion not only in the vineyards but also in the winery. It is an activity that mainly seeks to understand the place and its unique and unrepeatable characteristics. Science and art together turns into the magic of wine. Following these premises, the design is a mirror to its duality, the technical aspect and the place conjugated with feelings gives us a memorable experience.  Courtesy of Tom Hughes, Fernando Raganato, Eugenia Mora  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Foster + Partners to Design Apple Store in Historic Washington D.C. Library Posted: 31 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST  © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2008-0601-DC-CityMuseumCarnegieLibrary.jpg'>Wikimedia user Bobak Ha'Eri</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a> London's Foster + Partners will likely design a flagship Apple store for the historic Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C., reports The Architect's Newspaper. According to Events DC, Apple will lease a portion of the 63,000-square-foot building's ground floor and basement levels in a ten-year lease, sharing the space with its existing tenant, The Historical Society of Washington.
 © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_Library_of_Washington_D.C._in_2012.jpg'>Wikimedia user Mark Schierbecker</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 4.0</a> If plans are approved by the National Capital Planning Commission and Washington's Historic Preservation Review Board, the Beaux-Arts-style Ackerman & Ross library will be reinterpreted to fit both the building's original intent, as well as the modern tech ecosystem of the city. Funded by Andrew Carnegie, the library was the first fully integrated public building in Washington, D.C. Since 1999, the Historical Society has held exhibitions, public programs, and later the Kiplinger Research Library in the building.  © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_Library_at_Mount_Vernon_Square_by_Matthew_Bisanz.JPG'>Wikimedia user MBisanz</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY-SA 3.0</a> Plans to use the library for the International Spy Museum in 2014 aimed to build additions to the existing building but were rejected by historic preservationists. Foster + Partners has previously designed Apple stores in San Francisco and London, as well as Apple's Campus 2. If constructed, this will be the second Apple store in Washington, D.C. News via: The Architect's Newspaper.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Door for my Parents / Genoveva Carrión Ruiz Posted: 30 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST  © Nelohagen
 © Nelohagen From the architect. Reform project for the fence of the plot located at Santiago Apóstol 22 Street: replacement of pedestrian and traffic metal gates and works of superficial improvement of the existing enclosure without demolition of any element. L'Eliana is a municipality near Valencia, which in the 1970s developed large housing estates on the outskirts. Carmen Ruiz Navarro and Clemente Carrión Mateu, my parents, have finished their house in plot No. 22 of Santiago Apóstol Street, and, 25 years later the entrance gate is broken and they need a new door. So then, a door for my parents with something else, of course.  © Nelohagen Door As the title says, the first need and goal of the project was to solve a door. Not just one, two, to be exact. Without being able to assume any type of demolition of any element already constructed, with the exception of the already deteriorated door existing, it addresses, on the one hand, the access door rolled, and, the pedestrian door. Each one of them with their free holes marked by the existence of the wall already constructed of closure.  © Nelohagen RAL 6019 The fence is practically a horizontal line. With the project there is an effort to generate, veils that will deform the fence until it becomes a foliated structure that shelters nuances and attends to the two situations that will be through it, the step walking and the step with a vehicle. The color refers to modernist and precious work, breaking with a canon of standardization through the recovery of another canon in disuse.  © Nelohagen  Before / After  © Nelohagen  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| T Concept Apartment / Itay Friedman Architects Posted: 30 Dec 2016 06:00 PM PST  © Boaz Arad
 © Boaz Arad From the architect. Transforming this apartment into a working/living space was the trigger for the renovation. The requirements where simple: Dividing the space into two self-sustaining units intertwined into one.  Floor Plans As the division strategy took shape, the T concept was born, creating a constructed separation of plasterboard walls and carpentry to utilize every cubic meter, both for use and storage.  © Boaz Arad  © Boaz Arad The strategy was to create a division wall that acts as both an axis element and a functional storage space. The division created one dilemma, which would enforce a feeling of a smaller living space. To deal with this, the white color was chosen as a predominant feature to give the space a cleaner, lighter effect.  Diagram The client wanted to retain the Altbau (Old building) feeling, of the former workers dwellings, within the typical Berlin "style", allowing us to reinstall old building elements alongside modern ones.  © Boaz Arad The result followed the theme of creating within a small budget a spacious living/working environment within a small space.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2016 02:00 PM PST  © Bhavesh Raghavani
 © Bhavesh Raghavani From the architect. The project came to us to convert an old unused building in to a work place for a software company called Peacock Technology. The site is located in Special Economic Zone, Icchapor at Surat (Gujarat). The client was inspired by the big tech companies where the working environment is informal and working is fun. The major constraint was the tight budget. So we had a need to find the alternative method of designing and execution.  © Bhavesh Raghavani To cut down the cost, best way is to reduce resources, use more of recycle/ reclaimed materials and try to reuse the old scrape in to new way. As it was a tech company and as we know computer produces lots of waste materials as keyboards, floppies, old CDs, etc… moreover Surat is very old city and there are lots of old wooden house in the city which are demolished and the elements of the houses are sold in the scrape market. So we found this as the best way to incorporate the architecture of the city in to our interior.  © Bhavesh Raghavani  1st Floor Plan  © Bhavesh Raghavani We found the paper tubes, old packaging wood, car tyres, glass bottles, unused old GI plumbing pipes, machine gear plates etc… from the scrape yards. Wooden elements such an entrance door, stool legs, reception desk legs, some old furniture's etc… were found from the old houses of city. Moreover student of fine arts were appointed to make the paper lampshades, partition from the ropes, and benches.  © Bhavesh Raghavani In-terms of layout the whole site is divided in three parts and the central portion is used for entrance foyer, reception and lounge area which is extended to outdoor seating area. The reception core bifurcate the working area in to two parts. Furthermore, the spaces were designed in such a way that allowed transparency and interaction among the staff, that could help to build the "peacock culture" as the client says.  © Bhavesh Raghavani In such working environment many time someone need a small formal quite place to attend phone calls and client meetings. So idea of telephone booth came in to picture. And we used the booth in red color, seen at London, very striking element in the space. Moreover Green, Black and Blue cabins were designed for distinct discussions and meetings.  © Bhavesh Raghavani  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2016 12:00 PM PST  © Hector Peinador
 © Hector Peinador From the architect. At the beginning of 2016, BlueFocus Communication Group decided to develop a series of venues in multiple locations across Mainland China. The first was then established in Beijing, at the same location used for the Group's Headquarters, a former Panasonic factory complex of recent renovation. Such a decision is an unmistakable reflection of the company's priorities, to evolve in China from a manufacturing power into a creative force, under the leadership of its charismatic Chairman Mr. Zhao Wenquan.  © Hector Peinador For this end, BlueFocus selected a 700-sqm industrial building, with a free height of 8.50m, established in a north-south orientation, to be renovated and become the venue for the group's events. The "MeePark" concept provides a space to host events for a diverse group of clients, ranging from local entrepreneurs and SME's to multinational corporations such as PepsiCo and Volkswagen.  © Hector Peinador  Diagram  © Hector Peinador The design strategy divides the space into two main zones: the F&B service area located in the north and the events zone located in the south. When a guest uses the main entrance on the north side, the F&B service zone functions as a reception area, providing diverse facilities such as a wardrobe, signature tables, washrooms and an area to take pictures. On the second floor, guests can find a casual dining area facing towards the vast space provided by the double height of the entrance.  Diagram  Diagram The events zone is an 8.50m high space where pre-existing trusses have been left visible as a heritage from the old factory, now reborn as a multifunctional space. The main area is equipped with all sorts of elements than can transform the space in a matter of minutes: a big LED screen descends from the ceiling; the stage area appears from the left side wall; benches open up to create a sitting area on the right. All these artifacts provide a transformative space that successfully deals with different activities and events: from product presentations or debates to live music concerts.  © Hector Peinador  © Hector Peinador The material selection ranges from concrete and wood for the flooring to polycarbonate, glass and steel for the walls. This selection highlights the technological nature of the space, with a series of eye-catching LED screens that allows different presentation formats.  Material MeePark will become an ideal platform for people to meet, socialize, hold activities and share innovative ideas. The space is a symbol of the narrative of China as a country: evolving from being the factory of the world to promoting local consumption of its own products.  © Hector Peinador  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Duplex & The City / Luigi Rosselli Architects Posted: 30 Dec 2016 11:00 AM PST  © Edward Birch
 © Edward Birch From the architect. Equivalent to the brownstones of New York, this interwar duplex is a humane scale solution to housing in the Sydney city fringes.  Sketch Shoulder to shoulder with other apartment buildings, the original 1920s two-storey flats were transformed into a four storey block with a basement carpark and cellar, a ground floor garden apartment and a two-storey penthouse.  © Justin Alexander Just forty-percent of the existing structure was demolished, mainly the dysfunctional rooms at the back of the property, which were replaced by a modern four-storey structure.  Ground Floor Plan  1st Floor Plan  2nd Floor Plan The front of the property, with its original Queen Anne leadlight windows, liver toned brickwork and timber shingles, was left intact to preserve the building's consistency with the prevailing style of the street. No one would believe that behind those refined front rooms the apartments would morph into modern open living spaces with generous terraces that allow the inhabitants to admire the views of the city, populated with skyscrapers designed by Renzo Piano, Sir Norman Foster and Ingenhoven Architects, and enjoy glimpses of Sydney Harbour beyond.  © Justin Alexander The duality of the design also reflects the personalities of the residents: urbane and loaded with old world culture and family history, yet passionate about modern art, architecture and urban living. Here the interior architecture plays greater role than in a more spacious suburban setting.  © Justin Alexander The use of every millimetre has been carefully planned to condense the content of a large house into this city pad, with an eclectic collection of furniture and art; the skilful joinery design by Project Architect, Jane McNeill aimed to provide as much storage as possible for the owners, while lending elegance to the interiors in touches such as the dressing table in the dressing room.  © Justin Alexander The cultured owners could not part with their books, so Jane created for them a library and study area with room for a comfortable arm chair, tucked beside the Jacobs Ladder stair that climbs to a glazed roof hatch and a landscaped roof terrace and a spa pool with a city skyline backdrop.  Sketch Product Description. The JWI vertical louvre system has been used on the rear northern extension of the building which faces both Sydney city and harbour views and an adjacent laneway-like road. The primary purpose on the louvre system is to provide a controlled method of adjusting levels of privacy and light, whilst allowing glimpses of harbour and city views. The louvres set up a horizontal band of anodised aluminium matching the finish of the window frames, and gives the northern facade a dramatic contrast of textures.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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