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- Private Garage in Águeda / Paulo Martins
- Two Houses, Deers and Trees / Lenka Míková
- The Archive House / Lund+Slaatto Architects
- Rwanda Cricket Stadium / Light Earth Designs
- Spring Whispers Book Club / FON STUDIO
- Pali Palms / SEZA
- Phoenix Village / Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute
- Sparrow House / Samantha Mink
- Tjørring School / FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects
- TEMOZÓN House / Boyance Arquitectos
- The Best Architecture of 2017
- Old Stone House / TAKATINA LLC
- These Chimney Sections Show Santa's Magical Shape-Shifting Abilities
- Extension of a Primary School / Thomas Landemaine Architectes
- Hello Wood Builds 5 Wooden Christmas Trees in Cities Throughout Europe
- Zaha Hadid Architects' Hungerburgbahn Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary
| Private Garage in Águeda / Paulo Martins Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:00 PM PST  © ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio
 © ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio Text description provided by the architects. An unusual challenge, where reverse thinking was indispensable. A global intervention, which started privately, through the emotion of the construction and a passion for motors. And a very unique garage was born, a garage that is more like a gallery where the cars share the space with the desire to observe and study, where the hum of running motors blends with the sound system of a Porsche, giving us the opportunity to listen to great music as we sit and muse on the next journey we will be taking, sitting on an exciting Famel.  © ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio  Ground Floor Plan  © ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio The property, in an open area, without any relevant references or constraints enabled the placement of the space in the northern part of the property, freeing up the rest of the area for the construction of the home to which the garage will belong. An average building, with lacquered aluminium sheets, it exudes the same sense of industrial and technological determination as for the building's contents, but which, at the same time, is discreet and hermetic, like a bunker protecting its occupants.  Exploded Axonometric It is a grey structure, serving as a garage, which, unlike its exterior image, is brilliant and luminous inside, aseptic. The interior appearance diverts attention from the building's construction and directs it at the exuberant prominence of the state of the art automotive engineering which makes this garage a veritable art gallery!  © ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Two Houses, Deers and Trees / Lenka Míková Posted: 25 Dec 2017 07:00 PM PST  © Jakub Skokan, Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice
 © Jakub Skokan, Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice Text description provided by the architects. The rising interest in countryside houses is mostly linked to the attempt to balance the rushed city life and also to a desire for something authentic and traditional. But paradoxically this desired character of vernacular architecture is often removed by an overly precise reconstruction and standardized building solutions. Generally it is a challenge how to provide the current level of comfort and at the same time to preserve the original feel of the building. Furthermore, what if the former house must be almost all replaced due to its bad technical condition - does it make sense to repeat it and in what extent? At the end it's not so relevant to distinguish the old and new, the essential is the resulting mood of the whole...  Sketch In this project we were searching answers by means of respect to the original building logic and traditional construction techniques. Our aim was to attain a natural feel instead of a perfect formal imitation. Natural and handcrafted materials like wood, stone and soil bring in an innate imperfection that becomes the main aspect of the project, considered since the beginning of the design process.  © Jakub Skokan, Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice The original homestead consisted of two houses, a log cottage and a stone barn, forming an L-shape an set naturally in a remote meadow. To keep this balanced relation we decided to make minimum interventions on the exteriors, the main changes happen inside. Both houses have a living space open up to the roof to emphasize an original specific feature of each of them - the sculptural volume of the traditional black kitchen in the cottage and view through the gates in the barn. There is also a new addition in both houses resembling a black "chimney" that houses sanitary cores, standing as a dominant in the barn while discreet in the cottage.  © Jakub Skokan, Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice The duality of the two houses links the whole project - their different character and original function are reflected in the new use and overall approach to the reconstruction. The log cottage is designed for the stay of the owners family and is conceived more traditionally, although most of it was in such a bad technical condition that it had to be replaced. Like the typical vernacular houses it stays rather dark, closed and intimate, its character is mainly brought by rough handcrafted surfaces.  Ground Floor Plan The barn has been a supplementary house, it serves as a summer living room and spaces for guests. The overall feel is more open and light, the interventions are more daring. The original stone walls are completed with a new concrete wall that hides a staircase and a sauna. Above these walls all inner surfaces are united with white paint in order to emphasize the original wooden roof frame. The main living space extends to the terraces by folding glass doors and also opens up towards old trees by a large fixed glass. The new heart of the space is the open fireplace created of a massive stone from a nearby slope.  © Jakub Skokan, Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice The whole process took up over four years and although the design had been still in progress, the basic concept even crystallized during this time. Essential credits of the project belong to the open-minded client and construction manager, as most of the building elements and equipment were designed and made to measure, sometimes according to a popular wisdom, sometimes as an experiment...  © Jakub Skokan, Martin Tůma / BoysPlayNice  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Archive House / Lund+Slaatto Architects Posted: 25 Dec 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Sindre Ellingsen
 © Sindre Ellingsen Text description provided by the architects. The Archive House covers 14 700 sqm with more than 70 kilometres of underground archives, making up almost half of the building's total area. Above ground, the building contains offices, a cafeteria, and an exhibition area. The functions are organized around a central atrium where the main stairway and internal bridges connect the different parts of the building. The atrium has a large glass roof providing light for the inner workplaces and creates a bright, open area for the public functions. The offices are designed to be flexible and efficient with large windows providing daylight, as well as great views to the surrounding nature.  © Sindre Ellingsen  Ground Floor Plan  © Sindre Ellingsen The façade cladding consists of wooden sections placed as a puzzle of folded elements. The window openings are integrated into the pattern of sloping lines, generating the characteristic shape of the windows, and a variation in the depth of the windowsills. The different angles of the facades continuously change the appearance of the building, with a play of light and shadow, depending on the season, weather and time of day. The geometrically folded façades transform the volume of the building and provide a playful feel, with associations to origami – the art of paper folding. The Archive House has a central position as the first building in an extensive development in Stavanger known as Southern Ullandhaug, where the new University Hospital will be built.  © Sindre Ellingsen  Section  © Sindre Ellingsen The main entrance of the building is located to the southeast, adjacent to the main avenue of the area. Emphasized through a large cantilevered area with a two-story glass façade, the transparent character of the entrance creates a visible connection between the inner atrium to the busy avenue outside. Sustainability is a key element in the design of the building, with a goal of creating a sustainable building with a high quality, low energy consumption, and a low CO2 footprint. The project has been awarded BREEAM-NOR Excellent certification, evaluating the project based on environmental performance ranging from health and environment to energy, transport, material use and ecology.  © Sindre Ellingsen  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rwanda Cricket Stadium / Light Earth Designs Posted: 25 Dec 2017 04:00 PM PST  © Johathan Gregson
 © Paul Broadie Text description provided by the architects. The project is part of work undertaken by Light Earth Designs for the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation over a 5-year period on how Rwanda can transition from an agriculture-based economy to development using local labor-intensive construction techniques, thereby avoiding imports, lowering carbon, and building skills and economies. The primary enclosure of the cricket stadium, the vaults, adapts ancient Mediterranean tile-vaulting (using compressed soil-cement tiles) to a moderate seismic context by using geogrid reinforcing in the layers and bearing the springing points of the curved vaults on the ground. The vaults follow the natural resolution of forces toward the ground, closely mimicking the parabolic geometry of a bouncing ball and evoking the cherished hilly topography of Rwanda.  Courtesy of Light Earth Designs The masonry vaults are completely in compression allowing the use of a simply layered thin shell composite of low strength tiles. The tiles are produced on site from the local soil by low skilled and skilled locals - hydraulically pressed with a small addition of cement and do not require firing. They are laid in layers onto a temporary timber skeleton which spans up to 16m. Geogrid is added to give some seismic protection, developed by research in architecture and engineering at Cambridge University. The shells are waterproofed then topped with local broken granite, blending into the natural palate while the granite adds weight and stability. Simple, efficient and thin concrete tables are inserted into the vaults, providing space for the more enclosed functions: the service areas, the changing rooms, an office and a restaurant.  Courtesy of Light Earth Designs These tables are topped with natural Rwandan agro-waste-fired tiles made of commonly found wetland clay. The open mezzanines - a bar and a clubhouse - enjoy wonderful raised clear panoramic views over the Oval and wetland valley beyond. Bricks are used to define edges and spaces - often laid in perforate bond - allowing the breeze and light to filter through. These bricks are sourced from enterprises set up by Swiss NGO SKAT Consulting and are also low carbon agro-waste-fired bricks using high-efficiency kilns, further reducing energy and carbon. Waste stone from Rwandan granite floor and worktops are used for flooring. The plywood rectangles used to press the tiles are reused as countertops while timber and plywood from the vault guide work are made into joinery and doors, ensuring that a maximum of waste material goes into primary production.  Ground Floor Plan  Courtesy of Light Earth Designs  Section A Local slate is configured to allow rainwater to permeate and infiltrate the soil. Retaining walls are either local granite boulders or are hollow to encourage planting The banking creates a wonderful natural amphitheater with great views of the pitch and wetland valley beyond. Whilst the language of the building speaks about progression and dynamism through extreme structural efficiency, the materials speak of the natural, the handmade and the human. It is a building made by Rwandans using Rwandan materials. The imperfections are celebrated - they are human and beautiful - and when combined with the layering of natural textures the building becomes imbues and celebrates this wonderful place.  Courtesy of Light Earth Designs  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Spring Whispers Book Club / FON STUDIO Posted: 25 Dec 2017 02:00 PM PST  Courtesy of FON STUDIO
 Courtesy of FON STUDIO Text description provided by the architects. Even in Beijing's winterfell, people's enthusiasm for the renewal of old city has never diminished. In Xian Yu Kou District, there are several Hutongs interspersed with a newly built river, the evergreen plants and the cobblestone path look particularly clear and bright. The Spring Whispers Book Club, which is the first domestic magazine library, is located in a traditional three-room house presented with public functions after the new overall planning of the neighborhood. Through reusing this place, the founders and FON Studio hope to give a new spatial experience to those who still enjoy paper reading and journals in terms of artistic design, movies and music.  Courtesy of FON STUDIO  Courtesy of FON STUDIO As a renovation project, the main focus is to balance the relationship between feature of quaint building with the newly-added element so that the interior space continues naturally into outdoor space. Since the original wooden structure fell into disrepair, some parts have already crooked and damaged. But it is still solidly available after the simple reinforcement and restoration. As the new structural material, teak was constructed with steel structure in selected original frame to maintain the integrity of spatial structure.  Exploded Axonometric With the connection of gray terrazzo, some soothing rectangular blocks are spreaded out in the facade along the river. Among these, the main entrance is linked with bar area, and combining them in a box space inserted into the original room can realise a concise and clear division of function. A big worktable designed for book display, reading and discussion is placed beside the glass window, readers can enjoy sunshine and the view of river and weeping willows outside when staying here. In the west side, the grille folding window is designed for the summer shading as well as cleverly responses to the traditional decoration's language.  Courtesy of FON STUDIO  Courtesy of FON STUDIO The display of classified books is the prelude of reading. After getting inside, people's visual focus is transferred naturally to the bookshelf area, because the combination of light white steel and wooden box is particularly eye-catching, and a variety of books and magazines in different sizes of frame are presented to readers. Designers purpose to create a relaxed and orderly experience in this limited space, so that readers can find a suitable space for pacing, daze and concentration. In the bar&table area, sunshine spread on the fingertips through vertical grilles and a long window and flowing in different materials.  Courtesy of FON STUDIO  Floor Plan  Courtesy of FON STUDIO The Spring Whispers Book Club is founders' ideal place, because the charm of reading makes us always passionate about it. A dialogue among the reader, book and space has quietly started in this riverside cottage.  Courtesy of FON STUDIO  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 25 Dec 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Vinesh Gandhi
 © Vinesh Gandhi Text description provided by the architects. India has a tropical climate, and Mumbai is on the coast which means we have a hot humid climate all through. The architectural built form has evolved in response to the tropical climate, lifestyle and availability of material. Where shading to reduce excessive heat and keeping the interiors of homes cool becomes the most important element in creating a design.  © Vinesh Gandhi The design establishes relationships of similarity and contrast with the surrounding buildings to be contextual and yet distinct. For instance, a common ground like elevated podiums for parking is adopted for functional and architectural reasons, while the typical masonry façade mechanism is replaced with screens and continuous openable glazing for giving freedom of planning.  © Vinesh Gandhi The plan is linear as is the plot with two apartments a floor, which allows three faces to be open to both sunlight and ventilation. The Linear orientation provides preferred east orientation to the living areas while the west has the service areas like the kitchens and dry yards. In both apartments opening up the masonry facade which are recessed within deep overhangs allow generous amount of sunlight, providing through ventilation in all the living areas with aligned east west windows making the design suitable to the local tropical climate.  © Vinesh Gandhi The look is for the apartment is minimalistic, as we wanted to create a space which expressed the openness of the planning highlighting the presence of hardly any passage area but adequate natural light and through ventilation.  Typical Floor Plan The atmosphere within is that of a chic eclectic apartment where the furniture and the photographs seem to come from different parts of the world. The living room presents a black and white scheme which seems to flow through to the bedroom as well, tempered with a bit of grey and red tones, characterized by bright colours.  © Vinesh Gandhi The expanded Aluminium mesh in the facade is used as a response to our local climate, for its intrinsic value to reduce heat gain and to dematerialise the facade by breaking it into a Myriad of different elements thus reinterpretating the traditional Indian Jali.  © Vinesh Gandhi The Mesh becomes an edgy design element which envelopes the entire building. Somewhere it's angular and cut in a linear pattern while elsewhere it's vertical, somewhere single and somewhere double height. The screen is required at the podium levels to reduce the view of cars , it appears in the staircase and amenity areas to filter the East Sun , and also screens the living spaces , the kitchen dry yards and other service areas. It brings to the building privacy, modulation and rhythm, security, shelter and shading to the interior.  © Vinesh Gandhi In terms of amenities there's a pool located on the terrace with a large attached deck. A gymnasium located at the podium level and a multipurpose games area at the double height refuge level. All these amenities make the end users feel good to be residents and gives them more time to enjoy being with their family by reducing travel time.  © Vinesh Gandhi Yes architecture is about creating something new , it's also about provocations and emotions, but most importantly It should be more about the complex issues of the composition, the connections between the various programs , the details , and most importantly the quality of space . We tried to work with space , light , materiality, and elements such as shadows and wind , to construct meaningful spaces that people have to spend their lives in , nothing could be more important than that .  Section Using simple recyclable local materials, good orientation, providing the end user with as many facilities as is possible we've achieved a design which shows local flavour but is unto global standards, with the screen becoming a hero.  © Vinesh Gandhi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Phoenix Village / Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Posted: 25 Dec 2017 11:00 AM PST  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute
 Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Text description provided by the architects. Located in Shandong province，Rizhao city in China, Phoenix Villages is a rural overall construction project, and a hollow village regeneration practice. It was designed and built by Kong Xiangwei with his Guanzhuscape design team all the way. The village was originally called Du jiaping, which was a typical stone-made settlement in southeastern Shandong. In the process of urbanization, the village is abandoned, most of the old houses are collapsed, and more than a dozen old houses are left. Phoenix villages are positioned as a Rural Art District overall, including B&B hotels and artist studios, and contain cultural space such as forest art gallery, water theater, hilltop church, hillside garden, library and museum. It also includes recreational space such as teahouse, café, restaurant, and children's commune, and it has left an area to create an old-house museum.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute The overall design concept: the combination of protection and regeneration. Retaining the relics, old buildings and trees, adding bold new elements into them, and keeping the texture of the street and courtyard. In the use of materials, they use warm yellow old stones, concrete and weathering steel plates from the collapsed old houses to pursue the authenticity of materials; as for the landscape, they use old materials, and plant weeds; they use modern language as the spatial and architectural language.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Construction concept: transform the design into construction. Designers work in the field, and participate in the specific construction process, called "design at home ". The craftsman's skills are combined with and fed back to the designer during the process of construction. The design work integrated with the natural life during the long-term construction in the field, and in this period, poetry, prose and painting were produced. The first phase lasted for three years. They constructed the village entrance, a lane of the artist studio, B&B hotel reception center, restaurant and old courtyard hostel.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Village Entrance: using the image of the mountain, they put two pieces of sculptures made of the local stone to form the entrance of the village, which echo the mountains in the distance.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Artist Studio: It is located in the first deserted alley on the west side. The old walls and the trees in the yard are remained, and the houses are built in the space. The main construction material is the stone from the abandoned old house, and the windows are built of concrete and weathering steel plates.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute B&B Hotel Reception Center: located in the village square, it is a kind of square box building constructed on the basis of an old house. Its building materials are old stone, concrete and weathering steel. The courtyard and terrace are planted with Miscanthus. The inside is made up of concrete. Besides, the sofa and souvenir cabinets are also prefabricated with concrete.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Plain Restaurant: Plain Restaurant is situated in the center of Phoenix villages hotel area, surrounded by old houses and trees. The name is derived from plain concrete. Plain is a kind of beauty, and is also a kind of life attitude. The concept of the plain restaurant is also consistent with the original authenticity of the pursuit of materials in the Phoenix villages. The design of the restaurant space pursues transparency and the east and south sides use large windows. The building materials are made of plain concrete and local stones. The non-modified concrete, together with the clear and powerful geometric form, presents the primitive aesthetic feeling. The interior of the restaurant is wholly made up of plain concrete, including the bar, the tables and the lockers. The roof of the dining room is made of triangular light wells, which have various changes of lights all the day, and the building elements such as doors and windows are also made by hand.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Zhang Shu Yard: The cement precast cottage is a retrospection of the symbols of the cement prefabrication decoration in the mid-20th century. All the concrete blocks were prefabricated by the carpenter uncle Zhang, hence the yard is named Zhang Shu Yard. The concrete waterscape in the yard is a response to the house.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Stone Courtyard: the main building is the granitic plaster hut, which recalls the granitic plaster building of the last century. An old apricot tree is inside the hut.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Embroidery Courtyard: the main building is a rusty steel cabin, and the waterscape in the yard is also made of rusty steel plate.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Rammed Earth House: the main building is a rammed earth construction. It is the memories of the rammed earth building. The cabin windows of the building are made up of concrete, steel plate， and the mirror stainless steel.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute Mirror Courtyard: the main building is made of mirror stainless steel, and is the building with the most intense contrast. There are a lot of papaya trees in the yard, and the indoor roof is made up of stained glass windows.  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute  Courtesy of Guanzhuscape Planning and Design Institute  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 25 Dec 2017 09:00 AM PST  © Chad Slattery
 © Samantha Mink Text description provided by the architects. The modest lot size and unusual configuration, along with financial budgets, set the constraints for the scope of the project. Located on a unique street, the house came with all the great potential of 'a box,' mundane and ready for transformation into a home for me and my dog, Winston.  © Samantha Mink While the footprint and square footage had to remain the same due to planning restrictions, all doors were reconfigured, including moving the main entry door off the street, introducing a more indirect approach through a new garden. The windows were recomposed to control and focus the admittance of light, by standardizing and shrinking all apertures, while slicing open the roof for new skylights. These simple moves create a clear contrast between the more articulated moments of light and the broad, sweeping light pouring in from above.  © Chad Slattery  1st Floor Plan  © Samantha Mink All interior walls were removed to open the space, allowing for new exposed wood beams and columns and 'thickened partitions' of functional wood cabinetry. The assemblage of the millwork was made such that it could be constructed by myself and on site with standard lumber and a chop saw.  © Samantha Mink The exterior was clad with dark, wood boards whose black and brown textural depth transmute throughout the day and in different light conditions. The exterior lattice, with newly planted bougainvillea, recaptures some of the initial spirit of the house, which was completely covered in vines upon purchase. The result is a sometimes stern, but nuanced exterior, with an almost unexpectedly warm, bright, and comfortable interior. The house is small and simple, without room for stylistic or haughty gestures, but with just enough room for living.  © Samantha Mink  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Tjørring School / FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects Posted: 25 Dec 2017 07:00 AM PST  Courtesy of FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects
 Courtesy of FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects Text description provided by the architects. Tjørring School and Stjernen Day Care Centre form an innovative structure that merges the school and institutions into one. The new Tjørring School and Day Care Centre provide a comprehensive provision for children: nursery, kindergarten, primary school and middle school. The building is a centre for playing and learning: not just in terms of the way the building is designed, but also very much in terms of the outdoor spaces and the surrounding countryside.  Site Axonometric Tjørring School and Stjernen Day Care Centre represent an excellent example of how successfully to merge a school, a daycare centre and the local community. The School has pupils from Year 0 to Year 6, and the Day Care Centre is an age-integrated institution with nursery, kindergarten, an after-school centre and a junior/youth club.  Courtesy of FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects  Courtesy of FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects In 2012, Tjørring School was awarded Herning Town Council's Building Prize for "an innovative school and daycare complex" and, also in 2012, was nominated for the 'Best Educational Building in the World' award at the World Architecture Festival.  Courtesy of FRIIS & MOLTKE Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| TEMOZÓN House / Boyance Arquitectos Posted: 25 Dec 2017 05:00 AM PST  © David Cervera Castro
 © David Cervera Castro Text description provided by the architects. The land is located north of the city of Mérida, Yucatán; has a privileged location for a house, as it is a residential area near main avenues but on a quiet street with little vehicular traffic; similarly, it is surrounded by residential complexes and close to a capital. The area for the development of the project enjoys a very wooded environment and has 13.00 meters of frontage x 20.00 meters of depth with orientation east-west  © David Cervera Castro  Elevation and Section  © David Cervera Castro The design of the project responded to a large extent to these factors, as well as the respect to existing vegetation, since all the vegetation was respected. With a plot of 250m², a 260m² program was solved, two floors. The concept for this solution was to generate a central courtyard, which was flanked by the bodies that make up the construction.  © David Cervera Castro All the spaces look towards this yard and the services are located in the southern part of the land. The main facade faces the west, so it was created very closed and private so that the house opens to the interior with all the spaces facing the central yard. It has been awarded the first place in the X Biennial of Yucatecan Architecture, and also with Honorable Mention, in the Biennial of Regional Architecture, both in the category of Uni-family Housing.  © David Cervera Castro  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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| Old Stone House / TAKATINA LLC Posted: 25 Dec 2017 03:00 AM PST  © Mikiko Kikuyama
 © Mikiko Kikuyama Text description provided by the architects. Old Stone House is designed for a young couple's weekend retreat and it sits on a magnificent Hudson Valley 6.6 acre mountaintop site. As a phase one of the master plans, existing two and a half story, 2,000 sqft house was stripped down to its three masonry walls and foundation, then reduced to a 1,000 sqft single story structure with 300 sqft addition and basement. The client was fond of the existing stone wall commonly built in the region and requested to incorporate it into the new design. New roof and wall wrapping the existing stone structure to create a simple barn form filled with natural light and bringing the outside in became the concept of this house. The existing rough stone texture is juxtaposed with black standing seam metal roof and stained cedar siding to form a monolithic appearance.  © Mikiko Kikuyama Pronounced anodized aluminium plate composes the window and door opening surrounds and further emphasizes the new and old. The main area has a loft-like open plan containing living, dining, and kitchen. It features a 16' high cathedral ceiling with a 16' x 5' north facing skylight which disperses a soft glow throughout the day while the south facing large sliding doors provide a mountain view and access to the teak deck spanning the entire south facade. The double height feature wall has a concealed pocket with a retractable projector screen and is surrounded by a casual seating group with a freestanding wood burning stove. Vintage heavy iron legs are used for dining table and it adds an industrial appearance together with a custom pendant light over it.  Floor Plan  © Mikiko Kikuyama  Sections New ribbon window is inserted in the existing masonry opening capturing the sunset view into the kitchen area. The palette of white painted sheetrock walls, wire brushed the gray oak floor, and stained exposed roof framing creates a calm contrast. Charcoal grey lacquer finish with shaker design inspired kitchen millwork adds overall warmth to space. Modest-sized bedrooms and bathroom are grouped in the new structure on the east side. Ceiling framing is exposed and painted white in the bedrooms. This modern rustic design with carefully located windows collects soft morning light. Herringbone patterned Carrara white marble tile walls, custom oak vanity, and hand-blown pendant lamp are composed for a calm and soothing effect in the space.  © Mikiko Kikuyama  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| These Chimney Sections Show Santa's Magical Shape-Shifting Abilities Posted: 25 Dec 2017 01:30 AM PST  © Chanel Dehond Oh no! Santa is stuck in the chimney again! For many children, there is nothing more terrifying yet thrilling than the thought of waking up to see a pair of black leather boots and red pants dangling from the fireplace on Christmas morning—maybe he ate one cookie too many. Chimneys come in all different shapes, styles, and sizes. With the thousands of chimneys Santa squeezes down every Christmas Eve, it makes you wonder about the maneuvers, tips, and tricks he uses to shimmy down even the most unusual of spaces. Santa's maneuvers are caught, mid-squeeze, in this series of section drawings by illustrator Chanel Dehond. With some wacky chimney shapes, perhaps shape-shifting can be added to Santa's list of magical abilities!  © Chanel Dehond  © Chanel Dehond  © Chanel Dehond  © Chanel Dehond  © Chanel Dehond Check out more of Chanel Dehond's work via her website, Instagram, and online store.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Extension of a Primary School / Thomas Landemaine Architectes Posted: 25 Dec 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Marie-Caroline Lucat
 © Marie-Caroline Lucat "Learning Corner" is the story of an obsolete municipal parking lot on which some inspired architects dropped a little school building. A parking void of its cars but bordered by endless greenery. The corner of two residential streets looking onto tall white party walls. Not a window in sight to interrupt this solid masonry. Yet, over the years, a few garden sheds, bicycles and climbing plants had started to take over, bringing a little diversion and colour to this pale solidity. Goodbye sad tarmac! Goodbye windowless walls! Goodbye abandoned piece of land! Hello warm wood, colour and children laughs! The walls of the neighbouring school definitely needed to be expanded as they had become too stretched for their little occupants.  © Marie-Caroline Lucat The architects took possession of this corner, found light, views and volumes which would bring out its best. The result is a tripod extension which weaves between inside and outside and lives to the rhythm of the playground bell.  © Marie-Caroline Lucat  First Floor Plan  © Marie-Caroline Lucat Next to the existing buildings lie news ones imagined by other minds. Like a young child growing aside his older sibling, the extension rests partly onto the existing build but escapes from it at the same time to reach a dramatic cantilever. The latter serves as a shelter from the rain, sun and wind. It is also there that children exchange precious secrets and whispers.  © Marie-Caroline Lucat The ground floor articulates around a covered circulation space, which acts as a divide between playground and patio, sofscape and hardscape, wood and metal, inside and outside. Indoors, neatly arranged locker-benches provide a place to store school bags and wooden pegs a place to hang coats. At the end of the open corridor one can find two large activity rooms with brightly coloured lights dancing on the ceiling. In the playground, under the imposing cantilever, an entire wall is painted with special chalkboard paint and covered in children's drawings. Around the yard and patio, in every empty space and void plants are progressively taking over. Their colonisation is encouraged by the architects.  © Marie-Caroline Lucat Upstairs another story is told. That of two independent volumes entirely covered in wood, partly rooted onto the building below and partly hanging in mid-air. These Lego constructions play with their own instability. One could think most of their sides are windowless but appearances can be misleading. Windows play hide and seek behind colourful bubbled metal panels. The two classrooms benefit from large glazed panels which look over the school. Children gaze at the landscape over the corner of their shoulder. What better way to learn?  © Marie-Caroline Lucat  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Hello Wood Builds 5 Wooden Christmas Trees in Cities Throughout Europe Posted: 25 Dec 2017 12:00 AM PST  Kecskemét. Image © Máté Lakos Budapest-based architectural firm Hello Wood has continued its annual tradition of constructing wooden Christmas trees, this year expanding the program with a total of 5 trees throughout Europe. In London and Vienna, trees made of sleds recall a design concept first used by Hello Wood in 2013; meanwhile, two locations in Budapest and in the Hungarian city of Kecskemét are witnessing the return of the firm's "charity trees," installations made of firewood which are later dismantled and distributed to families in need for the winter season.  London Kew Gardens. Image © RBG KEW  Vienna. Image © Victor Moye-Noza The two sled trees, located at Kew Gardens in London and the Belvedere Palace in Vienna, use 400 sleds each to create the familiar tree shape.  Óbuda. Image © Máté Lakos  Kecskemét. Image © Máté Lakos In Budapest, two trees are located at the city's Christmas market in Óbuda and at Kőbánya, each 16 meters tall and weighing 40 tons, providing enough firewood for 25 families. The third tree in Kecskemét is 11 meters tall, using 20 tons of firewood which will later provide enough for over 10 families. Together, these three trees will provide enough firewood for over 60 Hungarian families during the harshest weeks of winter.  Kobánya. Image © Máté Lakos  Kecskemét. Image © Máté Lakos Key to animating each of the trees is their lighting design, which was provided by Laurent Louyer of Creatmosphere in London, and by Visual Europe Group in Vienna and Hungary. The trees in Budapest and Vienna also serve a role as part of the public space, providing access to the public to the inside of the trees—offering a sanctuary from the weather and the chaotic Christmas rush for passers-by.  Óbuda. Image © Máté Lakos News via: Hello Wood.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Zaha Hadid Architects' Hungerburgbahn Celebrates its 10 Year Anniversary Posted: 24 Dec 2017 10:00 PM PST  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects For 10 years this December, Zaha Hadid's Hungerburgbahn have graced the built environment of Innsbruck, Austria. Since its conception, over 4.5 million passengers have visited one of the four train stations connecting them from downtown Innsbruck to the Norkette Mountain to Hungerburg.  Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects All four stations fashion curvilinear geometries characteristic of Zaha Hadid Architects. However, each form has been precisely designed and tailored to each site's unique context, topography, altitude, and passenger circulation. The stations' most striking feature, the roofs, create artificial landscapes meant to echo natural ice formations while simultaneously being reflections of the passenger circulation underneath. .jpg?1513811469 "Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects") Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects
Together with the contractor Strabag, Zaha Hadid Architects won the competition to build the Hungerburgbahn in 2005. When completed, the stations were the world's largest structures utilizing double-curved glass. The project was soon shortlisted for the Stirling Prize by the Royal Institue of British Architects in 2008. .jpg?1513811414 "Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects") Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects The glacial-inspired stations have become not only a shelter for Innsbruck's public transit but also emblems to the city's alpine character. Even 10 years later, the stations continue to attract visitors from around the world. Innsbruck will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Hungerburgbahn with events throughout the winter including architectural tours every Tuesday at 10:30 am in English and every Friday at 4:00 pm in German until 6 April 2018. News via: Zaha Hadid Architects.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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