Bierings House by Rocha Tombal Architecten
Bierings House was designed by Rocha Tombal Architecten, Located in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The form and orientation of the building avoid visual contact with the adjacent houses: at the ground floor the angled ceiling of the kitchen accentuates the intensive contact with the garden. On the first floor, the different shaped openings in the roof and façade offer, like “fingers of light”, varied daylight experiences.
The routing through the house starts in the hall, a section of the ground floor volume. After experiencing the entrance area and passing the gigantic pivoted door, the visitor arrives at the “heart of the house”, the kitchen. Here he looks through the big glass wall straight into the garden, which suggests being outside again. Behind him, the stair cuts a wooden wall inviting to follow the route towards the first floor.
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February 11, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 1
The Tote, Mumbai, India by Serie Architects
In the middle of one of Mumbai’s most beautiful open spaces, an old shell has been given a new interior. UK architects Chris Lee and Kapil Gupta of Serie Architects have redesigned ‘The Tote’, a banquet hall, restaurant and bar. The colonial facade of the Tote building gives way to what looks like a bleached, enchanted forest. In the banqueting and indoor restaurant areas, white metal pillars branch out like trees as they reach the ceiling, creating the effect of walking down a forest path.
Strategically placed skylights in abstract shapes, mimicking sunlight breaking through dense foliage, heighten that feeling. By contrast, the 40ft long bar upstairs is all dark chocolate wood. The faceted wood panels on the walls give the impression of looking through a kaleidoscope, or at paper that was folded to make an origami figure and then opened out. The original cubbyhole-like windows, through which bets were placed, have been retained.
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December 28, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Interior, Latest, Restaurant - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 2
Villa Vals by studio SeARCH & Christian Muller Architect
Designed by the architectural studio SeARCH Netherlands in collaboration with Christian Muller Architects , this underground home, is located in the Swiss village of Vals, close to the world famous thermal baths. The house is designed in such way in order not to disrupt the bath’s view while still allowing the dwellers of the house to exploit the wonderful views and allowing light to enter the building.
Wooden Chunk House Project, Poland by plus48 Group
Karol Szparkowski from plus48 Group, Poland has send us their last project that will be build in the city of Sekocin near Warsaw, Poland. Construction works are planned to start in march 2010.
Front garden elevation will be covered with pieces of wood mounted on a support structure in steel.
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December 11, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 0
NG House by Arquitectos Anónimos
The NG House, Portugal was designed by Arquitectos Anónimos. The house is finished in wooden skin and full glass at both sides, creating a beautiful contrast on the materials.
Living Green Wall by Kooho Jung and Hayeon Kelly Choi
Kooho Jung and Hayeon Kelly Choi have come up with an innovative idea, a conceptual double-layered wall system that collects, filters and distributes rainwater and wastewater within the construction site. Water is collected between the two layers, which also contribute in absorbing heat and noise around the site.
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James May’s LEGO House Demolished
In a tragic turn of events, the supercool House of LEGOs constructed for the James May BBC television challenge was torn, hammered and shattered into nothing more than a pile of 3.3 million LEGO bricks, along with the dreams of many a young (and old) LEGO lover.
I ♥ Yu, Naoshima Bathhouse by Shinro Ohtake
The Naoshima Bath house was opened on July 26, 2009 under the name of “I♥湯 (I love you).” Conceived by the artist Shinro Ohtake, this charming name softens the hearts of the customers before using the bathroom.
The project is particularly interesting because it blurs the distinction between art and practical daily life (the bathhouse can be used by locals, who pay just 300 yen rather than the standard 500 yen entrance fee to use it), between private corporations and public works, and between inside and outside.
The bottoms of the baths are lined with stones and collages of found images and shunga erotic prints that come in and out of view with the movement of the water.
Outdoor Library in Magdeburg, Germany by KARO Architekten
Designed by a group called KARO, the library started out as an art installation consisting of beer crates stacked up in an abandoned district centre in Madgeburg, Germany. The new building comprises sheltered seating areas and niches to store books.
October 30, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Estudios 151 S, Mexico by Plataforma de Arquitectura
The project was conceived by Plataforma de Arquitectura from the will of building a space of multiple relationships between interior and exterior, maintaining the intimacy of two design studios.
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55 Blair Road by Ong & Ong
This is an awesome juxtaposition of a contemporary, refined interior into a historical. 55 Blair Road by Ong & Ong is a renovation and restoration to a traditional art deco style shop house. The new owner however believed it was too dark and desired more light in the living spaces. This residence brings a balance between nature and contemporary living in a renovation of an Art Deco style terrace.
Perforated House in Melbourne, Australia by Kavellaris Urban Design
Kavellaris Urban Design( based in Australia were challenged to design a house on a vacant lot in between a row of Victorian terrace houses and an Edwardian weatherboard house. The firm saw an opportunity to critique the surrounding historic buildings, many of which underwent predictable interior renovations to make them more “modern.” The architects concluded that the demand for the historic houses was based more on people’s romanticized nostalgia for the structures rather than their good design. To KUD, the ornamental facades dictated a “neighborhood character” instead of responding to it.
August 25, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 2
Equis House in Cañete, Peru by Barclay & Crousse Arquitectura
Equis House is based in the city of Cañete, Peru. The architects Barclay & Crousse have sought to create the necessary intimacy to live in the desert and to ‘domesticate’ it without denying or betraying its characteristics.
IJburg House by Kirsten Gabriels and James Webb
IJburg House by the architects Kirsten Gabriels and James Web is a freestanding villa on the new island of IJburg provides for a family to live both independently or together. The two story house with children’s room, kitchenette and bathroom in the lower ground, and can be accessed from the street.
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Salon Mittermeier, Hair Salon by Xarchitekten
Mittermeier hair salon in Linz by Austrian architects Xarchitekten features a facade with a “three-dimensional architectural wave”
By looking different from each viewpoint in the street, the three-dimensional wave proves attractive to passers-by.
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June 3, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 2
