63.02° by Schemata Architecture Office
63.02°is built by Schemata Architecture Office on a built‐up area in Tokyo. This building is cut on the axis line inclined to a front road by 63.02°. The window in this building concentrates there. You can see the intersection by seeing the outside in side of windows. And, one the forward splendid cherry blossoms tree stands. It is only fine sight in this building that is acquired in the center.
MOMO,Modernistiskt Modulhuskoncept by Thomas Lind
MOMO or which means “modern module house concept” is a modernistic modular house concept designed by Swedish architect Thomas Lind.MOMO’s modular prefab units come in flat packs but must be assembled by an experienced builder.
Lind doesn’t claim that the 10-square-meter (107 sq. ft.) modules are deep green, though their small size certainly helps. He says they are “high quality and healthy materials” mainly solid wood using traditional stains outside and whitewash on inner walls.
Douglas House by Richard Meier
The Douglas House design by one of our favorite architects, Richard Meier is based on the shores of Lake Michigan. The house is one of several spectacular residences Richard Meier completed early in his career and that helped to solidify his reputation. The whiteness and pure geometry of the house stand in sharp contrast to the pine trees that surround it. The openness of the plan and the glass elevations ensure dramatic lake and shoreline views throughout.
“Vertical Village” to be Stacked in Singapore by OMA
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has revised the whole concept of apartment living, with the design for a large-scale vertical village in Singapore, commissioned by CapitaLand Residential.
‘It simultaneously responds to issues of privacy and individuality as well as to social and communal needs by offering multiple types of indoor and outdoor spaces specific to the tropical context.’
Storefront for Art and Architecture
Storefront for Art and Architecture has followed their announcement of the White House Redux competition, with the launch of a curated micro-bookshop this past Wednesday. This fascinating concept comprises Artists’ book series, published by the Centre for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu in Japan.
It contains three sections: books selected by key figures in the Storefront’s past and present, an artists’ book series published by Centre for Contemporary Art Kitakyushu in Japan, and books and other material related to exhibitions held at the space.
Storefront will be the only retailer in the US of this rare collection.
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Jai House by Lorcan O’Herlihy
O’Herlihy is known for his never-say-die attitude toward building on precipitous, even dangerous hillside plots and on hemmed-in slices of earth like his the vertical house. Lorcan is the master of getting it done, getting things accomplished against all odds, all obstacles.
Jai House sits on a gently sloping site overlooking the Santa Monica Mountains. It is a study of the interaction between building and landscape and celebrates architecture through removal, stripping away visual and spatial excess, revealing an authenticity of construction and craft. The building is designed to blur the boundary between landscape and structure, with, for example, the pool and deck acting as an extension of the living room.
Bishan Community Library by LOOK Architects
The Bishan Community Library designed by LOOK Architects is a new library in Bishan, Singapore which opened on 2 September 2006. Located in Bishan Central just behind Junction 8 Shopping Centre.
For easy navigation and user orientation, the library is separated into distinct zones e.g. collection / program, services and circulation. The constant dialectic interplay of active/passive, quiet/noisy, bright/shaded between the different zones brings vibrancy to the library.
“House O” by Sou Fujimoto Architects
“House O” is designed by the Japanese architect, Sou Fujimoto.
The site is a rocky stretch facing the Pacific Ocean with approaches sloping down to the water level.
House RR, São Paulo by Andrade Morettin Arquitetos
The RR house in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian Andrade Morettin Arquitetos lies close to the sea in a humid climate surrounded with thick vegetation.
The quasi-industrial feel of the generous 220-square meter house is offset by the towering wall of greenery that surrounds it, and the inside-outside feel of a platform in the jungle is enhanced by the hammocks hung casually on the wooden frame.
A combination of full-height wooden and glass opening screens allow these compartments to become part of the main double-height living area, six meters high, which in turn can be opened up to the outside world. Pre-fabrication kept costs down and speeded up construction and means the entire structure sits lightly on its idyllic site.
Watershed, architectural research and design studio by Float
Made by Float, this writing studio is designed to reveal the ecological complexity of the site to visitors and in this way it is successful: Small tunnels under the studio bring rare reptiles and amphibians into view through the floor-level window. The water collection basin that doubles as the front step draws in birds and deer.
Umeda Sky Building the World’s Highest Escalator
Located in the Umeda district of Kita-ku in northern Osaka, the building was designed by Hiroshi Hara and was constructed by Takenaka Corporation. It consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center. The escalator ride is an event in itself as it feels like you are floating up into the sky.
Alan Family House Extension by NMDA
The clients for this house renovation/extension are a couple with three daughters who act as a creative, democratic unit.
The family asked that 1,000 sq ft be added to the site in addition to the existing 1,000 sq ft house. They also asked that the architecture serve to articulate their identity as a “family brand” that is unique to their unit.
Mr. Denari’s first impulse was to chop away the front and back of the house and add new rooms, but that proved too costly. Instead, he left the front unchanged and created a 1,050-square-foot addition that capitalized on the neglected backyard, seven feet below street level.
75-story Skyscraper on 53 West 53 rd Street by Jean Nouvel
A new 75-story tower designed by the architect Jean Nouvel for a site next to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtownbetween 53rd and 54th streets just west of MoMA promises to be the most exhilarating addition to the skyline in a generation.
UP! house 1200 & 1500 by Konyk Architecture
UP! house created by Konyk Architecture puts a new spin on the idea of prefabricated housing. Originally commissioned for Dwell magazine’s “dwell home invitational” in April 2003, the up! house has evolved into an ongoing investigation into the morphology and ideology of prefab dwellings.
Centro das Artes, Casa das Mudas in Calheta, Madeira by Paulo David
Paulo David’s Centro das Artes, Casa das Mudas is based in Portugal’s Madeira island. It remains the memory of the unexpected angles, the cut of the volumes against the loaming landscape, the frames resting on the interior light, the strength of the texture and richness of the stone, the confrontations between the opaque darkness and the transparent light of the glass.
Zero House by Scott Specht Architects
Designed by Scott Spect Harpman uArchitects, the “Zero House” is a 200 square meters self dependent prefabricated “green” home. It generates its own electrical power, collects and stores rainwater, and processes all waste. Shipped to a site on two flatbed trailers, it can be field-erected in less than a day.
Airspace Tokyo by Thom Faulders & Proces2
Located in the Kitamagome Ota-ku district, the site was previously occupied by the owner’s family with a residence. San Francisco-based architect Thom Faulders developed in collaboration with digital technologist Sean Ahlquist of proces2, the Airspace Tokyo covered with layer of artificial vegetation.
Nestle Building, Mexico by Michel Rojkind
Mexican architect Michel Rojkind designed a small addition -a separate entrance for school children to observe chocolate production- located in Paseo.
