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Tessa / Bates Masi Architects

Architects: Bates Masi Architects
Location: New York, NY, USA
Area: 302.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Eric Laignel From the architect.… Scaffolding, fire escapes, and security gates unintentionally contribute to the urban character of Manhattan. These urban necessities are ubiquitous and Sigue leyendo →
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Wood Design & Building Magazine Announces Winners of its 2014 Wood Awards

Wood Design and Building Magazine has announced the winners of its 2014 Wood Awards. Run in partnership with the Canadian Wood Council, this year the awards included for the first time an international awards category in addition to the North America awards. With… Sigue leyendo →
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Architecture as Instrument: The Role of Spielraum in the Work of Barkow Leibinger

Founded in 1993, Berlin-based practice Barkow Leibinger has become known for a research-based approach to design that fully explores the possibilities offered by tools, fabrication techniques and materials. In the following essay, adapted from his contribution to Barkow Leibinger’s monograph Barkow Leibinger: Spielraum, … Sigue leyendo →
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Amenagement Des Bureaux Ekimetrics / Estelle Vincent Architecture

Architects: Estelle Vincent Architecture
Location: 136 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France
Photographs: Arnaud Schelstraete From the architect.… Ekimetrics has implanted its new headquarters on the Champs Elysees. Located the same floor of a clas- sic Haussman building, the new Sigue leyendo →
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Apartment Building in Deinokratous Street / Giorgos Aggelis

Architects: Giorgos Aggelis
Location: Kolonaki, Athens 106 75, Greece
Design Team: Anthi Verykiou Charis Laspas, Daphne Karaiskaki, Sofia Kondylia
Area: 2000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: H. Louizidis Constractor: Stepsis ate
Collaborator: Magda Habaloglou, Architect From the architect.… The apartment building Sigue leyendo →
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Kindergarten “Tesla – Science for life” / DVA STUDIO

Architects: DVA STUDIO
Location: Novi Beograd, Serbia
Architect In Charge: Aleksandru Vuja, Milan Djurić, Milka Gnjato
Area: 1890.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Relja Ivanić From the architect.… Specific features of this location originate from the fact that primordial modernist setting Sigue leyendo →
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AD Round Up: Classics in Brick

As one of the most ubiquitous forms of construction, it can sometimes be easy to overlook the humble brick. However, this prosaic building method can also be one of the most versatile materials available to architects, thanks to the experimentation of countless architects who, for centuries,… Sigue leyendo →
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IaaC Students Develop a Passive Cooling System from Hydrogel and Ceramic

Students at the Digital Matter Intelligent Constructions studio at Barcelona‘s Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia have created a composite facade material of clay and hydrogel, which is capable of cooling building interiors by up to 6 degrees centigrade. Entitled Hydroceramic…, Sigue leyendo →
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The Plinth House / Luke Stanley Architects

Architects: Luke Stanley Architects
Location: Langdons Hill VIC 3363, Australia
Area: 140.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Hilary Bradford Photography Interiors: Luke Stanley Architects
Existing House : 103m2
Extension : 8m2 From the architect.… Sitting neatly against the backdrop of the Sigue leyendo →
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Hug Shaped House / Pedro Quintela

Architects: Pedro Quintela
Location: Rua da Malveira 98, 2755 Alcabideche, Portugal
Area: 130.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Ricardo Oliveira Alves Exterior Pateo Area: 50 m2
Terrace Area: 35 m2
Total Land Area: 200 m2
Ruin Purchase Price: € 100,000.00…
Renewal Sigue leyendo →
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