Browsing Tag »Stone«
→ November 23, 2009
Spanish architecture firm A-cero recently has completed a house located in Dominican Republic, sleeping zone and living zone was organized into 2 blocks and connected by a covered veranda, while featuring curved volumes emerged from the ground.
The stone of exterior Coralline interferes inside to offer visual continuity… The exterior sensation – interior ends up by [...]
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Tags: A-cero, Dominican Republic, Folding architecture, Landscape architecture, Stone
→ November 14, 2009
Australian architectural firm Marcus O’Reilly Architects has designed a beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia.
+ Project description courtesy of Marcus O’Reilly Architects
The Colour of Tea Trees
Marcus O’Reilly Architects has carefully designed a low key, site responsive beach house in Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula in Australia. The timber clad structure [...]
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Tags: Australia NewZealand architecture, Cladding, Landscape architecture, Marcus O’Reilly Architects, Steel, Stone, Wood
→ November 13, 2009
Spanish architect Francisco Mangado recently has completed the Avila Congress and Exhibitions Municipal Centre located in Ávila, Spain. The project was inspired by the nature of landscape, it was designed as a sculpture carved out of the terrain.
The project combines two different geometries: the most orthogonal and elongated space contains the auditoriums and main halls, [...]
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Tags: Exhibition, Folding architecture, Francisco Mangado, Landscape architecture, Spain, Stone
→ November 5, 2009
The NG House in St. Tirso, Portugal was designed by Arquitectos Anónimos to sit on the existing stone wall, the house is finished in wooden skin and full glass at both sides, creating a beautiful contrast on the materials.
+ Architectural concept courtesy of Arquitectos Anónimos
Sometimes we dig up foundations only to cover them up again. [...]
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Tags: Arquitectos Anónimos, Minimalism, Poland, Stone, Timber, Wood
→ October 26, 2009
Nocios Apartment House by Lithuania-based architectural firm Paleko ARCH Studija is located on Nocios St. in Vilnius. This is a four levels apartment building with a level of basement carpark which features the rhythmic openings on the facade.
Building forms a new way of interpretation of historical Lithuanian architecture. One more “vila” in dense vilas district [...]
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Tags: Cladding, Lithuania, Paleko ARCH Studija, Randam pattern, Stone
→ September 22, 2009
Designed by Dutch architects MVRDV in collaboration with Norwegian firms DARK Arkitekter AS. The construction for DnB NOR Headquarters has been started in this year September and scheduled to be completed in 2012.
The pixelated design adapts to the urban context and combines an efficient and flexible internal organisation, based on small-scale working entities, with a [...]
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Tags: Europen architecture, Modular design, MVRDV, Norway, Stone
→ September 9, 2009
Argentina-based Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos has designed a house in Nordelta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
+ Project description courtesy of Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos
Far from the predesigned and homogeneous models, the architects decided to put the accent in the surroundings, joining the functionality of the house with its context, incorporating natural materials such as stone and wood, and [...]
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Tags: Argentina, Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos, Stone, Swimming pool
→ August 22, 2009
Norway-based Kristin Jarmund Architects has designed The Royal Norwegian Embassy located in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The aim of the projects was to create a representative yet modest building which presents Norway in a modern and quality conscious way…This form gives the house a” face” while at the same time allowing the rooms on the first floor to [...]
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Tags: Embassy, Kristin Jarmund Architects, Nepal, Norway, Stone, Zig-Zag
→ July 12, 2009
Project “Renovation of Arantzazu 2001” designed by Spanish architecture studio AH Asociados, is a Franciscan Sanctuary located in Gipuzkoa (Spain) between ravines, rocky mountains and rivers.
+ Project description courtesy of AH Asociados
The Sanctuary of Our Lady Arantzazu is located in an exceptional natural enclave at the foot of the Urbia open field, between ravines, rocky [...]
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Tags: AH Asociados, Concrete, Europen architecture, Landscape architecture, Religous architecture, Spain, Stone
→ October 31, 2008
Sometimes an impressive building does not mean that a spectacular object, but a building how naturally integrated with the environment, perhaps the landscape scene is more than architecture. Michael Hills Clubhouse, designed by New Zealand’s most internationally recognised architects Patterson Associates, located in the Wakatipu Basin in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, seeks an impression of [...]
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Tags: Australia NewZealand architecture, Concrete, Contemporary architecture, ESD design, Green architecture, Landscape architecture, Stone