Source: Arrhov Frick Photography: Mikael Olsson Hammarby gård – Hus 2 is one of seven houses within the residential block, HG7, in Hammarby, Stockholm. Primarily longitudinal, one face of the building absorbs the morning sun, while the opposite, captures the evening sun. Early conceptualization of the project idealized each apartment to span between both faces, permitting sunlight exposure throughout the day. The flo

  Fuente: Arrhov Frick Fotografía: Mikael Olsson La residencia privada en Lilla Rågholmen utilizó como referencia la planta libre (una planta flexible, fachadas abiertas, estructura expuesta y aberturas horizontales) que permitió organizar el programa en función de la posición del sol, el ángulo de las vistas y la necesidad de privacidad. Ubicado en una isla privada en el archipiélago de Estocolmo, el contexto d

Source: Jeorren Verrecht Photography: Jeorren Verrecht Saint Benedict Abbey is a Benedictine monastery established in 1922 in Mamelis, close to Vaals, in the Netherlands. Their most famous buildings are designed by monk and architect Dom Hans van der Laan (1904-1991). He holds a prominent position in 20th century religious architecture. With a modest built oeuvre in The Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden, he is one of t

Source: 31/44 Architects Photography: Rory Gardiner Corner House, a new-build three-bedroom speculative residential development, sits adjacent to the original end-of-terrace dwelling (which is renovated and extended to form to an apartment and maisonette). Sited prominently on a street corner beyond the established building-line and attached to an existing Victorian terrace within a cohesive street pattern, the new h

  Source: Prewett Bizley Drawings: Caruso ETH Atelier In both Britain and Germany the spirit of the period following the Second World War was to sweep away the remains of partially destroyed buildings in search of a future that embraced technology and the future.  Certain important historic structures were re-built as close as funds would allow to how they were before, but there aren’t many good examples of buil

Source: Sergison Bates Architects Photography: David Grandorge This project is a composition of two complimentary apartment buildings that share a material language of brick and precast concrete. Their respective forms create a variety of apartment sizes, arrangements of rooms and orientations of openings. At the north edge of the site the buildings continue the line of the street and each building is entered via a s

Fuente: Kollhoff Architekten Fotografia: Ivan Nemec La geometría del contorno octogonal de la torre de 24 pisos y 90 metros de altura permite un amplio espectro morfológico de diseños de apartamentos inusuales que, por así decirlo, están alineados centrífugamente con el horizonte de la ciudad. Se divide en pedestal, eje y corona: el cuerpo del edificio crece a partir del pie de 5 pisos, cuyo despliegue se desarrolla