Source and Photography: Various Kay Fisker is one of the most important housing architects in Denmark. The Hornbaekhus is his first housing scheme that has been implemented. Its rational facade is in neo-classicist style. The pleasantly green inner courtyard compensates for the austere appearance of the block. Kay Fisker (1893-1965) Kay Otto Fisker was an architect exponent of a nationally-shaped version of functiona

Photography: Simon García (actuality) | others The Glass House is best understood as a pavilion for viewing the surrounding landscape. Invisible from the road, the house sits on a promontory overlooking a pond with views towards the woods beyond. The house is 55 feet long and 33 feet wide, with 1,815 square feet. Each of the four exterior walls is punctuated by a centrally located glass door that opens onto the lands

Source: Hidden Architecture Photography: Guillaume BXL In 1972, Juliaan Lampens received the commission from Albert Van Wassehove, a professor with interest in art and architecture, to build a house in middle class residential area near Ghent. Lampens started to stand out as an architect after the Brussels Expo of 1958 making a series of projects in concrete with specific references to the architecture of Mies Van de

Fuente: Hidden Architecture Housing Develpoment at Giudecca Island Giudecca Island, Venezia, Italy. 1984-1986 Architect: Gino Valle “Al ambiente se ha contrapuesto el monumento; el monumento, además de que está históricamente determinado, tiene una realidad propia y analizable. Podemos, por otra parte, proponernos construir monumentos; pero como se ha observado anteriormente, para hacerlo necesitamos una arquitectura

Project: Klockarebackens Funeral Chapel, Höör, Sweden 1972 Architect: Bernt Nyberg Collaborators: Staffan Schultze, Per Iwansson, Mariana Manner, Hjördis Gunnarsson Photagraphy: All images, M. Hall except: 01_OR_1972 courtesy of ARKdes : Architecture and Design Center, Stockholm, Sweden Born 1927 in Ockelbo, Nyberg studied architecture at the KTH in Stockholm, later moving to Lund to work for Klas Anshelm. Since star

Font: Livio Vacchini; Opere e progetti Fotografía: Livio Vacchini; Opere e progetti Losone 1990-97 La palestra di Losone è destinata a militari e civili. Inizialmente il programma di concorso richiedeva la costruzione di una sala a tre campi, riservata alla sola attività sportiva della compagnia militare. Visto l’ampio spazio a disposizione, Vacchini ha pensato che la nuova costruzione potesse assumere carattere pubb

Fuente: Another Modern. The post-war architecture and urbanism of Candilis-Josic-Woods. Tom Avermaete. Ed. NAi Publishers In 1963 a competition was organized for the design of new buildings for the Free University located in the suburb of the Dahlem. In this area, which largely consisted of detached houses, a building was required for approximately 3,600 students. For Candilis-Josic-Woods this assignment was a true e