Source: V+ Photography: V+ ‘‘Maison Roxane’’ is the renovation project of a typical town house in Brussels, Belgium. It involves the demolition of an old annex which was replaced with a new wooden extension. In addition, a terrace was dug in a previously overgrown garden, and a dormer was added. The rear façade constitutes the main tool used for composing the spaces and was drawn like a piece of furniture, which inte

source: Tony Fretton Architects photography: Peter Cook, Filip Dujardin As part of the extensive redevelopment of the Antwerp Docks six residential towers are ranged along the waterfront of the Westkaai. The two towers closest to the city are by Basel practice Diener and Diener. The irregular fenestration and subtle colour differences of their glass facades provide the monumental quality required by the urban design,

Fuente: Documents Condado de Westchester, New York. Casa de fin de semana, primera y única vivienda unifamiliar construida por Pei. Un presupuesto reducido que obliga a optar por una estructura de madera, económica y rápida. Casa de cristal con espacio de transición interior-exterior: una galería capaz de albergar funciones de estar, comedor, dormitorio … Estructura al interior, en el plano de vidrio sólo los m

source: Lina Ghotmeh photography: Takuji Shimmura Designing a national museum for Estonia was an extraordinary challenge given the country’s many decades of tumultuous history, a history that is recent enough to still remain in the nation’s memory. Following a brief period of sovereignty in the early 20th century, Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union until 1991. After regaining its independence, the country went

Source: Russell Jones Photography: Hélène Binet This six level residential building in the heart of London’s Bayswater Conservation Area, fills a space between existing listed terraces that was reputedly the last undeveloped bombsite in West London from the 1940 Blitz. A lengthy planning and consultation process with Westminster Council and English Heritage influenced the decision to build using load bearing brick co

Source: Aretz Dürr Architektur Photography: Aretz Dürr Architektur Residential house in Oberberg The design task was to construct a low-cost and sustainable single-family dwelling in the Oberberg region, which incorporates the surrounding landscape area into the living space and creates covered outdoor spaces for the rainy summer days in the region. In its typology, the new building follows the traditional, one-room

| Goran Travar | 2020| MA| TUM | Profesor: Stephen Bates, Bruno Krucker For a long time, I have been interested in contemporary and the mood of today. This interest is undoubtedly intertwined with my desire to know history. Not for the sake of knowing it, but really understanding why things happened the way they did. We live in times, in which we are busier than ever before, suffer under different inequalities and ar