Source: Tom Munz Architekt Photography: Ladina Bischof Starting point The building site is in Romanshorn, a town on the shores of Lake Constance with an important railway branch junction. The main body of the settlement is a densely built-up area, with three main arms. The railway station is at the centre. Further inland, workers’ housing districts were built according to plans. The historic castle and chu
Source: Witherford Watson Mann architects Photography: David Grandorge Over the last century in London, the nature and scale of work has changed fundamentally, and continues to do so. Small and Medium Enterprises now generate 48 percent of all business turnover in the city, and sustain 52 percent of all jobs. With a dynamic, competitive business environment, nearly 20 per cent of active businesses in London are
Source: Christ & Gantenbein Photography: Walter Mair Our Multifunctional Workspace Building anticipated what is essential for both today and tomorrow. This was only possible through the incredibly ambitious goal pursued by all involved parties: to create something unconventional, to develop and propose something different, and to invent our own version and interpretation of contemporary collaboration. We wan
Source: Felgendreher Olfs Köchling Photography: Philip Heckhausen The new Johann Jacobs Haus enjoys an inevitable presence in the cityscape. Its position in the urban layout grants it a triple view of its surroundings: the volume is set back on all three sides towards the upper part, in relation to the different eaves of the neighboring historical buildings. Its urban specificity and autonomy are attributed to i
Source: Afasia Photography: Adrià Goula Instead of demolishing and rebuilding, the choice is made to keep the warehouse in a matter of economy of means and unfold the intrinsic qualities of this ordinary construction. By substraction and addition, few acts of alterations extend its capacity and flexibility of uses. The warehouse, made for all purpose, is divided in three lots. It is now inhabited by office, acco
Source: Ryan W. Kennihan architects Photography: Aisling McCoy The site for this house contained a ruined farmhouse and barns that had been in the family since the early 1800’s. Its layout was typical of the vernacular farmhouse type with a series of simple pitched roof volumes arranged around several yards that provide shelter from the coastal weather. These buildings and yards accumulate incrementally over g
Source: Archdaily Photography: Luis Viegas / Alexandre Ramos The house is located in the Southwest of Alentejo, deep in the Grandola hills. The gently undulating topography contrasts with the harsh dryness of the landscape and its bare vegetation of cork and holm oaks with sparse bushes creeping from the calcareous soil. Given its remoteness and isolation, the house echoes the tradition of the Portuguese alcáçov
Sigurd Lewerentz. Architect of Death and Life Park Books. ArkDes Fotografía: Johan Dehlin Disponible en La Capell Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life es el título del nuevo monográfico que ArkDes, el Centro Nacional de Arquitectura y Diseño de Suecia ha preparado junto con Park Books. Un monográfico que quiere establecerse como el nuevo libro de referencia sobre la obra del arquitecto sueco. Par
Fuente: livni + Architects Pedro Livni + Rafael Solano Fotografía: Marcos Guiponi El proyecto trata de una habitación que también pueda ser usada como consultorio para un psicólogo. Un muro, un techo y el canalón que recoge las aguas lluvias definen el proyecto. Ubicada al fondo de una parcela se construye un muro que esconde la habitación y define un jardín dentro del jardín. Pensando en Matta-Clark una gran p
Fuente: Harquitectes Fotografía: Adrià Goula, Jesús Granada Un productor de vinos del Priorat que había ido incrementando su producción necesitaba una nueva bodega, que se implantaría en un solar situado en el corazón del pueblo de Gratallops. El reto era que la propia bodega contribuyera en la elaboración de los vinos -basada en procesos biodinámicos- intentando lograr el comportamiento óptimo del edificio a pa
Fotografías actuales, planos y texto: Antoni Garcés Los hogares Anna Gironella de Mundet són un conjunto de edificios situados en Vall d’Hebron, en el límite de la ciudad de Barcelona con la sierra de Collserola. El complejo se construyó entre los años 1954 y 1957 siguendo el diseño del arquitecto Manuel Baldrich i Tibau; el principal arquitecto de la Diputación de Barcelona durante los años cincuenta del
| Fuente: Anna & Eugeni Bach SIETE VIDAS El proyecto consiste en un pequeño bloque de tres viviendas mínimas en una parcela entre medianeras en pleno centro antiguo del barrio de Horta, en Barcelona. La primera reflexión al actuar en un entorno urbano como éste consiste en definir una propuesta que pertenezca al barrio y que conserve el carácter de esta zona tan característica de la ciudad y al mismo tiem
Fuentes: GOFI Fotos: GOFI, Adrià Goula Nace Fa, una lámpara con origen musical En mayo de 2016 tuvo lugar la exposición Júlia, el desig. Ramon Casas en el Círculo del Liceo de Barcelona. Se trataba de una muestra inédita que celebraba el 150 aniversario del nacimiento del célebre pintor modernista. La tienda de mobiliario de diseño contemporáneo MINIM, patrocinadora del evento, propuso al estudio Goula/Figuera a
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-