Fuente: Afasia Fotografía: © Simon Menges, e-architect The new MBA Building for the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) is located on the school’s campus near the historic Paris suburb of Jouy-en-Josas. The existing 1964 campus consists of a series of pavilions in a wooded landscape. The original design intent had been compromised over the years, resulting in a campus which lacked focus and was in need of a cl

Volvemos con otra ‘Semana de’. Esta vez la queremos dedicar a los arquitectos OFFICE Kersten Geers y David Van Severen. A lo largo de esta semana, cada día os iremos mostrando uno de sus proyectos. Os animamos a que la sigáis! *** We come back with another ‘Semana de’ (‘Week of’). This time we want to dedicate it to the architects OFFICE Kersten Geers and David Van Severen. Through

Font: David Chipperfield Architects Photography: Simon Menges | Max Creasy | Richard Davies | Kevin Allen The One Kensington Gardens residential development in London is located on a prominent site facing Kensington Gardens, bounded by Victoria Road and De Vere Gardens. The project comprises 97 high-quality residential units and includes the internal reorganisation of the existing site and three new buildings facing

Fuente: Europaconcorsi, Mies Arch Fotografía: Hufton + Crow The Hepworth Wakefield, named after Barbara Hepworth an artist born in Wakefield in 1903, sits on the bank of the River Calder. With water on two sides and exposed to views from all directions, the site was particularly challenging, making it imperative that the building had no privileged elevation. Constructed from pigmented in-situ concrete, the 5,200m2 bu

Fuente: Afasia Fotografía: © David Chipperfield Architects The west bank of Lake Garda is characterised by its mild climate and richly cultivated landscape. David Chipperfield Architects has built two villas on the hillside looking over the resort town of Gardone Riviera. Both buildings are carefully inserted into the landscape with its olive groves and cypress trees. Their volumes are divided into individual one or

Fuente: Arquine, Metalocus Fotografía: Michel Jean Philippe, Castelán Foglia El sitio destinado para la nueva Fundación/Colección Jumex en Polanco está acotado por la avenida Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, las vías que integran el Parque Lineal en la calle Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca y Plaza Carso. A un costado del Teatro Cervantes (Ensamble Studio) y el Museo Soumaya (FR-EE) se erige el reciento cultural desplantado so

Source: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen Photography: © Bas Princen The center of Brussels has a periphery inside. A piece of landscape, green, open, idyllic, as if it were on the fringes of the city (where it touches the forest) is to be found in the midst of it. This particular condition is easy to destroy. In order to double the surface of a seemingly freestanding house in this strangely lush environment, it