Fuente: unparelld’arquitectes Fotografía: José Hevia Los derribos se repiten en el centro histórico de Olot. Ante distintos motivos, las mismas consecuencias: solares abandonados, pérdida de urbanidad, desfiguración de la calle, destrucción del paisaje ordinario. La mitad de la casa de Can Sau, tangente al santuario del Tura, estaba afectada por alineación de vial. El solar restante, presidido por una medi

Font: Mathis Kamplade Photography: Atelier für Architekturfotografie, Seraina Wirz A private client of 6 parties consisting of a family with grown children, a couple and a neighbor wanted together a house that is not designed for a specific stage of life, but can adapt to the changing life scenarios and family constellations of the residents over a period of several decades . The apartments should not only be at

| Maria Azkarate | 2019 | PFC | ETSAB | Taller Arquitectura i Invenció Fotografías maqueta: Anna Izquierdo El proyecto se sitúa en el parque de Can Ginestar, la última zona del tejido urbano de Viladecans que conserva el bosque que baja de las montañas de l’Ordal. El crecimiento urbano de la ciudad, a principios de los años 80, engulló el bosque y los campos de cultivo que ocupaban el lugar. Este montículo es ah

Source: Collectif Encore Photography: Collectif Encore,  Michel Bonvin We fell in love in Labastide Villefranche, at the outskirts of the french Basque country. With an old farm, a collapsing vernacular agricultural building. From outside, the house looked like any farm house in the Basque Country, a massive yet unpretentious architecture. When we first opened its main door, we were expecting to come across the u

Source: O’Donnell + Tuomey Photography: Dennis Gilbert, View Pictures Sandford Park School, founded in 1922, is a small private non-denominational co-educational secondary school with pupils from a wide variety of backgrounds, countries and cultures, creating a unique environment within the school. The school buildings are situated on a beautifully secluded 2.5 hectares of land, with two protected structur

Source: Office Winhov Photography: René de Wit, Max Hart Nibbrig  The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is the proud tenant of the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. The Trippenhuis is part of a complex of several buildings along the Kloveniersburgwal in the historic center of Amsterdam and is owned by the Central Government Real Estate Agency. The Trippenhuis was built between 1660 and 1662 for the b

| Blanka Dominika Major + Linda Lanzavecchia | 2019 | 3r curso Housing and City | ETSAB | Profesor: Josep Ferrando This is a project on housing. This is a play in 5 acts. Prologue: The setting The play takes place in Tres Turons in Barcelona. The rock shapes the space: Tres Turons is characterised by topography, going up is constantly followed by going down again. The rock is witness to time, shaped by wind and

Font: Kirchen im Deutschland, wikipedia Photography: Peter Burkart, Johannes Heimbach The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius in Munich’s Gern district, also known as St. Laurentius Church, was built in the mid-1950s and dedicated to St. Deacon Laurentius of Rome.  The plans for the church were designed by the architect Emil Steffann in close collaboration with the members of the Munich oratorio

Source: Estudi08014 Photography: Pol Viladoms REGENERATE To develop and improve something, especially by making it as good or successful as it was before. This project, like any regeneration process, can be explained in 3 successive times: a past time where the path and its edges defined a system of open spaces, easily accessible, perfectly integrated into their environment. A present time where the path is tran

Source: Buchner Bründler Architekten Photography: Ruedi Walti Not far from a lake, a house by Justus Dahinden dating back to the late 1960s stands alone in the landscape on a large plot of land on a slight hilltop with a view. The formally complex house is rich in spatial impressions and lighting situations, connected by several solid copper single-pitch roofs. A wooden construction resting on a fair-faced concr

Source: Afasia Photography:  José Hevia A few kilometers from Bera, the “Landaburu borda” is a small traditional building, anchored in the magnificent landscape of the Navarre mountains. To work in this exceptional location is an exercise of respect to the fragile building and especially to the mystical power of the Navarra mountains, rich in history and legends. The program consist in a rural house with a few r

Source: Vincent Van Duysen Photography: Hélène Binet, François Halard Knokke, a Belgian seaside village, is known for its refined white holiday homes with gabled roofs. Situated alongside the Royal Golf Course, this permanent home for the owner and his family allows beautiful wide views across the golf course and onto its protected private gardens, designed by Martin Wirtz. Large, whitewashed brick volumes – pos

Source: Dominique Coulon Photography: Eugeni Pons and David Romero-Uzeda This small tower has been built in the historic Krutenau district in Strasbourg. The city has a number of “hollow teeth” – vacant plots that are too small to be of interest to promoters. In exchange for an attractive price, the consultation called for the production of an exemplary building guaranteeing the achievement of high energy perfor

Source: CC Arquitectos Photography: Rafael Gamo CC Arquitectos used weathered stone, natural wood and huge panels of glazing to create this secluded woodland house in Mexico’s scenic Valle de Bravo region (slideshow). Led by architect Manuel Cervantes Cespedes, the Mexico city studio designed the single-storey Santana House to nestle inconspicuously among the trees of its forested site, offering the ultima