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

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

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

Source: David Leech Photography: David Leech Nos.27A and 27B are the lower and upper ground floor flats within the envelope of a Victorian townhouse at No.27 Belsize Crescent. The two flats are within one ownership but do not have direct internal connection or vertical access. The proposal as granted planning permission seeks to convert the two flats into one 3 bedroom family dwelling, of 130sqm, within the body of t

Source: David Leech Architects Photography: David Leech Architects The character of this modest garden extension is created from the expression of a simple structural construction. Standard timber joists, at 600mm spacings, cross in both directions to allow for a free span between 2 rendered blockwork cavity walls. The timber beams sit on shallow pilasters formed where the blockwork is turned through 90 degrees to pr

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

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