Source: 31/44 architects Photography: Rory Gardiner An existing 1960s light industrial building was adjusted and extended to create a 16-room boutique hotel with a café and retail space at ground floor.  Gentrification is too often synonymous with homogeneity; stripping areas of the innate character and interest that kick-started their regeneration. This project very carefully seeks to find an architecture that

TRANSFER Architecture Video Award presents the winners of its first edition TRANSFER Architecture Video Award announced the winning works of its first edition at a ceremony held on 23 November in the framework of the AFTZ Architektur FilmTage Zürich. Winner: The first winner of the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award is the video by Luís Úrculo, Brazilian Embassy / Ipiña + Nieto Arquitectos, Chile, 2019 In the jur

Source: Bevk Perovic Photography: David Schreyer Este proyecto es el resultado de una competencia celebrada en 2016 que estableció el encargo de hacer que las ‘casasmatas’, una estructura de almacenamiento de municiones de la fortaleza medieval sea accesible al público en forma de un nuevo centro cultural y lugar de exhibición para la pequeña ciudad de Wiener Neustadt. El proyecto aborda el tema de l

Source: Monadnock, De Zwarte Hond Photography: Stijn Bollaert The new Park Pavilion of the National Park De Hoge Veluwe is part of the new heart of the park; the place where visitors will start their journey, meet and will experience the beauty of the nature, art and architecture. The new building will accommodate the Park Restaurant, an information desk, a variety of the conference rooms and the Park shop. The

Fuente: Peter Böhm Architekten Fotografia: Herr Lukas Roth La ubicación entre la plaza de la catedral y la costa nos llevó a formar este patio como una plaza pequeña y tranquila en la entrada al nuevo «Philosophikum». Sin embargo, la antigua entrada de la plaza de la catedral debía reactivarse como otro acceso, por lo que el nuevo edificio forma una sola unidad con el antiguo, conectado a través de un atrio que

Source: SVNM Photography: SVNM The projects of residence Brigerberg is located in the village of Ried-Brig, Switzerland and consists of 24 assisted housing apartments, a set of collective functions and an underground car parking. The site stands out by the magnificent views over the surrounding mountains and the Rohnetal. Preserving these views from the village and allowing each of the 24 apartments to have an o

Fuente: Roldan + Berengué Fotografía: Jordi Surroca Transformación de la nave de almacenaje de hilo en un complejo de vivienda social en la antigua fábrica textil de Fabra & Coats, Barcelona. 46 viviendas sociales y sede de la Colla Castellera Jove de Barcelona vivienda social Se trata de un proyecto en el que los espacios colectivos, de intercambio y encuentro vecinal, construyen un recorrido de escaleras e

Source: Gus Wüstemann Photography: Bruno Helbling CONTEXT This housing project is a building of nine flats in the outer green belt of Albisrieden in the city of Zurich. The urban structure is characterized by simple linear buildings from the 1950s with generously sized gardens, which are arranged at right angles to one another. The new building is inside such a green area as part of the rising density within the

Source: Stephen Taylor Architects Photography: David Grandorge The project at Cadix is for a new residential building over five levels and comprises a mix of 27 triplex, duplex and single level apartments. It was commissioned in 2015 by the housing association Woonhaven Antwerpen following a competition won in 2014 in collaboration with Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven. The brief was for two apartment buildings at op

Source: Vincent Van Duysen Photography: Hélène Binet, Koen Van Damme, Dirk Caremans On reclaimed land close to the sea, with views delineated by an urban coastline, a limited number of trees, shrubs and centrally sited farm buildings define the spatial organization. The brief was to replace existing structures with a contemporary farming business, stables and surrounding orchard. By implementing three elongated

  Fuente: Josep M. Julià i Capdevila Fotografia: Adrià Goula Desde su nacimiento, en 1878, en los terrenos de Can Mangala anexas a la antigua «Carretera del Llobregat», el recinto de Can Batlló y el Barrio de la Bordeta han evolucionado en paralelo al crecimiento y transformación de la ciudad de Barcelona. Después de una larga evolución, que incluye desde la construcción de los sucesivos bloques con el auge

Source: Carles Enrich Studio Photography: Adrià Goula In the south of the municipality of Puig-reig stand the remains of the heritage site of the castle of Merola, dating from the late thirteenth century. Due to the documented earth tremors that shook Catalonia in the 1500s, only one of the faces of the defense tower, originally with a rectangular plant of 5 x 3,8 m and 14,8 m height, is still standing. The deta

| Mai Bogø & Mette Sigild | 2018 | Settlement, Ecology & Tectonics | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts | Professors: Anne Beim, Frans Drewniak In the context of the rapid urbanization this project shows how an urban, cultural, and social densification can create an urban development with added value in a former ghetto in Copenhagen. The project examines the former ghetto; Urbanplanen, an area based o

Source: Aires Mateus Photography: Nelson Garrido The project starts with the consideration of heritage and historical values. We differentiate between the «eternal» value of the project´s masses: the compression of the great walls and domes, and the «ephemeral» character of the old structures: constructive systems traditionally made of wood. The project was developed following this understanding of passing time,