Library and students’ Center, 1974-1982 Erskine was asked to compete in a parallel sketching competition with four other Stockholm architects for a new library at Frescati University. The competition process involved design development with university staff and students. The outcome was that Erskine’s design won approval. The student’s center building completed in 1981 has a roof structure, reminiscent of Borgafjäll

Source: afasia Stripped back to bare its thick stone walls, with externally insulated slate-clad facades, this early-twentieth century house has seen a complete reconfiguration of its internal volumes and a transformation of the visual and physical connections with the surrounding coastal landscape. Previously raised on a plinth above a basement, the ground floor has been lowered to the level of the surrounding groun

  Source: Collectief Noord Photography: Filip Dujardin & Collectief Noord A house-sized plot in the bourgeois 19th century urban fabric of Antwerp is the site for an extension of an existing school within the city block. The opened up ground level and the generous facade define the unambiguous public character of the school. The building is composed of large urban fragments: a scaled bay window in the street

Fuente: BB Construmat Las zonas comunes de BBConstrumat, obra del estudio de arquitectura Josep Ferrando El prestigioso estudio de arquitectura Josep Ferrando será el responsable de diseñar los espacios temáticos sobre los que se articulará la oferta de la próxima edición de Barcelona Building Construmat, el Salón Internacional de la Construcción de Fira de Barcelona. Así, Josep Ferrando dará forma a los espacios Fut

Source: Arrhov Frick Photography: Mikael Olsson Hammarby gård – Hus 2 is one of seven houses within the residential block, HG7, in Hammarby, Stockholm. Primarily longitudinal, one face of the building absorbs the morning sun, while the opposite, captures the evening sun. Early conceptualization of the project idealized each apartment to span between both faces, permitting sunlight exposure throughout the day. The flo

Source: 51N4E Photography: Filip Dujardin & Stefano Graziani The tower is part of the ambitious new master plan for the city, which converges around ten towers. The main program of the tower consists of office and housing program. Shopping and restaurant facilities are located in the base and at the top of the building. Our first investigation was to resolve the dilemma of elegance – a clear ambition stated in th

Source: Architecture and Urbanism a+u 564. Bernt Nyberg. Working with landscape architect Per Friberg, Nyberg made the normal extraordinary. His low-slung composition of three black volumes stretches into the landscape, with exquisite detailing and surprisingly simple plan based entirely on the repetition of a square grid. Of the admittedly banal plan, the architect stated “It is in the execution where richness is bo