The next generation house, designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects, is a small housing module for weekend use located on the edge of a forest overlooking the River Kuma at Kumakura, Japan. The small pavilion, a 4×4 meters cube, is made by assembling solid japanese cedar blocks kept in place by their own weight and connecting metal cables running […]
The Ilhavo City Library, designed by ARX, preserve and integrate the proportion and elegance of the old masonry. From the building, located on the periphery of the town, only the main facade, oriented southeast, and the chapel, both in ruins, were left. The limits of the manor and the line of the old facade were chosen as an anchorage point, where […]
Located on the 73rd floor of a Manhattan building, the apartment is a pied-a-terre overlooking Central Park designed by E Benqué. The interior design is primarily structured by different relations to the view and the urban landscape. The furniture elements can be moved around on the window frames and allow to sit right against the […]
The other day I found this amazing conversion at desire to inspire that I had to share with all of you. From the outside you just see a church, beautiful church, but inside is like a minimal three floor house. The only thing that reminds you that you are actually inside the church are the […]
OSA office for subversive architecture designed in 2006 a temporary structure for the roof of The Blade Factory, a 700 square meter space that is part of the new art center complex. The architecture office created an interesting, playful structure that inhabits the roof and one vertical side of The Blade Factory. The installation is […]
The city of Breda, Netherlands, decided to bring in the EEA Architects firm to design a small adjacent theatre to an existing building. The old brick building from the late 19th century now has a restaurant and cafe on its ground floor, and offices and meeting spaces on the upper floors. The popstage emerges from the earth. It appears to visitors […]
The brazilian firm una arquitectos projected this beautiful house integrated in the landscape following the slope exalting the virtues and protecting it from the nearby buildings. The building is like a continuum line that folds structuring the house and forming three courtyards which create a relationship between the different areas of the house. From the street you only see a white tower that […]
Fragile-Lab is a new complex construction, designed by Import.Export Architecture, located in Antwerpen, Belgium, that houses four functions: storage, showroom, office and a duplex apartment. The building is characterized by its light structure, featuring large expanses of glass and off-kilter columns. The architects aim was to intentionally make the building appear fragile. This is further enhanced by its many angles and almost […]
dosmasuno arquitectos projected 102 housing in Carabanchel, Madrid, for the EMV (Municipal Housing Company). The building is compressed onto one edge of the plot, in a single linear piece in search of views and optimal orientation in which east and west share the south, soothing the interior and defining the exterior. Dwellings are planned by and for this location from […]
Jump Studios has created an animated but suitably slick new office environment for communication group Engine. The five-storey building accommodates twelve companies under the Engine umbrella. The challenge was to create a space that would appeal to a broad range of tastes while respecting and upholding the individual brand identities. Clients can opt for multilateral or unilateral engagement with the […]
