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 […]
The main goal for Heri&Salli was to create and continue a kind of landscape character that includes different functions and tasks. The six stripes line up on each other and take over different functions around the swimming pool like seats or couchsurfaces or tables or a roof that offers view-protection to the neighbours. A fragmentary strip as a ramp has […]
KBAS Studio worked closely with the familiars of the victims to project the Pentagon Memorial, inaugurated september 11, seven years after 9/11. The Pentagon Memorial is a place like no other that provokes thought yet does not prescribe what to think or how to feel. 184 Memorial Units are uniquely placed along age lines marking a […]
Jo Crepain renovated a concrete water tower into a house located in Brasschaat, Belgium. On the ground floor is a 6 meter high volume dropped around the four feet of the tower. Industrial u-glass covers three sides of the tower and clear glass with small balconies on the south side. Steel stairways connect the different levels […]
Australian firm Street & Garden Furniture Co. have renovated their office, an ex-warehouse space in Brisbane creating “A great place to hand out”. Considerations included where to place games tables, sound system, bar and balconies for Fridays afternoons and entertaining clients. The play of light though voids, derived from classic computer games, cherry blossoms and dappled light, […]
RCR Arquitectes designed, with a very appropriate use of materials, Les Cols Restaurant and Pavilions in Olot, Girona, Spain. The interior distribution was organized by defining two main axes set perpendicularly to each other. The longitudinal axis is the long, narrow dining area flanked by other small private dining areas and bathrooms, the cross axis which holds the […]
