This 150 year old farmhouse located in a rural area of Oeken, Netherland, has been renovated and expanded by FARO Architecten. The barn represents modern rural architecture: it’s simple, practical and eloquent. The barn shows how minimal means can lead to large results. The no-nonsence manner in which this “simple barn” has a large panoramic window […]
Transparent House created a way to refine a popular element of contemporary interior design such as polished concrete flooring. The design concept allows for application of any pattern to the surface either when pouring or afterwards when the concrete has set. The fine floral ornament promotes the clean and simple character of the space while adding a touch of warm […]
TNA Architects designed a country retreat outside Tokyo, Japan, wrapped in rings of glass and wood and has an uninterrupted 360 degree view of the forest. TNA designed rings around the facade so that areas of private spaces and utilities could be met. The height of each ring was decided by the function concealed behind it. The glass between the rings allow you […]
C18 Architects projected Olli’s Restaurant in a former castle in the center of Schwäbisch Hall, a medieval city in the south of Germany. The historical substance of the building with its ancient seeming, its almost meter-strong walls and its polygonal spaces forms the framework for a few, precise interior implants: two kitchen blocks and four large desks […]
DV Architekten builded their studio-home in a plot with a big tree and decided to capture the shadows of the tree in the building facade, like a tattoo. The envelope of the building is made of translucent plastic panel reinforced with fiberglass “PRFV” of 5 mm thick. The graphics of the shadows have been designed from photos of the […]
Olivino is a delicatessen shop designed by Pierluigi Piu complementary to the Olivomare Restaurant, with which it shares the appealing aubergine colored shopfront. The shop is limited within 40 square meters room facing the public, were a staircase protected by a full height frame-less glazed partition leads to the storage located in the basement. The perimetrical wall, adjacent to the staircase, is […]
This private residence, designed by Steven Holl Architects, is thought to be a part of the great 20th century contemporary art collection of the owners. Constructed of tilt-up concrete walls, the flat and rotated nature of the walls merges with the simple orthogonal requirements of the interiors for art. The house is a vessel for the art collection hidden behind a […]
I found another amazing bookcase, like the one I posted a few weeks ago, created for a private apartment in Sao Paulo by Brazilian firm Triptyque. The bookcase serves as bulkhead in this apartment, since it winds all the way through the whole place, serving as entertaiment system, bookshels, etc. Originally Posted On Coolboom
Rodrigo Sheward designed this beautiful observation deck located at the highest level of Pinohuacho, Chile, and faced with the Villarrica volcano. The volume of 40 tonnes is 7 meters long x 3,6 meters wide x 3 meters high, built from 96 pieces of wood. Originally Posted On Coolboom
Located in a beautiful swiss mountain meadow, which in summer is used as pasture and in winter as a ski run, EM2Ndecided to stretch the house upwards in order to capture the spectacular view from all sides. Apart from a gravel driveway, no fence, no embankment or ditch, nor any landscaping alter the area. In its externalappearance, the building varies […]
