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April 10, 2017

The Séqué / Gardera-D Architecture + Atelier Philippe Pastre

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Architects: Gardera-D Architecture, Atelier Philippe Pastre
Location: Bayonne, France
Area: 5000.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Mathieu Choiselat , Stephane Chalmeau

Associate Architect: David Pradel
Project Manager: Délphine Prunet
Technical Studies Structures: Batiserf
Landscaper: Cyrille Marlin
Project Owner: Habitat SudAtlantic

< p class="CuerpoA"> From the architect. Living in the countryside.

A small courtyard, a back entrance on the kitchen side, a hut, a dead tree, garden boots, smells, be in touch with nature, birdsong, animals, a vegetable garden, a shed for tools, a pergola, ivy along the walls, piles of wood, a tree under which to shelter, a forest, an undergrowth, a river, an attic, a chicken coop, a bench, a pond, a well, a fountain, a path ... Living outside, space, air, light. How to live the countryside? How do you live in a forest? What are the ambiances? What are the specific characteristics of

April 9, 2017

Garden Studio Gym in North London / EASTWEST ARCHITECTURE

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Architects: EASTWEST ARCHITECTURE
Location: Walthamstow, London, United Kingdom
Architect In Charge: Dean Smith
Area: 100.0 ft2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Naaro photographers

Structure Consultant: Ramboll

From the architect. The brief was to create a workout studio in the rear garden of our client’s house as there was no gym in the local área of Walthamstow Village. Our response was to design a contemporary interpretation of a garden ‘shed’ that we now call the Garden Studio Gym.

Our restrictions were quite demanding, as we had to work on the permitted development regulations and a small footprint with in the garden. The permitted development only allows a certain roof height. To get around this we lowered the ground floor as there is no local or national policy on digging down –now we have plenty of height for skipping and jumping.

April 9, 2017

Roteta House / Estudio Peña Ganchegui

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Architects: Estudio Peña Ganchegui
Location: San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Area: 170.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Edorta Subijana

Author Architects: Rocío Peña, Mario Sangalli
Collaborators: Edorta Subijana, Jonathan Chanca, Josemari López
Rigger: Josemari Roteta
Structure: Inak Ingeniaritza
Installations: GE & asociados

From the architect. The particular attributes offered by the plot shape he house: Its level 3 meters above the street, the astonishing layered rock wall at the bottom of the plot, the beautiful existing palm, and the presence of two car-parks located South and West of the plot. All of them have been, along with the orientation (N-S, following the elongated form of the plot) and the program of needs (a house for a two-children family), determining factors in the Roteta House formalization.

Taking distance from the West limit, which is excavated at street level to organize the entrance,

April 9, 2017

Banca di Credito Cooperativo “G. Toniolo” Auditorium / FABBRICANOVE Architetti

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Architects: FABBRICANOVE Architetti
Location: 93017 San Cataldo CL, Italy
Architects In Charge: Giovanni Bartolozzi, Enzo Fontana
Area: 1300.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Filippo Romano

Collaborators: Daniele Capolicchio, Francesco Capriotti, Renata Laudati, Domenico Calabrese
Structural Engineering: Antonello Sajeva, Simona Sajeva
Installations Systems: Antonio Tumminelli
Contractors: SICEF, San Cataldo (Caltanissetta, Italy), Gruppo Lacagnina, San Cataldo (Caltanissetta, Italy) 
Client: BCC Banca di Credito Cooperativo "G. Toniolo" of San Cataldo

From the architect. The new Auditorium of the Banca di Credito Cooperativo (BCC) "G. Toniolo" of San Cataldo, near Caltanissetta in the Sicilian hinterland, is the evidence of a possible coexistence between urban memory and contemporary architecture. Designed by FABBRICANOVE Architetti, architectural office founded in Florence in 2009 by Enzo Fontana, Giovanni Bartolozzi, and Lorenzo Matteoli, the new Auditorium born from the client's desire to create a public space for cultural events open to the

April 8, 2017

House in Macau / Millimeter Interior Design

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Architects: Millimeter Interior Design
Location: Macao
Designer: Michael Liu
Area: 11000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Courtesy of Millimeter Interior Design

From the architect. This 11,000 square-feet house is located on Taipa Island in the Southern side of Macau. The owners live with one elderly and three children. Understanding the needs of the owners, the designer transformed the space into a more practical and suitable home for the family to settle in.

Ground Floor Plan

Functionally, the designer relocated the staircase in the living area in order to create an effective and spacious living space for its owners. Apart from expanding the living area, the designer also designed two bedrooms for two sons, two sizable ensuite bedrooms for daughter and grandmother. A full level for a master ensuite bedroom,

April 8, 2017

The Space of Synagogues / Franz Reschke Landscape Architecture

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Architects: Franz Reschke Landscape Architecture
Location: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Architect In Charge: Franz Reschke
Area: 800.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Sophie Jahnke , Franz Reschke

Collaborators: Studio Sophie Jahnke (Exhibition Design, Perpetuation object), Yuriy Stolarov (local contact architect)
Clients: City of Lviv, GIZ, Center for Urban History

From the architect. Before World War II, a third of Lviv’s population was Jewish, making it one of Eastern Europe’s major centres of Jewish religious, cultural and social life. The prestigious Golden Rose Synagogue, the Great City Synagogue and the Beth Hamidrash School formed the heart of the Jewish district before being razed to the ground by Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1943. Since then this key site has fallen into neglect.

With a view to commemorating and finally cherish the city’s Jewish heritage, an international design competition was launched

April 7, 2017

Gounod Residence / APPAREIL architecture

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Architects: APPAREIL architecture
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Contractor: Construction Rocket Hammer
Cabinetmaker: Steve Tousignant
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Francis Pelletier

From the architect. The young Montreal firm faced a major challenge when it was mandated to renovate this duplex located in Villeray from A to Z. Its new and singular appearance distinguishes it from others in the neighborhood and forms a bridge between past and present.

The residence, located in a socially effervescent neighborhood, had everything to please the young owners except a bright living space, adapted to their needs. With its finesse and expertise, the team gave a new lease of life to the duplex’s existing structure, now transformed into a single-family dwelling. The entire exterior façade, as well as the interior design, were fully revitalized while respecting their original style.

April 7, 2017

LG House / Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados

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Architects: Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados
Location: Bragança Paulista, SP, Brasil
Area: 1137.0 sqm
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Nelson Kon

Authors: Henrique Reinach, Maurício Mendonça
Landscape: Luciano Fiaschi Aquitetura Paisagistica
Lighting Design: Franco Associados Lighting Design
Structure: Benedicts Engenharia
Eletric: Zamaro
Hydraulic: Zamaro
Constructor: CPA Engenharia e Construções
Coordinator: Fernanda Almeida
Collaborators : Tony Chen, Victor Gonçalves, Camila Osele, Taís Vieira, Luena Vettorazzo, Raquel Gonçalves, Silvia Mori, Venâncio Alves, Flávia Henriques, Manuel Tojal, Guilherme Nakata, Lucas Ferreira, Lucas Pohl, Alessandra Musto, Caio Tritto, Olivia Uliano.

From the architect. The site, of 10,000 m² and adjacent to a beautiful native forest, was slightly downhill facing north and also the best view. The program of this house should be divided between "daytime area” and "night area”. The "night area” would be in higher floor, to provide warmth and safety in this period. On the other hand,

April 5, 2017

Monash University Logan Hall / McBride Charles Ryan

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Architects: McBride Charles Ryan
Location: 42 Scenic Blvd, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia
Architects In Charge: Robert McBride - Director, Debbie Ryan – Founder, Drew Williamson – Senior Associate.
Area: 9795.0 ft2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: John Gollings

Structural Engineer : FMG Engineering
Structural Engineer: Robert Bird Group
Services Engineer: Norman Disney & Young
Landscape Architect: TCL Taylor Cullity Lethlean
Civil Engineer (Schematic Design): FMG Engineering
Civil Engineer (After Novation): Robert Bird Group
Building Surveyor: PLP Building Surveyors & Consultants
Access Engineers: Before Compliance
Acoustic Engineers: Acoustic Logic
Esd Engineer (Schematic Design): Irwin Consult
Project Management: Donald Cant Watts Corke
Aborist: Tree Logic
Esd Engineer: Wood & Grieve Engineers
Wind Engineering Consultant: MEL Consultants

From the architect. Logan Hall, on Monash University’s Clayton Campus, is a 6 level building with 250 rooms of student accommodation designed by McBride Charles Ryan (MCR). It is located

April 5, 2017

Room and Ficus / Cañas Arquitectos

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Architects: Cañas Arquitectos
Location: San José Province, Escazu, Costa Rica
Author Architects: Victor Cañas, Andrés Cañas, Ricardo Chaves, Sara Araya
Area: 91.0 m2
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Jordi Miralles

“The landscape is brought close to us by buildings” Martin Heidegger

Room: location room or living room where one usually resides. Ficus: Any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.

The ficus was already there when the lodge arrived. The room arrived to accompany the Ficus and to highlight the place.

The program could not be simpler. It’s a place where one can enjoy the view and spend afternoons and part of the evening

April 5, 2017

São Lourenço do Barrocal / Eduardo Souto de Moura

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Architects: Eduardo Souto de Moura
Location: Rua de Reguengos 9A, 7200-181 Monsaraz, Portugal
Area: 13524.5 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Nelson Garrido

Interior Design Studio: AnahoryAlmeida
Landscape Architect: João Gomes da Silva
Project Engineering: : Afaconsult
Client: São Lourenço do Barrocal

From the architect. The Monte has a core characterized by 7 buildings implanted along a central street, which defines two main sets (North and South). The North complex, with an area of 4.144 m², consists of 2 buildings: the old industrial and officinal building and the storehouse for the farming tools. The South complex consists of 5 buildings: the main house, the agricultural pavilions, the dovecot, the kennel and the pigsty, with an area of 3.810 m². Further south, the vegetable garden area comprises 20.333 m², including the old vegetable garden keeper’s house, with an area of 34 m²,

April 4, 2017

BMK – BAAN MAI KHAO / seARCHOFFICE

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Architects: seARCHOFFICE
Location: Mai Khao Beach, Phuket 83110, Thailand
Area: 28000.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: W Workspace

From the architect. One of the most peaceful beaches in Phuket, Mai Khao beach is quite a secluded on. The site is to develop into hi end property, efficient to the maximum commerce but liberate the most for Architectural design acquaintance.

Phuket town has been known of the particular Architectural style called “Chino Portuguese”, which influences planning and Architectural elements of commercial row house of the old town as the port of trading before tourism has replaced.

The Style is deciphered in a contemporary “Vocabulary” as the tool of Architectural approach. By developing this “Vocabulary”, the design development has incorporated the concept of space from Phuket’s Heritage row house into the project in many scales. From unit plan to

April 4, 2017

Site Museum of Paracas Culture / Barclay & Crousse

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Architects: Barclay & Crousse
Location: Ica, Peru
Authors: Sandra Barclay, Jean Pierre Crousse
Area: 1170.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Courtesy of Barclay & Crousse, Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma , Erieta Attali

Assistants: Rodrigo Apolaya
Estructural Engineer: Antonio Blanco
Contractor: Consorcio Paracas
Client: Agencia Española para la Cooperación Internacional (AECID)

From the architect. An archaeological museum must find the delicate balance between heritage conservation exposed and release to the public. A site museum, as the Paracas, acquires the additional challenge of having to integrate into the landscape that was the cradle of this culture, which is now part of the most important biological and landscaping reserve of the Peruvian coastal desert.

The project is implemented practically on the ruins of what was its predecessor, destroyed by an earthquake in 2006. It retakes its

April 3, 2017

Pangyo Ondang / OfAA

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Architects: OfAA
Location: Pangyo-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Architect In Charge: Jooyoun Yoon
Team: Jooyoun Yoon, Seungsik Jung, Myongin CM
Area: 133.33 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Wonseok Lee

Interior Designer : Jinhwa Jun - Design Consulting Abadezone
Construction: EDENHEiM Construction Inc

From the architect. Ondang is a house filled with warmth and comfort, which well reflects the ultimate goal the Office for Appropriate Architecture pursues for a residential building. Ondang presents a good example of an affordable duplex home.

The project started by looking into the current problems raised in housing market in South Korea. Many single homes are often overly priced and/or poorly built even though they easily fail to support the residents’ growing needs and wants, and the market value of the real estate has been constantly increasing. Ondang is presented as a result of architect’s

March 31, 2017

Quooker Company Innovative Workspace / Studio INAMATT

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Architects: Studio INAMATT
Location: Ridderkerk, The Netherlands
Area: 3000.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Inga Powilleit

Office Furniture : Lensvelt
Architecture Exterior: 3d0d
Light Architecture: DPL-europe

From the architect. Quooker approaches studio INAMATT in 2015 to develop the interior design for the new architectural wing of the companies’ Ridderkerk home base.

For the vast space that measures approximately 3.000 m2 and runs 14 meters high, we created a minimalist yet soft integral design solution that kept the space as open as possible, while avoiding the noisiness of an open space and keeping with intimacy for good working results.

With it’s 1.500 m2 solar panels that provide energy the entire building; custom-made office cubicles that absorb sound through their textile panelling and can be adjusted to the personal need of each employer; a vast staircase element,

March 29, 2017

Munkedamsveien 62 / LPO arkitekter

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Architects: LPO arkitekter
Location: Munkedamsveien 62, 0270 Oslo, Norway
Area: 5800.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Ivan Brodey

Interiors: Melbye arkitektur interiør
Landscape: Østengen og Bergo
Consultants: Norconsult, Skanska, Bjørn Jørgensen, Multiconsult

From the architect. The combined office and kindergarten building is located on the perimeter of the historical park of the official residence of the Norwegian State Railway’s director. The brief asked for a prominent, yet considerate project that would become a backdrop to the historical park. Being situated in between the historical city of Oslo and the open harbor transformation area of Filipstad, we were interested in developing a hybrid typology. A building that would be perceived as a clear extension of the city -block structure towards the street, and at the same time a pavilion that would reinforce its relationship with the park.

March 29, 2017

One North / Holst Architecture

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Architects: Holst Architecture
Location: Portland, OR, United States
Architect In Charge: Cory Hawbecker
Area: 42940.0 m2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Andrew Pogue

Other Participants: Karuna Consortium, LCC, Froelich Consulting Engineers, KPFF Consulting Engineers, McKinstry

From the architect. One North is an innovative commercial development that was designed with a clear set of values involving community, environment, and resiliency. The project provides office and retail space on a brownfield site, with a focus on maximizing energy efficiency, reducing waste and consumption, and sharing resources with the community. Coupled with a strong commitment to neighborhood values and collaboration, One North represents an entirely different approach to commercial buildings.

Composed of three mixed-use office buildings with ground-floor retail, the development surrounds a new 14,000 square feet courtyard intended to create a vibrant community space for use by

March 29, 2017

House H / HAO Design

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Architects: HAO Design
Location: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Area: 36.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Hey!Cheese

From the architect. This project is a multipurpose space that combines a studio and exhibition space featuring furniture for sale. The property, a unit in a row of old townhouses, is located in Kaohsiung City's Zuoying District. The 36 year-old house has a retro, warm and inviting exterior and retains the split-level floor plan popular in the 1960s. Past occupants have made additions according to their needs, including a sheet metal shack and windows with iron grating.

The first floor of the building is 11 ping (approximately 36 square meters). It has a narrow facade and hence the interior does not let in a lot of light, obscuring the building's original beautiful exterior. We removed the interior staircase, the iron grated windows facing the

March 28, 2017

Backlight Apartment / 2BOOKS design

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Architects: 2BOOKS design
Location: Taipei, Keelung City, Taiwan
Architect In Charge: Jeff Weng
Area: 104.0 m2
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: highlite images

From the architect. The project is a very common type of apartment in Taiwan, the customer hopes that we can give a solution for the problem of the darkness in the interior space, and provide enough storage for kids toys, picture books and most camping equipments .

In this regard, we try to use a smaller partition wall to distinguish the space, make it more spacious and open, and the use of wall space to produce storage cabinets, without affecting the daylighting function.

From the beginning of the discussion, the choice of main material is focus on the use concrete from the original space, and leave it as floor and wall. the light showing a warm and

March 28, 2017

FUX – Collective Housing in Vienna / trans_city

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Architects: trans_city
Location: Fuchsröhrenstraße 17, 1110 Wien, Austria
Architects In Charge: Mark Gilbert, Christian Aulinger
Design Team: Christian Aulinger, Mark Gilbert Realisation: Sonja Reisinger Brigitta Sponer, (Project Managers) Michael Pulman, Ricardo Oliveira, Michael Koenig
Area: 518.0 m2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Hertha Hurnaus, Daniel Hawelka

Partner In Charge: Mark Gilbert
Landscape: Büro Kern + Partner
Building Physics : Büro Kern + Partner
Structural Planning : Buschina & Partner ZT GmbH
Social Coordination : Reality Lab / Pöllabauer-Tscherteu KG
Client: Heimbau Gemeinnützige Bauträgerges. m.b.H.; MA 11 der Stadt Wien

Supervised housing for adolescents and young men.

This project for group housing may be small in size, but its objectives are generous and substantial. Here, young men with special needs can find a place to call home: a supervised and supportive living environment with opportunities for shared activities as well as