Brick Cave / H&P Architects
The proposed structure of the house resembles that of a Cave. The overall structure is made up of and enclosed by two layers of brick wall meeting one another at an intersection, with alternate ‘green’ arrangements of plants and vegetables. Bricks have long been a familiar local material and widely used in rural areas of Vietnam with a simple manual construction method...read more
FAMILY HOUSE IN MONTRAS / RICARDO BOFILL TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA
The building is an articulated house that respects as far as possible the preexisting vegetation. The pavilions, sheathed in brown brick are projected towards the central space and face the swimming pool - the center of the life of this villa...read more
Harold Street Residence / Jackson Clements Burrows Architects
The Harold Street Residence is a new two storey dwelling located in a heritage overlay area of Middle Park. The brief called for a new residence for a couple with university age children that would accommodate their evolving family needs. The ground floor provides the primary residence for our clients, engaging both with the street and garden, whilst the upper level provides more flexible living areas and bedrooms for their children, visitors and grandchildren...read more
Manhwaricano House / Rieuldorang Atelier
It is 30 minutes away from Ulsan and there are many people who migrate to enjoy rural life these days. Most of the migrants here buy places that have developed mountains and fields for residential use. The commissioned place was one of these houses. Three houses of Ameri-can type were already here. Placing different types of buildings where the same shapes are side by side creates an uncomfortable landscape in terms of locality and context...read more
Aráoz 967 / BAAG
Aráoz 967 is a residential building located in Villa Crespo, a low density area with a strong neighborhood character. The project faces the difficulty of continuing to densify the city in a neighborhood of low-density houses that define their identity as their urban way of life...read more
Edron Gallery / TACO taller de arquitectura contextual
The Édron Gallery is the first intervention to the old corporate building of Grupo Predeco, a company that manufactures and commercializes construction elements and materials in the Mexican southeast since more than 40 years ago. Édron is a Predeco brand specialized in permeable pavers. The objective of the project was to adapt an existing space to exhibit their products...read more
CIVIC CENTRE CRISTALLERIES PLANELL 1015 / HARQUITECTES
This public facility houses an adult education centre, a language standarization consortium and a hotel on a triangular plot in the Parliament district. Two of the three sides of the site area defined by the heritage-listed frontage of the former Planell glass factory, built on Calle Anglesola in 1913....read more
Xintai Warehouse / Kokaistudios
The project is located in Shanghai, on the North bank of the Suzhou Creek. The area, once the vibrating industrial engine of the colonial Shanghai, is today undergoing an unprecedented and controversial process of transformation, where consistent portions of the original urban fabric, 'carpets' of Shikumen intertwined with warehouses and industrial artifacts, are being cancelled together with the memory they represent, replaced by high rise residential and office towers....read more
Three Courtyard Community centre / AZL architects
On the eastern edge of Yangzhou's new development area and east of the 2500-year-old Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Three Courtyard Community Centre stands out from the surrounding newly completed call centres, glass office blocks, and farmers' villages. The Community centre's programme calls for recreation, dining, and meeting spaces for the surrounding residents and employees...read more
Civic Centre Lleialtat Santsenca 1214 / HARQUITECTES
Three starting points: understanding the historic value of Lleialtat Santsenca (1928),an old working class cooperative in the Sants neighborhood; knowing to the detail the building’s (physical) state to maintain as much as possible; and being sensitive to the whole collaborative process launched in 2009 by neighborhood organizations to recover the building...read more
