Piazza Céramique / Jo Janssen Architecten
As one of the last urban blocks to be realized in the ‘Ceramique – Area’ of Maastricht the scheme does not opt for the here common solution of the closed perimeter block, but employs a spatial strategy in which urban space is opened up. Through strategically placing 3 volumes it not only makes that... read more
Day Care in Zsámbék / Földes Architects
We mixed the functionally strict floor plan of the créche with a traditional and community building space form – the cloister. We’ve placed the group rooms and the central multifunctional space around the cloister. This way the créche became appropriate for developing relationship between parents... read more
Østerbrogade 105 / C. F. Møller Architects
Østerbro is a middle-class area close to Copenhagen city centre, situated just north of the lakes which divide the medieval town from the city of the industrial age. Seen from the air, Østerbro is a typical residential district from the end of the 19th century. The area is densely built up, with large, closed blocks... read more
Fitzjames Teaching and Learning Centre / Feilden Fowles
The Fitzjames Teaching and Learning Centre, Hazlegrove School by Feilden Fowles has won an RIBA South West Award 2015 and the RIBA South West Client of the Year Award 2015. The jury commented that the ‘building is a testament to the fact that the client - architect relationship was extremely... read more
La Facade / diederendirrix architects
From an urban planning point of view, the east side of the square in the station district in Den Bosch lacked a clear boundary. diederendirrix designed a closed perimeter block for the location both to define the volume of the square and to gesture towards the station and the palace district which lies behind... read more
Mint Street Peabody Housing / Pitman Tozer Architects
Mint Street, a new-build development designed by Pitman Tozer Architects for Peabody, provides 67 new homes for rent, shared ownership and private sale. Replacing a single-storey of light industrial units and a car park, the new £11m development is located on a busy urban site alongside a railway... read more
Raakspoort / Bolles+Wilson
Transformative processes, particularly those relating to delicate fine-grained historic cities like Haarlem are complex and protracted. In the case of the Raaks project it took more than ten years to evolve from the considered Urban Masterplan (Donald Lambert - Kraaijvanger Urbis) through a sequence of... read more
Villa Hendrikx / 70F architecture
The commission (September 2007) consisted of a detached house on a plot in residential area Overgooi in Almere, at the foot of the Gooimeer dike. The family wanted, except for transparency and privacy, a strong integration of the plot with the building as opposed to a block on a mound. The house is... read more
House LB Piura / Riofrio+Rodrigo Arquitectos
The house is located in northern Peru, near the equator, in the city of Piura. Intense heat is an important factor when designing for this area. This particular external characteristic impacts how the home’s inhabitants use conventional spaces. We observe that the terrace is the most important... read more
A House For All Seasons / John Lin
Shijia Village is located in Shaanxi province, in northwestern China. Development in rural areas such as Shijia, typically abandons traditional styles in favor of more generic housing types. This is partly the result of the area’s gradual shift away from economic self-reliance: as labor tends to migrate toward... read more
