Comments on: ACL House / Pitagoras Arquitectos http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/ Architecture News: The latest buildings, projects and competitions every day. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:48:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: iyass http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/#comment-39809 iyass Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:34:42 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=20669#comment-39809 miss van de rohe miss van de rohe

]]> By: Michael Nash http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/#comment-27429 Michael Nash Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:59:52 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=20669#comment-27429 Strong influence of Craig Ellwood; CSH #16. Strong influence of Craig Ellwood; CSH #16.

]]> By: richie http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/#comment-27345 richie Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:38:35 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=20669#comment-27345 That's good! That’s good!

]]> By: Bo Lucky http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/#comment-27275 Bo Lucky Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:58:49 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=20669#comment-27275 Nice house, well integrated with the surroundings. A bit "dry & cold" for my taste but this will change with people moving in. On the negative side: 1. It is disappointing that having so much space and light, bathrooms are so tiny and dark 2. The bedroom area has a hotel like character 3. The house works better if the kitchen and dining are together and entrance hall leads directly to the living area. Nice house, well integrated with the surroundings. A bit “dry & cold” for my taste but this will change with people moving in. On the negative side:
1. It is disappointing that having so much space and light, bathrooms are so tiny and dark
2. The bedroom area has a hotel like character
3. The house works better if the kitchen and dining are together and entrance hall leads directly to the living area.

]]> By: Terry Glenn Phipps http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/#comment-27272 Terry Glenn Phipps Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:31:42 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=20669#comment-27272 The plan is outstanding, with nods to courtyard architecture, Pierre Koenig, and the Case Study houses in general. The idea of emphasizing the horizontality of the composition with the repeating wooden fencing and shutters is good, but it is hard to tell about the execution in these photographs. Likewise, the effect of stacked planes is a good idea that seems to have been lost a little bit to a chunk of metal flashing sitting on top of the extending plan. That strikes me as a failure in planning. Again, with the materials palette the stucco seems awfully stark in comparison to the warmth of the rest of the materials. All of this is pretty hard to say because the photos are horrendous. The main photo gives a nice impression going in and the rest of the photos are just snapshots, and terrible representations of this architecture. Studios like this, that are growing and promoting themselves, especially by using blogs would be so well served by working with decent architectural photographers. It makes all of the difference in the world. Terry Glenn Phipps The plan is outstanding, with nods to courtyard architecture, Pierre Koenig, and the Case Study houses in general. The idea of emphasizing the horizontality of the composition with the repeating wooden fencing and shutters is good, but it is hard to tell about the execution in these photographs. Likewise, the effect of stacked planes is a good idea that seems to have been lost a little bit to a chunk of metal flashing sitting on top of the extending plan. That strikes me as a failure in planning. Again, with the materials palette the stucco seems awfully stark in comparison to the warmth of the rest of the materials.

All of this is pretty hard to say because the photos are horrendous. The main photo gives a nice impression going in and the rest of the photos are just snapshots, and terrible representations of this architecture.

Studios like this, that are growing and promoting themselves, especially by using blogs would be so well served by working with decent architectural photographers. It makes all of the difference in the world.

Terry Glenn Phipps

]]> By: tatomillanta http://www.archdaily.com/20669/acl-house-pitagoras-arquitectos/#comment-27267 tatomillanta Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:50:41 +0000 http://www.archdaily.com/?p=20669#comment-27267 i like the use of the materials i like the use of the materials

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