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Artfarm / HHF Architects + Ai Weiwei
Architects: HHF Architects + Ai WeiWei
Location: Salt Point, New York, USA
Design Team: HERLACH HARTMANN FROMMENWILER & AI WEIWEI with Tom Strub, Fumiko Takahama
Structural Engineering: Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY
Construction Management: Crawford & Associates, Hudson, NY
Design year: 2006-2007
Construction year: 2007-2008
Client: Christophe W. Mao / Chambers Fine Art
Budget: US $321,700
Constructed Area: 373 sqm
Photographs: Iwan Baan
House in Matinhal / ARX
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus
Location: Martinhal, Portugal
Project year: 2002-2003
Construction year: 2005-2007
Constructed area: 320 sqm
Structure: SAFRE, Estudos e Projectos de Engenharia Lda.
Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Fjällhus Residence / PS Arkitektur
Architects: PS Arkitektur
Location: Härjedalen, Sweden
Principal: Peter Sahlin
Constructed Area: 85 sqm
Design Year: 2005
Photographs: Patric Johansson
Suburban Intervention / Oyler Wu Collaborative
A small intervention on the backyard of a house by Oyler Wu Collaborative. Functional, open, and well shaded… I like it.
Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Project Team: Dwayne Oyler, Jenny Wu, Chris Eskew, Brad Goldpaint
Lighting Design: Thomas Paterson, Luxpopuli
Photographs: Art Gray Photography
São Chico Private Retreat / Studio Paralelo
Architects: Studio Paralelo
Location: São Francisco de Paula, RS – Brazil
Contractor: Sull Frame
Steel Frame: Formac Brasil
Steel Frame Engineering: Formac Chile
Concrete Engineering: Multiprojetos
Lighting: Eficientysul
Wood Stoves: Amesti Brasil
Site Area: 1610 sqm
Constructed Area: 82 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2007
Photographs: Eduardo Aigner
Alhambra House / URBANA
Architects: URBANA – José Fernando Vázquez-Pérez & Rafael Castro Montes de Oca
Location: Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Project Team: Carlos Cruz-Ortiz, Marcelo López-Dinardi, Luis Cruz de la Paz, Alex Hernández
Contractor: Pascual Ribas
Electrical Engineering: Gisela Pérez
Structural Engineering: José M. Green
Mechanical Engineering: Raúl Torres
Project year: 2005-2006
Site Area: 1,120 sqm
Constructed Area: 253 sqm
Photographs: José Fernando Vázquez-Pérez
House of Sweden / Wingardh
Architects: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor
Location: Washington DC, USA
Principal Architects: Gert Wingårdh & Tomas Hansen
Architects in Charge: Gunilla Murnieks
Competition Team: Gert Wingårdh, Thomas Hansen, Ulrika Davidsson, Fredrik Gullberg, Pål Ericsson, Jacob Sahlqvist, Jacek Zalecki, Petter Leyman, Ola Frödell, Henrik Schulz, Tobias Fasth, Robert Hendberg
Building Team: Gert Wingårdh, Thomas Hansen, Gunilla Murnieks, Susanna Ringnér, Birgitta Stenvaller, Andreas Henriksson, Gustav Appell, Markus Furby, Björn Nilsson, Therese Ahlström, Taito Lampinen, Robert Hendberg, Daniel Frickeus, Fredrik Gullberg, Sven Nestgaard, Sara Helder, Pål Ericsson, Maria Olausson, Fredrik Prytz, Anna Palm, Hanna Samuelson, Alexandra Pripp
Construction Year: 2004-2006
Project Managment: National Property Board Sweden
Structural Engineering: Flygfältsbyrån AB
Lighting: Ljusarkitektur P & Ö AB
Constructed Area: 8,157 sqm
Photographs: Wingardh
Surfhouse / XTEN Architecture
Architects: XTEN Architecture
Location: Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Principals: Monika Haefelfinger & Austin Kelly, AIA
Client: Jennifer & Nick Hall
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Art Gray Photography
RELAXX sport and leisure center / AK2
Architects: AK2
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Designers: Andrea Klimková, Peter Kručay
Project Year: 2008
Site Area: 5,418 sqm
Construction Area: 9,271 sqm
Photographs: Andrea Klimková, Ľubo Stacho
Tanishq retail store / Pompei A.D
The New York based practice, Pompei A.D., was hired to design the firsts Tanishq stores in the U.S. and sent us some pictures of the one located in Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, N.J.
More pictures and some drawings after the break.
Chongqing Library / Perkins Eastman
Architects: Perkins Eastman
Location: Chongqing, China
Project Year: 2007
Building Type: Public Assembly
Construction Area: 50,000 sqm
Budget: US $38.6M
Photographs: © ZhiHui Gu
Halftecture O / Shuhei Endo
Architects: Shuhei Endo
Location: Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan
Structure System: Suspended Steel Sheet
Project year: 2005
Principal use: Public Lavatory
Site Area: 580 sqm
Constructed Area: 103 sqm
Photographs: Shuhei Endo
Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center / BURO II + CITIC
Architects: BURO II & Design Institute of China CITIC
Location: Guangzhou, China
Structural Design : Laurent Ney & Partners (Belgium)
Landscape Design: Stefaan Thiers en Denis Dujardin (Belgium)
Facade Engineering: Van Santen & Ass. (France)
Interior Design: Lens°Ass (Belgium)
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Philippe van Gelooven
This project recently won the civic category at the World Architecture Festival
Pedestrian Bridge in Zapallar / Enrique Browne
Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos
Location: Zapallar, Chile
Collaborators: Rodrigo Rojas, Davor Pavlovic, Baltazar Sánchez y Tomás Swett
Project year: 2006-2008
Structural Engineering: Alfonso Larraín
Photographs: Enrique Browne
Food Container Remixed / Spacelab Architects
Architects: Spacelab architects – Luca Silenzi
Location: Fermo, Italy
Collaborators: Roberto Sargo, Zoè Chantall Monterubbiano
Structural Engineering: Giampiero Luzi
Technical Inspection: arch. Luca Silenzi, arch. Roberto Sargo
Contractor: G.I.L. Costruzioni, Porto San Giorgio (Italy)
Constructive System: Precast concrete + metal structure; custom made precast exterior enclosure panels
Project year: 2006-2007
Construction year: 2008
Site area: 7200 sqm
Constructed Area: 2600 sqm
Photographs: ©Luca Silenzi
Dwelling at Maytree / ODOS architects
Architects: ODOS architects
Location: Wicklow, Ireland
Construction: Oaklawn Construction
Constructed Area: 287 sqm
Design Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Ros Kavanagh and ODOS architects
Casa Wakasa / wHY Architecture
Architects: wHY Architecture
Location: Osaka, Japan
Area: 279 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Program: Private Residence
Photographs: wHY Architecture
Gleichenberg Thermal Bath / JSA
Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor
Location: Bad Gleichenberg, Austria
Design Period: 2005-2007
Construction period: 2005-2008
Client: HCC/Kappa
Project Architects: Olav Jensen(pl), Børre Skodvin (pl), Ane Forfang, Carl Patrik Larsson, Helge Lunder, Minna Riska, Dagfinn Sagen, Thomas Knigge, Torunn Golberg, Torstein Koch, AnneLise Bjerkan
Collaborating Local Architect: Domenig Wallner, Graz
Landscape: Kim Wilkie
Budget: 1.000.000 EURO (US $31.52 millions)
Constructed Area: 17,500 sqm
Photographs: JSA
