Nico Saieh
M1 Residence / Skylab Architecture (Twilight movie house)
A few weeks ago I watched the movie Twilight, and noticed that the house of the vampires was actually very interesting, with separated volumes and big openings that potentiate the views into different directions of the surrounding woods. This house in Portland´s Forest Park was designed by US Architects Skylab Architecture. Project description by the architects after the break.
The Prayer Chapel / debartolo architects
Architects: debartolo architects ltd.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Project team: Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, J. Eric Huffman, Aaron Taylor, Tim Smith, Kent McClure
Civil + Landscape: wrg design
Structural Engineer: rudow + berry
Mechanical engineer: kunka engineering
Electrical Engineer: associated engineering
Contractor: arthur porter construction
Landscape Design: michael boucher landscape architect
Lighting Design: roger smith lighting design
Constructed Area: 578 sqm
Design year: 2003-2006
Construction year: 2007
Photographs: Bill Timmerman
Garden Museum / Dow Jones Architects
In October 2007, Dow Jones Architects won an architectural competition to redesign the museum. The competition brief asked for a new gallery space where temporary exhibitions could be housed in secure and environmentally-controlled conditions.
Text description and more photographs and drawings after the break.
21 terraced houses / Vallo & Sadovsky Architects
Architects: Vallo & Sadovsky Architects
Location: Pekná Cesta, Bratislava-Rača, Slovakia
Construction Year: 2006
End section house constructed area: 162 sqm
Terraced house constructed area: 138 sqm
Photographs: Pato Safko, Vallo Sadovsky Architects, Jan Polverini & Linda Antalova
Shell / ARTechnic architects
Architects: Kotaro Ide / ARTechnic architects
Location: Kitasaku, Nagano, Japan
Assistants: Moriyuki Fujihara, Ruri Mitsuyasu, Takashi Mototani (former member), Kenyu Fujii
Collaborator: Manami Ide (designer of customized metal work)
Structural Engineer: Naomi Kitayama / NAO
Mechanical engineer: Hiroshi Nakayama / TNA
Electrical Engineer: Jyunetsu Satou / EPS
Contractor: Kenji Kusunoki / GIKAKU
Site Area: 1,711 sqm
Constructed Area: 329 sqm
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Nacasa & Partners Inc.
Vanhaerents office building / BURO II
Belgian practice BURO II sent us this extension of the existing offices for the property developer Vanhaerents. It is an excellent example of collaboration between Buro Interior and Buro II.
They sent us some photographs taken by Jean Godecharle, but no drawings are available yet.
Copper House 2 / Smiljan Radic
Architect: Smiljan Radic Clarke
Location: Talca, Chile
Collaborators: Loreto Lyon, Danilo Lazcano, Augusto Vergara, Gonzalo Torres
Contractor: Constructora Covasa Ltda.
Constructive System: Steel frame
Project Year: 2004
Construction Year: 2005
Site Area: 5,000 sqm
Constructed Area: 165 sqm
Photographs: Cristobal Palma
ORDOS 100 #10: Johnston Marklee & Associates
This villa is located in plot #46 of the ORDOS project.
Architects: Johnston Marklee & Associates
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Pincipals in charge: Sharon Johnston AIA, Mark Lee
Project Architect: Anton Schneider
Project team: Owen Merrick, Midori Mizuhara, Jonathan Raz
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Tree house / Sander Architects
Architects: Sander Architects
Location: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Project Year: 2002-2004
Construction Year: 2004-2006
Photographs: Sander Architects
Turku City Library / JKMM Architects
Architects: JKMM Architects
Location: Turku, Finland
Main Designer: Asmo Jaaksi architect SAFA
Design Team: Teemu Kurkela, Samuli Miettinen, Juha Mäki-Jyllilä, Mikko Rossi, Katja Savolainen architects SAFA, Päivi Meuronen interior architect SIO
Landscaping: Molino Oy
Structural Design: Narmaplan Oy
Lighting: Eficientysul
Main Contractor: NCC Rakennus Oy
Constructed Area: 6,900 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Arno de la Chapelle, Asmo Jaaksi, Harri Falck, Jonny Holmen, Jussi Tiainen, Michael Perlmutter, Patrik Rastenberg
House with a Capsule / KWK PROMES
Architects: KWK PROMES
Location: Poland
Project Architect: Robert Konieczny
Structural Engineer: Marian Goczoł
Design Year: 2001
Construction Year: 2002-2004
Site Area: 972 sqm
Constructed Area: 102 sqm
Photographs: KWK PROMES
House 1 in Penafiel / Claudio Vilarinho
Architects: Claudio Vilarinho
Location: Penafiel, Portugal
Contractor: Objecto, Engenharia e Construção Lda. + Others
Engineering: Apótema – Gabinete de Projectos Eléctricos, Rita & Gás, Lda. + Futureng, Lda. + Objecto, Engenharia e Construção Lda.
Project Year: 2005-in construction
Photographs: Claudio Vilarinho
ORDOS 100 #9: Sou Fujimoto
This villa is located in plot #70 of the ORDOS project.
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Design year: 2008
Construction year: 2009
Curator: Ai Weiwei, Beijing, China
Client: Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd, Inner Mongolia, China
Constructed Area: 1,000 sqm aprox
Refuge Pavilion / Francisco Portugal e Gomes
Architects: Francisco Portugal e Gomes
Location: Santiago/Penafiel, Portugal
Collaborators: Fernando Gabriel, architect / João Alexandre Abreu, practice architect
Structure and Foundations: Fernando Gonçalves, engineer
Water Supply and Water Installations: Fernando Gonçalves
Electric Installations and Communications: MEGAVAR – Engenharia, Lda
Project leader: Sónia Almeida, engineer
Constructed Area: 83 sqm
Project year: 2002-2003
Construction year: 2006-2007
Budget: US $1,181 / sqm
Photographs: Fernando Gabriel, Jorge Garcia Pereira
Private residence in Geneva / Charles Pictet
Architects: Charles Pictet Architecte FAS SIA
Location: Colony, Switzerland
Collaborator: Anjéla Aubert, architecte DPLG
Engineering: ESM, Jérôme Ponti, Genève
Project Year: 2003-2005
Photographs: Francesca Giovanelli
Consorcio Building Concepcion / Enrique Browne
Architects: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos
Location: Concepción, Chile
Associated Architect: Patricio Browne
Collaborators: Enrique C. Browne, Sebastián Morandé, Davor Pavlovic
Project year: 2003-2004
Site Area: 1,096 sqm
Constructed Area: 3,789 sqm
Structural Consultants: Ruiz y Saavedra Ingenieros
Contractor: Ignacio Hurtado y Cia.
Technical Inspection: Juan Eduardo Mujica
Photographs: Guy Wenborne
TDA House / Cadaval & Solà-Morales
Architect: Eduardo Cadaval & Clara Solà-Morales
Location: Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Collaborator: Eugenio Eraña Lagos
Structures: Ricardo Camacho de la Fuente
Construction Managment: Marcial Burgos & Hugo López Solano
Constructed Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2005-2006
Photograhs: Santiago Garcés / Cadaval & Solà-Morales
Moliere 209 Building / SCAP
Architects: SCAP Arquitectura – Homero Hernández, Juan Carlos Alvear
Location: Polanco, México DF, México
Collaborators: Cesar Heredia, Mauricio Ramírez, Pedro Pizarro, Laura Arriaga, Isabel Llaca, Juan José Martínez, Bernardo Torres, Israel Nava
Construction: SCAP, Constructora RODAR, Grupo Constructor Mar
Construction inspection: SCAP
Structural Engineering: Proyectos y Construcciones Forsbach
Services: Bufette Ingeniería
Lighting: ArtenLuz
Project year: 2006-2007
Constructed Area: 1,250 sqm
Photographs: Paul Czitrom
