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Architect: SAMI-arquitectos – Inês Vieira da Silva, Miguel Vieira
Location: São Roque do Pico, Ilha do Pico, Açores, Portugal
Team: João do Vale Martins, Inês Martins, Daniel Mentech
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: FG + SG architectural photography
Courtesy of Darren Carnell Architects
Architect: Darren Carnell Architects
Location: Australia
Project Team: Darren Carnell, Jason Rosewarne, Shilo De Bono, Lindsay Sutherland, Jade Hutchison
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Peter Clarke, Emma Cross
© Yusuke Wakabayashi
Architects: Upsetters Architects
Location: Eifukucho,Tokyo, Japan
Project Area: 124.81 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Yusuke Wakabayashi
© Elisabeth Hudson
Architect: Filter Arkitekter As
Location: Skåtøy,Norway
Contractor: Johan Brekka
Project Area: 100 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Elisabeth Hudson
© MochSulthonn
Architect: Word of Mouth Architecture
Location: Nyanyi Beach, Bali, Indonesia
Principal: ValentinaAudrito
Interior Designer: JosettePlismy
Design Team: Robin Bimantoro, FikaHerdiani, DewiArianti
Civil Contractor: Edi Suroso
MEP Contractor: Witala Jaya Abadi
Landscape Designer: John Pettigrew
ESD Consultant: FrederikStimmel
Land Area: 6500 sqm
Building Area: 1417 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: MochSulthonn
Courtesy of Stufkens + Chambers Architects
Architecture and Interiors: Stufkens + Chambers Architects
Location: Redcliffs, Christchurch, New Zealand
Structural Engineer: Aurecon
Landscape Design: Stufkens + Chambers Architects
Photographs: Courtesy of Stufkens + Chambers Architects
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Architect: Yo Yamagata Architects
Location: Saitama, Japan
Project Area : 54.98 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Forward stroke Inc
© Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
Architects: TIP
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Walter Mair, Tonatiuh Ambrosetti, Lukas Lenherr
© Marco Introini
Kengo Kuma & Associates who completed the CCCWall and the CCCloud, and client, Casalgrande Padana, recently implemented a significant architectural restoration project inserted in the Casalgrande Ceramic Cloud system: the spectacular landmark completed for the Reggio company only one year ago. The Old House is the result of an interesting project for the requalification of the existing item designed by Kuma with the sensitivity that characterizes his approach to the themes of tradition. The pre-existing building, a typical farmhouse of the Reggio countryside that survived the deep industrial changes in the territory, has been completely restored and recovered to the function of historical archive and documentation center of Casalgrande Padana. More images and project description after the break. read more »
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Architects: DP Architects
Location: 36 Boon Teck Road, Singapore 329 605
Principal Architect: Jaye Tan Jia Yee
Main Contractor: Lay Construction
Site Area: 137.3 sqm
Building Area: 284.97sqm (GFA)
Photographs: Courtesy of DP Architects
© Daici Ano
Architect: Keiji Ashizawa Design
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project architect: Keiji Ashizawa, Rie Honjo
Structural engineer: Akira Suzuki
Photograph: Daici Ano
© Christos Papantoniou
Architects: Yiorgos Hadjichristou Architects
Location: Kaimakli, Nicosia, Cyprus
House owners: Kalli Christoforou, Yiorgos Hadjichristou
Colaborators: Petros Konstantinou, Veronika Antoniou
Photographs: Christos Papantoniou, Yiorgos Kordakis
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Architects: Architecture Research Office
Location: Chilmark, MA (Martha’s Vineyard Island), USA
Project Title: Martha’s Vineyard House
Site: 104 Hammett Road, Chilmark, MA 02535
Gross Square Footage: 2,700 SF
Photographs: Elizabeth Felicella, Thomas Brodin, Bob O’Connor
Courtesy of Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects
Architects: Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects – Rick Mohler, Rick Ghillino, Rik Adams, Brian Baker
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Structural: Swenson Say Faget
Landscape: Linda Attaway (LALA)
Contractor: EH Construction
Completion: 2007
Photographs: Courtesy of Adams Mohler Ghillino Architects
flood condition
The vision of Pitupong Chaowakul, Wattikon Kosolkit and Yupadee Sutvisith for the future Thai house is an architecture that is composed of different levels of resilient segments. This includes 100% resistance with facility space that allows water to flood on the entire area without causing damages. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Tom Jenkins
The most satisfying part of the Rachofsky House is that it is not a museum. There is no real reason why it shouldn’t be, considering the multitude of visitors and school fieldtrips that frequent the 11,000 square-foot, three-story building week in and week out. But the House remains a 100% private residence, still owned by Mr. Rachofsky and operated by a small staff. This all lends to a very unique and personal experience for the visitor, because not only does the intimacy of a house enrich one’s interaction with the art, but the lessened formal pressure allows for greater exploration of space and more appreciation to the architectural detail.
© Ossip van Duivenbode
Architects: BYTR Architects
Location: Maarn, The Netherlands
Projectteam: Tjerk van de Wetering, Richel Lubbers, Dominique Vermeulen
Client: Private
Completion: 2010
Wooden framework: Prehocon, Bunnik
Building costs: €100.000 excl. BTW
Photographs: Ossip van Duivenbode
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Architects: WA Design Inc
Location: Marin, California, USA
Client: Stacia Cronin and David Stark Wilson
Size: 1400 square feet
Design Team: David Stark Wilson, Frank Eyerly, Eoi Takagi
Consultants: Kenneth Hughes (engineering); PCD Engineering (mechanical)
Photographs: Courtesy of WA Design Inc
Architects: PLY Architecture
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Construction: 2009 – 2010
Square fotage: 1100 sf
Design: Craig Borum + Karl Daubmann (Principals) Mike Ezban, Marshal Prado, Alex Timmer
Photographs: PLY Architecture
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