Alpine Barn / EXiT architetti associati
Architects: EXiT architetti associati / Francesco Loschi, Giuseppe Pagano, Paolo Panetto
Location: Selva di Cadore, Belluno, Italy
Project Manager: Francesco Loschi
Structural Engineering: Alberto Soligo
Technical Plan Design: Mauro Benozzi
Project Area: 220 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2010
Photographs: Teresa Cos
Mosman House / Corben Architects
Architects: Corben Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Project Architect: Mohit Keni
Project Team: Philip Corben, Mohit Keni, Sapna Mehta, Mie Mie Ohn, Richard Chung
Structural and Hydraulic Engineering: Acor Consltants
Landscape Architect: Hosking Partnership
Builder: SX Projects
Site Area: 588 sqm
Project Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Alina Gozina
Guangzhou Opera House / Zaha Hadid
Our chinese reader Sharwe shared with us some actual photographs of the construction process of this 70,000 sqm Opera House designed by Zaha Hadid in Guangzhou, China. With this building, which includes 1,800 seats in the Grand theatre, entrance lobby & lounge, Multifunction hall, other auxiliary facilities & support premises, Zaha is trying to confirm this city as one of Asia’s cultural centres.
More images after the break.
IVY House / SPEAC
Architect: Hiroyuki Miyabe / SPEAC, inc.
Location: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Producer: Hiroya Yoshizato (SPEAC, inc.)
Architect in Charge: Tomoko Kawai (SPEAC, inc.)
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Takeshi Yamagishi
Artreehoose / Della Valle Bernheimer
Architects: Della Valle Bernheimer
Location: Lake Candlewood, New Fairfield, CT, USA
Partner in Charge: Andrew Bernheimer
Project Manager: Erik Helgen
Project Team: Jared Della Valle, Brian Butterfield, Adam Ruedig, Suzanne Stefan
Contractor: Hammersmith Inc.
Project Area: 5,400 sq ft
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Richard Barnes
Hoeve Nooitgedacht / Architectenbureau di’t
Architect: Architectenbureau di’t
Location: Gravenweg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Project architect: G.J. van Leer
Structural engineer: Adviesbureau Versteeg
Design: 2008
Realization Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Architectenbureau di’t, G.J. van Leer
Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library / Davis Brody Bond
Architects: Davis Brody Bond Aedas
Location: Washington DC, USA
Co-Lead Designers: Peter Cook, J. Max Bond
Project Team: Christiane DeJong, AIA, LEED AP, Nathan Hoyt, FAIA, Cody McNeal, LEED AP, Scott Phillips (no longer with firm), Kelly Powell (no longer with firm), Semaj Tucker (no longer with firm)
Contractor: Forrester Construction Company
Structural & Civil Engineering: Delon Hampton
Lighting Consultant: MCLA
Landscape Architects: Lee and Associates
Project Area: 22,800 sq ft
Budget: $12,000,000
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Paúl Rivera & Davis Brody Bond Aedas
Villa A / Najjar-Najjar Architects
Architects: Najjar-Najjar Architects
Location: Pöstlingberg, Linz, Austria
Design Team: Julia Martin, Ali Reza Milaninia, Sebastian Brandter
Structural Engineers: Dipl: Ing Karl Födermayr
Garden design: Topolis landscape architecture
M&E Consultant: Techplan – Franz Mack
Electronic: Patrias Ing. Rudolf Patrias
Main contractor: Auboeck Bau Gmbh
Project Area: 420 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Manfred Seidl
Warrnambool Campus / Lyons
Architects: Lyons
Location: Victoria, Australia
Structural & Civil Consultant: Barry Gale Engineers
Services Consultant: Umow Lai
Landscape Architects: Rush Wright Associates
Surveyor: PLP Building Surveyors & Consultants
Project Area: 2,870 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Dianna Snape Photography
House in Showa-cho / Fujiwarramuro Architects
Architects: Fujiwarramuro Architects / Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro
Location: Abeno, Osaka, Japan
Site area: 70.44 sqm
Building area: 42.61sqm
Total floor area: 108.35 sqm
Design year: 2006-2007
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano
World’s Tallest Steel Buildings
Did you know that the Sears Tower (now renamed as the Willis Tower) is currently the tallest steel building in the world?
Tall steel buildings are possible thanks to Fazlur Khan, SOM engineer behind several innovations in terms of structural design. On Construction Week Online we found this list of the ten tallest steel buildings in the world, with Kahn’s buildings on the 1st, 5th and 10th place.
All the buildings after the break:
Juranda House / Apiacás Arquitetos
Architects: Apiacás Arquitetos
Location: Vila Beatriz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project Architects: Anderson Freitas, Juliana de Araujo Antunes
Collaborators: Acácia Furuya, Bibiana Ferreira, Pedro Mauger
Structural Engineering: Eng. Maria de Lourdes Mesquita
Project Area: 150 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Pregnolato & Kusuki Estúdio Fotográfico
Strom Spa Nordique / Chevalier Morales Architectes
Architects: Chevalier Morales Architectes
Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Project managers: Sergio Morales, Stephan Chevalier
Project team: Sergio Morales, Stephan Chevalier, Karine Dieujuste, Christine Giguère, Samantha Hayes, Neil Melendez
Client: Anne Joyal, Guillaume Lemoine
Engineers: Les Consultants Gemec, Génivar
General contractor: Pomerleau
Built area: 1,000 sqm
Budget: 3.6 M
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Marc Cramer
Natura House / Epigram + Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos
Architects: Epigram + Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos
Location: Santo André, SP, Brazil
Directors in Charge: Marcelo Bicudo, Daniel Lifschitz, Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes, Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Collaborators: Tatiana Machado, Ana Paula Barbosa (coordination); Naya Adam, Juliana Nohara, Paola Bianchi (architects); Flavio Faggion, Alexandre Martins (trainee)
Construction: BR Construções
Project Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Fran Parente
Terrace Villa / Solid Space Atelier
Architects: Solid Space Atelier
Location: Baoshan Township, Hsinzhu county, Taiwan
Project Area: 308 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Su Yon & Stone Shih
In Progress: Multi-functional Sports Hall / SADAR + VUGA
Architect: SADAR + VUGA
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Consultant: KSS – London
Structural engineers: Atelier One – London, Gradis, Elea iC
Mechanical engineers: Lenassi, Jelen & Završnik
Electrical services: Elprojekt, Utris, Genera
Fire engineers: EKOsystem
Traffic & Site engineers: LUZ
Building area: 14,100 sqm
Total floor area: 35,500 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Ziga Cebasek, Barbara Jakse Jersic
Haus Ungar / Hoffmann Architekt
Architects: Hoffmann Architekt
Location: Wiggensbach, Germany
Architects in Charge: Rainer Hoffmann, Peter Fakler
Sponsor: Dietmar and Lorella Ungar
Structural design: Florian Diepolder, Kempten
Electrical design: Rainer Babl, Regensburg
Heating, ventilation, sanitation planning: Sebastian Wegmann Rettenbach
Gross Floor Area: 191 sqm
Budget: 240,000 €
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Hermann Rupp
Poolhouse / Philipp Baumhauer
Architects: Philipp Baumhauer
Location: Munich, Germany
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Julien Lanoo
Iseami House / Robles Arquitectos
Architects: Robles Arquitectos
Location: Playa Carate, Peninsula de Osa, Costa Rica
Project Team: Juan Robles, Emilio Quirós, Andrea Solano, Erick Guevara, Rodolfo Schlager, Isabel Bello, Adriana Serrano, Walter Mora, Allan Calvo, José A. Ruiz
Contractor: CPS S.A.
Project Area: 482 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Juan Robles
Ecole Professionnelle Viège / Bonnard Woeffray Architectes
Architects: Bonnard Woeffray architectes
Location: Visp, Switzerland
Collaborator: Jean-Pierre Williner
Client: Etat du Valais
Project Area: 4,100 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Hannes Henz & BW Architectes
House on Fire Island / Studio 27 Architecture
Architects: Studio 27 Architecture
Location: Fire Island Pines, NY, USA
Principal in Charge: Todd Ray, AIA
Project Architect: Bethan Llewellyn
Contractor: Bill Santangelo
Project Area: 1,550 sq ft
Project Year: 2005-2007
Photographs: Judy Davis
