The Therme Vals / Peter Zumthor

THE THERME VALS BUILDING

Built over the only thermal springs in the Graubunden Canton in Switzerland, The Therme Vals is a and spa in one which combines a complete sensory experience designed by .

DL House / Camilo Restrepo

Architect: Camilo Restrepo Arquitectos
Location: Madellin,
Collaborators: Juliana Montoya, Lucio Luque, Diana Rodriguez, Jorge Buitrago
Constructed Area: 700 sqm
Contractor: Juan Carlos Tabares, German Zapata, Juan Gonzalo Sanin
Project year: 2006
Construction year: 2008
Photographs:

Turku City Library / JKMM Architects

Architects: JKMM Architects
Location: Turku,
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

Refuge Pavilion / Francisco Portugal e Gomes

Architects: Francisco Portugal e Gomes
Location: Santiago/Penafiel,
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

Binimelis House / Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos

Architects: Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos – Antonio Polidura, Marco Polidura, Pablo Talhouk
Location: La Reserva, Chicureo, Colina, Chile
Structural Design: Daniel Stagno
Contractor: Costructora Los Robles
Site Area: 950 sqm
Constructed Area: 260 sqm
Project Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2007
Materials: Stone, &
Photographs: Aryeh Kornfeld

Rooftecture S / Shuhei Endo

Architects: Shuhei Endo
Location: Shioya Tarumi-ku Kobe, Hyogo-Pref.,
Consultants: Masashi Ooji, Design-Structure Laboratory
Project year: 2005
Principal use: House
Site Area: 130 sqm
Constructed Area: 65.7 sqm
Photographs:

New “Cabaña” & Accesses to a Country house / Hidalgo Hartmann

Architects: Hidalgo Hartmann – Jordi Hidalgo Tané & Daniela Hartmann
Location: Girona,
Project year: 2004
Technical Architec: Mateu Batlle
Client: Lluis and Montserrat
Contractor: Constructions Santa Pau S.L.
Constructed Area: 375 sqm
Photographs: Hidalgo Hartmann

Casa em Lousado / Correia Ragazzi

Architects: Graça Correia e Roberto Ragazzi
Location: Lousado, Vila Nova de Famalicão,
Site Area: 3,013 sqm
Constructed Area: 355 sqm
Promotor: Joaquim Agostinho Carneiro da Costa e Sá
Collaborators: Ana Neto Vieira, Susana Silva, Telmo Gomes, Katharina Wiederman, Pedro Gama
Structure and foundation engineering: GOP
Hydraulic Services: GOP
Technical Facilities Engineering: GET
Coordination and supervision: Graça Correia
Contractor: Emplame
Project year: 2004
End of construction: 2008
Photographs: Alberto Placido, Luis Ferreira Alves

Los Canteros Mountain Refuge / dRN Arquitectos

Architects: Nicolás del Rio y Max Núñez – dRN ARQUITECTOS
Location: Farellones, Chile
Collaborator: Oltmann Ahlers G.
Structural Engineer: Enzo Valladares
Contractor: Eduardo Torreblanca
Site Area: 435 sqm
Constructed Area: 140 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Construction Year: 2008
Materials: Steel, ,
Budget: US $792 /sqm
Photographs: Felipe Camus

House 2 / Eduardo Berlin Razmilic

Architect: Eduardo Berlin Razmilic
Location: Las Condes, Santiago,
Client: Withheld
Technical Advisors: Eduardo Valenzuela, Gonzalo Santolaya, Juan Grimm
Site Area: 1.600 sqm
Constructed Area: 600 sqm + terraces
Project year: 2005
Construction year: 2006 – 2008
Main Materials: Nude Concrete, & Glass
Photographs: Sebastián Sepúlveda & Eduardo Berlin

House in Zapallar / Pilar Garcia, Carolina Portugueis, Martin Labbe

Architect: Pilar García A., Carolina Portugueis W., Martín Labbé P.
Location: Zapallar, V Región,
Contractor: Belco S.A.
Structure: Joel Contreras
Site area: 5,000 sqm
Built area: 396 sqm
Project Year: 2006
Construction Year: 2007
Building materials: Concrete, , Wood
Photographs: Carolina Portugueis, Martin Labbe

The Norwegian Embassy in Nepal / Kristin Jarmund Architects

This is funny: While browsing architecture offices websites in look for new works to publish in ArchDaily for our beloved readers, I found this project. I bookmarked it to contact the architects the next day, and when I woke up I had an email from Kristin Jarmund Architects offering us this project for publishing.

Well, enough of this, lets go to the project description.

Nazca Restaurant / Giancarlo Mazzanti

Name: Nazca, Peruvian Restaurant
Architects: Giancarlo Mazzanti and Paula Galarza
Collaborators: Sergio Garzón, Alberto Aranda, Diana Vásquez
Contractor: Jaime Pizarro
Design: 2003
Construction: 2004

Refuge in the Countryside / Juan Herreros Arquitectos

Architects: Juan Herreros Arquitectos
Location: Artá, Mallorca,
Project leader: Juan Herreros
Collaborators: Victor Garzón and Verónica Melendez
Client: Pepe Cobo
Structure: Eduardo Barrón
Contractor: Rafael Martet
Site Managment: Carlos Serra
Constructed Area: 130 sqm aprox.
Construction year: 2007
Photographs: José Hevia

South Tenerife Convention Center / Felipe Artengo, Fernando Menis, José Maria Rodriguez Pastrana

Architect: Felipe Artengo, , José Maria Rodriguez Pastrana
Location: Playa de las Américas, Adeje, Tenerife,
Collaborator: Andreas Weihnacht (arquitect), Esther Ceballos (arquitect), Ana Salinas (arquitect), Rafael Hernández (master builder), Andrés Pedreño (master builder)
Project year: 2005
Strcutural Engineers: Victor Martínez, Juan José Gallardo
Services Engineers: Milián Associats S.A., Audioscan
Contractor: Congreso U.T.E.
Client: Canarias Congreso Bureau Tenerife Sur
Photographs: Hisao Suzuki & AMP arquitectos

Sereno House / Jaime Rendon Arquitectos

Architects: Jaime Rendon Arquitectos
Location: Medellín,
Project Team: Jaime Rendon, Felipe Campuzano, Fernando Zapata
Structure Engineer: Luis Bernardo Gonzalez
Contractor: Luz Estella Orrego
Soil Study: SOLINGRAL LTDA
Electrical Design: INGELECTRICA LTDA
Construction year: 2006-2007
Photographs: Sergio Gomez, Felipe Campuzano

Insular Athletics Stadium / Felipe Artengo, Fernando Menis, José Maria Rodriguez Pastrana

Architects: Felipe Artengo, , José Maria Rodriguez Pastrana
Location: Tincer, Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
Project team: Felipe Artengo Rufino, José Mª Rodríguez Pastrana Malagón, Mariola Merino Martín (PROJECT MANAGEMENT)
Competition team: Adán Ramos ,Claudia Colmar, Mathias Fuchs, Rafaél Hernández, Mónica Rodríguez, Andrés Pedreño
Project year: 2007
Technical Architects: Rafaél Hernández Hernández, Andrés Pedreño Vega
Strcutural Engineers: Fhecor Ingenieros Consultores, Juan José Gallardo
Technical Engineers: Milián Associats S.A., CITE Ingerieros S.L.
Contractor: Dragados, Obras y Proyectos
Constructed Area: 36.000 sqm
Client: Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Ayuntamiento de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Photographs: Hisao Suzuki & AMP arquitectos

España Library / Giancarlo Mazzanti

Architect: Giancarlo Mazzanti
Collaborators: Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Manuel Gil, Freddy Pantoja, Camilo Mora, Pedro Saa, Alejandro Piña, Iván Ucros, Gustavo Vásquez
Location: Santo Domingo, Colombia
Project Year: 2005
Construction Year: 2007
Constructed Area: 5500 sqm
Concrete Structure: Sergio Tobón
Structure: Alberto Ashner
Photographs: Sergio Gómez

Tautra Monastery / JSA

Architects: Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor
Location: Tautra Island,
Design Period: 2003-2004
Construction period: 2004-2006
Programme: New monastery for Cistercian nuns
Client: Cistercian nuns, Mississippi abbey
Project Architects: Jan Olav Jensen (pl), Børre Skodvin, Siri Moseng, Torstein Koch, Anne Lise Bjerkan, Kaja Poulsen, Torunn Golberg, Martin Draleke, Aslak Hanshuus
Budget: 6.000.000 EURO (US $9.27 millions)
Constructed Area: 2.000 sqm

Aquino House / Augusto Fernández Mas (K+A Diseño)

Architects: Augusto Fernandez Mas (K+A Diseño)
Location: Cuernavacas, Morelos,
Project year: 2005
Construction year: 2006
Collaborators: Edurne Turcott Unzueta, David Alba
Landscape: Mario de la Garza & Daniel Aguilar
Woodwork: Fernando Acevedo
Structural Engineer: Enrique Garcia
Constructed Area: 490 sqm
Photographs: Fernando Cordero

Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena was selected as one of the 20 essential young architects by Icon.

Architects: Alejandro Aravena, Jorge Christie, Victor Oddó
Location: Pirihueico lake,
Built Area: 350sqm
Construction start: 2003
Completion: 2004
Materials: , Wood, Glass
Budget: 1.000 US$ / m2
Photos: Cristobal Palma