© Ludvík Koutný

An architect celebrated for his breathtaking studies of light and materiality in the creation of memorable architecture, Louis Kahn did not fail to maintain his rigor in the Esherick House of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Admired for it’s spatial and luminous qualities, this is the first residence of its kind to convey the grand ideas of Kahn-style architecture. The two story dwelling, which is one of only nine private houses designed by Kahn to come into realization, rests on a lively six acre garden.

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Metropol Parasol © Javier Orive

This article, recently seen on The New York Times, was kindly shared with us by the author Sarah Williams Goldhagen.

A REVOLUTION in cognitive neuroscience is changing the kinds of experiments that scientists conduct, the kinds of questions economists ask and, increasingly, the ways that architects, landscape architects and urban designers shape our built environment.

This revolution reveals that thought is less transparent to the thinker than it appears and that the mind is less rational than we believe and more associative than we know. Many of the associations we make emerge from the fact that we live inside bodies, in a concrete world, and we tend to think in metaphors grounded in that embodiment. read more »

© Dianna Snape

Architects: JOH Architects 
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Completion: 2009
Builder: David Tucker
Project Architect: Christian O’Halloran
Area: 355 sqm
Photographs: Dianna Snape 

  
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Courtesy of Pablo Esteban Zamorano

Architects: Pablo Esteban Zamorano, Nacho Martí and Jacob Bek
Location: Cologne, Germany
Project Team: Nacho Martí, Jacob Bek, Pablo Zamorano
Client: RESOL
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 16 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Pablo Esteban Zamorano

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© Philippe Caumes

Architects: Nadau Lavergne Architects
Location: Biscarosse, Gironde, France
Structural Engineer: Simonin
Landscape: Lefebvre paysage
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer: BRUEY
Project Area: 2000 sqm
Renderings: Pawel Podwojewski, studio MOTYW
Photographs: Philippe Caumes

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© Courtesy of Achterbosch Architectuur and Onix

Architects: Achterbosch Architectuur and Onix
Location: Sneek, The Netherlands
Project Year: (First bridge) 2008; (Second bridge) 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Achterbosch Architectuur and Onix

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© Peter de Kan

Architects: Onix
Location: Groningen, The Netherlands
Project Design: Haiko Meijer, Onix
Project Area: 36 sqm
Photographs: Peter de Kan

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© Brice Desrez

Architect: atelier alassoeur architecture(s) / Emmanuel Alassoeur
Location: Le Blanc, Indre, France
Client: Ville de Le Blanc
Collaborating Architect: Ludovic Biaunier
Construction Architect: scpa Coutant Oliviero
Structural Engineer: Jean Michel Hemery
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 952 sqm
Photographs: Brice Desrez

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© Neil Dusheiko Architects

Architect: Neil Dusheiko Architects
Location: Walthamstow, London, England
Project Year: 2010
Contractor: RK Construction
Engineer: Momentum
Photography: Neil Dusheiko Architects

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© Alessandro Gadotti

Architect: Flavio Galvagni, Lab Zero
Location: Not determined
Project and Engineering: Flavio Galvagni, Lab Zero
Construction: Raffaelli Contract
Collaborators: Alessandro Gadotti, And / Anna Dematte’, Kumbe, Ing. Marco Gabardi, Visual System
Photographs: Alessandro Gadotti

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© Jaime Larrain Boetsch / Estudio RGB

Architects: Duval+Vives Arquitectos / Antonio Duval, Pablo Vives
Location: San Francisco de Mostazal, VI Región, Chile

Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 330 sqm
Photographs: Jaime Larrain Boetsch / Estudio RGB

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Courtesy of Avanzada Workshop Team

Architects: Kieran Donnellan, Darragh Breathnach and EASA PArticipants
Location: Cadiz, Spain
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 35 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Avanzada Workshop Team

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© Hans Peter Föllmi

Architects: FARO Architecten
Location: Elspeet, The Netherlands
Project Architect: Hugo de Clercq/Arjenne van Berkum
Project Team: Philip Sanders
Contractor: Bouwbedrijf van Ouwendorp, Elspeet
Interior Design: Van Dijk, Zutphen
Landscaping: FARO Architecten bv BNA
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 155 sqm
Photographs: Hans Peter Föllmi

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Courtesy of Mizuishi Architects Atelier

Architects: Mizuishi Architects Atelier / Kota Mizuishi
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Structural Engineer: Kentaro Nagasaka
Lighting Designer: Yasuo Tsunoda
Contractor: Kraft Home
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 108.11 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Mizuishi Architects Atelier

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© Wayne Johnson, Main Street Studio

Architect: OPN Architects
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Wayne Johnson, Main Street Studio 

Designed by OPN Architects, the Kirkwood Horticulture Building at Kirkwood Community College is a 40,000sf facility that houses the burgeoning floral and horticultural program for its host school.  In addition to typical academic programs such as lecture halls, office space, student commons, and laboratory facilities, the complex also includes an 8,500sf greenhouse for production.  More images and architect description after the break.

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© Ulrich Kehrer

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© designyougo

Architects: designyougo
Location: Solduno, Switzerland
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 178 sqm
Photographs: designyougo

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© Noriyuki Yano

Architects: Maker
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Collaborator: Yoshio Oono
Structural Engineer: Ryuji Fujiki
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 75 sqm
Photographs: Noriyuki Yano

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© Nils Petter Dale

Architects: Jarmund / Vigsnæs AS Arkitekter MNAL / Einar Jarmund, Håkon Vigsnæs, Alessandra Kosberg, Anders Granli
Location: Thorpeness, Suffolk, England
Client: Living Architecture
Collaborating Architect: Mole Architects Ltd.
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 250 sqm
Photographs: Nils Petter Dale

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© Nelson Kon

Architects: Studio mk27 / Marcio Kogan
Location: São Paulo, Brasil
Co-Author: Carolina Castroviejo
Interior Design Co-Authors: Diana Radomysler, Carolina Castroviejo
Collaborator: Eduardo Chalabi
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 1000 sqm
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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