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Architects: Estudio Planta
- Area: 66736 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: La Base, Luna/Oks, World Leds Go
CasaGrande Building / Estudio Planta
Cultural Centers, Museums, and Galleries: Ancient Buildings Transformed into Art Spaces in Latin America
Many buildings often fall into disuse due to our cities' constant economic, social, and technological changes. The programmatic inconsistency of current times demands great versatility and adaptability from our infrastructures, increasingly leading projects to become uninhabited, and left to abandonment and decay.
Next, we present a series of 20 Latin American projects in which old warehouses, homes, prisons, mills, and markets were recovered and transformed into Cultural Centers, Museums, and Galleries.
Design Depot: 30 Projects that Explore Diverse Storage Solutions
With the rise of small houses and dense cities, we were forced to sacrifice a good amount of storage space. Ironically, we did not compromise our purchasing habits, so with a few square meters to work with, architects and designers had to come up with efficient storage solutions and make the best of the limited space they have. However, if you were lucky enough to be occupying a large, unobscured space with a generous budget, your storage design possibilities are endless. In this article, we look at how architects and designers found creative ways to store their belongings in spaces with different functions, scales, and spatial constraints, ranging from completely invisible units to sculptural centerpieces.
Casa Arca / Gonzalo Iturriaga Atala
Kingston Guesthouse & Event Hall for a Vineyard / Juan Carlos Sabbagh Arquitectos
AEME Building / Paz Arquitectura
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Architects: Paz Arquitectura
- Area: 10702 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Parklex Prodema, Aluver, Coverlam, Hunter Douglas, Neocrete, +1
El Pangue House / Felipe Combeau + Andrea Murtagh
Mar Jónico Apartment Building / SML Arquitectos
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Architects: SML Arquitectos
- Area: 51742 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Hunter Douglas
Talleres Building / MasPuntoCero Arquitectura y Juan Pablo Alvarado Foerster
Old Stream House / Hebra Arquitectos
SIOM Building / SML Arquitectos
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Architects: SML Arquitectos
- Area: 256224 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Hunter Douglas
Cloth and Linen Walls: Translucent and Weightless
Whether made from natural or synthetic fibers, textiles have played a part in architectural design since time immemorial; however, it wasn't until the era of industrialization and advancements in technology that high-quality textiles could be made and utilized en masse. Most often, they have been used to enclose temporary structures like medical tents and emergency housing thanks to their mobility and ease of assembly.
Architecture in the United States Designed by Latin American Architects
Globalization and its pension for both virtual and physical connectivity has led to the linking of the world's economies, territories, and cultures and nowhere is this more evident than in the field of architecture.