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Borna Park - Work and Living Community / Malte Kloes Architekten

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Borna-Park: A Community Shaped by Nature - At Borna-Park, life and work are intimately intertwined with the landscape. The site is surrounded by meadows, open fields, and the tree-lined Pfaffneren River. Nature provides more than a mere backdrop; it becomes the identity of the residential and working community.

A Dialogue with the Past: Preservation Techniques of Historic Villas in Italy

Moises Carrasco — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Italy's rich history, evident in its monuments and cities, has created a unique context for architectural renovation. Italian architects often embrace this heritage by engaging in a dialogue between old and new, rather than aiming for a complete transformation. This approach intentionally avoids an imitative style, instead using contemporary materials like steel, glass, and new wood to frame and highlight the existing historic stone and brickwork. This juxtaposition turns the original materials from simple structural elements into featured decorative and narrative ones. The result is a layered experience where the history of the space remains visible, ensuring it is preserved rather than erased by the renovation.

Villa BEC / andrea pelati architecte

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 12 May 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Built in the historical fishing and vineyard village of Bevaix, this family house is located on a slope close to the docks in a peaceful neighborhood. It offers a panoramic view over Lake Neuchâtel and the Alps.

Aeschi School / Haller Gut Architects

Valeria Silva — Fri, 31 May 2024 03:00:00 +0000

Our task was to create additional classrooms and group rooms for the school complex as well as rooms for the municipal administration. The existing complex consisted of 4 detached buildings from different decades. The small new building closes the gap between the existing school building and the workyard with classrooms on the upper floor.

RVTK Residential Building / Messner Architects

Paula Pintos — Sun, 19 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The family residence is located above the market town Silandro, on the south-facing slope of the Val Venosta Montesole Mountain. Nestled on the steep and warm dry slopes we find single and multiple family homes with gardens as well as vineyards. On the opposite side of the valley, the Montetramontana mountain with its flush meadows and forests rises to impressive summits. The valley plain spreads graciously from east to west, steadily inclining to the west towards Resia Pass, here and there interrupted by alluvial fans.

Aaberg School / Haller Gut Architects

Paula Pintos — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Architectural concept. The tree-lined course of the Alte Aare and the trees along the Hans- Müller-Weg are characteristic of the situation in Aarberg and create a linear exterior space between them. The narrow and elongated form of the new school building is placed as a continuation of the tree corpus. Thus, the open space towards the Alte Aare remains undeveloped and the large-scale situation is strengthened. The new two-story school building is oriented on two sides, towards the schoolyard, and towards the river.

Artist Studio 20/A / Messner Architects

Luciana Pejić — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Located in Lana’s beautiful historic old town, we find the Egger family’s home. To the West, the three-story house faces a small town square that is charmingly beset on all sides by testimonials of history. In fact, it was in 1908 that Wassily Kandinsky himself, during a stay in Lana, paid tribute to this square in a painting, which also portrays this building.

Casa Luis / Messner Architects

Andreas Luco — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000

The functional requirements of the clients - a young family with 4 children - were the request for large bright spaces with the best possible view of the landscape and privacy from the eyes of passersby. In addition, the architectural form of the project was developed following the orientation, the morphology of the land and the urban aspects. To the north and south the lot is bordered by built properties, while to the north-west it is delimited by the road.