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Otto Church / Nidus

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 06:00:00 +0000

It doesn't take much to transform a place – sometimes, trust in what already exists is enough. Built in 1977, the Otto Church in Düsseldorf's Gerresheim district stands as a quiet testament to this idea. Architect Herrmann Rauch, a defining figure of post-war church architecture in North Rhine-Westphalia, created spaces characterized by restraint: reduced in form, deliberate in their use of light, and powerful in their presence.

Architecture of Wine: 15 Contemporary Wineries Around the World

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Wine production has long been tied to place, climate, and culture, and in recent decades, architecture has become a central part of this relationship. Wineries are no longer understood only as functional facilities for fermentation, storage, and distribution, but also as spaces where landscape, materiality, and visitor experience intersect. From subterranean cellars hidden beneath fields to sculptural landmarks rising in rural territories, these buildings shape the identity of winemaking regions while offering visitors a carefully choreographed encounter with the process of production.

Aesthetics: The Different Uses of Color in Latin American Houses

Vania Masalías — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:30:00 +0000

How relevant is the use of color in architecture? Throughout history, we find various scenarios where color takes centre stage in its integration with the architectural work. Nowadays this is no exception. This is because colour is a medium that can be used to provoke deep and immediate emotions and reactions in the person observing. Because of this, colour plays an important role in the architectural reading, as it has the power to clarify the components that make it up or, on the contrary, to change the perception of the work or space.

Villa BA / gosseye + verbeke

Paula Pintos — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Villa BA is a brutalist bungalow situated in a leafy neighborhood on the outskirts of Bruges.

Factory Roof Houses / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten

Daniel Tapia — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The factory roof housing project is located in Oudenaarde, a provincial town in Belgium, where -according to the planning regulations- only industrial buildings can be built. Because of its central location and the residential character of the area, we presented a different vision to the city: we will utilize the roof, an otherwise unused surface as a second surface for constructing low-energy roof houses. Treating a factory roof, which is otherwise unused (water impermeable) surface, as a building lot for housing can provide a small answer to the ever-increasing population pressure.

Winery VV / Vincent Van Duysen Architects

Paula Pintos — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Liezele, a small hamlet 30 minutes south of Antwerp, is a fertile area where small agricultural farmsteads are traditionally growing asparagus, were green fields, small streams, aligned with rows of willow- or poplar trees are defining the structure and mood of this beautiful rural Flemish landscape.

The Olive Houses / mar plus ask

Valeria Silva — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 06:00:00 +0000

High up in the Tramuntana Mountains of Mallorca with views overlooking the Mediterranean Sea we have built two small off-grid houses. The houses are surrounded in all directions by thousand year old olive trees standing on man-made terraces of dry stacked stone, where only the wind and the bells of the grassing sheep can be heard. The incredible scenic mountain area is one of the most beautiful examples we have on earth of how well wild and human-made nature can intertwine seamlessly, a rare example where Man has given more beauty - than he has taken away from nature - which brought it into the Unesco World Heritage list.

Heritage Depot Potyze / Claeys - Haelvoet Architecten

Rayen Sagredo — Wed, 23 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000

Amidst a landscape of fields and farms, and near the military cemetery of Saint-Charles de Potyze, the new heritage depot is located. The depot is a depository of local heritage and art collections, where these treasures from the past are stored under the strictest conditions.