#PUBLIC #GREEN #IRREGULAR Jems Architekci: http://jems.pl/ The Katowice International Conference Centre project situated nearby the Spodek arena erected in 1962 posed a challenge in both urban planning and architectural terms. The general philosophy behind the design was to create a [...]
January 29, 2016
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# RESIDENTIAL #CANTIELEVER #ASYMMETRY Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten: http://www.dietrich.untertrifaller.com/ The elongated, sloping to the southeast of the building site creates the ideal conditions for high quality apartments which take advantage of this southeast orientation. Two long, narrow buildings are arranged [...]
January 22, 2016
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# CULTURE #MUSIC #BRICK Konior Studio: www.koniorstudio.pl NOSPR together with 4 hectares of gardens was built on site of former coal mine becoming a part of Axis of Culture – symbol of dynamically changing city. The building binds modernity and [...]
January 15, 2016
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#RESIDENTIAL #TOPOGRAPHY #WOOD Studio NONSTOP: http://www.studiononstop.com.ba/ The ski apartments were designed to create an artificial topography, its shape and materials echoing the natural surroundings of mountains, forest, rocks and snow. The layout, consisting of four separate apartment buildings, is inspired [...]
January 8, 2016
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#RESIDENTIAL #PURITY #OVERLAY blp architects: http://blp.gr/ This single family residence (700m2) is situated on a large corner plot in Psychiko, a suburb of Athens. The site (1570m2) is characterized by a large difference in height of the streets that surround [...]
January 1, 2016
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#EDUCATIONAL #TECHNOLOGY #GEOMETRY AllesWirdGut: www.alleswirdgut.cc The Center for Technology and Design is a project for an educational institution that combines continuing education for technical professions with university-level design and engineering programs of study. Aside from creating a contemporary working atmosphere, [...]
December 18, 2015
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#GEOMETRY #CULTURE #INTERACTION Ingarden & EwA? Architects: www.iea.com.pl It blended historical context with contemporary expressive architecture, introducing a new spatial order to the XIX townhouses and their backyards between Rajska and Szujskiego streets in Krakow. The west wing holds a [...]
December 11, 2015
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#more with less LANDSCAPE, ELLIPSE, MONOLITH Fran Silvestre Arquitectos: www.fransilvestrenavarro.com A privileged place within a golf course near to Valencia is the starting point of this project. The proposal is drawn with elliptical traces which contain the program and maximize [...]
#more with less MIRROR, RESIDENTIAL, LANDSCAPE Peter Pichler Architecture: www.carlesenrich.com The Mirror Houses are a pair of holiday homes, set in the marvellous surroundings of the South Tyrolean Dolomites, amidst a beautiful scenery of appletrees, just outside the city of [...]
COCOON, GEOMETRY, FENCE heri&salli: www.heriundsalli.com The architecture office heri&salli from Vienna conceived a steel structure similar to a cocoon round a swimming pool in the garden of a private builder-owner in Austria. With mounted panels and interior constructions which [...]