Archipelago House by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter (SE. Archipelago House, photo by Åke E:son Lindman The Stockholm based Tham & Videgård Arkitekter realised this summerhouse located in the dramatic countryside of Stockholm’s outer archipelago. The building’s design is amongst others arises from the specific conditions prevailing on the island: Without any car-connections, all materials had to be brought by boat from the mainland.
Therefore wood was chosen throughout the design in order to provide simplicity of construction and to minimize difficulties with heavy transportation. “The horizontal character of the black-stained exterior relates to the verticality of the island’s tall pines, and mirrored views of the Baltic Sea. The geometry of the plan is generated by the specifics of the site; the house sits on a flat surface between two rocky outcrops, and is oriented simultaneously towards the sun in south and towards sea views in the west. To the Tham & Videgård profile @ Architonic. Materialicious. A selection of graphic projects. Convoy.
Solid frog. Desire to inspire - desiretoinspire.net. Shimogamo House by Edward Suzuki Associates. Edward Suzuki Associates have designed the Shimogamo House in Kyoto, Japan. Shimogamo House by Edward Suzuki Architects “To be able to see green from every room”—such was all that the client requested. In order to meet this demand as well as to enable the residents to feel a sense of spaciousness in the rather small 360 square meter corner lot tightly flanked on two sides by neighboring houses, the long applied concept of “Interface” was again used here.
A brief explanation of Interface is in order. Over the years, the practice of “borrowing the landscape” has been prevalent in Japan as a way of life. Generally, Interface is comprised of a peripheral screen behind which would be a zone of green. Two kinds of screen of such Interface have been applied in this project. In this project, the architect was asked to select every furniture, furnishing, and equipment including even artwork. The façade of the house is masked by a circular screen of frosted glass. Architecture. Fieldwork Design & Architecture have collaborated with the Nike Workplace Brand Design group to design some feature walls for the NIKE expansion buildings.
The wall is constructed of salvaged maple gym flooring, and creates a branded, meaningful statement of arrival at the office in Beaverton, Oregon. Continue Reading » 'Wish You Were Here' Art & At Home! — Home. HyBrid Architecture. Home Sweet Home. A selection of graphic projects. Startsida - minihus, friggebod, dansk design, add a room. My Modern Metropolis. Big Dig House / Single Speed Design | ArchDaily the best of Architecture. The Big Dig House by Single Speed Design reutilizes materials from the Big Dig.
In that aspect, it´s a remarkable example of recycling in architecture. Project description by the architects after the break. Architects: Single Speed Design Location： Lexington, MA, USA Programme： Private House Completion year： 2008 Site Area： 1,784 sqm Constructed Area： 353 sqm Photographs: Single Speed Design As a prototype building that demonstrates how infrastructural refuse can be salvaged and reused, the structural system for this 3,400sf house is comprised of steel and concrete discarded from Boston’s Big Dig utilizing over 600,000 lbs of salvaged materials from elevated portions of the now dismantled I-93 highway.
These same components however are capable of carrying much higher loads than standard building materials, thus easily allowing the integration of large scale planted roof gardens. Cascade House / Paul Raff Studio | ArchDaily the best of Architecture. Nestled among the Forest Hill neighborhood in Toronto, Paul Raff Studio‘s latest sustainable residence is “a marriage of environmentally responsible building strategies and elegant architectural composition.” The 353m2 residence, entitled the Cascade House, is designed in an I-formation around an outdoor swimming pool and offers a high quality of aesthetics in addition to environmentally friendly strategies. More about the home after the break. ”The design is shaped around the concept of making visible the architecture as interface between habitation and landscape,” explained the architect.
The specific orientation of the house and its tall windows is designed to maximize its potential for natural light. The distinct 13 foot high screen on the street façade of the home is comprised of 475 panels of inexpensive 19mm thick vertically stacked glass in a crenellated pattern. As seen on designboom.