The Paraty House by Marcio Kogan Architects Marcio Kogan Architects have designed the Paraty House, located in Paraty, Brazil. Full description after the photos…. Photos by Nelson Kon The Paraty House by Marcio Kogan Architects Paraty House’s two reinforced concrete boxes, sit atop each other, connected on the mountainside of one of the islands of the colonial city of Paraty and Angra dos Reis (between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), like two modern prisms between the large colossal stones of the Brazilian coast. The building projects outward from the mountain, almost onto the beach, in an 8m cantilever. The residents arrive by boat. The same entrance stairs also lead to the upper volume that houses the bedrooms. The entire top of the house is covered with terraces, used as observation decks for the residents, and as a garden for sculptures, medicinal plants and edible herbs. Architectural Co-Author: Suzana Glogowski Interior Co-Author: Diana Radomysler, Carolina Castroviejo Visit the website of Marcio Kogan Architects – here.
S T I L T I F I Mountain Lodge on Sognefjorden by Haptic Slideshow: a swimming pool, spa, cinema and games room will be hidden in the rock beneath the main cluster of buildings at this Norwegian hunting lodge and hotel by London architects Haptic. A lounge, kitchen and library will be accommodated in five buildings surrounding an open courtyard, oriented so they each look out onto a different view of the surrounding forest or Norway's largest fjord. A lower-level cut into the mountain will house the additional facilities for guests, including spa and treatment rooms, a gymnasium and a pool with a wall that partially exposes the surrounding rock. Natural materials including timber cladding and raw stone will help root the buildings in their surroundings, while cutaway corners and openings offer different vistas. Paths will lead from the lodge to eight private cabins nestled among the trees on the hillside that descends towards the fjord. Click above for larger image Images are by MIR. Here's some more information from Haptic:
House on the Cliff Fran Silvestre Architects finished a ‘House on the Cliff’, an abrupt plot of land overlooking the sea, where what is best is to do nothing. It invites to stay. Due to the steepness of the plot and the desire to contain the house in just one level, a three-dimensional structure of reinforced concrete slabs and screens adapting to the plot’s topography was chosen, thus minimizing the earthwork. This monolithic, stone-anchored structure generates a horizontal platform from the accessing level, where the house itself is located. The swimming-pool is placed on a lower level, on an already flat area of the site. The concrete structure is insulated from the outside and then covered by a flexible and smooth white lime stucco. All images © Diego Opazo
Alternative Car Park Tower Proposal / Mozhao Studio Mozhao Studio shared with us their first prize winning proposal for the Hong Kong Alternative Car Park Tower competition which was held by held by AC_CA. Their design integrates the Hong Kong City Hall, the second-floor pedestrian system and streets on the second-floor level, provid¬ing a convenient and enjoyable network of public spaces. Because of this strategy, the park tower presents the citizen¬ship, which relates and echoes to the Hong Kong City Hall nearby. More images and architects’ description after the break. The car park tower, to some extent, is a public building where people can traverse and stay for a while. The planning issue rooted in history results in high va¬cancy rate in most of the parking lots on non-work days. The fully automated parking lot always gives an impression of monoto¬nous forms rather than forms with the underlying mechanical beauty which hasn’t been explored.
Europaconcorsi ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide BLOG This post is also a follow up from many emails asking me to explain the diagonal line hatching used the site analysis diagrams. There are two methods in Photoshop that I know of that can create the diagonal line hatch seen in the image above. Both options use a relatively fast workflow and are easy to execute. OPTION A: Google Image Overlay A1. This option involves simply going online and finding a hatch pattern. If you do need to copy a small image many times, hold down the "Alt" key ("Option" on Mac) and drag the image using the "Move" tool. A2. OPTION B: Create a Custom Pattern A second option to create a hatch is to define a custom pattern which can offer much more flexibility. B1. B2. Choose the "Paint Bucket Tool" on the left and also select a black paint color. B3. B4. To the right of the pattern drop down, there is another drop down which will show a thumbnail of all of the saved patterns. B5. Use Masks to Hatch Specific Elements 1. 2. 3. 4.
The Story of Dinesen Flooring | NordicDesign We’ve been drooling over pictures of amazing Scandinavian interiors for a while now, and we’ve noticed that one common threads that links them all is a fantastic floor: Special tiles, a herringbone pattern, or very wide, white-washed wood planks. That is probably how we got to know about Dinesen, Denmark’s leading manufacturer of exclusive flooring. History Dinesen was founded in 1898 by Hans Peter Dinesen, a master builder. He was unable to find wood of the quality he wanted, so he started up his own sawmill in the small town of Jels in Denmark under the name Jels Savvaerk (Jels Sawmill). For many years, the sawmill produced whatever the local community asked for. In 1965, the company was contacted by an architect who needed unusually long floorboards as part of the restoration work on Sønderborg Castle. Today, Thomas Dinesen is the fourth generation to run the proud family business, which he took over in 1989. The WoodDouglas fir is harder than other firs and has far fewer knots.
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 »