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.
AMNP archiCentral Aggrenad / AND Architects: AND Location: Geojesi, Korea Construction: Kim, Dong Shik Structure: RC Site Area: 433.00m2 Gross Floor Area: 198.55m2 Area: 121.26 sqm Photographs: Kim, Yong Gwan Sea + Archipelago The site sits in front of the sea where the famous sea battle between Korea and Japan took place in the 16th century, which caused the return of General Lee Sun Shin back to the Korean navy. There still are attempts to search the remains of the historic Turtle Ship in the sea. Mass + Individual Unlike other well-known beaches in the island, the site is located in a small fishing village slightly off from the major tourist area. Aggregation + Monad The building is formed like how fingers are branched out from a hand forming different parts. * Location to be used only as a reference.
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.
alejandrocabrera 21st Century Architecture Empowering Architecture: architects, buildings, interior design, materials, jobs, competitions, design schools St. Ignatius Chapel by Dynerman Architects, pc Conceived as an elemental pavilion, the chapel’s design seeks to connect the celebrants to a dual past: a time when barns served as ancient churches and also to the later, more self-aware churches of the 15th century, whose manipulation of light served its mystical rites and themes. A Salute to California's Midcentury Pin Palaces Decades before the first tech boom remade California as a start-up playground, a different set of venture capitalists let their imaginations run wild on the state’s rural acreage of fruit orchards. Huggable High-Rises: Skyscrapers Go Soft We've seen everything from mega-tall, ultra-skinny skyscrapers to futuristic 3D-printed towers made of sand. Mozarteum Brasileiro Theatre by Valentiny hvp Architects François Valentiny’s bold design for the Mozarteum Brasileiro Theatre features two different overlapping seating areas, one indoors and one outdoors, each with a capacity for 1,100 visitors. Jesolo Lido Pool Villa
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.
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