Month February 2011

VILLA-K, Japan / by Cell Space Architects

VILLA-K, Japan / by Cell Space Architects

© Masao NISHIKAWA Description of VILLA-K, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan by Cell Space Architects: This site is located on a hilltop in one of the eminent Karuizawa villa areas. All directions around the site are clear for view in winter. The…

A Texture of Metal for Missoni / by Kinmonth Monfreda

Woven metal facade for Missoni store in Los Angeles

To open its first branded boutique in Los Angeles, Missoni has chosen to express the sense of its own identity through the architecture, design and manufacture of Marzorati Ronchetti. The building, which was designed by Patrick Kinmoth, uses interwoven aluminium…

La Cornette House, Québec / by YH2

La Cornette House, Québec / by YH2

© Loukas Yiacouvakis Project description of La Cornette, Québec / by YH2: Built on the slope of a small hill, La Cornette is a country house open to the pastoral landscape that surrounds it. Under a soaring roof resembling a…

House of Oxymorons / Design Initiatives

House of Oxymorons / Design Initiatives

Description from Design Initiatives: The house and the shared inhabitance are about association between two or more different individuals. The shared inhabitance draws in dialectical oppositions: It draws in different and even contradictory behaviors, habits, necessities, activities. The shared inhabitance…