A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
« La Cite des Affaires » office building in Saint-Etienne : High performance façade The façade’s design is the answer to the architectural, programmatic, geographic and economic context, with the purpose to lead to high thermal performances. The façade’s principle is based on…
Located in a pleasant residential neighbourhood, the house is a compact building (almost a cube) surrounded by a 3 meters wide perimeter necessary courtyard, which is the minimum mandatory gap based on current regulations. The pre-existing yard, the swimming-pool and…
Interview for TSR Building 1. As an introduction, it would be important for us to know something about the following steps: – Project history – Contract – Logistics and organization of the building yard – Chronology – Current stage of…
The Bar “La Boh Ame” (entre amis) is located in the Galeria de Paris street, amidst the downtown area of Porto. The redesign sought to implement and structuralize the space, creating its own identity. The solution was formalized through the…
The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montréal, announces the launch of the book and website related to its current major exhibition, Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture, on view in the CCA’s main galleries for an extended run until 15…
The abbey of Saint Maurice was built almost 1500 years ago. It is situated against a cliff in a section of the road between Geneva and the Simplon Pass. This particular site was likely to be chosen for its defensive…
Inspired by the drifting ice blocs on the oceans before shaping the ice floe, FLOE is a block who bring together and incite the encounter while taking part in an ensemble. The organic shape of the bench permit to create…
Concept #1 It is a repair plan of the old warehouse in Tokyo. A theme is the following. 1. Environment : avoid CO2 discharge called demolition and new building, and reuse the existing building. 2. Place nature : produce the…
