A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
[Google-translated from Spanish] The land has a slight downward slope to the south. So housing has been proposed staggered so that three levels have a direct view to the south. Similarly, provision has been a central courtyard to which “dumps”…
When a long time friend of mine, an architect turned artist, asked me to do this job, I jumped right in at the opportunity. I was very familiar with her work and knew her perception and vision would be an…
In this design for 2 town houses in the Sydney inner-city suburb of Newtown, Tony Owen Partners looked for inspiration to the pocket design solutions of Japan. The result; ‘Shiuya-Newtown, is a study of sculptural possibilities on a tight urban…
As the progression and evolution of technology marches ever further it is changing everything and how we interact in our daily lives. This doesn’t just mean the way we talk or communicate with one another but the very way we…
Five out of six is the key formula to the brightness and openness in this house. In a city where severe weather conditions created houses with small openings, and many residents with SADs, the residents in this house will experience…
The S.S.P.L.I.T. House (Sustainable Solutions Platform for Living Interaction & Tradition) is a sustainable design proposal for the ‘Broadmoor Neighborhood’ in New Orleans in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. It is ‘Small, Affordable & Green’ and proposes…
The project calls for the renovation of a small courtyard house in Guan Shu Yuan Hutong, Beijing, which is located between the famed Yonghe Tibetan Temple and the historical Imperial Academy. The client is an art collector from Shanghai, whose…
The Bahia House is an ecological house. But, not in the technological sense, not in the contemporary sense of the word “sustainability”, it does not have the very latest state-of-the-art gadgets that make it possible to optimize electric expenditure. The…
