A Directory of Great Architectures
A Directory of Great Architectures
© Timothy Hursley Project description of L.B. Landry High School, New Orleans by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple: In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, flooding 80% of the city and essentially destroying the public school system. This new high school for the…
Description & concept of Treehotel Mirrorcube: The starting point is to create a shelter up in the trees: a lightweight aluminium structure hung around a tree trunk, 4x4x4 metre boxes clad in mirrored glass. The exterior reflects the surroundings and…
Description of MEDIATHEQUE / Dominique COULON & Associés: The building reveals its preciousness at first sight. Its pure, sophisticated geometry situates it as a public building. The deliberate areas of transparency reveal its content. The reading rooms present the building…
NE, located in central Osaka, is a hair dressers shop for a young couple that started up their own business. The small space doesn't reveal it's actual purpose and is conceived as a narrative sequence of abstracted objects and volumes. An iconic stair, that contains the wash- and backroom, marks the waiting area and serves as seating accomodation and display.
4 Projects in Paris by Kotaro Horiuchi Architecture 1. salon du fromage A wall with curved surfaces was designed to softly wrap around the space on the ground and 1st floor of the existing building of the 18th century. Pierce…
Project description of 2 Houses in Tokyo, Japan by cheungvogl: Looking out, seeing people come and go while trees are standing still, witnessing the change of scenery season after season. Street poles spanning across the narrowest allies, providing mysterious connections…
SAUNA project establishes ecological revitalization of a fragment of the right shore of Vistula River in Warsaw. The site for saunas is an area between two bridges: Slasko-Dabrowski and Gdanski. The proposal for multifunctional program contains: sauna complexes for both…
Project description of Garage San Marco, Venice by IOSA GHINI ASSOCIATI: The Garage San Marco is located in Piazzale Roma, the only street of Venice accessible by car from the mainland. The restyling concerns the ground floor of the building,…
