Tag: Architecture

In Portugal’s Alentejo region, Casa da Volta is full of light

Promontório Architects

Set among cork and ancient holm oaks, three burnt lime volumes inspired by arabian kasbahs, designed by Panorama in Portugal’s, Alentejo

# Portugal (81) # Residence (1664) # Promontório Architects

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United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA) - Diller Scofidio + Renfro - Overlapping layers of material and structural complexity combine to create an accessible venue on a human scale

# United States of America (637) # Diller Scofidio + Renfro (17) # Exhibition (438)

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VCS House

Giuseppe Gurrieri | SIC

Designed by architecture practice Giuseppe Gurrieri (Ragusa), Villa VCS, a stark geometrical volume suspended over the landscape in the Sicilian province of Ragusa, achieves far-reaching visual connection with the landscape, as well as NZEB certification.

# Italy (3161) # Residence (1664) # Barausse # Flos (17) # Giuseppe Gurrieri # Artemide (42) # SIC

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Baker Museum

Weiss/Manfredi

Naples (Florida, USA) – WEISS/MANFREDI – Expansion of a museum devastated by the forces of nature, in a technological and compositional test that defines an integrated landscape

# United States of America (637) # Barrisol # Lapitec (22) # Exhibition (438) # Bega Gantenbrink-Leuchten (17) # dormakaba (16) # Weiss/Manfredi (34)

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Tikkurila Church and Housing

OOPEAA

Oopeaa has designed a single articulated facility serving the inhabitants of Tikkurila.

# Residential Building - Complex (603) # Religious Building - Complex (137) # Finland (31) # OOPEAA

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Rocca di Mezzo Apartment Block

Insula architettura e ingegneria

The T2D building systems used for a residential complex in Rome by the Insula Architettura practice guarantees excellent thermal and acoustic insulation.

# Italy (3161) # Insula architettura e ingegneria # T2D

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In the most wonderful libraries in the world, you can read, listen to music, and watch tv series

OPEN Architecture | JKMM Architects | MARU.architecture

Today’s libraries aren’t dusty. And they don’t just have books. Libraries are places to work, listen to music, watch TV series, and relax, just like the living room of your own home

# China (1027) # Library (150) # Finland (31) # Japan (110) # OPEN Architecture (15) # JKMM Architects # MARU.architecture

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“Le bâtiment descendant l’escalier” residential and retail complex

ElasticoFarm

A striking new residential complex by architect firm Elasticofarm challenges the tired urban fabric of Italian coastal resorts

# Italy (3161) # Marazzi (118) # Residential Building - Complex (603) # Ragno # ElasticoFarm

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African Leadership University (ALU) Campus

Mass Design Group

African Leadership University – Kigali (Rwanda), MASS Design Group, Boston. Spaces for innovative training; walkways for urban permeability; modular architecture; unrendered brick walls; the use of local materials crafted by local artisans.

# University (225) # Rwanda (13) # Mass Design Group

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Faeda headquarters

3ndy Studio

Montorso Vicentino (Vicenza) - 3ndyStudio – When transparency equates with sustainability. Glass walls and smart parametric design become a manifesto.

# Italy (3161) # Offices (965) # Flos (17) # Schüco (155) # Estel Group (32) # Artemide (42) # 3ndy Studio (28) # Nerosicilia

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“150 Steps Up to the Sea” private villa

Matharoo Associates

The villa with 150 steps to the sea by Matharoo Associatestodraws its inspiration from that country’s ancient stepwells.

# India (229) # Residence (1664) # Matharoo Associates

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Bocconi Urban Campus

SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa

Sanaa’s rarefied ethereal volume for Milan’s new Bocconi Campus create visual continuity with their urban context.

# Italy (3161) # Mapei (145) # SANAA Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa (13) # University (225) # Gualini

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