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The Long House in UK by Hopkins Architects

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Article source: Hopkins Architects

Hopkins Architects’ first UK residential project in over 30 years

RIBA Stirling prize nominated Hopkins architects have designed the latest house in the Living Architecture series. The Long House is Sir Michael and Patty Hopkins’ first UK residential property in thirty years and the fourth rental property to open in the Living Architecture series. The house demonstrates a harmony between the respect for traditional craftsmanship, taking cues from the local vernacular, combined with a fascination for the utility and aesthetic of high technology.

Image Courtesy ©Richard Davies

Architect: Hopkins Architects
Project: The Long House
Location: UK
Client: Living Architecture (more…)

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House cher in Buenos Aires province, Argentina by BAKarquitectos

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Article source: BAKarquitectos

BUILD IN THE FOREST
Propose alternatives to ensure the survival of natural environments
Mar Azul is a place we know for many years for that reason when in 2004 built the first work we knew we had to intervene in a country that despite its great scenic beauty never had a legal support that will secure the heritage of greed of which lotean with one goal: make as land rent. What does it have a code, understanding the logic of this privileged environment, regulated by solving the mismatch between that subdivision inappropriate and the possibilities of building without losing the environmental quality of the site. This situation described is added as aggravating the proliferation of a type “picturesque house in a place of fantasy,” which gradually “domesticating” the forest, still owner of a rugged powerful presence. Operate on that site then assume its misalignment meant as a challenge and see how far, architects can make a contribution alternative.

Night View (Images Courtesy Gustavo Sosa Pinilla)

Architect: BAKarquitectos
Name of Project: House cher
Location: Mar Azul, Partido de Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Architects: María Victoria Besonías, Luciano Kruk.
Collaborators: Sebastian Indri, arq. Leandro Pomies
Area: 600 m2
Surface area: 105 m2
Year of Construction: 2009
Photos: Gustavo Sosa Pinilla

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Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires Province
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L’ovella Negra Bar in Thessalonika, Greece by Alexios Vandoros

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Article source: Alexios Vandoros

L’ovella Negra

At the streets Syggrou and Valaoritou takes place a new urban transformation of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The old small industry shops are converted to coffee-bars, pubs, alternative restaurants…

The area combines the old with the new, the alternative with the common. And, basically, ‘cheap’ entertainment..

A new place was created there, a coffee-bar, in a building that is said to be the oldest in the town of Thessaloniki. It was built at the end of the 19^th century, and was the private house of the famous merchant ‘Allatini’, known as such since 1926.

Interior View

Architects: Alexios Vandoros – ShAPe Architects (Sandra Kalliagra, Patty Psarrou)
Name of project: L’ovella Negra Bar
Location: Thessalonika, Greece
Completion Date: December 2009
Software used: Autocad and 3dsmax

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Tags: Greece, Thessalonika
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17 Dwellings in Vallecas in Madrid, Spain by Dosmasuno Arquitectos

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Article source: Dosmasuno Arquitectos

PRE-COMPETITION IN IDEAS FOR EMVS VALLECAS 39, MADRID

The city is a focal point of relations in the territory, but within it are pockets of extreme privacy with maximum expression in the family home. We propose a privacy transition between the city public and more private garden where they have room for another series of spaces.