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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. 204 House in Nha Trang, Vietnam by MW archstudioFebruary 28th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MW archstudio The house locates in Nha Trang City–southern part of Central Vietnam. “204 House” is a Individual House project with site area is 117sqm, wide facade is 6m. The house is close to a noisy environment,densely populated area and many polluted emissions from motor vehicles with very large volumes in Nha Trang city-a typical environment existing in urban areas of Vietnam. There are many narrow house in this area,or in this city in particular and in Vietnam in general, always lack of natural light, use a lot of lighting and air conditioning systems. Hence,those projects have created a consequence of consumption of electricity;heat radiation and energy sources discharged into the environment are enormous.
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Article source: SCANNELLA ARCHITECTS It is a building in the Baroque center of Catania, redesigned as hotel which tells Sicily cinematographically. The original core, dating back to the ‘500, was rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake afterwards it was subjected to several changes, the last one date back to the post war period, has changed the intended use until the final one known as hotel. This has been possible to read through the works of restructuring that showed the various layers. The works have tried to bring back to life the original structure while maintaining or reviving the system of vertical connections. The concept wants to communicate an image of Sicily especially told through the suggestions from cinema. To make it possible, representative icons have been used and even decorative apparatus, the quotes, the lighting design, using a contemporary architectural language dedicating to each space a cinematographic work. The work has required a careful research of the significant elements of the “story” told, without neglecting to re-use some original elements of the building, reinventing use and function. Each room is characterized by objects, shapes and colors taken from the movie to which is dedicated in order to allow the customer to soak into the atmosphere that we want to tell. Particular attention was dedicated to the relationship between the plant system and the environments, aiming to its complete integration, reaching almost the invisibility. The charm of the interior benefits of the “popular” atmosphere that represents an extraordinary urban landscape. Eleven Rooms were obtained, some of which are configured as suites, dedicated to a particular director and a small Spa.
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Article source: CAPD The site is along the small river, crossing the bridge from the road. It is a unique site with a wild taste which distinguishes the site which is neatly divided like a housing complex. It is not summarized in white or black, and the brick and the terrace are used to harmonize with a unique site by using a rustic H-type steel, and it finished in the stately building as if it had been there for a long time.
Lakeview Wine Co. Retail & Tasting Pavilion in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada by TCA | THIER + CURRAN ARCHITECTS INC.February 28th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: TCA | THIER + CURRAN ARCHITECTS INC. A modest, low cost retail and tasting pavilion aspires to help transform the image and create a stronger public experience for a mid-market winery on a main road into Niagara-on-the-Lake. Replacing a portable classroom structure, this project creates a high quality, permanent building for the rebranded Lakeview Wine Company’s operations rebounding from a bankruptcy. The building is placed tight against the vines to create an authentic vineyard experience, with a building form derived from local agricultural buildings and sheds. ![]() The South elevation viewed across the event lawn / future pond, Image Courtesy © DoubleSpace Photography
Bremer Punkt in Germany by LINFebruary 28th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: LIN Like many German cities, Bremen is confronted with an increasing housing shortage and a growing demand for affordable housing. In response to this, the largest Bremen Housing Association, GEWOBA, has prudently taken on a supplementary extension to their existing 45,000 plus housing stock. In 2011, within the framework of the competition “ungewöhnlich Wohnen” (unusual living), five exemplary lots from a postwar housing area were chosen to investigate the adaptability of the area. The proposals considered contemporary demands for affordable and flexible housing that could offer manifold inhabitant configurations. These housing areas in the Gartendstadt Süd of Neustadt Bremen, offer generous green open areas formed by homogenous four-storey housing blocks.
Hotel Pfösl in Deutschnofen, Italy by bergmeisterwolfFebruary 27th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: bergmeisterwolf Working with the existing, an integration of the old barn, constructing landscape. Creating links between old and new, connection spaces and unifying elements. Landscape as main topic becomes part of achitecture and viceversa. Also here, materials as linking elements between old and new, indoors and outdoors.
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Article source: ELISABETTA de STROBEL INTERIOR DESIGNER Work has officially been completed on Relais Le Chevalier in Riga, where the Art Director and Interior Designer Elisabetta de Strobel was in charge of the renovation project that restored the historical mid-eighteenth-century building (once a private home) to its former splendour.
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Article source: CAB ARCHITECTES (CALORI AZIMI BOTINEAU) When we discovered the immense sky and the plateau devoid of physical constraints we sought to capture the landscape by a simple form and by an abstract architectural language. The proximity of the site to the edge of the woodland led us intuitively to the primary material as it seemed necessary in this country-side site to place the building lightly on the ground. To achieve this we chose to define the project by a steel exoskeleton.
Apartament for a couple in Noventa Padovana, Italy by MIDE architettiFebruary 27th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MIDE architetti The project involved the renovation of an 80s’ apartment at the edge of the historical centre of Padua. The interior space has been extensively re-conceived through essential design interventions and the employment of minimal materials. This was accomplished by retaining fragments of the original structure with the addition of contemporary elements.
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