ArchShowcase Archive for May, 2011Montblanc House in Japan by Studio VelocityThursday, May 5th, 2011The plan of a house with a small beauty shop on the first floor. A house for a family of four: the young couple running the shop, their 3 year-old girl, and their newborn. The site, surrounded by neighboring houses in 3 directions, is in a quiet residential area.  Montblanc House
Ripolles-Manrique House in Benicassim, Spain by Teo Hidalgo Nácher designed using MicroStationThursday, May 5th, 2011The site is surrounded by pine trees on an isolated estate that began being built in the seventies, near the town of Benicassim in Castellon, Spain. What really stands out about its location is the views.  Ripolles-Manrique House
Little One-room House with a Curve in Nagoya, Japan by Studio VelocityThursday, May 5th, 2011Little shop of 41㎡ in Nagoya city. The site has an elongated shape with a width of about 9m and a depth of 20m. While the front road is relatively wide, with a sidewalk, one might get a feeling of oppression due to the small size of the site surrounded as it by shops and houses of from 2 to 3 stories.  Little One Room House
Lofts in Lisbon, Portugal by Manuel Graça Dias + Egas José VieiraThursday, May 5th, 2011Article source: Manuel Graça Dias + Egas José Vieira Two lofts were adapted from an old typography space, located on the ground floor of a residential building of the early twentieth century, in Lisbon. The building plan, almost a “square” shape (350,00 square meter), distributes its liveable space in a “U” shape, around the entrance lobby, the staircase and a small interior court yard.  Photo by FG+SG - Fernando Guerra and Sérgio Guerra
WAF 2011 Winner – Future Project Of The Year – Commercial – Wadi Rum Resort in Wadi Rum, Jordan by Oppenheim Architecture+DesignTuesday, May 3rd, 2011Here, where desert sand meets desert stone, we see a singular opportunity to devise a new contract between man and nature. Reinterpreting the way we have dealt with the earth, our proposal establishes a new benchmark for design, quality and sustainability in the natural environment.  Wadi Rum Welcome Area 01
Cutty Sark Gardens in Greenwich, England by OKRATuesday, May 3rd, 2011Cutty Sark Gardens is a place of international allure, where you can experience a part of history. This space desserves to be treated with intrigue with it’s prominent position along the Thames, adjacent to the Old Royal Naval College Grounds and nearby the historic towncentre of Greenwich, this place deserves to be treated with allure.  Cutty Sark Gardens
Xiang’he Garden City – Park of the floating gardens in Xiang, China by OKRATuesday, May 3rd, 2011Xiang’he Garden City – Park of the floating gardens Ambitions At this moment a masterplan for Xiang’he Garden City is developed. A new garden city of approximately 700 hectares will arise close to the future 7th ring of Beijing. Within the first phase of the development a park is projected, closely related to the water basins that are a result of clay reclamation by the existing brick factories. A steep slope along the north side of the factories will be a result of these activities that will affect the park design, since on the north side of the basins housing development is projected.  Floating garden & Puchi river
Linda Pace Foundation Offices in San Antonio, Texas by Poteet ArchitectsTuesday, May 3rd, 2011The project is the rehabilitation of a derelict auto body shop into offices for a contemporary art foundation. The modesty of the original structure and limited project budget stand in contrast to the international scope of the foundation’s mission and its board, as well as the architectural aspiration of the interior design.  Linda Place Foundation - © Chris Cooper
Sra Pou Vocational School in Sra Pou, Cambodia by Architects Rudanko + KankkunenTuesday, May 3rd, 2011Sra Pou vocational school is a vocational training center and community building in Sra Pou village, Cambodia. The school is designed by Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen from Finland and built during spring 2011. The architects took care of both building design and project management.  Sra Pou vocational school
Sharma House in Bangalore, India by Kamat and Rozario ArchitectureTuesday, May 3rd, 2011“Achieve a contemporary house with vastu compliance” was the brief for this renovation project. The existing structure was a 30 year old typical Bangalore house with thick load bearing walls. Most of the outer walls were very close to the plot boundary cutting out a large amount of light. The neighbor’s house too was hugging the boundary wall in certain areas which cut off even more light.  Front View
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