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Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Fox Island Residence in Washington by Olson KundigOctober 6th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Olson Kundig “It’s a special opportunity to remodel a house that the clients have lived in for many years. They know the site so well: the best views, the direction of winds, and how the sun interacts with the site throughout the year.” –Jim Olson, FAIA, Design Principal. A family home originally built over four decades ago, this Fox Island beachfront residence boasts unobstructed views of the Puget Sound and an island wildlife area to the west. Opening up these previously constrained views and integrating the family’s active coastal lifestyle into the home served as the primary directives for the new design. An elevated roofline and a new row of clerestory windows on the home’s water-facing side, along with wall-height windows replacing the original truncated glazing, brighten a previously darker and compressed living area. Hidden pivot points in several of these window walls open the west side of the home to the outdoors, extending the livable area out to the newly remodeled deck.  Image Courtesy © Aaron Leitz
Read the rest of Fox Island Residence in Washington by Olson Kundig Cloud Hotel Renovation Project in Huzhou, China by Studio8October 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Studio8 Nestled in the mountains of Moganshan, Cloud Hotel sits serenely in a bamboo forest in Deqing County, a popular retreat destination 200km away from Shanghai. The original building had three levels built along the mountain slope and carried features inspired by European castles. STUDIO8 was commissioned to renovate the architecture and interiors and redesign the visual identity. In the renovation process, STUDIO8 aimed to best utilize the natural slope formed by the landscape, while taking full advantage of the spectacular mountain views. The designers were also faced with a challenge to create a dynamic integration of the spatial experience and the “Cloud” brand image, and to infuse it into all design decisions. “Architecture built in nature functions as the media in between humans and nature; it should blend into the landscape organically, instead of just being in it,” says the studio principal.  Image Courtesy © Rui Hsieh
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Article source: Nicola Probst Architetti The project features a three-apartment urban villa and manages its steep, hilly terrain through retaining walls. These walls are central to the project, as they define both the internal and external spaces. An entire spatial system of volumes and voids stems from such a perspective. The internal environment is thus extended externally while maintaining definition.  Image Courtesy © Nicola Probst Architetti
Read the rest of Villa 4L_ in Lugano, Switzerland by Nicola Probst Architetti Donato in Queretaro, Mexico by DIN interiorismoOctober 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: DIN interiorismo Located in Bernal in the state of Querétaro in Mexico Donato is a vineyard that stands outs for offering its visitors an experience that goes beyond the local market. Its privileged location —an hour and a half from Mexico City— gives it a very attractive advantage that is triggering an interest in everything happening in developing area. The project made for Donato is a complex that, in addition to the vineyard, includes an event hall for 850 people, a gourmet shop, two restaurants, and a cellar for visitors and a special one for the family. Throughout the project you can enjoy magnificent views of Peña de Bernal, this iconic rock landmark surrounded by vines and its kaleidoscope of colors and textures throughout the year.  Image Courtesy © DIN interiorismo
Read the rest of Donato in Queretaro, Mexico by DIN interiorismo SGI New England Cultural Center in Brookline, Massachusetts by Touloukian Touloukian Inc.October 6th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Touloukian Touloukian Inc. An existing art institute in Brookline, MA, this building was proposed to be the new Boston cultural center for the religious institution of Soka Gakkai International. The proposal included the assessment and renovation of an existing facility which houses office space, conference rooms, meditation rooms, and an outdoor landscaping element. Located along a highly trafficked street, the intervention of a wood wall and screening system transformed the existing facade into an interactive and dynamic street-front landmark. A pallet of light tones, painted brick, and articulated greenery create an accepting atmosphere that reflects the ideals and identity of SGI. The motif of wood and light carries through the entry and into a re-invented atrium space where an articulation of skylights work into a double height space highlighting a connection to the main worship space and additional program beyond.  Image Courtesy © Touloukian Touloukian Inc.
Living Garden Apartments in Vienna, Austria by Martin Mostböck & Pesendorfer | Machalek ArchitectsOctober 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Martin Mostböck & Pesendorfer | Machalek Architects The Living Garden project is a residential and apartment house (with commercial use) in the Aspern Seestadt, one of the largest urban development projects in Europe. It is located in the north-eastern part of Vienna. This new district is very well connected to the railway stations, airports and historical centers of the Twin Cities Vienna and Bratislava. The project Living Garden (J3B) is designed as a green, sustainable building. A central idea of the project is to bring nature as deeply as possible into the city and offer the inhabitants and residents a green lung. In addition to the pleasant climate (oxygen, shading, wind protection), the building is also to be a green building for the residents and the surrounding neighbourhood.  Image Courtesy © Martin Mostböck & Pesendorfer | Machalek Architects
House at the Buddenturm in Münster, Germany by Hehnpohl Architecture bdaOctober 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Hehnpohl Architecture bda The Haus am Buddenturm is located in the historic city centre of Münster. The street presents three building lines with regard to the plot: the two building lines along the row of houses that border the plot on the east/west and the third that forms the plot boundary. These alignments are perceptible on the building façade. This reveals an urban scale whose typology is collectively rooted in the historic centre of Münster. The façade towards the street has three openings: in the form of a copper façade on the ground floor, as corner glazing with a deep recess in the façade on the first floor and as an opening with a lesser recess on the second floor. These recesses provide a view of the medieval Buddenturm. The staggering of the façade is also visible inside. In the stairwell area, the house increasingly fans out towards natural light which enters the house through glazing in the eave walls and on the ridge of the roof. The house is arranged over four levels. On the ground floor are the entrance, a multi-functional area, the inner courtyard and garage. The living and dining areas, kitchen and a roof terrace with views of the Observanten Church follow on the first floor. Bedrooms and studies along with bathrooms are found on the remaining floors. The texture of the hand moulded bricks fired in a ring kiln creates a link to the historic surroundings. In the interior, the concrete is untreated, the floorboards have been laid on sleepers.  Image Courtesy © hehnpohl architecture bda
Read the rest of House at the Buddenturm in Münster, Germany by Hehnpohl Architecture bda Summer house in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic by DDAANNOctober 6th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: DDAANN The family residence stands literally on a green field, near a clump of trees, in a pleasant countryside of central Bohemia. The house accommodates three generations of one family. A grandfather, a grandmother, a father, a mother and their two boys – there’s enough space for all of them to spend a summer and a lot of weekends together. The house consists of several smaller, connected volumes, each of which serves a different purpose. The whole family meets in the central part of the house – there is a living room with a fireplace, a dining room and a kitchen. This area is the true heart of the house, with large sliding windows opening to a garden.  Image Courtesy © BoysPlayNice
Read the rest of Summer house in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic by DDAANN Cepovett Headquarters in Lyon, France by AUM PIERRE MINASSIANOctober 4th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: AUM PIERRE MINASSIAN This is a project for the extension and redevelopment of the Cepovett head office, the French head of professional clothing, located in Gleizé, in the Rhône. The original building, built 15 years ago by aum, consists of 400 m² of offices and two warehouses of 5000 m². It was necessary to modify and enlarge this existing set in order to add 1800 m² of offices and 5000 m² of warehouse. The idea behind this new project was to cut the existing office building in two and to create a notch inside the storage, thus revealing two intimist patios, visible only by the occupants of the building and offering a generous amount of light inside the offices.  Image Courtesy © Studio Erick Saillet
Read the rest of Cepovett Headquarters in Lyon, France by AUM PIERRE MINASSIAN Tiger Kyiv in Ukraine by SHOVKOctober 4th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: SHOVK Decided to use bright color in the entrance, while in the main hall to use contrasting but soft combinations of colors and materials. The Tigers’ feature is an open kitchen behind yellow glass and a seven-meter bar counter made of stainless steel. According to the concept, Tiger is supposed to be a kind of oasis in a hot and bustling city – that’s why we decided that there should be a lot of greenery.  Image Courtesy © Viktoriya Gibalenko
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