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Sumit Singhal
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. Song Art Museum in Beijing, China by Vermilion Zhou Design GroupSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Vermilion Zhou Design Group An Art Container – Instead of creating certain atmosphere for exhibition, in this case, we emphasize the connection between the subject and object. The original architecture is Victorian style with Western-style gardens, as an overly makeup woman, is outdated. The owner intended to transform its function into an art space for the public using. Our first step is to remove all the decorations from her, to show her purely look. Disharmony is what has happened in this project: an imitated aspect from a mighty culture without its core. For instance, the Victorian building without its cultural base, the only thing it has is symbol which needs to be reconsider and to be released. In short, what we aim to approach in this project is to make disharmony from disharmony. As a result, the building would be back to the original context, a spatial container.  Image Courtesy © Xia Zhi
Read the rest of Song Art Museum in Beijing, China by Vermilion Zhou Design Group La Solana House in Guerrero, Mexico by MARCOS HAGERMAN / HGR ARQUITECTOSSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: MARCOS HAGERMAN / HGR ARQUITECTOS La Solana consists of a renovation and extention of a house built in the 60’s by Oscar and Eduardo Hagerman. The house is located on an exclusive area overlooking the Acapulco bay. The house is set on a 1210 sqm rocky, sloping ground. It has 5 bedrooms, each of them with closets, bathroom and terrace, a family room, kitchen, living room, dinning room, pool, outdoor bar and parking for 3 cars, with a total consruction of 1050 sqm, divided into 3 levels that adjust to the topography.  Image Courtesy © DIANA ARNAU
Read the rest of La Solana House in Guerrero, Mexico by MARCOS HAGERMAN / HGR ARQUITECTOS Nissan Renault Finance Mexico in Aguascalientes by Dellekamp ArquitectosSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Dellekamp Arquitectos The corporate offices for Nissan Renault Finance Mexico, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, a project of a contest in which we are winners. Based on the basic premise of what if their offices are as innovative as their cars, the proposal incorporates the core principles of innovation of the Nissan: environment, life on board cars and dynamic performances. Translated into the building, the above represents the bioclimatic approach, user experience and efficiency; this makes the environment more than a workspace.  Image Courtesy © Sandra Pereznieto
Read the rest of Nissan Renault Finance Mexico in Aguascalientes by Dellekamp Arquitectos Lyttelton Studio Retreat in New Zealand by Bull O’Sullivan Architecture LtdSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Bull O’Sullivan Architecture Ltd “Speartha Broidnithe Eadach” – The heavens embroidered cloths from the W.B Yeats poem ‘He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven’. Drawing inspiration from the surrounding landscape, a landscape of continual changing color, texture and mood and a landscape that is sensationalized from the studio of 23b Walkers Road. Yeats description of something so fantastical, which no one can ever own, was an appropriate salutation towards the encompassing beauty that is celebrated from each space on both levels of the plan, in particular when one is having a bath.  Image Courtesy © Patrick Reynolds
Read the rest of Lyttelton Studio Retreat in New Zealand by Bull O’Sullivan Architecture Ltd The Collector’s House in Paute, Ecuador by CU + AR ESTUDIOSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: CU + AR ESTUDIO The objective of the project was to create an exemplary modern house, with four rooms, in a site without a significant topography near the Paute River. The house is established in a U shape land, closing in its lateral arms the social area with the intention of leading the views toward the Andean Mountains, which disappear to the west, creating interesting atmospheres inside the home because of the color shades that are presented by the sunset.  Image Courtesy © JAG Studio
Read the rest of The Collector’s House in Paute, Ecuador by CU + AR ESTUDIO GLF Headquarters in Miami, Florida by OPPENHEIM ARCHITECTURESeptember 7th, 2018 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: OPPENHEIM ARCHITECTURE Set on the banks of the Miami River, at the junction of Overtown and Little Havana, this modern office complex was commissioned as the U.S. headquarters for international engineering and construction outfit GLF Construction Corporation. The building was designed with simplicity in mind, featuring large floor plates that allow user flexibility and evoke the feeling of open space. Inside, the program includes office and studio space, conference rooms, lounges, balconies and common areas that maximize both interior and exterior views.  GLF-HQ-Night-view-from-the-river, Image Courtesy © Karen Fuchs
Read the rest of GLF Headquarters in Miami, Florida by OPPENHEIM ARCHITECTURE The World’s Biggest Bicycle Parking in Utrecht, Netherlands by Ector Hoogstad ArchitectenSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Ector Hoogstad Architecten Historically, the Dutch have always been fervent cyclists. This enthusiasm is now growing even further as cycling is being discovered as a key ingredient of the sustainable city. New bicycle typologies such as the introduction of the so-called e-bike are helping to amplify this shift in mass transportation. More and more public transport hubs will be complemented with extensive and user friendly amenities for cyclists, as increasing amounts of people begin to favour the combination of cycling and public transport over car use.  Image Courtesy © Petra Appelhof
K41 Office Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Ça ArquitecturaSeptember 7th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Ça Arquitectura The K41 office park is the first business center in the western corridor of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Located 41 kilometers from the city center, K41 offers a large service hub and accompanies the creation of sub-centralities, revitalizing and transforming the centralist system of the megalopolis. Central to the building is a covered grand hall, with three large office wings that form patios on each side of the hall, offering dynamic spaces for expansion. On the top floor the building proposes offices with an important relationship with outside spaces.  Image Courtesy © Arq. Gonzalo Viramonte
Read the rest of K41 Office Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Ça Arquitectura Superlofts Blok Y in Utrecht, Netherlands by MARC KOEHLER ARCHITECTSSeptember 6th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source:MARC KOEHLER ARCHITECTS Superlofts Blok Y, a cooperative housing project in Utrecht designed by Marc Koehler Architects, wins the Private Housing category of the 2018 Royal Institute of Dutch Architects (BNA) award for Building of the Year. Designed as an Open Building, Superloft Blok Y forms part of the ongoing Superlofts project, initiated by Marc Koehler Architects (MKA), focused on flexibility, participation and adaptability. It offered a collective of 30 homeowners a blank canvas to customise or design and build their apartments according to their needs, and actively engaged them from the outset to co-create the building and its shared spaces. A unique complex – where no two apartments are alike – results from the building’s radical flexibility, collective character and high level of sustainability.  Image Courtesy © Marcel van der Burg
Read the rest of Superlofts Blok Y in Utrecht, Netherlands by MARC KOEHLER ARCHITECTS ‘Allende’ Performance Hall and Rehearsal Studios in Mons-en-Barœul, France by Dominique Coulon & associésSeptember 6th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Dominique Coulon & associés Set in the orthonormal organisation of the town of Mons-en-Barœul, the cultural centre pivots, the better to look at the town hall. The building gains in autonomy and becomes an urban landmark. It contains three music studios, one 500‑seat modular auditorium, a bar, an exhibition gallery, and a large rehearsal room. The pivoting of the volume of the large rehearsal room creates a large empty space on the inside that connects with the other elements of the project. The geometrical conflict generated by this pivoting is revealed by the triangular shape the empty space creates. In association with the diagonal lines of the staircase, the walls bend in an upward movement.  Image Courtesy © Eugeni Pons
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