Category Archives: Architecture

Create Café / Nadine Engelbrecht Architect

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…a beautiful café a day…

© Marsel Roothman Photography Architects: Nadine Engelbrecht Architect Location: Menlo Park, Pretoria, 0081, South Africa Architect In Charge: Nadine Engelbrecht Area: 240.0 m2 Project Year: 2015 Photographs: Marsel Roothman Photography Client: Charmaine Freyer of Alpine Attitude Boutique Hotel Main Contractor: EJ Fourie Projects Steel Contractor (Main Structure): Ranco Ondernemings Steel Contractor (Stairs): Kare Sheet Metal Products Roofing Contractor: Trust Sheeting Text description provided by the architects.

Source: Create Café / Nadine Engelbrecht Architect

Rocio’s Hospital / Manoel Coelho Arquitetura e Design

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…a beautiful hospital building a day….

© Nelson Kon Architects: Manoel Coelho Arquitetura e Design Locations: Campo Largo – Paraná, Brazil Authors: Manoel Coelho, Antonio Abrão Team: Carolina Henares, Andressa Kreush, Andréia Ferrari, Cátia Branco, Manuela Ferreira, Victor Escorsin, Roberta Perozza Area: 55300.0 sqm Project Year: 2014 Photographs: Nelson Kon Constructor: Engerama © Nelson Kon Text description provided by the architects.

Source: Rocio’s Hospital / Manoel Coelho Arquitetura e Design

Slash House / Conrad San Roman Flores

…a weird house a day…

© Renzo Rebagliati Architects: Conrad San Roman Flores Location: Asia, Peru Area: 203.0 m2 Project Year: 2016 Photographs: Renzo Rebagliati Collaborator: Gabriela Rivera Constructor: Bronco Construcción Structure, Electrical Installations And Sanitary: Bronco Construcción © Renzo Rebagliati Text description provided by the architects.

Source: Slash House / Conrad San Roman Flores

Scene House / LCGA Design

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…a beautiful small house a day…

A very nice alternative for my next house. Not bigger, but smaller. Less stuff, less footprint. Dematerialize is something that I really feel strongly about. And I am not the only one. More and more friends around have expressed their desire to move into smaller alternative housing now that their children will leave in the next couple of years.

Sounds familiar?

 

© Hey!Cheese Architects: LCGA Design Location: Taipei, Taiwan Lead Architects: Circle Huang, Gina Chiu Area: 75.0 m2 Project Year: 2017 Photographs: Hey!Cheese © Hey!Cheese Text description provided by the architects. The main concept for this case is “light”.

Source: Scene House / LCGA Design

LOT-EK: “The Shipping Container Is a Vehicle to Invent New Architecture”

…a shipping container a day…a beautiful building a day…

PUMA City, 2008. Image © Danny Bright Shipping containers , once a darling of architectural upcycling, have received a lot of criticism recently, as architects are beginning to recognize that their perceived advantages—ready-made habitable space and structure, and an opportunity to recycle a widely available material—are based in little more than hopeful PR spin .

Source: LOT-EK: “The Shipping Container Is a Vehicle to Invent New Architecture”

More and more articles on the possibilities of container building. Not only as a form of sustainability but also more and more within the tiny houses movement. The possibilities seem endless.

Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

In the series…a beautiful house a day…

© Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc Architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Location: Hiroshima, Japan Area: 385.0 m2 Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc Structure Design: Yasushi Moribe Textile Coordination: Yoko Ando Site Area: 244 m2 © Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc Text description provided by the architects.

Source: Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Carroll House / LOT-EK

In the series…a beautiful house a day…

That has been a really long time since a post like this appeared here. I have just been too busy with other things I guess to remember my initial morning routine. So it is back for now. Never know what will happen next.

© Danny Bright Architects: LOT-EK Location: Brooklyn, United States Design: Ada Tolla, Giuseppe Lignano; Principals, Virginie Stolz; Project Architect Area: 5000.0 ft2 Project Year: 2016 Photographs: Danny Bright Commission: Kim and Joe Carroll Structural Engineer: SILMAN Mep / Sustainability: Dagher © Danny Bright From the architect.

Source: Carroll House / LOT-EK

The Olive Tree House / Eva Sopeoglou

…If you only have 21sqm this is what you can do with it…

© Mariana Bisti Architects: Eva Sopeoglou Location: Sithonia, Greece Area: 21.0 m2 Project Year: 2016 Photographs: Mariana Bisti , Elias Sopeoglou © Mariana Bisti From the architect. The client brief for this small summer house located in Halkidiki, Greece called for a low-maintenance weekend home located on a pristine olive grove hill overlooking the sea, and beyond towards the famous monasteries of Mount Athos. © Mariana Bisti The project is highly experimental and employs cutting-edge digital CAD/CAM technology in an innovative way.

Source: The Olive Tree House / Eva Sopeoglou