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31-12-2014

Rafiq Azam and the Mamun residence in Chittagong (Bangladesh)

The Manum Residence recently completed by Rafiq Azam is located in Chittagong, in southeast Bangladesh. As in all his buildings, in the Manum Residence Rafiq Azam uses concrete and brick, water and greenery in unusual ways to represent his idea of sustainability.

26-11-2014

Smerin Architectsꞌ Red Bridge House in East Sussex (UK)

Smerin Architects of England created the Red Bridge House in East Sussex, in southern England. The Red Bridge House is a holiday home designed around the elements of the landscape: the forest, the river and farmland. Smerin Architects make the most of these elements in the homeꞌs internal spatial identity.

12-11-2014

Alberto Campo Baeza and the House of the Infinite in Cádiz (Spain)

Alberto Campo Baeza calls it the most radical house he has ever built. The House of the Infinite in Cádiz, an ancient port from which ships set off for the New World, is a manifesto of Alberto Campo Baeza’s poetics. Idea, space and light are expressed in the House of the Infinite, a lookout over the Atlantic Ocean.

05-11-2014

Takuro Yamamoto’S White Cave House and the snows of Kanazawa

Takuro Yamamoto has designed a home in Kanazawa, a Japanese city renowned for its copious snowfalls and piercing cold. An L-shaped white cave is carved out of the volume of the home to shelter the path from the snow and ensure privacy.

22-10-2014

Alvisi Kirimoto’s Bulgari winery in San Casciano dei Bagni (Siena)

Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners designed Podernuovo Bulgari winery in San Casciano dei Bagni, near Siena. The building combines an attentive reading of the local landscape and the signs left on it by traditional crops with environmental sustainability. Alvisi Kirimoto’s Podernuovo Bulgari winery is all about respect and enhancement of the land.