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10-10-2012

BAK: Architects’ home in Ituzaingó

Using the traditional materials of South American architecture, structural cement and wooden trim, studio Bak has designed a home for architects in the province of Buenos Aires which reconciles the need for security with the need for space, incorporating nature into the domestic panorama.

03-10-2012

Kuma: Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center

Kengo Kuma goes back to the soul of Tokyo’s Asakusa district to design a tower building that seems to be the product of overlapping a series of traditional houses. Wood is the material which defines the façades, alluding to the Japanese building tradition in a contemporary way.

02-10-2012

Jean Paul Viguier & Associés, tower to house Maroc Telecom Headquarters

The Paris-based architecture firm Jean Paul Viguier & Associés designed a glass and steel tower to house the Maroc Telecom headquarters in Rabat.

19-09-2012

Naf architect: leftover concrete home

Drawing inspiration from the spontaneous dwellings built on beaches and on riversides, the holiday home in Etajima, Japan, designed by Tetsuya Nakazono of naf architect & design is made from cement blocks using leftover building concrete. Meaning that even non-recyclable material can be used for sustainable building.

17-09-2012

Odile Decq, Phantom restaurant Opéra Garnier

The Opéra Garnier restaurant is now open to the public, after architect Odile Decq injected it with a new life.

13-09-2012

Marco PIVA, INTERIOR DESIGN on Lake Como

The search for harmony with the natural setting guided Marco Piva’s interior design of a single-family home on Lake Como.

12-09-2012

J. D. Santos: Water museum in Lanjarón

The redevelopment of a disused abattoir in Lanjarón, southern Spain, is the perfect opportunity to pay homage to the element of water as a tourist attraction, in a zone full of thermal spas. Juan Domingo Santos has designed a water museum, adapting the industrial building to exhibition needs, without detracting from the testimonial value of the original architecture and construction materials.

05-09-2012

NL Architects, Siemens Building, Netherlands

The Dutch firm has recently presented the building designed for Siemens in Hengelo, a project received as winners of an international competition in 2009.