Tag Housing

09-04-2014

Shigeru Ban: villa in Sengokubara, Hakone (Japan)

Shigeru Ban designed the villa in Sengokubara in the style of Japanese contemporary architecture. The home is made entirely out of wood, a material the architect is particularly fond of, and its form takes advantage of the site’s flagpole shape. The home is closed off from its surroundings, with the rooms arranged in a radial manner around the interior courtyard.

04-04-2014

National Architecture Week: The Role Architects and Design Play for Positive Change.

National Architecture Week is a public awareness campaign from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) dedicated to focussing the attention to the role architects play in social change.

26-03-2014

MoDus Architects: artist residence and atelier in Castelrotto

Taking a new look at traditional Alpine architecture, MoDus Architects (Matteo Scagnol and Sandy Attia) have built a residence and atelier for artist Hubert Kostner in Castelrotto, in the province of Bolzano in Alto Adige. Designing a contemporary building with roots in the past, MoDus uses traditional materials in a contemporary way, innovating in the design of the home and workshop.

15-01-2014

New “cityscape” in Rotterdam. B05 by NL Architects

Seven architectural practices were involved in a project for restyling a residential neighbourhood only minutes from the city centre in Rotterdam to create a new and more diverse “cityscape”.

13-12-2013

Pedevilla Architekten Pliscia 13 home in Pieve di Marebbe

A home built by Pedevilla Architekten has won the public award and the first prize in the "housing" category at the 7th Alto Adige Architecture Award.

11-12-2013

Cino Zucchi will be curator of the Italian pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale

Architect Cino Zucchi will be the curator of the Italian pavilion at the 14th Architecture Biennale in Venice.

04-12-2013

Winners of the Alto Adige Prize for Architecture

The final stage in the Alto Adige Prize for Architecture competition closed on November 21 with the announcement of the winners’ names at the architecture festival, including the winner of the Special Award of the Public, elected online.

04-12-2013

Tsukano architects: house without windows in Japan

Michiya Tsukano’s residential project, which won a special mention in Floornature’s 2013 Next Landmark International Architecture Contest, underlines the clear distinction between the interior of the home and the city outside. The outdoor space is completely redesigned within the walls, shutting out all visual and acoustic elements that could disturb the inhabitants of the home in this inhospitable city landscape.