Tag Housing

23-01-2013

OFIS architects: Basket apartments in Paris

Slovenian architectural studio OFIS has come up with a complex combination of invention and sustainable design in the difficult context of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Paris. The project makes a mark on the landscape with contemporary forms that embrace ecological responsibility.

27-12-2012

PASEL.KUENZEL ZEEUWS HOUSING, The Netherlands

pasel.künzel architects of the Netherlands recently completed 34 homes included in the masterplan for the town of Goes.

19-12-2012

Elisa Minari: Vivenda para todos

The winner of the prize for “Research” in the first international architecture contest held by Floornature under the title “Next Landmark”, Elisa Minari, has come up with a plan for owner-built homes in the most disadvantaged urban areas in the megalopolises of the “south” of the world.

22-11-2012

Social Housing in Vitoria-Gasteiz, European Green Capital.

The Spanish architecture firm, Mozas Aguirre submitted a proposal to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2012 European Green Capital, for a new interpretation of social housing that responds to the desire of residents to add an outdoor space to their homes.

24-10-2012

BAK: minimal cement home in Mar Azul

BAK arquitectos applies its rules of minimal design to a home in a coniferous forest above the waterfront of Mar Azul in Argentina. The form of the home is a product of the rules of construction with cement, a material Latin American architects use in the best possible way, integrating it with nature.

17-10-2012

NL: Kamaleon complex in Amsterdam

Unlike the constructions of the great era of social housing all over Europe in the 50s, which often had a negative impact on quality of life, the Kamaleon housing development by NL Architects successfully mediates between the large number of residential units and the development’s inclusion in its urban surroundings.

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.

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.