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11-11-2016

Broissin Architects’ Roberto Cantoral Music Hall

Roberto Cantoral was one of the most famous Mexican musicians of the last century. When he died in 2010, this concert hall designed by Broissin Architects in Mexico City was dedicated to him.

29-07-2016

Herbst Architects’ K Valley House: a refuge in New Zealand

A refuge on Coromandel peninsula in New Zealand, K Valley House is a holiday home that inherits the typological features of the farmhouse and the farm shed. Herbst Architects have designed a “glass house” surrounded by nature, made of wood, glass and rusted corrugated sheet metal.

01-02-2016

Casa Vasco Nunez de Balboa: ISMO’s interpretation centre

Jerez de los Caballeros is a town in Extremadura, Spain, with thousands of years of history behind it. ISMO Arquitectura planned the redevelopment of the house where explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa was born for use as an interpretation centre, aiming to make it an integral part of the museum-town.

20-10-2015

Trabocco, a Room Over the Sea by Studio Zero85

Pescara, Italy. The Adriatic coast is home to the “trabocco”, a traditional "fishing mechanism" consisting of a wooden platform extending out over the sea. Studio Zero85 transformed one of these traditional constructions into a habitable room, giving it a new function and a new image.

06-10-2015

Connekt: a coffee shop that makes Holland a better place

Connekt Café was created in the boiler room of Delft University, in the Netherlands, by Ateliers Interior & Architecture. A coffee shop in high-tech style that brings the authorities, cultural institutions and industries together to promote sustainable mobility in the country.