Tag Ville

08-06-2016

Torrejón Schellhorn: holiday home in Limache, Chile

Ricardo Torrejón Schellhorn designed a holiday home in Limache, on a sloping lot in the mountains of Chile. The layout of the Limache house consists of a series of separate nuclei which are physically and visually connected, taking into consideration both the need for privacy and the desire for sociability.

18-05-2016

Murray Kerr (Denizen Works): House 7 on the Isle of Tiree

Designing for your own parents, within the limitations of heritage building protection. This was the case of House 7 by Murray Kerr (Denizen Works) on the Isle of Tiree. Murray Kerr’s House 7 fits into the landscape of the Hebrides and draws on local architectural traditions.

13-05-2016

Fragments of an Urban Future, WOHA at the Biennale

Singapore-based architecture firm WOHA will be participating in the 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.

04-05-2016

Cota Paredes Arquitectos: Casa V in Guadalajara (Mexico)

The compactness of the outside of Cota Paredes Arquitectos’ Casa V in Guadalajara (Mexico) becomes an interior rich in different perspectives and glimpses of other floors. The Abraham Cota Paredes project centres around the patio, a catalyst of light, paying homage to Luis Barragán.

13-04-2016

Alberto Campo Baeza and the Raumplan in a house in Madrid

Alberto Campo Baeza's Raumplan house applies the theories of Adolf Loos. Campo Baeza reflects on the current potential of the Raumplan as spatial development, creating an extremely “mute” home in which the main point of view is from the inside.

25-03-2016

Exhibition - GARDEN CITY MEGA CITY by WOHA in New York

A must-visit exhibition at The Skyscraper Museum in New York GARDEN CITY MEGA CITY: Rethinking Cities for the Age of Global Warming is an opportunity to explore the work of Singapore-based architecture studio WOHA, whose elegant and sustainable vertical creations have distinguished it for decades.

18-02-2016

How to save a villa: practical advice from Rocco Valentini

After suffering from industrial additions constructed for the purposes of the agricultural business it contained, this late 19th century villa near Chieti was in urgent need of renovation. Architect Rocco Valentini explained how he protected the historical part of the villa and its unique identity while adapting it to contemporary style.

11-02-2016

Alventosa Morell’s Casa VC: Architecture and Cubism

At first glance it might look like a Cubist composition by Picasso or Braque, but in actual fact it’s a single-family home designed by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes in mountainous Collserola, a nature park in the hills inland of Barcelona.