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27-08-2014

Souto de Moura designs the Ponte de Lima 3 house in Portugal

Eduardo Souto de Moura, winner of the 2011 Pritzker Prize, is one of Portugal’s most prominent architects. His recent plan for house in Ponte de Lima 3, an house in northern Portugal, ideally represents his poetics of form while at the same time expressing a sense of sustainability based on knowledge of and respect for the history of the place.

06-08-2014

Ellevuelle architetti’s Casa Esse wins the 2014 Next Landmark contest

The winner of the third Next Landmark international architecture contest organised by Floornature is Ellevuelle architetti of Italy, for Casa Esse, a new construction in the countryside near Forlì. Ellevuelle architetti drew their inspiration for the building’s linear layout from the artificial landmarks in the area.

16-07-2014

Vo Trong Nghia Architects: concrete home in Binh Thanh (Ho Chi Minh)

The Binh Thanh house is a good introduction to the contemporary architecture of Ho Chi Minh, as seen from the point of view of Vo Trong Nghia Architects, a young but well-established Vietnamese studio. Its characteristic bare concrete façade serves as a sunshade. The work makes use of traditional local forms, interpreted with a view to achieving sustainability.

02-07-2014

Pezo von Ellrichshausen: Solo house in Cretas, Spain

The first project to be built under the Solo Houses programme is a holiday home designed by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen in Cretas, in the Matarraña region of southern Catalonia. An ideal expression of contemporary Chilean architecture, the home subverts the concepts of indoors and outdoors, using the landscape as its spatial horizon.

19-06-2014

Tag der Architektur, Architecture Day in Germany. June 28 and 29 2014

The 20th 'Tag der Architektur' Architecture Day in Germany. “Architektur bewegt” architecture on the move is the motto for the weekend of June 28 and 29, when interested members of the public will be able to visit buildings and offices and talk to architects about their work

18-06-2014

Hendee-Borg home in Sonoma, California. William O’Brien Jr

Architect William O’Brien Jr. responds to the artist's need to live with his own works of art and reconcile everyday life with moments of creative inspiration. The project expressing this synthesis is the Hendee-Borg home, a contemporary building in California with a shed roof of the kind typically found on industrial buildings.

13-06-2014

“Alps Architecture Tourism” exhibition in Merano

The “Alps Architecture Tourism” exhibition curated by Susanne Waiz in Merano May 30 through September 7 looks at architecture for tourism as a sector with an explicit impact on the landscape, to the point that we could speak of a “landscape of tourism”.

11-06-2014

Lund Hagem architects: house on Lyngholmen Island

Lund Hagem architects designs a contemporary building inspired by the colours and shapes of the Norwegian landscape. This holiday home on Lyngholmen Island uses white cement, treated ash cladding and glass, drawing inspiration from the rocky landscape sloping down to the sea.