ARCHITECTURE NEWS AND PROJECTS Higueras House / COA arquitectura. May 26, 2021. Completed in 2020 by Mexican Architecture Studio COA Arquitectura, the Higueras House is located in a plot abundant in trees and vegetation with a jungle feeling. The house shape directly. Continue reading. AKHENATEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM IN MINYA Akhenaten Archaeological Museum in Minya. At the end of 2020, the construction of the Akhenaten Archaeological Museum in Minya is set to be completed according to Egypt’s antiquities ministry officials. The German government designed the museum as a gift for the Egyptian government in 1998 as a partnership between the Aten & Hildesheim

Museums.

HOUSE IN THE PINES (CAP FERRET HOUSE) / LACATON & VASSAL Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, the French architect couple winner of the Pritzker 2021 Prize, designed the Cap Ferret house in 1998 on an undeveloped plot in Arcachon Bay to minimize disruption to the natural environment.Rather than taking down any of the 46 trees on the site, the architects nurtured the native vegetation, elevating the home and building around the trunks, allowing MOORE HOUSE IN ORINDA / CHARLES MOORE The Orinda House designed by architect Charles W. Moore for himself in 1962 is located in a valley behind San Francisco. In this project, Moore experimented with very simple means the possibility to recreate a project that could embody references to different moments of architectural history and that would allow an unconventional distribution and articulation of space. FRANK GEHRY HOUSE IN SANTA MONICA / GEHRY PARTNERS About Frank Gehry. Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California, in 1962, and in 2001 he formed the Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners, LLP. FALLINGWATER HOUSE BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT / EDGAR J Completed in 1937, Fallingwater was built as a private retreat for the Pittsburgh department-store magnate Edgar J. Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. The house would serve as their weekend home out in the country, roughly 75 miles (121 kilometers) outside Pittsburgh. Kaufmann and his wife, Liliane, were impressed by Wright’s work

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KIYONORI KIKUTAKE SKY HOUSE IN TOKYO, JAPAN Sky House was designed and built by the Japanese architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928-2011) for himself in 1958. The project still stands out as a landmark to his long-lasting architectural convictions. A founding individual of the Metabolist movement, Kikutake established the framework for structural planning and new models of urban

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BIANCHI HOUSE AT RIVA SAN VITALE / MARIO BOTTA The Bianchi House was designed by Italian architect Mario Botta in 1971. Built on a sharply inclined hillside above the village of Riva San Vitale on the shores of Lake Lugano, the house is set in the lower part of the plot and laid out on different levels like a tower. WHITE U HOUSE IN TOKYO / TOYO ITO The famous Japanese architect Toyo Ito designed the white U House in 1976 for his older sister, who had just lost her husband to cancer. Built-in the center of Tokyo, it was demolished in 1997. VILLA CAPRA LA ROTONDA / ANDREA PALLADIO Completed in 1592, la Villa Capra “La Rotonda” was designed by Andrea Palladio in 1567. Commissioned by Paolo Almerico, he asked the architect to create a place for his recreation, a building that combined the housing needs with duties, a place where he could spend his last years between lethargy and ‘holy agriculture.’ ARCHITECTURE NEWS AND PROJECTS Higueras House / COA arquitectura. May 26, 2021. Completed in 2020 by Mexican Architecture Studio COA Arquitectura, the Higueras House is located in a plot abundant in trees and vegetation with a jungle feeling. The house shape directly. Continue reading. AKHENATEN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM IN MINYA Akhenaten Archaeological Museum in Minya. At the end of 2020, the construction of the Akhenaten Archaeological Museum in Minya is set to be completed according to Egypt’s antiquities ministry officials. The German government designed the museum as a gift for the Egyptian government in 1998 as a partnership between the Aten & Hildesheim

Museums.

HOUSE IN THE PINES (CAP FERRET HOUSE) / LACATON & VASSAL Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, the French architect couple winner of the Pritzker 2021 Prize, designed the Cap Ferret house in 1998 on an undeveloped plot in Arcachon Bay to minimize disruption to the natural environment.Rather than taking down any of the 46 trees on the site, the architects nurtured the native vegetation, elevating the home and building around the trunks, allowing MOORE HOUSE IN ORINDA / CHARLES MOORE The Orinda House designed by architect Charles W. Moore for himself in 1962 is located in a valley behind San Francisco. In this project, Moore experimented with very simple means the possibility to recreate a project that could embody references to different moments of architectural history and that would allow an unconventional distribution and articulation of space. FRANK GEHRY HOUSE IN SANTA MONICA / GEHRY PARTNERS About Frank Gehry. Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California, in 1962, and in 2001 he formed the Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners, LLP. FALLINGWATER HOUSE BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT / EDGAR J Completed in 1937, Fallingwater was built as a private retreat for the Pittsburgh department-store magnate Edgar J. Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. The house would serve as their weekend home out in the country, roughly 75 miles (121 kilometers) outside Pittsburgh. Kaufmann and his wife, Liliane, were impressed by Wright’s work

after

KIYONORI KIKUTAKE SKY HOUSE IN TOKYO, JAPAN Sky House was designed and built by the Japanese architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928-2011) for himself in 1958. The project still stands out as a landmark to his long-lasting architectural convictions. A founding individual of the Metabolist movement, Kikutake established the framework for structural planning and new models of urban

communities.

BIANCHI HOUSE AT RIVA SAN VITALE / MARIO BOTTA The Bianchi House was designed by Italian architect Mario Botta in 1971. Built on a sharply inclined hillside above the village of Riva San Vitale on the shores of Lake Lugano, the house is set in the lower part of the plot and laid out on different levels like a tower. WHITE U HOUSE IN TOKYO / TOYO ITO The famous Japanese architect Toyo Ito designed the white U House in 1976 for his older sister, who had just lost her husband to cancer. Built-in the center of Tokyo, it was demolished in 1997. VILLA CAPRA LA ROTONDA / ANDREA PALLADIO Completed in 1592, la Villa Capra “La Rotonda” was designed by Andrea Palladio in 1567. Commissioned by Paolo Almerico, he asked the architect to create a place for his recreation, a building that combined the housing needs with duties, a place where he could spend his last years between lethargy and ‘holy agriculture.’ ARCHITECTURE NEWS AND PROJECTS Higueras House / COA arquitectura. May 26, 2021. Completed in 2020 by Mexican Architecture Studio COA Arquitectura, the Higueras House is located in a plot abundant in trees and vegetation with a jungle feeling. The house shape directly. Continue reading.

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Cultural Architecture TOKYO METROPOLITAN FESTIVAL HALL (TOKYO BUNKA KAIKAN) / KUNIO MAEKAWA

May 25, 2020

The Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan) designed by  Kunio Maekawa in 1957 opened in April 1961. The building was Japan’s first concert hall and was located in Tokyo’s Ueno Park. The heavy cornice and roof superstructures are reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s works, for whom Maekawa had previously worked. Directly adjacent to the hall stands the National Museum of…

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May 24, 2020

Completed in 2014, the Social Charity Institution Padre Rubinos Headquarters designed by Elsa Urquijo Architects is a shelter for the life that transcends in it. The use of horizontal lines arises from the search for peace and relaxation creating a sequence of measured

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May 23, 2020

Architecture design firm Cobe has been commissioned the new Geely Design Center in a unique campus named “Uni3 by Geely” on Gothenburg’s harbor front. It is set for completion in 2022. The new building is going to form the setting for Geely Design’s development of, among others, the new electric car brand Lynk & Co.

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May 22, 2020

Completed in 1592, la Villa Capra ” La Rotonda” was designed by Andrea Palladio in 1567. Commissioned by Paolo Almerico, he asked the architect to create a place for his recreation, a building that combined the housing needs with duties, a place where he could spend his last years between lethargy and ‘holy agriculture’.

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SILODAM HOUSING BLOCK IN AMSTERDAM / MVRDV

May 20, 2020

In 2003, MVRDV completed the Silodam, a polychromatic apartment building on Amsterdam harbor that was part of an extensive urban operation that transformed a former dam and silo building. A mixed program of housing, offices, workspaces, commercial spaces, and public spaces was arranged in a 20 meter deep and ten-story-high urban

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Office Buildings and Headquarters VILLA VPRO HEADQUARTERS / MVRDV

May 18, 2020

Completed in 1997, Villa VPRO was the first realized project by MVRDV architecture firm. The proposal departs from traditional cellular office environments by inviting occupants to transition seamlessly from one floor to the next through an undulating and stepped concrete landscape. MVRDV’s revolutionary approach was informed by an ambitious brief and employees’ desire for the perfect work

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TEA HOUSE IN HUTONG / ARCHSTUDIO

May 17, 2020

Completed in 2015 by Chinese Architecture firm ARCHSTUDIO, this tea house located in Beijing’s traditional Hutong district was a delicate and selective renovation project that had to factor in the building’s age, as well as its financial and historical value.

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PAIMIO SANATORIUM / ALVAR AALTO

May 15, 2020

Completed in 1933, the Paimio Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium designed by architect Alvar Aalto. The project has been canonized as an internationally recognized masterpiece of modern architecture, and it is often considered to be the breakthrough of Alvar Aalto. In 1960,  the building was converted into a general

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SP PENTHOUSE IN SAO PAULO / STUDIO MK27

May 13, 2020

The SP Penthouse designed by Studio mk27 sought to attend the demands of the program with the minimal division of space possible, shaping spatial continuity and amplitude for the apartment. The property is split over three floors that look out over the Brazilian city of São

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TEMPLE STREET PARKING GARAGE / PAUL RUDOLPH

May 11, 2020

In 1962 Paul Rudolph completed the six-story Temple Street parking garage in New Haven exemplifying the excitement of the automobile at the time. In two city blocks, the garage design was treated as a mega-structure the full 700-foot length. The architect used an organically shaped module fully built-in reinforced concrete to materialize the construction.

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