Sea-faring hot tubs! Greenhouses for books! Han Solo carbonite coffee tables! It was a fun week here at Architizer, and we sure hope you didn’t miss out on any of it. But in case you did, we’ve got your back. Click on through for the best of this week.
The Dune House, Grândola, Portugal
Happy Labor Day! While the rest of the world engages in activist parades and militant marches on their day of labor (usually May 1), Americans prefer to relax, zone out, and consume. But why go shopping for couches, when you can spend the day browsing/shopping/streaming from your couch? Don’t worry, we’ve got your architecture fix right here! There are a couple of splendid getaway homes with the obligatory pools, a Spanish winery, and even a windswept plaza that’s just the right (read: “safe”) shade of red. See you back tomorrow!
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Hurst House, Bourne End, United Kingdom
The Crystal, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Dune House, Grândola, Portugal
Winery “La Grajera”, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Castlecrag Residence, Sydney, Australia
The Dune House, Grândola, Portugal
Happy Labor Day! While the rest of the world engages in activist parades and militant marches on their day of labor (usually May 1), Americans prefer to relax, zone out, and consume. But why go shopping for couches, when you can spend the day browsing/shopping/streaming from your couch? Don’t worry, we’ve got your architecture fix right here! There are a couple of splendid getaway homes with the obligatory pools, a Spanish winery, and even a windswept plaza that’s just the right (read: “safe”) shade of red. See you back tomorrow!
Click through to see the projects.
Hurst House, Bourne End, United Kingdom
The Crystal, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Dune House, Grândola, Portugal
Winery “La Grajera”, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Castlecrag Residence, Sydney, Australia
We had a great week in projects, so much so that it was difficult in formulating this list. The standout, of course, was the highly sculptural Porsche pavilion in Germany, which intriguingly combined bits of retro Saarinen with Zaha panache. Still, projects such as the Krea Arts Center in Almeria and the Binh Duong School in Vietnam performed just as well, if not more so, sculptural in their own right way whilst presenting singular formal and programmatic solutions specific to their contexts. There’s more too, but you’ll have to click through!
Krea Arts Center, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
AA House, Almeria, Spain
Binh Duong School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
ISM House, Chiba Japan
Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
We had a great week in projects, so much so that it was difficult in formulating this list. The standout, of course, was the highly sculptural Porsche pavilion in Germany, which intriguingly combined bits of retro Saarinen with Zaha panache. Still, projects such as the Krea Arts Center in Almeria and the Binh Duong School in Vietnam performed just as well, if not more so, sculptural in their own right way whilst presenting singular formal and programmatic solutions specific to their contexts. There’s more too, but you’ll have to click through!
Krea Arts Center, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
AA House, Almeria, Spain
Binh Duong School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
ISM House, Chiba Japan
Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Architizer cut out early this week for the team’s annual off-site in upstate New York, where lots of talk, food, swimming, and RISK went down. There was also some work–alas–but that did not dampen our good spirits (that would be achieved by RISK), and we still found some time to throw together our top projects of the week. The buildings are loosely aligned to an admittedly half-baked “private retreat/ideal workspace” theme, where the latter unfolds before the real (or simulated) expanse of the former. Enjoy them! We’ll see you Monday!
House D, Austria
Bridge School, Fujian, China
House on a Pinewood, Castagneto Carducci, Italy
House T, Tokyo, Japan
Embedded House, Heiligengeist, Austria
It’s been an exciting week here at Architizer HQ: we have a new Editor-in-Chief, our air conditioning is back in working order, and we had the occasion to watch the filming of a t.v. show from our windows. Our favorite projects this week are equally exciting, including two performing arts centers, a hidden house, and an extraterrestrial garden. Take a break from the Olympic Games, turn your eyes from the Spice Girls performance at the closing ceremonies, and drown out US election coverage with this week’s project picks.
Kilden. Kristiansand, Norway.
Bay South Garden. Singapore, Singapore.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Kansas City, United States.
Hidden House. London, United Kingdom.
Life in Spiral. Tokyo, Japan.
As the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics graces our TV screens and athletes run, jump, swim, and shoot their way to glory, it’s easy to become a little put off by all of the pomp and circumstance. For some it might be upsetting to realize that they can never become Olympians. Thank goodness there is always architecture to lift one’s spirits! We’ve prepared this installment of projects to steer you clear of Olympic angst. Among them, a house and studio for making dolls in Japan, a police station in Spain, a tram station in Munich, and a vacation house in Portugal. Enjoy!
U House by Jorge Graça Costa
Fuencarral-El Pardo Police Station by Voluar Arquitectura
Atelier-Bisque Doll by UID architects
The Cyclops by NIO Architecten
Hous.E+ by Polifactory
Munich Bus and Tram Station by PRPM Architekten