The portuguese studio ARX brings this home, with clear and pure lines. Inside and outside are constantly linked by courtyards, which are opening and closing to the landscape., full_html
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House in Leiria by ARX Portugal. Photography © FG+SG - Fotografia de Arquitectura
From New York again and using timelapse technique, which shows different reasons or events that happen slowly so invaluable to the human eye, along with a type of determined camera and lens and performing different actions achieve impressive and…
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Rumble and Sway
International Idea Competition for the Mapo Oil Reserve Base in Seoul, Seoul Metropolitan Government. The first step to changing the Mapo Oil Reserve Base, a International Competition for Professionals and Students., full_html
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1st Prize. Mapo Oil Reserve Base
From the outside, this country house + hotel by Víctor Longo and Ester Roldán in La Pereda blends perfectly into the Asturian landscape. From the inside, the landscape is always present through the large glass windows. , full_html
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Exterior view. Photography © Marcos Morilla. Courtesy of Longo+Roldán Architects
Today we have this film about the photographer who worked for Le Corbusier, that you cannot miss. The documentary will be exhibited at the AFFR on its last day. The images are just impressing, and the documentary promise to be as good!, full_html
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Brasilia, 1961. "Lucien Hervé, despite himself", by Gerrit Messiaen
Big elements prefabrication can sometimes turn into outstanding results. Dry construction and bioclimatic strategies lead this project for these architecture student dwellings, in which more than one of us would like to spend our working nights.,…
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Interior atrium and stairs. Student Housing in Sant Cugat del Vallès, by dataAE + HARQUITECTES. Photography by Adrià Goula
Citizens of No Place published by Princeton Architectural Press, is a collection of short stories on architecture and urbanism, graphically represented using manga-style storyboards. Jimenez Lai, its author speaks about the conflation of…
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Cover, Citizens of No Place. An Architectural Graphic Novel. By Jimenez Lai
We continue with the series of houses in which we feel the architect is present in his most intimate side, reflecting his personality, dreams and wishes in his own work. Today we bring you the Kolonihaven pavilion, a project by Miralles and…
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Image of the wooden structure. Small house for a Kolonihaven. EMBT, 1996. Courtesy of EMBT
An old palace mansion from 16th century is restored into a modern building, without renouncing to its original style, for housing a cultural center with a variety program. It is an example of sensibility in the use of materials and in the…
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Inner vision. Palace "House Condestable" by Tabuenca & Leache Arquitectos. Photograph by Luis Prieto
The Architecture Film Festival of Rotterdam has collected an interesting catalogue of architecture-related films. Among them, there are some remarkable documentaries as "Haus Tugendhat", a film on the restoration of the famous Mies' house.…
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Poster. Haus Tugendhat, a documentary by Dieter Reifarth