The site deals within the urban renewal strategy of the city. This area acts as a bridge between downtown and harbor area with undeniable development potential. The first approach is to propose a new identity to the site, to make a new landscape, a pyramid-like structure in response to the harbour area and the continuity of the city. The typology of all the vertical walls are carved with the image of an urban canyon. The interior landscape is composed of basin reflecting the building and open garden. Each container is …

MAB Arquitectura commissioned by Comune di Milano completely designed a modern housing block located in Via Gallarate, Milano Italia. The housing blocks are aligned along the internal pedestrian path and intersect with the green slope the park becoming part of landscape. Their height vary according to the boundary conditions: low along the pedestrian walkway and up to 10 floor on the south side, facing the dense Gallaratese neighbourhood. The construction density allows an important distance between buildings, which are located in such a way as to not face onto the …

The ten storey Student housing building is situated on an isolated site surrounded by green areas in Arnhem Netherlands. This building called Block1, designed by dutch architecture office Group A, enhanced by the building’s all-round orientation and façades, which are punctuated by a large number of windows, making the building look bigger than it actually is. This particular fenestration makes that no two dorms have the same layout. This building facade is covered by panels with a slightly differing finish, creating a subtle pattern. The dark brown colour gives the …

Located in Santiago Portugal, the Refuge Pavilion created by Francisco Portugal e Gomes collaborated with Fernando Gabriel. The project anticipates the rearrangement of an already existent construction annexed to a small house, in a refuge pavilion with 50 m². The implanting of the new building follows the limits of this existent construction in the west side, recycling small stone. The opposite side is rebuilt, realigned and, reusing the granite header from the best walls, is created an uncovered yard that serves as entrance and, at the same time, decompresses …

The Habitat 67 is a housing complex building, designed by Moshe Safdie Architect in Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Canada. This housing complex became not only the “place where to be” for some 148 singles, couples and families which have made it their main residence, but as well a real community of which the style and the quality of life are envied throughout Canada. The cube is the base, the mean and the finality of Habitat 67. In its material sense, the cube is a symbol of stability. As …

The Formosa 1140 building located in west Hollywood California, on one side of the site in order to accommodate a park, open to the public. The facade is clad in red, metal panels that provide shade for the windows and separate the circulation of residents from the public domain. This building takes what would be the internalized open space of the courtyard and moves it to the exterior of the building to create a park which occupies approximately one third (4,600 sf) of the project site. As a result of …

The “340 on the Park” condominium building located in Chicago, created by Solomon Cordwell Buenz architects. The Chicago’s first Silver LEED, 340 on the Park stands out as a major achievement in energy and environmentally conscious design due of its size, height and use. The building design required a collaborative effort to achieve all of its goals. The aesthetic components of the building sought to maximize the views and to interrelate with the surrounding area. The different facades each relate to the view they are facing, ensuring optimal views to …

The Lake Travis Retreat set to be a family home where family and friends can spend precious free time enjoying one another and the beauty of the Highland Lakes setting. The most gestural element of the house is a raised, copper clad pavilion with transparent walls facing south toward the neighborhood and north toward the courtyard and lake.

The butterfly shape of the roof dramatically casts off rainwater through an oversized scupper, an external reference to the series of seven water features found inside the walls of the retreat. The courtyard …

The Vallecas 11 Building located in Madrid Spain and was design by SOMOS Arquitectos. The urban fabric of Vallecas follows the typical squared block grid comprising residential units, public facilities and green zones, all tied up by roads. This type of urban fabric falls into monotony: similar built masses, without hardly any variation in their four sides, without remarkable differences between blocks.

“Volume fragmentation gives us the chance to develop buildings with enough identity to be recognizable and absorbed in the city’s memory, and to provide visual richness for pedestrian routes. …

New York based architects Bates Masi was created modern house in 3200 sq.ft area in Montauk, NY called Pryor Residence. This beautiful house has several guest areas, the general part of the house is surrounded by fiberglass doors and sliders. All rooms also have a glass panel doors and walls, which let you enjoy views of the landscape.Feeling of freedom, which is almost an essential element of home design, allows felt like during lunch in the open dining room as if on a picnic, and a fireplace in the living …