Portable Building ‘Fred’, Austria
Project Information Architect: Kaufmann 96 Arkitektur Year: Our Comments Modular, prefab housing prototype. Designed for ease of transport. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
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Project Information Architect: Kaufmann 96 Arkitektur Year: Our Comments Modular, prefab housing prototype with a lightweight, exposed wood interior. Assembled in a workshop and can be installed by crane. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
Continue readingParc de Recerca Biomédica, Barcelona, Spain
Project Information Architect: Pineda y Brullets Year: 2001-06 Our Comments We’re interested in the use of wood as a filter for sunlight, creating an external skin that protects the building from overheating by shading it from the sun. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
Continue readingEsprit Nouveau Pavilion, Paris, France
Project Information Architect: Le Corbusier Year: 1925 Our Comments With this pavilion, Le Corbusier wanted to show ordinary people that industrialization and production line construction were compatible with high quality art and architecture. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
Continue readingSiemens’ Pavillion, Expo ’92, Seville, Spain
Project Information Architect: Gunter R. Standke Year: 1992 Our Comments This pavilion features a system to avoid direct sunshine: a brise-soleil consisting of thousands of prisms which move with the sun. Computer controlled, these prisms are activated by solar energy and allow only diffuse light to pass through, avoiding overheating by the intense Seville sunshine.Continue reading
Owen’s House, Sausalito, USA
Project Information Architect: William Wurster Year: 1939 Our Comments This house by Wurster is characterized by its clean spatial solution, and for the wisdom with which the wooden structure solves the double height large windows in the common areas. The light has an interesting diagonal path across the building. See the rest of our favouriteContinue reading
Casa La Ricarda, el Prat de Llobregat, Spain
Project Information Architect: Antonio Bonet Year: 1949-62 Our Comments This house is an amazing exercise of rigour in the use of scale and materials. It is designed from a courageous structure, with both innovative and traditional construction technologies. We like the relationship between inside and outside through the visual sequences and the garden. See theContinue reading
House in Carreço, Portugal
Project Information Architect: João Álvaro Rocha Year: 1994-97 Our Comments This is a very simple volume concept, located in a forested area of environmental importance. The concrete foundation and the overhanging deck protect the wooden walls. See the rest of our favourite architecture.
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