31 August 2014

CLICK CLACK HOTEL by Plan B Arquitectos


CLICK CLACK HOTEL
a project by Plan B Arquitectos
Bogota, Colombia, completed 2012
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If you’re looking for a sophisticated place to stay while visiting the city of Bogota (in Colombia), Click Clack Hotel might be just the friendliest and coolest hotel you may “stumble upon”. With a fresh interior and a stylish and imposing façade, Click Clack adds a touch of class to your trip. The striking design is the work of plan:B Arquitectos in collaboration with Perceptual Studio. Together, they figured out to connect the interior with the

KHOPOLI HOUSE by SPASM Design Architects



KHOPOLI HOUSE
a project by SPASM Design Architects
Khopoli, Maharashtra, India, completed 2013
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Local basalt stone mixed into the concrete used to construct this holiday home in India helps to connect it with its mountainous site. Mumbai firm SPASM Design Architects took its cue from the dark tones of the basalt which surrounds the site on a rocky hillside in the Maharashtra region.


"We chose to build the house as an accretion on this rocky basalt outcrop with the same inherent material transformed," the architects said, explaining how they mixed water, sand, cement and granular basalt to cast the

24 August 2014

SHARIFI-HA HOUSE by Nextoffice



SHARIFI-HA HOUSE
a project by Nextoffice
Darrous, Tehran, Iran, completed 2013
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Ever want to just move your room to the other side of the house when the sun starts to shine in your window? Maybe it's early in the morning and you're trying to sleep, or maybe it's in the late afternoon, and you're starting to cook alive. Iranian architects Nextoffice built the Sharifi-Ha House in Tehran with a series of movable rooms, that change position as needed, to maximize natural light. Each of the three boxes rotates independently to

DRAPERS TOWER by Point 4 Space




DRAPERS TOWER
a project by Point 4 Space
Brașov, Romania, completed 2011
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Brasov is one of the Transylvanian cities built in the Middle Ages by German (Saxon) colonists. Most of its fortifications were demolished to make way for massive development in the 19th and the 20th centuries. In the last ten years the city council has commenced a program of gradual restoration and conversion of the remaining walls, towers and bastions.

The Drapers Bastion, converted by Point 4 architects, is part of this fortification system. Having been abandoned

17 August 2014

CORRUGATED CONCRETE HOUSE by Cherem Arquitectos



CORRUGATED CONCRETE HOUSE
a project by Cherem Arquitectos
Mexico City, Mexico, completed 2014
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Mexican office Cherem Arquitectos designed this concrete house with a corrugated exterior for a family of four just outside Mexico City. House P was designed Cherem Arquitectos and collaborator Rodolfo Diaz for Mexican footballer Aarón Padilla and his family in an area surrounded by woods and hills.

"Their big dream was to use concrete," said the architects. "They approached us two years ago, asking for a