The Southlands Residence nestles into a mature, heavily vegetated corner site in Vancouver’s historical Dunbar-Southlands neighborhood. A year-round fresh water stream divides the irregularly shaped property as it threads its way below Marine Drive to the south.
A vast area of land was made available before beginning this urban development project, which comprises a diverse range of residences and services surrounding a landscaped public park.
PFB Architects, US architecture office – PFB Architects Cincinnati, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois architecture office – US design studio
This unusual roof addition sits atop a private villa in Stocksund, Stockholm, Sweden. The structure is formed by three equal-sized square rooms, that substitute the previous existing pitched.
Conversion of the Hanomag ‘U-Boat Hall’, Hannover, north Germany, into a RS+Yellow Furniture Outlet by BOLLES+WILSON. There is today an enormous potential in the re-scripting of grand industrial spaces, survivors from an epoch that had less trouble expressing itself and its mechanical or technical potency than our current mean and exploitative ‘global shopping-centre-culture’.
Award-winning design practice Perring Architecture and Design have remodelled and extended a 1930’s Arts and Crafts house situated on the edge of the New Forest National Park
In the summer of 2012, we were invited by Vanke Group to design their exhibition centre in a seashore park at Bayuquan, Yingkou, China. We tried to explore 2 kinds of relationship within the design – the relationship between space and the scenery, and the relationship between public and private.
In meeting the client’s ambitious brief it was essential to ensure that sustainability was at the core of the design from the outset, despite site restrictions which demanded out of the box solutions to meet performance goals.
Located on the North Shore of Sydney where the vegetation still prevails over the human footprint, Northbridge House balances the use of contemporary industrial materials within the surrounding Australian bush context.
The hotel is located at Kenting in the southernmost part of Taiwan. The property was previously used as a retreat by the late Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek in the late 60’s, thus no major structural or exterior openings were allowed to be changed.
Fernanda Vuilleumier Studio, Puerto Natales, Chile – latest designs & practice info – Chile architects practice, Chilean architecture office
In Riccione, Italy, a historic symbol of the social life of the Romagnola Riviera has been completely transformed by architect Antonio Scarponi from the Zurich-based studio Conceptual Devices. This is both a functional revolution, with the conversion of the original ‘Trampolines’ landmark into a hotel restaurant.
Outside IN House, Última Esperanza, Chile design by Fernanda Vuilleumier Studio – Última Esperanza Residence, residential property images
New housing ideas and wishes brought the owners of the site to remove the old house except for the basement walls and to replace it by contemporary architecture