Montecito Residence: Santa Barbara home, California

Montecito Residence: Santa Barbara Home

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen was awarded three awards at Monday night’s AIA Seattle Honor Awards. The Rolling Huts and Outpost were both given Awards of Merit, while Montecito Residence was awarded an Award of Commendation

Carabanchel Madrid: new Spanish housing

Carabanchel Madrid, contemporary housing in Spain – design by dosmasunoarquitectos – Carabanchel Madrid Building: Spanish residential building: architecture

Da Vinci College Dordrecht, Holland: Mecanoo

Da Vinci College Dordrecht, Holland: Mecanoo architecten

The Da Vinci College, part of Learning Park Dordrecht, will officially be opened by the Dutch Princes Máxima. The Da Vinci College was designed by Mecanoo architecten in Delft as a “city within a city” and built by Heijmans/Proper-Stok.

Armani/Ginza Tower, Massimiliano Fuksas Tokyo

Armani/Ginza Tower – Massimiliano Fuksas Tokyo

Armani/Ginza Tower building in Tokyo by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas Architects: it is always difficult to crystallise the image of someone, particularly a person as well known as Giorgio Armani, one of the most famous figures in the world.

Campo de’ Fiori Rome: Italian Piazza

Campo de' Fiori Rome - Italian Piazza

Campo de’ Fiori Rome, Italy – Italian capital public realm space: architecture pictures, Roman building images – Campo dei Fiori photos, Rome building

Armada Den Bosch Building, Palesikwartier

Armada Den Bosch, Holland Palesikwartier buildings

We planned the location and orientation of ten mixed long and tall houses to capture the sunpath and minimise overshadowing. Roof elevations face south and southwest, bathing all living rooms, balconies and principal bedrooms in natural light.

Paspels school, Switzerland, Swiss school building

Paspels school, Switzerland

The village of Paspels is a scatter settlement with solitary buildings, strewn loosely in the landscape and rarely positioned directly by the roadside. The new schoolhouse fits in with this type of settlement.

Das Gelbe Haus, Switzerland Building

Das Gelbe Haus, Switzerland

This house, unoccupied for twenty years, became popularly known as ‘the yellow house’ when it was refinished and painted yellow prior to its renovation.

M-2 house: Michael Jantzen residence design

M-2 house: Michael Jantzen residence design

This structure would be constructed from the same basic components used in the design of the M-house, but different numbers of those components would be used and they would be arranged in different ways onto a different size and shaped support frame.

Salt House, Essex home by Alison Brooks

Salt House, Essex property, UK

Constructed as a weekend retreat and future home to retire for the owners, Salt House carries forward the Modernist tradition of the experimental ‘beach house’ as a vehicle to explore new architectural possibilities- site specific yet containing the potential for wider application