Black Sun, Rømø Habour in Denmark

Black Sun

Design: Arkitema

The settlement “Sort Sol” takes its scenic, unique surroundings as its starting point. In order to protect the area against surges the settlement is built on pills. That way, the landscape drifts undisturbed beneath the houses. The design of “Black Sun” is based on the strong and sometimes violent nature it is located in the middle of.

Salter Road Housing, London Homes

Salter Road Housing London 1

Hawkins\Brown has just won planning permission to develop 103 homes on the site of the former Fisher FC ground on Salter Road, in Rotherhithe. The Salter Road scheme for Fairview New Homes comprises two terraces of three-storey family houses, and a series of four-storey mansion blocks, including provision for Mobility homes and affordable housing.

Brighton Waste House, Sussex

Brighton Waste House

Architect Duncan Baker-Brown and the University of Brighton’s Faculty of Art have undertaken new a ‘living experiment’ in sustainable building. This green building involves students of the University, Brighton & Hove City Council and wide-ranging support from industry and the community: it is designed to explore ways in which to build as ecologically as possible.

Concrete House, Buenos Aires

Building in the Forest Argentina 4

Design: BAK arquitectos: the experience of a house built in the same landscape (Mar Azul House) with satisfactory results allowed us to perform and develop functional and aesthetic construction issues in the next project, emphasizing the performance of the selected system and solving the location in the complex topography.

Buisson Residence – Virginia House

Buisson Residence Virginia 6

Design: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect

The journey down a winding road and through a pine tree forest ends at the Buisson Residence. Situated on a grass knoll and commanding views of Lake Anna in central Virginia, the house emerges as a long, white painted brick wall with a copper clad volume cantilevered above the wall.