MVRDV House
MVRDV has moved into the MVRDV House, their new offices in central Rotterdam, marking a new chapter for the expanding architectural practice. The new location, in the iconic post-war monument Het Industriegebouw, is situated in the heart of Rotterdam’s …
Minima Moralia
Will London still be the capital of creativity, arts and crafts in 10 years’ time? With the significant increase in educational fees and rental prices, both residential and work spaces, London seems to be heading towards an era of a relentless battlefi …
Treetop walkaway
The Stihl Treetop Walkway by Glenn Howells Architects provides stunning new views over Westonbirt Arboretum, home to one of the finest tree collections in the world. It holds 16,000 unique specimens including a 2,000 year-old lime tree, all carefully l …
IMJ Tree House
The entrance courtyard of the Youth Wing for Art Education at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem is a main gathering place for visitors- adults, children and groups- within its modern concrete-and-stone architectural surroundings. The project – a renewal o …
area 146 – children
presentazione/introduction Architecture for all text by Marco Casamonti editoriale/editorial The school as a civic laboratory for the future text by Luca Molinari saggi/essays The nursery school “Dr. Senatore Borletti” by Marco Zanuso in Gubbio text b …
Nursery
The building marks the entrance to a small village nestling in a valley in Alsace. A 14th-century castle dominates the site from the nearby hillside. The day nursery echoes the orthonormal geometry of the fortified castle. A perimeter wall with opening …
Living-Garden House in Izbica
The house was built in Izbica near Warsaw. A beautiful plot on a hill, overlooking a river bend provides quite the sight. Rounded ground floor resembles a rock, on which the upper, night section rests. Protruding ledge created a shaded garden merging w …
HIGH SCHOOL FROELICHER IN SISSONNE
With its conception and its internal organisation, the reconstruction of the Froelicher high school in Sissonne (France) fits into in a sustainable approach and takes account of the new urbanisation of the site. The project forms urbanizes and builts a …
Casa Bula
The antithesis to a house on a slope: one in a cavern, or better yet: a house in a fortified cavern, which is more of a reinforcement of the steep vineyard, a type of primal architecture or architectural archaeology. Casa Bula by Bearth & Deplazes. …
Among the masters of colour Giulio Cappellini and Oikos
The aim of the whole activity of Oikos is to combine colours and materials to interpret the uniqueness of each single project, the specificity of each area and the character of the surfaces of the architecture and of contemporary design. A path taking …