ARCHITECTURE

Baugruppe, Prague

March 23, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Czech Republic, Residential architecture|

Living in an own historic but individually reconstructed house with a garden just several steps away from an underground station is a dream that can come true for really few families with small children. However, if three such families united their efforts to buy a three-storey villa that needed reconstruction, we were sure it would be a very interesting experiment. And that we have to find a rational way
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Ca’ Inua, Medelana

March 19, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Italy, Residential architecture|

Kainua is the ancient Etruscan city that stood near the current town of Marzabotto. Ca’ is a reference to the typical toponyms of mountain farmhouses. Inua is an Inuit language word that means "the essence of all things", it is a spiritual concept that unites all beings and that is the principle of harmony between the living. The phonetic form of the Inuit term is the farm logo. The
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Viale Giulini Affordable Housing, Barletta

March 19, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Italy, Residential architecture|

The project, located in new zone 167 district, aims to fuse the urban macroscale with the domestic dimension, within a larger project to revitalize the neighbourhood. The complex, which has 40 residentials units, underground car parks and a ground floor for commercial activities, looks like a C-shaped monolith, spanning a height of 6 floors and a total area of over 5000 sqm. The regularity of the elevations represent the
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Maison 203 Showroom, Valdobbiadene

March 19, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Italy, Public and commercial architecture|

The project originates from the request to have a new functional space for the family firm (a brand that produces 3D printed jewelry), dedicated to a warehouse and a small showroom, and at the same time a new separate access to the first living floor. The building on which the intervention was carried out is a residential volume from the second half of the twentieth century that takes up
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The Technion’s Entrance gate, Haifa

March 19, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Israel, Public and commercial architecture|

The Technion's human assets (students, faculty and graduates) have always been its top priority, together with its awareness and sensitivity to the built and natural environment. Excellence & distinction are some of the central qualities that the institute aspires to. These characteristics are proudly reflected by the quality of research, Nobel laurates, and leading graduates who compose the backbone of the Hi-Tech community in Israel and worldwide. The project offers
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Twin Houses – Ekali, Athens

March 18, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Greece, Residential architecture|

The project consists of a major transformation of a 1980s suburban villa into two separate maisonettes. First, the building was stripped down to its structural elements, in addition to the removal of its facades, last floor and pitch roof. Due to existing building regulations, the architects had to conform to the perimeter of the pre-existing structure as well as to the total built surfaces. The architects organized the two households vertically, splitting
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House OP, Zagreb

March 18, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Croatia, Residential architecture|

House OP is situated in the outskirst of Zagreb. Having no major focal point in the near surroundings, house makes a focus within. Shape of the house wraps around central pool area and orinentates all main spaces to this central attraction. Ground floor houses all living amenities while sleeping rooms are on the upper floor. Two levels are integrated with double-height living room space that is main interior quality fo
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House in London

March 18, 2021|Architecture|

Located in Hamilton Terrace, in one of London’s premier area, this unique and spacious house is the result of a total renovation of a five-storey Victorian building.Mario Mazzer Architects has designed an interior decor driven by the search for an understated elegance: pure lines, refined materials in warm tones such as Spessart Oak, calamine iron, full-grain leather.The decor is totally custom-made, and the few series products are from historical design
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Moscow Penthouse

March 18, 2021|Architecture|

The 800 square meters penthouse is the result of a total renovation of the 22nd floor of a building in downtown Moscow, characterized by a large terrace with an hanging garden. The layout of the apartment is built around a perspective axis: a symmetrical atrium leads to a bright and panoramic glass-walls lounge with the focus on the historic skyscraper of Moscow State University. Mario Mazzer Architects firm has
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Homes Headquarters

March 18, 2021|Architecture|

The complex accommodates the executive, sales, technical and administrative parts of five companies.The project features two non-perpendicular intersecting parallelepipeds. Planimetric distribution is based on the ideas underlying Feng-shui. The building is orientated on an east-west axis in order to fully exploit the solar cycle. The two underground floors accommodate the car park and a showroom of over 2000 square metres. On the floors above ground, the transverse building is dedicated
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Medical Private Clinic Extension

March 18, 2021|Architecture|

This project is an extension of “Centro di Medicina” a medical private clinic located in Conegliano Veneto, Italy. The feel of the new building is utterly monolithic, its volume is distinguished by the protruding staircase along the east facade. The solid and sculptural impression is strengthened by the choice of black color. The entrance is a big glass wall that breaks the monolithic appearance of the volume on the
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Masseto Winery, Castagneto Carducci

March 18, 2021|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2021 – Winner, Italy, Public and commercial architecture|

We thought the winery architecture should represent and reinforce the brand’s identity and its philosophy. At the same time, it must offer a home responding to complex programs for very technical and human activities. It was very important to preserve its environment and its history. In Masseto’s case, there were two other considerations. Firstly, we decided to create an architecture without using any elements /symbol on which could be represented
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