ARCHITECTURE
Rudapithecus Spectacle of Monkey Island by Narmer Architecture Studio & BORSOD2050 project; Hungary
This story begun in 1967, when a 10-million-year-old skull fragment was found. Within the area of the former mine, we started planning the new exhibition site in 2012. This building is one of the first stages of a large-scale landscape design and revitalization project, which deals with one of the most underdeveloped regions of Hungary, located on the north-eastern border of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. From the perspective of the architectural
MLD46 by FBIS architects; Hungary
MLD46, a highly-acclaimed exclusive housing project, perches like a lighthouse above Budapest. The project consists of three luxury dwellings on a steeply-raked plot with breathtaking panoramic views. Blending into its green environment, with much of it constructed beneath ground, the building however is full of light, distinctive angular, no-compromise design, natural materials, and futuristic facades. MLD46 represents the new frontier of Hungarian architecture in the 21st century. The building
B13 Architecture and Interior Design Studio by István Bényei, György Hoffmann, Ádám Szabó; Hungary
Having deprived the industrial buildings built in the 80's of their “frills”, a well proportioned, childishly simple HOUSE was created at the very end of a quiet cul-de-sac in the 12th district of Budapest. The mass of the architectural design studio is highlighted by the black glittering patina of the natural slates covering both the outer walls and the roof. The building reveals at the crystal-shaped endwalls designed to
I-tera-te
If you had one question to ask to Louis Kahn what it would be? Louis Kahn created a style that was monumental and monolithic. Famous for his meticulously-built works, he was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century. Nowadays new techniques and new tendencies are deeply changing a centuries- long relationship between architectural scale, proportion and design process. Globalization on the one hand and technological development on
VoipVoice headquarters by LDA.IMDA ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI; Italy
The VoipVoice project, born in the Empoli manufacturing region of the Florentine countryside, is part of a research program which aims to reactivate industrial areas that saw in 2008 a hole in the construction process due to the building industry crisis. The VoipVoice project introduces a significant element, innovative and compatible with the state of the places where the new activity is inserted. The most relevant project points: 1_
House under oaks 2 by Juri Troy Architects; Austria
House under oaks 2 is a part of an overall concept of the Gardenstrasse in Eichgreben. Located in the middle of Wienerberg´s highlands, takes advantages of natural surrounding and fits into the hillside, without major landscape modification. Despite modest size, building contains three story and is able to accommodate 4-person-family. The main idea was to use us much sustainable resource and natural, local materials as it is possible. The
COMITA OFFICE BUILDING – renovation by Nava arhitekti; Slovenia
Main challenge in every renovation project is the border between existing qualities and new interventions and finding the economically feasible way to combine the two. Comita office building represents the headquarters of a technological company with an open office concept in an existing office and production hall building. Existing construction of the building, its form and dimensions were preserved. Design of the new facade is a result of an
The STAG BEETLE information point by studio DREVO; Slovenia
The STAG BEETLE information point was set up at the forest edge of the Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hrib Nature Park, complementing the park’s features and highlighting the natural heritage of the city forest. The purpose of the micro-location arrangement of cut logs at the entrance of the Nature park was to provide the living space for the protected stag beetle. It includes a didactic interpretation about oak trees
Koper Central Park by ENOTA; Slovenia
The basic building blocks of the new city park are monolithic, undulating urban elements. Their controlled placement in the space in combination with a pronounced topography of the green surfaces softly divides the whole of the park's surface into individual introverted programme isles. The design of the individual urban elements consistently follows the different programmes. In places, they are taller and act as a shelter from views and the
Duplex Villa by débert architects; Hungary
environment Central Hungary, agglomeration of Buda, western verge of Budaörs. The street lies in the catchment area of Huszonnégyökrös Hill and cuts a rift among its slopes, leading to popular hiking routes, birding spots and panoramic vistas. Due to the atmospheric conditions, gliders taking off from Budaörs and Farkashegy airports can be seen flying above the hill’s ridge in clear weather. The building plots are 100 metres deep between
GV51 penthouse apartments by Ela Nešić, Danilo Nedeljković; Serbia
The street facade of the existing building was built in the spirit of academism but facade of new volume is different in form and materialization, designed in the modern spirit and with use of modern materials. The glass facade of the new part has a foothold in the introduction of daylight into projected spaces, since the building is limited in terms of receiving natural light due to its pronounced
PADINA HOUSING by 3A studio; Serbia
The subject of this work is legal construction in an illegal settlement. Since the 1990’s to the present, illegal or unregulated construction has been affecting all constructed areas in the country. Our client is a resident of the Padina urban settlement, one of the many completely illegal settlements around the city, encompassing some 100 ha of what was once planned as a green area. His decision was to be