Concrete

Vector Architects adds barrel-vaulted roof to refurbished house in Chinese port

May 14, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Vector Architects has renovated a house perched on a rocky peninsula in China’s Fujian Province, adding a vaulted concrete roof that encloses a new living area with views towards the sea from either end. Captain’s House is located in the village of Beijiao at the end of Huangqi Peninsula. The geology of the peninsula’s cliffs means

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Arch Studio carves concrete Buddhist shrine into a grassy mound in Hebei

May 9, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Beijing-based Arch Studio has completed a Buddhist shrine near the city of Tangshan, featuring subterranean concrete spaces that open up to views of a nearby river and planted courtyards. The shrine was designed by Arch Studio as a place for Buddhist meditation, thinking and contemplation on a forested site by the banks of a river in China’s Hebei

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Mami House is a “mini bunker” built for a family on a very tight budget

May 9, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

Faced with the difficult task of delivering a family house for less than €100,000, Portuguese architect José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira designed this cuboidal concrete property. Nunes de Oliveira, who leads architecture studio NOARQ, was initially asked by the clients to build them a 160-square-metre home for just €80,000 (approximately £67,000). He told them it was impossible, so they

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Grove of trees shades hillside Costa Rican house by Carazo Arquitectura

May 8, 2017 John Trujillo 0

Costa Rica studio Carazo Arquitectura has completed a concrete residence that sprawls across the summit of a hill and steps down the slope into a canopy of vegetation. The Murray Music House is situated in the small Costa Rican city of Heredia, which forms part of the capital San Jose’s greater metropolitan area. The clients

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Gimeno + Guitart creates chevron-patterned concrete for church of Santa Maria Assumpta

May 3, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture studio Gimeno + Guitart has completed a church and parish centre in Tarragona, Spain, featuring concrete walls patterned with angular etchings. The church of Santa Maria Assumpta is situated in the city’s Bonavista neighbourhood on a plot adjacent to a plaza. It comprises a robust concrete polyhedron flanked by a translucent metallic volume. Madrid-based architects Daniel Gimeno

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Cantilevered concrete volumes provide river and mountain views at Guesthouse Rivendell

May 2, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Angled concrete surfaces collide to form the facades of this guesthouse by South Korean studio IDMM Architects, which features sections that thrust out towards the nearby Bukhan River. IDMM Architects designed Guesthouse Rivendell for the mother of a local entrepreneur and positioned it on a plot that looks directly onto the river to the east.

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Box-framed louvres shade windows of concrete house in Tel Aviv

May 2, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

This concrete house in Tel Aviv by Bar Orian Architects features vertical louvres that can be either rotated to filter light or slid open to reveal the windows behind. Designed for a couple and their three children, the residence is located in a neighbourhood in the north the city called Affeka. Tel-Aviv based Bar Orian Architects, led by Tal Bar Orian,

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Steimle Architekten completes “crystal-like” concrete house in Germany

May 2, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Angular, board-marked concrete walls offer a variety of views from the pared-back spaces inside this house designed by Steimle Architekten in Tübingen, Germany. Stuttgart-based Steimle Architekten designed the three-storey family house across a split-level site in Pliezhausen – a village 30 kilometres south of Stuttgart – as a contrast to its neighbours. Described as “crystal-shaped”, the E20 residence features facades angled to offer residents a range

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“Feather-like” screens front church in Taiwan by MAYU Architects

April 30, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Rows of perforated aluminium shades intended to represent the feathers of an eagle shield the facade of this concrete and glass church in the Taiwanese city of Tainan. Tainan Tung-Men Holiness Church was designed by local studio MAYU Architects for a site surrounded by residential buildings in the city on Taiwan’s southwest coast. The architects

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Sculptural extension to French farmhouse protects its interiors from harsh summer sun

April 28, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Paris studio Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix has completed a concrete extension to a traditional farmhouse in France’s Provence region, featuring very few openings in its faceted facades. Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix was tasked with extending a house in the commune of Uzès that had previously been used by a couple as their second home. The brief to create enough space to accommodate the

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