Villa 4.0 is a private residence renovated by Mecanoo. It is located in Hilversum, The Netherlands and was completed in 2011. Villa 4.0 by Mecanoo: “A bungalow in Naarden built in 1967 was extended and transformed by Dick van Gameren into a contemporary villa. The visionary design led to a timeless house that reflects the personalities and needs of its owners. Previous renovations closed off the original heart of the..
Vinohradský Pivovar – Brewery / ov-a
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- Architects: ov-a
- Location: Korunní 2506/106, Vinohrady, 101 00 Praha-Praha 10, Czech Republic
- Authors: Jiří Opočenský, Štěpán Valouch
- Collaborators: Vojtěch Kratochvíl
- Area: 845.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Lukáš Žentel
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From the architect. Renewed family brewery is placed in the fermentation cellars of the ancient brewery.The focus of the design was to support sculptural quality of a long vaulted space.
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New porthole-like windows broke through the thick walls between taproom and brewery reveal boiling pan, lauter tun, fermentation tanks and storage cellar and show it to guests.
Underground Level
Ground Floor
Light neutral materials and lightening make perfect background for views through glasses of beer. Ceramic counter reminds the traditional Czech beer culture.
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Euro 2016 stadiums headline Dezeen’s updated Pinterest board
In anticipation of tonight’s UEFA Euro 2016 championship final, we’ve updated our stadiums Pinterest board to include some of the football tournament’s star venues. Highlights include an undulating fibreglass roof in Marseille and a sound-amplifying stadium in Lyon.
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Surf Road House / Nick Bell D&A
- Architects: Nick Bell D&A
- Location: Whale Beach NSW 2107, Australia
- Design Team: Nick Bell, Poppi Denison, William Drew
- Area: 327.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2013
- Photographs: Simon Whitbread photo
- Construction: Yuncken construction group
- Landscape Design : Marcia Hosking
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The concept of this house is to create a space that mirrors its coastal setting, providing both a relaxed and uplifting environment for the owners.
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The use of steel, glass and recycled timbers creates a modern home that feels calm and confident, reflecting the underlying principle of our practice which is to design houses that are understated yet impressive; simple yet meticulously detailed.
Plan
The building is conceived as two main elements. The main three-storey block contains the primary living and sleeping accommodation, each room enjoying an easterly aspect to the ocean, with services and circulation within a western spine. To the west is a separated two-storey pavilion, containing separated private garden accommodation.
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The design of the main pavilion utilises a regular steel structure. The structural frame is emphasised to provide definition of individual areas within the main space.
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Crucial to the design is a two-storey void to the structure’s southern end. This places the communal spaces at the heart of the house and connects the two main levels used by the permanent occupants. The void also provides legible and inviting circulation within the building, to make the transition from the upper entry level to main living spaces. The main roof follows the slope up towards the west to capture natural afternoon light and, in combination with the void, maximises natural ventilation.
Section / Elevation
From this simple layout the design sought to reinforce the clarity of space and celebrate the interaction of the elements, surfaces and materials: steel, timber and glass.
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When viewed from the beach and surrounds, the charcoal and timber palette ensures an understated recessive presence in keeping with the intended aesthetic and concept.
Wooden shutters swing open to reveal Miami house by Brillhart Architecture
Florida-based studio Brillhart Architecture has completed a home fronted by slatted wooden shutters in a lush Miami forest (+ slideshow). (more…)
Pasel Kuenzel completes timber-clad V13K05 house for a Dutch photographer
A central lightwell and a secluded courtyard bring natural light into the heart of this house in Leiden, the Netherlands, which was designed by Pasel Kuenzel for a photographer and his family. (more…)
Twelve Architects’ Reveals Their Design for International Exhibition Center in Russia
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After receiving building permit approval, Twelve Architects has revealed their design for a 42,000 square meter international exhibition center in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The design, which houses a series of conference halls, a media center, gallery, exhibition space, seminar rooms and lounges, has been developed from their initial 2015 competition winning entry. Partnership with a local practice has helped to guide the design of the center, enabling the creation of a major cultural hub within Yekaterinburg.
Included within Twelve Architects’ £400 million masterplan does not only include the new cultural center but a new 300 room hotel and banqueting complex, all linking to existing exhibition halls and public spaces. The congress hall is the epicenter of the design, with a series of engaged, organically shaped volumes stacked and twisted forming the main area of the building. The architects explained in a press release that “the congress hall’s interlocking forms represent people coming together from around the world to meet and share experiences.” The main 4,000 seat auditorium is located at the heart of the building and is designed to facilitate a wide breadth of cultural and professional events.
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Their 2015 winning design in the competition has undergone revisions to comply with the Russian SNIP building regulations. Many design decisions came from compliance necessities, including the standardization of the facade panels to meet fire codes. For this, the modular system of the steel rain screen alternates between 300mm wide silver and 150mm wide black panels, arranged into 3m panel ‘zones’ offsetting in elevation to accommodate the facade curvature.
The International Exhibition Center is the latest in a series of projects Twelve is working on in Russia, including Rostov On Don International Airport which is currently under construction. The Center is currently being documented, with construction due to begin mid-2017.
- Architects: Twelve Architects
- Location: Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
- Area: 42000.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Courtesy of Twelve Architects
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Green cross divides workspace from waiting room in denture clinic by Adam Wiercinski
A green cross emblazoned across the centre of this denture repair centre by Polish architect Adam Wiercinski marks a window where customers can collect or drop off their teeth (+ slideshow). (more…)
Villa in Monteriggioni / CMTarchitects
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- Architects: CMTarchitects
- Location: 53035 Monteriggioni, Province of Siena, Italy
- Architects In Charge: Arch. Paolo Mori, Arch. Simone Carloni
- Area: 400.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Centrofotografico
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The XV century farm villa, object of CMT Architetti restoration, is located in Tuscany (ITALY) in the town of Monteriggioni (Siena), just a few steps away from the beautiful “Castello della Chiocciola”. The Villa has been attributed by some scholars to Baldassarre Peruzzi opera, a fomous Sienese painter and architect who worked in that area between the XV and the XVI century.
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© Centrofotografico
The intervention focuses on the noble floor of 400 square meters with the realisation of a modern, functional and every comfort equipped apartment.
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© Centrofotografico
The leading idea of the project was to use two parallel registers, the almost philological restoration of the original parts and the absolutely contemporary project of new interventions and furnishing.
The result is an assembly in which the two parties communicate with expressions that are even very different, but with the constant search for a final common synthesis.
Plan
Section
The original walls were treated with a lime-colored paste and pulled to iron plaster on the example of the ancients XV centuty plasters , the floor slabs too, were treated with lime. The existing floors have been restored and they veiled with natural lime too.
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The new environments functional to the new residential program are made as white enamel gloss boxes which never arrive to the ceiling, so that they can hold indidect led light illumination. The new living floor is made of clear ochre resin cement, without any expansion joint. Also the bath floors and coverings are made of the same materials. The night zone floors are all made with a natural oxidized Oak parquet treated with lime.All the furniture of the house, with the exception of some object of recovery, are tailor made products from local artisans, unique and unrepeatable.
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The furnishings are made with recovered oak wood with black veins, crude raw plate treated with natural wax and opaque lacquered wood parts. The kitchen top is in black matt marble.
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The apartment is equipped with with radiant plate heating, domotics control for each function and lighting completely realized with led equipment.
Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum by Álvaro Siza Opened its Doors in Chaves, Portugal
Last month another building by Álvaro Siza Vieira, the Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum in Chaves, Portugal commemorated its inauguration. To celebrate its opening, Fernando Guerra, from Últimas reportagens shared with us an amazing series of photographs.
See all the photos and learn more about the museum below.
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Construction of the museum began in 2011 and now that it is finalized, it will house one of the most important Portuguese art collections, from the Nadir Afonso Foundation, this will most likely place the municipality of Chaves as a highlight of cultural tourism in Portugal.
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
According to Bernardo Pinto de Almeida, professor and curator of the exhibit inauguration entitled “Nadir Afonso – Keys to a Work of Art,” which features 35 of the 70 years of the painter’s work says, “this is a museum that demonstrates the “greatness” of one of the great artists of the twentieth century.” The great painter of geometric abstraction is presented here as an artist, a philosopher, as well as demonstrates his other works such as his collaborations with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.
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© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The museum cost £8.5 million to build, while 85% of it was privately funded. The building is punctuated by geometric references that reference the work of Nadir Afonso. His program includes an auditorium, exhibition halls, library, archive, workshop, café, and shop.
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The 2,700 square meters project is set on a site about six times larger. Located on the right bank of the river Tamega, the museum was subjected to flooding, Siza’s solution was to raise it with a series of perpendicular structural blades to protect it.
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
The building has already been critically acclaimed by Jorge Figueira who told PUBLICO that he considers the project one of the most significant from Siza, putting it at the same level as the Iberê Camargo Foundation building in Porto Alegre. The winner of the Pritzker prize, Eduardo Souto de Moura, thinks that this is one of the best buildings he says, “I do not know if it’s the best, but it is one of the ones I like the most.”
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum opened its doors to the public last month, a date which coincided with Chaves’s Municipal Day. Visitation is free of charge and it is open between the hours 10:00 and 24:00.
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Nadir Afonso, who passed away at 93 in 2013, inspired another exhibition space, the Nadir Afonso Arts Center, by US architect Louise Braverman in collaboration with Paulo Pereira Almeida, which opened in Boticas, near Chaves in 2013 .
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