Dampier is a private residence located in Perth, Australia. It was completed by Vivendi in 2015. Photos courtesy of Vivendi
Raw Edges unveils wooden furniture featuring rainbow-hued zigzag patterns
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Valentín Sanz converts former warehouse into community centre with a foldaway kitchen
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Chalet Anzère / SeARCH
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- Architects: SeARCH
- Location: Anzère, 1972, Switzerland
- Area: 500.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Ossip
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A Dutch client, entrepreneur, hobby pianist and racing driver, was not entirely satisfied with the cluttered layout of the chalet design that was included purchasing the building plot, and asked our advice on adjustments.
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SeARCH proposed to start from scratch and tailored the program more compact and site specific (the steep hillside).
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The ‘traditional’ chalet, originating from ‘chahtelèt’ (shepherd’s hut) consists of a solid wooden house with shutters and gable roof, resting on a stone foundation. In the Swiss Alps, the chalet has gradually become a ‘multi-gabled’ pastiche as luxury ski-chalet or grew to mega proportions with a maximum of apartments for affordable tourism.
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The most beautiful, historical examples are still the larger (farm) houses for several families, high up in the Alps, used only in summertime.
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Inspired by the impressive ‘Grand Chalet Balthus’ in Rossinière (CH) with large roof overhangs, the 500 sqm program is designed within one clear volume.
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The garage was moved from the back of the house with problematic access to the lower road. Through a hallway and elevator, carved into the mountain, it has a direct connection to all three levels of the house; the guesthouse downstairs, the main living areas in the middle and a private apartment in the attic. All floors give access to three-meter wide terraces, connected by stairs and a phenomenal view over the Dent Blanche Massif with 4000+ peaks of Matterhorn, Dent Blanche, Dufourspitze and Weisshorn.
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Archmongers brightens the interior of “plain and ugly” 1970s ex-council house
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A Stunning Private Villa in Tarragona, Spain
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10 unmissable exhibitions and installations at Milan design week 2016
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THE 25 / D.A Architectes
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- Architects: D.A Architectes
- Location: 75015 Paris, France
- Area: 375.0 ft2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Pedro Duque Estrada Meyer
- Graphic Designer: F.Cochet/Y.Orlic
- Engineering: Clima+(technical); ARC (structure)
- Materials: Bricq, steel, Birch wood
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From the architect. THE25 is an exhibition, relaxation and communication space. It consists of a open space with a central bar, framed on one side by a meeting room and on the other by a terrace. A service hallway serves as a library and accommodates the utilities (toilets, mechanical room…). All of this is illuminated from above by a sawtooth roof as the site is firmly wedged into the existing urban fabric.
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The building was built on top of three basement levels. In order to encourage the use of the lower level areas (even during construction), the structure of the new building has been reduced as much as possible, hence the use of a prefabricated metallic trellis structure.
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Zavos Corner / Parsonson Architects
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- Architects: Parsonson Architects
- Location: Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Jeff Brass
- Contractor: Field & Hall Ltd
- Engineer: Spencer Holmes Ltd
- Software: Revit
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From the architect. A medium density housing development on a small 564 sq.m Mount Victoria site in central Wellington, New Zealand. There are seven single-level apartments and one two-level apartment, spread over three stories, with a clock tower defining the street corner. The complex sits over a below grade carpark with light timber framing clad in corrugated iron and plastered concrete panels. These provide a variety of textures that help relate the building to its context.
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The building is arranged around a north facing open courtyard containing a mixture of public and private spaces at ground level. Each apartment connects visually to the street and this common space. Living and outdoor spaces are private and light filled with varieties of views. The indoor-outdoor connections are expressed as projections added to the façade, which give comfort and privacy to the inhabitants and allow the building to express itself to the street.
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The mixture of apartment sizes and their relationships enable the development to read more as a village than a housing complex, allowing a connection with the surrounding Mount Victoria neighbourhood.
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