Castle of Morella Restoration, designed by Carquero Arquitectura, is a historical restoration and consolidation of the existing masonry, maintaining its ruinous physiognomy. The main work has focused on the structural consolidation, being at risk of collapse, and cleaning and restoration. Four buttresses have been placed outside the walls, reinforcing the foundation, recovering the exported land and sealing and consolidating cracks.
Carquero Arquitectura is an architectural design firm led by Carlos Quevedo Rojas and Carlos Peinado Madueño based in Spain.
House in Rua de São Mamede, designed by Aires Mateus, elected spatial values, geometric affinities, and precision concerning exterior windows. The garden made it possible to enhance the depth of the view over the Baixa rooftops and the river. The unexpected discovery of a cistern crosses the depth horizontally and connects with the sky, the most protected space of the house.
Casa Rodney, designed by BAAG – Buenos Aires Arquitectura Grupal, is developed between the horizontal mediations and the two formal systems, closing towards one of its sides and opening towards the north, generating a containment and an interior landscape of its own. From the interior, the baseboards, the walls and the sequences of the vaults compose and configure the spaces, providing different degrees of use and privacy..
BAAG, Buenos Aires Arquitectura Grupal, is an office that seeks to employ collective work to contribute to the discipline, understanding architecture as a practice and an opportunity to build critical thinking. BAAG has conducted institutional and housing projects, research projects, cultural facilities, and public competitions. BAAG has been invited to conferences and participates in panels and workshops in national and international institutions and universities.
Veranda Offices, designed by MVRDV, looks to both the past and the future, combining elements of historic Sri Lankan culture with the developing needs of a modern office, and thus responding sensitively in a city undergoing rapid change. The design uses a variety of strategies to accommodate current expectations for offices in Sri Lanka while remaining future-proof and flexible, adapting to more sustainable ways of living in the near future.
Yuno Apartments, designed by ARQMOV WORKSHOP, seeks to highlight the verticality and slenderness of the building, emphasizing a monolithic concrete design, where the color and texture of each element represent the total essence of the building. One of the most critical challenges of this project was the irregularity of the property dimensions, coupled with the responsibility to design a building in such a high profile area of the city, with an impact at the urban level.
ARQMOV Workshop creates a different type of architecture. Based on a twenty-five-year journey of experimentation and innovative proposals, the main aim is to question how spaces are defined. The result changes how people experience and live in the spaces, modifies the meaning of inhabiting, and how they use commercial spaces or enjoy leisure.
Cape Horn, designed by M3H Architects, consists of two buildings and is part of a large-scale housing project in the city of Hoorn in the province of North Holland. These are the first buildings where the new Dry stack technique has been applied on such a large scale. Several works of art by visual artist Nynke Koster have been placed in the facades. These refer to Hoorn’s historical connection with Cape Horn, one of the first settlements in Manhattan, named after the hometown of its first inhabitants.
Kids Smile Labo Nursery, designed by HIBINOSEKKEI and Youji no Shiro, considers many elements of forests in Atsugi that are taken into interior designs. Low walls surround the atelier so children can concentrate on drawing while blocking adults’ eyes. The inside wall is a blackboard to display children’s works, draw with chalk, and play with a magnet. This nursery is the place to spread children’s plays and learning and grow up their rich mindset and health.
Youji no Shiro, a branch of Hibinosekkei, is a practice that designs and surveillances buildings, renovation, and interiors of preschools. The team also provide branding consultation services for preschools. ‘Youji no Shiro’, which means ‘The Castle for Children’ in Japanese, is the name of a section of Hibino Sekkei Architecture, based in Kanagawa, Japan.
HIBINO SEKKEI is an architectural designing office that specializes in two building categories: welfare facilities and children’s facilities. Most of the architecture we’ve been dealing with require us to face the social problem of Japan nowadays, such as the falling birthrate, waiting list for nursery schools, the aging of the population, and the like. We do not believe a designer’s good sense brings about a good design. Rather, it’s something that is only gained through conversations with clients.
Archidiaries is excited to share the ‘Project of the Week’ – Connect House by Story Architecture. Along with this, the weekly highlight contains a few of the best projects, published throughout the week. These selected projects represent the best content curated and shared by the team at ArchiDiaries.
Boundary St House, designed by Chan Architecture, is a striking, modern house that made the most of the small site and responded to the neighboring urban fabric and location. The response was to start with materials and forms that were prominent in the Port Melbourne area and uniquely combine them. Strong, angular lines were used in conjunction with recycled brickwork that made reference to the warehouse aesthetic and the metal cladding and rectangular forms related to shipping containers.
Vineria, designed by NS Studio, is a wine cellar portraying a harmonic connection between the materials, creating the right mood and emotions that fill and impress us. It should be noted that Vineria is a small museum because, in the central part of the island, created by metal and glass convoys, there are preserved ancient wine tableware and accessories found during archaeological works at various times in Georgia. The space that captures you, where you lose the sense of time, the atmosphere that makes you calm, is Vineria.
NS STUDIO Architecture & Design creates high-grade, interesting, original architectural and design works. The team believes it’s important to build up one’s personality in this field, expressing the right context, content, functionality, and individualism with each work that approaches the projects to stand out. The team is staffed by professionals of all related specialties who help with architecture and design projects.
Mom Apron House, designed by Story Architecture, is a cost-effective home with supporting family care being the special criterion. A void above the kitchen area creates an open, comfortable space helps the mother relax when cooking. From here, the sunlight and the wind get through down to the floor, making the space hygienic. In addition, lots of relaxing reading spaces and yards for babies to play are added to relieve the pressure on the mother to take care of the family.
Bellbrae House, designed by Wiesebrock Architecture, is an alteration/addition to the existing house responding to constraints on site that were to be retained. The key design response to the brief was to create two pavilions separated by a large deck. The residence also needed to respond to the client’s deep appreciation for preserving the natural environment and using less, including reusing salvaged items from the existing house.
Wiesebrock Architecture is an architectural practice specializing in new builds and alterations spanning commercial fit-outs, schools, houses, and cultural facilities. The diverse experience has reinforced the power of taking a collaborative approach to projects, and the exponential benefits of developing a strong relationship built on understanding and effective communication.
Verdemilho Educational Center, designed by ARTE TECTóNiCA, is an addition to the existing property by maintaining the same “architectural language.” The colorful materials used in the new classrooms and corridors continue the “playful aesthetic” of the original project, reflecting the will to give children an appealing colorful environment.
Vårbergstoppen Viewing Platforms, designed by AndrénFogelström, is a series of viewing platforms on a hill in southern Stockholm. The perfect geometries of the constructed landscape worked as inspiration for their work, designing a bird-watching tower, viewing platforms, signs, and playground equipment for the public park. The shapes of the objects are drawn from the perfect circle, and they all share the same geometric elements. The structures are made from bright concrete poured on site.
AndrénFogelström works with architecture at all scales. AndrénFogelström stands for exploratory and contemporary architecture with a well-thought-out relationship to the customer’s wishes and the conditions of the place, always with special care for details and choice of materials. The team creates successful collaborations with clients, construction companies, and property developers through great commitment, professionalism, and playfulness.
Intangible Sound, designed by HAS design and research, is an installation and is an unconventional manifesto for sea-viewing platforms. The design employs sturdy steel plates, delicate lines, and a unique tensile structure. This miniature architecture is a manifesto and an experiment that changes the short-term life cycle of installations and truly integrates into the life of the local fishing village and perpetually provides fishermen and children opportunities for various activities.
Capilla Fuego Nuevo, designed by WRKSHP arquitectura – urbanismo, is a chapel conceived as a space where natural light is an essential part of the architecture and the structure works as a whole. The materials that make up the church’s finish palette have a special meaning in shaping the general concept since most are part of Nuevo León’s industrial and production legacy. The designers were commissioned to develop a project for a church with very specific needs for the congregation in the hands of the parents.
