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Contemporary Mountain House by David Guerra Architecture

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 13th, 2010

A mountain home is a home that is built to be solid with many weather changes during the year.The Mountain House which was projected on 745 m2 by David Guerra Architecture is located in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil and offers awesome views through a ecological reserve.The project team choose to use materials like steel for living room and for the veranda, bedrooms reclaimed wood coating creating a mix between natural and technological.Everything on this project was selected carefully to reflect the personal history of the owners.Was used wood on the floor and the walls and ceiling as well as the massive wooden doors cause noise absorption which increases the acoustic comfort.

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Letterbox House in Blairgowrie, Australia

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 13th, 2010

With a host of distinctive homes, McBride Charles Ryan stands out in the crowd of provider of homes. A unique construction is the Letterbox House by McBride Charles Ryan that is looked upon as an architectural marvel by viewers. Besides, the provider has also some other unique construction to their credit like the Klein bottle house and the Dome house.Basic feature of these constructions are departure from the traditional. For instance; slicing down the structure here and there has resulted in some stunning new forms.

Letterbox House by McBride Charles Ryan is located on the Blairgowrie beach of Australia and contains a dark wooden shell that is chopped to give the feature of an axe for the log. Sliced section contains light and natural wood colors making them different from the rest of the constructions.

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HSB Turning Torso Building in Sweden

by Loredana Sava, posted in Architecture, on November 12th, 2010

I love imaginative people and I am impressed with their power and vision. Let’s take architects for example. They are able to see the whole building , even if it has hundred of meters, in their heads long before the building even starts being built. And nowadays these architects tend to express themselves in an original way, without copying their predecessors or keeping the tradition as the only guidance. This is how amazing and also bizarre buildings have appeared all over the world, being now admired for their innovative or unusual architecture.

The perfect example is HSB Turning Torso Building in Sweden in Malmo, Sweden. Its name comes from its unusual look , very much like a turning human torso. Actually the source of inspiration for the design of this skyscraper is a sculpture of a twisting human torso that was made in white marble by Santiago Calatrava, the same person who designed the unusual building.

The construction of this building began in the summer of 2001 and it was officially opened on 27th August 2005. The Turning Torso Building in Sweden is considered a skyscraper because its height is 190 m and the tallest residential building in the European Union.

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Michael Flowers Henry Point

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 12th, 2010

Michael Flowers – Architect is the man behind the Henry Point Hayden Lake, Idaho project which feature around 830 sqf loft offering awesome views.The architect started from the idea of connecting friends and family to the surrounding landscape through a series of decks and operable facades that create large connection indoor-outdoor gathering spaces as well as two independent living areas.

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The Concav Residence, Studio and Gallery

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 12th, 2010

Few constructions might have followed the principles of applied physics as closely as the Lei Architect Studio Building. In fact the building is known as the Concave House owing to its resemblance with the concave lens used in the spectacles.

Located at Benaxi in Liaoning province of China, the site has an area of around 5,000 square meters while the project area is around 3,000 square meters. Commenced in 2008, the project was scheduled to be completed by the year 2010.

Specially designed for notable artist Mr. Dazhong Feng, the construction performs multiple functions like the residence, studio, as well as display gallery. The site faces mountains and therefore the landscape of the Lei Architect Studio Building has taken an extremely attractive feature.

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Chengudu City Center in China

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 12th, 2010

As the first phase of the Pearl River new town, the 80 acre New Chengudu City Center is likely to become the heart of the westward growth of modernization in China. In essence, it is the groundbreaking step in the direction.

The new city center is located in Wenjiang District on the banks of the Jiang’an River and in reality is a closely knit fabric of public streets, bridge connections, and pedestrian paths. Chengudu has a history of producing high quality brocade cloth and the design of city is highly inspired by this fact. That is why the designs of the New Chengudu City Center is like an interwoven pattern of colors and stripes.

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Beautiful and Green Icelandic Turf Houses

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 12th, 2010

The Icelandic turf houses catch our attention with the rooftops and skyscraper gardens.The green houses are built into nature and are awesome.Something like this you can not see everywhere!

“The Icelandic turf house was the product of a difficult climate, offering superior insulation compared to buildings solely made of wood or stone. And the relative difficulty in obtaining other construction materials in sufficient quantities.” Ok, I got that part – that was the best solution for insulation and also the cheapest one, but now we are living in a different century! I mean when I saw this house I almost felt like inside the movie “Lord of the rings” with those two elves or whatever the were living in a totally similar house. But I guess tradition is very strong over there and why shouldn’t it be since it can offer people the best solution for a problem which is centuries long?