Louis Kahn, 1962
Image 2 of 2 from gallery of A Simple Guide to Studying for the ARE 5.0. Photograph by CreatAR Images
Timber hardwood will be used as the main exterior cladding material meant to reflect the meandering garden design concept for the site.
Glazing in this concrete Santa Fe home by Specht Architects offers expansive views of distant mountains, while casting shadow patterns across interior walls.
The structure presents another round in the architect’s ongoing contest with gravity. The forest comprises 305 slender steel 5m-high columns, irregularly orientated and distributed throughout the space, while the field from which they rise is a distorted square bed of concrete, 47m by 46m, slightly raised above the surrounding bitumen. A flat roof caps the space with linear roof lights, and a frameless glass perimeter seals it. The architecture ends there; its animation then takes over with furniture, pot plants and people.
This project continues from the Seirensho project opened in April 2008, and is being undertaken in the residential areas of Inujima. Art director Yuko Haseg ...
The world's largest public sauna is now open in Sandhornøya, Bodø, Northern Norway, as part of an art installation. It can hold 100 people and is also an event space.
Set in the residential area of Tomtebo (Umeå, Sweden), the Forest Sauna House is built using contemporary timber technology and 1,000-year-old Nordic
Image 9 of 30 from gallery of Sunset Chapel / BNKR. Photograph by Esteban Suárez
Nanjing in southern China shares a close cultural bond with north Thailand, which was a starting point for the design of the TaiOursea Laomendong Spa by
Image 8 of 24 from gallery of LSE Reveals 6 Schemes for its Paul Marshall Building. Team B. Image Courtesy of RIBA
designboom: what is the best moment of the day? toyo ito: I like the evening very much, naturally for working the morning is the best time, but in the evening the city totally changes...
Image 2 of 6 from gallery of Bunker 599 / RAAAF + Atelier Lyon. Courtesy of RAAAF
hugging a hilly site on the island of teshima, the museum resembles a droplet of water caught in the middle of gliding across the land.
Introduction Peter Zumthor built the spa and baths between 1993-1996, incorporating the existing hotel since 1970. The green slope which rises in the hotel serves like roof to new bathrooms, a prairie grass that has a swimming pool for guests. This provision creates an atmosphere of natural park with artificial plantations but arranged in rectangular […]
As a starting point for work on the Helsingør Psychiatric Hospital, we interviewed the users, patients, and staff members. This helped to provide a clearer understanding of the basic needs on which to base our design approach, while at the same time clarifying an important paradox to be...
Pros and cons of products used for finishing above-grade rigid foam insulation installed on the exterior of foundation walls.
Completed in 2012 in Bad Ems, Germany. Images by David Matthiessen . Wellness by the river – this slogan captures the central themes of the new thermal baths in Bad Ems. On the one hand, it describes the spa’s idyllic...
designed by y+m design office the building characterized by a three tier structural form and a glass mosaic wall, inside the distinctive roof there is a light and airy ballet studio with a timber faceted ceiling.
