Yale graduate students have designed and built a contemporary family house in a low-income neighbourhood in New Haven, Connecticut
The Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge global ideas competition sought pilot-phase design concepts for affordable housing in Sydney, where the economy is strong yet residential space is among the least affordable according to surveys of major metropolitan markets. The jury looked for...
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the American Institute of Architects New York announced on Tuesday the selection of five New York City-based firms as finalists in the Big Ideas for Small Lots NYC design competition for small-scale, urban infill housing.
Emerging Ghana is modular single family home design to be built with local materials, local labor, and with all the best sustainable design strategies you can imagine, and just won the Open Source House Competition.
Groupe HBM, St Mandé, Albin Salaün photographe. On a souvent tendance à croire que l'histoire de l'architecture et surtout, l'histoire de sa modernité ne furent que soubresauts, bonds et révolutions. Or, il se trouve que cette modernité n'est pas arrivée d'un bloc par quelques prophètes qui font la joie des encyclopédies rapides de l'architecture. Je reçois un très beau livre : Félix Dumail, architecte de la "Cité-Jardins" dans la collection Carnets d'architectes éditée par les éditions du Patrimoine. Notons que cette collection est maintenant devenue un socle incroyable à notre histoire de l'architecture moderne, socle dont les volumes vont de Arretche, Aillaud, Perret ou encore Jean Bossu à plein d'autres architectes célèbres ou un peu oubliés que cette collection nous donne à voir et apprendre avec toujours un grand sérieux éditorial et scientifique, et aussi une qualité de mise en page superbe. On regrettera l'absence d'architecte femme dans cette collection... Donc, après la lecture de ce volume sur Félix Dumail me voici tout à fait convaincu que notre modernité et surtout celle liée à l'histoire du logement social doit beaucoup à ce type d'architecte ayant travaillé pour l'essentiel de sa carrière dans des programmes humanistes se mettant au service de l'habitat des plus pauvres avec dignité, qualité et même beauté. Des cités-jardins au Shape village de St Germain-en-Laye, Félix Dumail accorde attention au plan, à son implantation, au détail pratique ou esthétique pour que l'architecture serve d'abord au logement et donc à l'art de vivre ensemble. D'une discrétion parfaite, presque oublié, Félix Dumail est dans cet ouvrage porté à nouveau sur le devant de la scène démontrant que sa génération un rien à cheval entre le siècle précédent et la modernité des années 20, a su faire œuvre sans attendre la leçon à venir. Et, quand comme moi, on s'intéresse aux logements sociaux des Trente Glorieuses, au Hard French, on trouve dans cette personnalité et dans son œuvre un précurseur vivifiant qui renouvelle l'approche que l'on peut avoir de cette histoire. Voici donc un livre important ! Félix Dumail, architecte de la Cité-Jardins Hubert Lempereur éditions du Patrimoine isbn-978-2-7577-0340-3 Quelques images mais pas de cartes postales ! Ça viendra... groupes HBM, Paris, Pascal Lemaître photographe : groupe HBM de St Mandé, Albin Salaün photographe : Saint Mandé, Studio Chevojon Albin Salaün, photographe. groupe scolaire Pré St Gervais, Albin Salaün photographe Groupe scolaire Pré St Gervais, Albin Salaün photographe. Cité-jardins, Pré St Gervais, Shape Village, St Germain en Laye, Paul Cadé photographe. Shape Village, St Germain en laye, Paul Cadé photographe.
Over 3,000 architects and designers around the world took part in Building Trust International's Affordable Housing Design Challenge 2018. The competition sought proposals for the realization of a 3,000-unit housing development that will improve the quality of life for factory workers and their...
Completed in 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Images by Rasmus Hjortshøj - COAST. Named after its Dortheavej address in the northwestern part of Copenhagen, the 5-story building winds through the area characterized by car...
The Mexican government spent billions trying to provide affordable housing to its citizens. This is the result.
Image 3 of 24 from gallery of Homes for All - Dortheavej Residence / Bjarke Ingels Group. Photograph by Rasmus Hjortshøj
World Architecture Community News - London Affordable Housing Challenge Competition Winners Announced
The Italian architect Dante Bini developed the Binishell in the 1960s as a simple affordable-housing alternative for developing countries. The domes were formed by pouring a thin layer of concrete over a membrane and inflating it. Rendering courtesy of Binisystems.
Out of 65 submissions from 32 countries, six public-interest design projects have just been announced as this year's ...
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Copenhagen just installed Urban Rigger, an experimental affordable housing project made of floating shipping container dorms.
Image 2 of 85 from gallery of Bee Breeders Reveal New York Affordable Housing Challenge Winners. Photograph by Bee Breeders
Image 20 of 27 from gallery of Affordable Housing at the Edge of the City / Zoka Zola Architecture + Urban Design. Plan Building 4
Image 19 of 27 from gallery of Affordable Housing at the Edge of the City / Zoka Zola Architecture + Urban Design. Plan Building 3
Image 17 of 27 from gallery of Affordable Housing at the Edge of the City / Zoka Zola Architecture + Urban Design. Plan Building 1
Definition of Co-Housing: “a cooperative living arrangement in which people build a cluster of single and family houses around a common building for shared meals, child care, guest rooms, et…
Completed in 2012 in Ottawa, Canada. Images by Peter Fritz. THE PREAMBLE The residential infill development of THE HINTONBURG SIX is an example of looking back at the history of a place in order to be...
For many people, there is an unfortunate stigma attached to social housing. Fortunately, some countries have realized...
Within the context of La Manzanera, La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall) asks to be considered as a case apart. It embodies an apparent reference to the popular architecture of the Arab Mediterranean.
NL Architects en Studyo Architects ontwierpen een terrassengebouw met veel buitenruimten en een overwegend houten constructie.
Image 6 of 20 from gallery of 8 Houses in Alcántara Street / Cristián Izquierdo Lehmann. Photograph by Roland Halbe
Image 8 of 22 from gallery of Ragnitzstraße Housing / LOVE architecture and urbanism. Photograph by Jasmin Schuller
Public housing is the accommodation of last resort in the U.S. Not so in Austria's capital city.
Built for $148,500, Casa Montaña was manufactured in a Madrid factory before being assembled in a mountainous, coastal region in northwestern Spain.
On a sloped creekside site in Atlanta, Georgia, architect Staffan Svenson elevates humble materials and basic geometries to craft an affordable modern home.
Image 3 of 13 from gallery of TECLA Technology and Clay 3D Printed House / Mario Cucinella Architects. Photograph by Iago Corazza
In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a 3D floor plan model from an 2D architectural drawing. Karan Shah will show you some simple, yet effective techniques for constructing the walls,...
546 West 13th Avenue Apartments, Vancouver, is an affordable housing development for women by women in Vancouver, design by GBL Architects
Image 12 of 31 from gallery of Comparing Social Housing: 30 Projects from Countries Around the World. Quinta Monroy / ELEMENTAL. Image © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Passive strategies enhance the usage of renewable sources of energy, which in turn make the build cost efficient. Different passive design techniques include
