Industrial Building . GOLDACH
The new building on the premises of Swiss Shielding Corporation provides
the company with additional storage space as well as new office and production
facilities. Continue reading Baumschlager Hutter
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Link . Dld
Maison pour tous . Chaponost
Link architectes . Dld architectes . photos: © Vladimir de Mollerat du Jeu
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Lugdunum (Lyon) was mainly located on the hill of Fourvière. In order to provide drinking water to the entire city, four aqueducts transported water from the nearby mountain ranges (Mont d’Or, Monts du Lyonnais, Pilat Massif) to the capital of Roman Gaul. Continue reading Link . Dld
Jan Žaloudek
Modern House in a Baroque Garden . Borotín
Jan Žaloudek Architekt . photos: © BoysPlayNice
The House Oskar, designed by architect Jan Žaloudek, was built in a generous garden that originally belonged to the neighbouring chateau in the South Bohemian village of Kamenná Lhota. The site’s remarkable genius loci is enriched by the remnants of a Baroque barn, centuries-old mature trees, and a stone wall that frames the expansive property, opening into the picturesque rural landscape. Continue reading Jan Žaloudek
Wulf Architekten
New Zimmerberg Cantonal School . Wädenswil
Wulf Architekten . renders: © Aron Lorincz Ateliers
Our design for a new cantonal school in the town of Wädenswil (Swiss) on Lake Zurich calls for a compact building that establishes a clear public address within the existing neighborhood. We developed an exemplary architectural concept for a modular, ecological, and efficient building. Of fundamental importance is the flexible modular system, which structures the building elements within an open and freely adaptable skeletal frame. The modules form independent, braced units that can be arranged as needed. Continue reading Wulf Architekten
Jack Whitten
Four Wheel Drive . 1970
+ MoMA
Jack Whitten created visionary beauty from righteous anger. Born in Bessemer, Alabama, amid the violence of the segregated South, he joined the Civil Rights movement, then made his way to New York in 1960. There, he decided to become an artist. Continue reading Jack Whitten
