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Buchner Bründler Architekten

Not far from the Spalentor, a narrow path leads into a park-like courtyard shielded from the street. In its rear part, a carriage house was built around 1880 in addition to the villa located on the property. The service building was separated by a massive Quarrystone wall into a utility area with stables, carriage room and hayloft and a living area for the servants. After the villa was demolished for the construction of a peripheral building at the beginning of the 20th century, the carriage house was used for other purposed, for example as an atelier, but essentially remained in its original typology. Continue reading 11 Buchner Bründler

Javier de las Heras Solé . photos: © Adrià Goula

Understand the Zeleieta Zentroa as an autonomous organism.
Convert its dividing wall in an extra facade to complete and resolve all the perimeter of the actual facilities.
Save the original wall of the adjoining ‘frontón’ ballcourt and incorporate it as the real protagonist of the project. Give it visibility and present the layers of time that we recognize when we see the different overlapping walls, in order to preserve our heritage and memory. Continue reading 12 Javier de las Heras

David Chipperfield Architects

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is an icon of twentieth-century architecture. Planned and built from 1963 to 1968, the steel and glass structure is the only building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Europe after his emigration to the USA. Continue reading 13 David Chipperfield

Bernardo Bader Architekten . photos: © Adolf Bereuter

After having worked in an old workshop for fifteen years in Dornbirn, I overcame my inner resistance and built a studio for myself and my staff. On more than one occasion during my walks through Bregenz, I noticed near the train station a small derelict building plot with a transformer station that was no longer in operation. With a bit of luck, we were able to purchase the small plot inside the city center, perhaps also because it wasn’t particularly appealing to investors due to the small size and because underground parking was not an option. Continue reading 14 Bernardo Bader

TEd’A arquitectes . photos: © Luís Díaz Díaz

A patio house adapted to the topography of the terrain. This would be the short definition of the project. Within the definition there are two concepts: first, it is about a patio house; second, it is a house adapted to the terrain of the slope. Continue reading 15 TEd’A arquitectes