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ASIA House / Jorge Marsino Prado

March 17, 2019 Karen Valenzuela 0

This second home project aimed particularly at leisure and socializing in one of the beach condos south of Lima, posed the challenge of intensive temporary habitation and the opportunity to reinterpret a historical prototype: Maison Domino by Le Corbusier.

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Tiny Home / Maddison Architects

March 17, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Tiny Home was commissioned by RACV as an exhibition piece with the agenda to be an exemplar of sustainable compact living. RACV as an organisation acknowledges that society is moving away from the motor vehicle and is therefore steering part of its business to the home arena. The configuration of Tiny Home, its transport, materiality and content was open for us to freely interpret. The brief was to incorporate as many sustainable features as we saw appropriate, embody high design principles and exude a sense of joy so as to engage the general public.

Kult cultural hub occupies a terrace of brick buildings in Vreden

March 17, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Kult Museum by Pool Leber Architekten

Pool Leber Architekten and Bleckmann Krys Architekten have combined 14th and 16th century structures, with modern concrete and brick volumes to create the Kult museum. Designed as both a cultural hub and museum for the town of Vreden, Germany, Kult has 1,400 square metres of space for a permanent collection. The 5,950-square-metre complex also houses a temporary exhibition

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These 13 Designs by IKEA Make Life Easier (and More Equitable) for Differently-Abled People

March 17, 2019 José Tomás Franco 0

Architects’ general ignorance about the needs and requirements for people with special needs is worrisome. Beyond complying with mandatory regulations (different in each country), the quality of life for different-abled people depends on specific and daily factors that go beyond a railing or a ramp, and are often left in the hands of professionals who have never dealt with such issues.