Concrete girders and glass partition walls carve up this broken-plan apartment in Bilbao

May 18, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Spanish architecture studio Pauzarq uncovered the original concrete girders of this apartment in Bilbao to map its new broken-plan layout.  When reconfiguring the 100-square-metre apartment, the architects paid close attention to its original features. They uncovered its original concrete structure that was used to create a broken-plan layout of partition walls that follow the line of the girders. The term

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Cut Out, House H / bergmeisterwolf architekten

May 18, 2017 Rayen Sagredo 0

House H, located in Oberbozen, is an intimate refuge, a place to live surrounded by landscape. Placed close to the angle of the existing holzner park hotel building, it represents the final point of the compound. The concept is that of introducing connection elements to allow the dialogue between existing and new. Starting from a linear volume, working by subtracting: by alternating intimate balconies with dug loggias, the attention moves away from the historic Renon train tracks.

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Spotlight: Walter Gropius

May 18, 2017 AD Editorial Team 0

One of the most highly regarded architects of the 20th century, Walter Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was one of the founding fathers of Modernism, and the founder of the Bauhaus, the German “School of Building” that embraced elements of art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, industrial design, and typography in its design, development and production.

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Observation Tower Negenoord / De Gouden Liniaal Architecten

May 18, 2017 Antonia Cayupe 0

Negenoord is a former gravel extraction area (about 150ha), which is now transformed to a nature reserve called Maasvalley Riverpark, 2500 hectares in size and located on both sides of the Belgium-Netherlands border which is formed by the Maas river. The redevelopment also gives more space for the river creating a flooding area.