Harry Gugger Studio, Daisuke Hirabayashi · Hirtenweg
The Hirtenweg project is the result of a total contractor competition for affordable housing that was initiated by the public developer, Immobilien Basel-Stadt, in 2018. The new buildings at Hirtenweg integrate existing conditions - residential scale, nat
HHF Architects, Maris Mezulis, Laurian Ghinitoiu · Densifying Basel Landskronhof
HHF has transformed a neglected courtyard with firewalls and parking spaces into 15 apartments and surrounding lush gardens. By combining “left-over” square meters of three existing parcels the project shows densification potentials by reclaiming seemingl
Marcel Lok_ARCHITECT, korthtielens architecten, Dennis De Smet · Spaarndammerhart
The Spaarndammerhart restores the urban fabric to the Spaarndammer neighbourhood. The street that disappeared in the 1970s for the construction of the local school, Spaarndammerschool, has been restored. The plan also brings back two street walls and adds
Two point buildings offset from one another allow outlooks and perspectives The green residential area is characterized by mostly small-scale buildings and a permeable and open settlement structure. The project with two four-storey, compact buildings is
The Town House is located in the central street Lederergasse - a livable, quiet street that connects Linz's main square, via the tobacco factory, with the port. The existing building – its basic substance from the 16th century – has been renovated and exp
Pau Vidal, Vivas Arquitectos, José Hevia · Viviendas cooperativas “La Chalmeta”
El proyecto se inicia a raíz de una convocatoria pública del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona para la cesión de uso del solar ubicado en el barrio de la Marina del Prat Vermell calificado como VPO con derecho de superficie en favor de cooperativas de vivienda du
Twelve houses is a block with town houses in Sorgenfri, the oldest industrial area in Malmö. The neighbourhood grew out of old farming areas along the railroad leading south – eight blocks the size of Malmös city centre. Today the area is characterised by
Lacol, laboqueria taller, Milena Villalba · La Balma Housing Cooperative
La Balma is a project promoted by Sostre Cívic, which was the winner to develop a plot in the Poblenou neighborhood in the first public tender for leasehold of land for cooperative housing. The project seeks to expand the stock of non-speculative and aff
Space Encounters, Lorenzo Zandri , Marcel van der Burg · Wisselspoor
On the edge of the historic city centre of Utrecht, tucked away between the railway tracks and the Tweede Daalsebuurt, the former Werkspoor terrain can be found. The Wisselspoor neighbourhood is part of the larger transformation of the Werkspoor area into
L’Arbre Blanc Residential Tower by Sou Fujimoto Architects
Balconies fan out like leaves from the mixed-use L'Arbre Blanc tower, which Sou Fujimoto has completed in Montpellier with Nicolas Laisné, Dimitri Roussel and OXO Architectes.
DBLV Dierendonck-Blancke-Lust-Van De Ginste architects, Filip Dujardin, Dennis De Smet · NEKKERSPUT
Located between Ghent's inner ring road and a nature reserve, the request was to replace an decayed residential block with 44 ground-level homes. However, the structure of this building still has great potential. It is proposed to thoroughly renovate and
A multi-family building with five apartments and two commercial spaces located in the Poblenou neighborhood, in Barcelona. The project, located on a corner lot with irregular geometry, is solved by placing the cylindrical vertical communications core in t
Yohei Kawashima architects, KOJI FUJII/TOREAL · N Apartment
This is a plan for a five-story, 25-unit apartment complex designed in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture. Each unit is a one-bedroom and consists of a general-purpose plan. The common space consists of an elevator, a staircase and a shared hallway, thes
“l'existence précède l'essence” It has been a long time since colorless and odorless minimalism has become power in Korean architecture or design. I am amazed at the finish and the way it is made, but if I look at it, there is something uncomfortable abou
Michael Meier und Marius Hug Architekten, Roman Keller, Markus Bertschi · Bellariarain
On the hilltop of the lateral moraine between Sihltal and Wollishofen lies the Bellariarain with a view of Lake Zurich. The impressive tree population originates from the Belt Walk, which framed a mansion at the beginning of the 20th century. After the Se
Obytný soubor s dotovanými byty zaujme keramickým obkladem i pojetím veřejného prostoru
Do postupně se rozrůstající čtvrti v belgických Antverpách usadil místní ateliér b-architecten dva podlouhlé domy se čtyřiceti dotovanými byty. Kromě návrhu sam...
Jean-Christophe Quinton Architecte, 11H45 · 12, rue Jean-Bart Paris 6e
In the heart of the density of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, this seven storey housing building atempts to find a balance between a discreet presence in the Parisian street, and an intentionally contemporary architectural style. By its shape and its lo
Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms, Olivier Di Giambattista, Simon Menges · BOVERESSES SOCIAL HOUSING
URBAN PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE The project is located in the heart of the Boveresses district in the north of Lausanne. This district is composed of several emblematic housing complexes from the 1970s. The project aims at an integration in this context w
CCA CENTRO DE COLABORACIÓN ARQUITECTÓNICA, Luis Gallardo / LGM Studio · Barranca del Muerto
The uniqueness of this project lies in the site’s double frontage, allowing the program to be spread between two towers: each has a main façade, looking onto Barranca del Muerto and José María Ibarrarán streets. Inside, a space contains the vertical circu
Fala Atelier, Ricardo Loureiro · House and atelier
The old building is hidden in the city centre. It has three levels, three entrance doors and a distorted outline. Each floor suggests a different spatial logic but shares the same language, the same materiality and the same set of banal elements. The gro
«XLM» is a hotel project located 2500 meters above sea level, in Graubünden - Switzerland, in a lost and immaculate rocky landscape. The ideals of the«Utopia» become the generating force for the project, which finds its architectural translation through
Beirut is a permanent archeology. Buried 7 times through the ages, the city tells the story of our ancestors. Currently, its built landscape reflects its recent history. Ruined buildings invaded by wilderness juxtaposed with red tiled roofed traditional h
This care home in the small municipality of Zoersel was designed on the initiative of a private client. They set up a partnership with non-profit organisation Emmaus to develop a residential project for the family’s granddaughter and eight other residents
NU architectuuratelier, Stijn Bollaert · House on Bagattenstraat
This house, located in the city of Ghent, was developed in order to provide a generous and spacious family home on a very narrow plot. The various residential functions are stacked in split levels around a central staircase. This strengthens the relation
estudio Herreros, MIM-Arquitectes, José Hevia · CARACOL BUILDING
The program —mixing social and free market housing in coexistence and without differences—demands practically the consumption of the available building volume. This constraint, together with the demands for efficiency and simplicity that we impose on ours
“San Riemo” is the first housing project realised by the KOOPERATIVE GROSSSTADT, a housing cooperative founded in 2015. The building, located on the outskirts of Munich close to its trade fair, was completed in December 2020. It contains 27 flats as well
This housing project is part of a new neighbourhood on the site of a former barracks. The master plan of the Bayernkaserne is conceived as an orthogonal grid, defining an urban landscape of large blocks. The building is organised around a garden and has a