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In 1977, the architect and monk Dom Hans van der Laan published his treatise Architectonic Space, Fifteen Lessons on the Disposition of the Human Habitat. This is a theory that seeks to capture the essence of spatial experience as a foundation for the des

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L’edificio per uffici Esso è stato progettato in via della Magliana a Roma dall’architetto spagnolo Julio Lafuente in collaborazione con l’ingegnere Gaetano Rebecchini e con l'ingegnere Calogero Benedetti.

Wingårdh converted a large old farm in the countryside in southern Sweden into a vacation house for a family from the nearby city of Malmö.

A reportage by Filippo Poli.

The Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche has unanimously decided to dedicate the 28th edition of the International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens to the Jardín de Cactus on Lanzarote, part of a unique system of cultivated quarrie

In the Haus Hundertacht, space receives its conceptual order in the sequence of steps from the square to the cell, which is motivated by the city. In the building’s vicinity, housing – both detached and in rows – follows the line of the street. The locati

II nuovo Tempio di cremazione di Parma è ubicato a nord dell'antico Cimitero di Valera, tra questo e la tangenziale recentemente realizzata, circa un chilometro a ovest della città. Da una parte la città e la Via Emilia, dall'altra la campagna e l'abitato

Sei pilastri e un solaio prefabbricati in calcestruzzo armato sono gli elementi costitutivi della trama architettonica. Dagli stessi materiali di serie a basso costo ha origine il nucleo strutturale del Teatrino. Così la natura ormai prosaica del paesagg

The medieval old town of Kirchheim near Stuttgart is substantially characterized by its small-scale edificial structure. At the heart of Kirchheim, the “Gasthof Waldhorn” — a run-down ancient inn — has now been demolished. Both the applicable building reg

Research center in Geneva. Reportage by Johannes Marburg Drawings courtesy of the Centre Pompidou

New build artist studios located below the St. James Lane Viaduct in Muswell Hill. The rational plan is made of two identical spaces mirrored to form twin facades, one faces the client’s private house and garden behind the viaduct, while the other offers

In 1952, Italian architect Luigi Moretti wrote an editorial for the 7th issue of the Italian magazine Spazio, (which he directed and designed), titled “Structures and sequences of spaces”. In his...

PREVI (Proyecto experimental de vivienda), (Experimental Housing Project), was a strategic low-cost project for experimental mass housing in Peru, conceived to be adaptable over time. In 1966, the...

Recycled concrete, repurposed double-glazing and discarded flooring boards were all used in the construction of Upcycle Studios.

The character of this modest garden extension is created from the expression of a simple structural construction. Standard timber joists, at 600mm spacings, cross in both directions to allow for a free span between 2 rendered blockwork cavity walls. The t

Atomic is a Thai food restaurant located in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico; the space is located on the ground floor of an apartment tower near the financial district. The restaurant is designed around a central bar, surrounded by tables with a capacity

The barn is part of a group of constructions scattered in a 3ha site on the foothills of the cordillera de Los Andes near Santiago. Conceived to house 14 showjumping horses, the simple gable roof structure is designed to allow enough natural light in to

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Architect Guillermo Acuña has added a wide wooden stair to an old boathouse to form part of his self-designed rural retreat on a remote bluff in Chile.

Reportage by Cemal Emden

Reportage by Studio Esinam and Rory Gardiner on London's Brutalist architecture.

Published in DIVISARE BOOKS issue #71 A reportage by Cemal Emden and Federico Cairoli.

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Photographs of The Science and Humanities Wings—also known as the Andrews Building in Scarborough, Canada.

[photographed in 2016]

Architecture studio Cristián Izquierdo Lehmann has designed this wooden house in Chile to rotate around a central room with a dramatic vaulted ceiling.

Completed in 2017 in Kishiwada, Japan. Images by Yohei Sasakura. Plan for a residence in the southern part of Osaka. The site is located close to nature, with a large wooded area directly in front and many rice...