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Located at the foot of an impressive cliff, the construction of this building, started in 1814 as a rural dwelling, was carried out in stages. It comprises three juxtaposed structures on different levels. A small street runs through the ground floor, the remains of an easement of passage. The..

Jørn Utzon had been affected, at the beginning of his career, when he learnt that the celebrated Swedish architect, Gunnar Asplund, had died of stress. On his death bed, Asplund asked his son whether all this effort had really been worth while. These words came back to Utzon years later when,..

The ruins of the gothic church in the centre of rebuilt Cologne are the most impressive symbol of the city’s almost complete destruction during the Second World War. In 1949 the chapel of “Madonna in the Ruins” was created within the church ruins by the architect Gottfried Böhm as a near..

Edvard Ravnikar is the author of numerous remembrance sites of the People's Liberation Struggle, which are designed as architectural compositions, typically without sculptures, and are intended chiefly to honour the victims, rather than to glorify the victors. The largest of these is the internee..

The Podčetrtek Traffic Circle is built on a regional road located between the municipal sports hall with open-air sports grounds on one side and a spa centre with numerous swimming pools and hotels on the other side. It is primarily intended to slow down the traffic in this consequently very busy..

Camilo Rebelo studied Architecture in Porto. He collaborated with Eduardo Souto de Moura and Herzog & de Meuron. He later started his own practice in Oporto. He was an Assistant Professor at FAUP. Together with Souto de Moura was a Visiting Professor at FLUP Oporto, EPF Lausanne, ETSA-U Navarra,..

Bale (Valle in Italian) is a small place in Istria with a population of 1000 people. The new sports hall is adjacent to the old school, and due to the size of the village itself where this building is the second largest after the church, it will also be used as a public facility for various..

The clients requested a spacious modern house that expressed its appreciation for outdoor living. Situated in a private eco estate, it was crucial that the open plan glass and steel house lived out onto the garden. Consequently this custom design developed into a layout that encouraged such a..

The most important of Kana’s works is Hotel Podgorica in Podgorica, Montenegro, whose design was the winning proposal at the competition. It was also her first important work which placed her at the very top of the architectural scene. The hotel was officially open on July 13th 1967, the..

Han Tümertekin is a practicing architect based in Istanbul and principal of Mimarlar Tasarim Danismanlik Ltd., a firm he established in 1986. He previously worked as an architect in Paris. His work includes residential, commercial and institutional projects primarily in Turkey, as well as in the..

A single-storey building with a long principal facade, the SM House draws attention to itself among the narrow, two-storey village houses nearby. The facade is a response to the 52 m (171 ft) sloping site, and provides panoramic views over the landscape. The site forms three trapezium-shaped..

The region of the Karst was once covered with Oak trees that Venetians extensively used to build up the City on water. They left the wind to peel off the earth revealing limestone ground. In this landscape, the tradition of small, compact, stony and almost windowless houses developed and has..

Salvador Macías Corona and Magui Peredo Arenas founded Guadalajara-based Estudio Macías Peredo in 2012 with a focus on design and construction, embracing a critical regionalism in which the craftsman is part of the building process. The firm has designed residential, commercial, and institutional..

The building was designed as a response to the Sancaklar Family who wanted to build a mosque on a site overlooking the Buyukcekmece Lake, at a neighborhood of many gated communities. The project focused on the creation of religious space by creating emotional sensation with light an matter. The..

The Cultural Centre of Belém (Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB)) is located in Santa Maria de Belém, near the riverfront west of Lisbon, between the dual Avenida da Índia-Avenida de Brasília motorway and Rua Bartolomeu Dias. It is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal. The Belém..

Niyang River Visitor Center contains a ticket office, changing room and bathroom. The building was constructed using local vernacular techniques and pigments from local minerals have been painted directly onto the stone walls of the interior.

Mirui Road is a tourist road that meets Highway 318..

This pavilion building is located on the edge of the compact fishing town of Komiža on the island of Vis. Visitors are led by a path that provides view of the town and the island's highest peak. The building shows respect to tradition and at the same time demonstrates a fine feeling of the space..

Savioz Fabrizzi Architects is an association founded in 2004 consisting of two architects in order to respond in the best conditions to the needs of the clients. our structure provides all the architectural services from the project to the achievement. With the approach work based on the analysis..

Josep Lluis Mateo graduated in Architecture in 1974 from the ETSAB and gained his doctorate at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1994. He has been Professor of the Architecture and Projects Department at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich (ETH-Z) since 2002. He has also taught at..