A personal review of design creations
#WoodWeek - Oikumene Church
“Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials”. This essential fact by Frank Lloyd Wright captures how intense this relationship is between humans and wood in architecture. It is the reason of our new special week dedicated to wood.
Day 1 – Oikumene Church, Sajau, Indonesia.
Architizer A+Awards: Fass School by Toshiko Mori Architect
Amongst the winners of the 8th Annual Architizer A+Awards, a remote school in Senegal designed by the New York-based studio.
Kimpton Vividora Hotel
In the Ciutat Vella (old city) of Barcelona, a new hotel was added to the Kimpton chain with a strong personality, new colour combination and a definitive “bon vivant” flair… hence its name.
Maison du Parc
In Montréal, an early-century mansion has been completed revamped with an original space organisation creating a special atmosphere.
Hive House
By the Tapi River, the Indian city of Surat (Gujarat) has built its fame as a centre for textiles. In Vesu, the upcoming part of the city, a metallic structure constructed as a mono-space living has recently been completed.
#ConcreteWeek - Sharing Space Building
To end the series (for this time), we focus on an irregular polygon on an island that perfectly has succeeded to mix traditional craft with contemporary techniques.
Day 5: Sharing Space Building, Taiwan
#ConcreteWeek - Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears
In Sicily, the island of Gods, one is more used to see Greek temples and heavy baroque churches… except for this one in the centre of Syracuse…
Day 4: Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Tears, Italy.
#ConcreteWeek - K. Barghouti House
Thick concrete slabs running in parallel, massive structure connected to each others… the incredible lightness of concrete construction.
Day 3: Barghouti House, Jordan.
#ConcreteWeek – Brutalist Beach House
Concrete is not only a grey, dull, cold material… It could be warm too.
Day 2: Sonoma House, Mexico
#ConcreteWeek – Contemporary Brutalist
After a successful #BrickWeek, here is the #ConcreteWeek, another series dedicated to another material that I particularly like: concrete.
Day One: Contemporary Brutalist House, Brazil