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An Architect Couple Turn Their Apartment Into a Venn Diagram of Iconic Design

Dwell

It includes an experimental space used to present their aesthetic to clients. Much of the furniture in this space was designed by the architects, including metal cabinets, a chest of drawers with a fabric structure, and a table with stone supports and a glass top. urek and Bartosz Girek, founders of Furora Studio.

Diagram 119
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Junya Ishigami 'excavates' concrete cave for restaurant and residence in Japan

Archinect

Asked by the client for a space that "has to look as if it has been there and will continue to be there for the longest time," Ishigami responded with a cave-like structure punctured by three courtyards. Junya Ishigami + Associates has completed a residence and restaurant for a French restauranter in the city of Ube, Japan.

Diagram 296
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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

Deezen

Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The structure is enclosed by a sweeping circular walkway.

Diagram 122
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Integrating Services and Environmental Control

SW Oregon Architect

In my opinion, Bill could and should have written more to expand upon the necessity of aligning aesthetics, spatial design, and fundamentally the project’s organizational structure with the technical demands of a building’s service and environmental control systems. Selecting appropriate systems.

Diagram 218
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No.150 Chengfu Road by Urbanus | Office buildings

Architonic

After figuring out all of the space diagrams, a bigger structural problem appears. Due to the change of the floor slab, the whole structure needs to be recalculated. Moreover, the client asks for a huge conference The four-level height lobby space is stepping up the atrium to connect the stepping-down roof terrace.

Diagram 98
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MVRDV designs R&D headquarters in Shanghai for agriculture technology company Lankuaikei

aasarchitecture

A curving roof structure which follows the shape of the terraces covers the ensemble. On the southern part of the building, this structure supports solar panels, while on the north it is permeable, filtering sunlight but allowing rain to reach the terraces below. The roof structure and terraces aid in efficient natural ventilation.

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Statens Museum for Kunst by Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

aasarchitecture

We propose a similar structural approach in the transformation of these two: a new museum within the existing walls. Image © Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter Location: Thy, Thisted Kommune, Denmark Architect: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter Client: A.P Buildings with a very different starting point and potential.

Diagram 59