The Red Diamond was until recently used as an old factory complex in the historic DongCheng district of Beijing, CHINA. Chiasmus Partners was assigned the building transformation of this old factory into a dance center with a performance hall, a practice hall and a saloon which would host various events and activities. Chiasmus Partners approached the building transformation by adding an exterior shell to the already existing building. They tried to emphasize the temperament and the character of the new program of the building. They enclosed the old factory by covering it in an evenly –spaced-out red steel tubing shell.The red steel tubes create a distorted boundary between the interior and the exterior. The red steel shell has a triangulated approach of design where vectors are pulled away from two focal points to create large triangles. This design allows for the creation of shaded areas on the façade and therefore adds an interesting touch of design to the building exterior. A part of the façade has been left untouched and that is no other than the entrance where the old white vintage door as it is meant to portray the history of the building’s transformation. The concept by Chiasmus Partners was to create the courtyard an outdoor “theater” — a public space that would revitalize the complex, the hutong and its neighborhood.
Red House designed by group8 Architects, located in Crans-Près-Céligny, Switzerland.The red houses place themselves in this type of problem, planting another object in this saturated suburban landscape. In this case, the purpose would be not to build an object but a small ‘ensemble’: a little community of individuals who can, through the new scale of the intervention, constitute a good mixture of urban and landscape architecture.The geometry and the volume of each houses serves another purpose: to propose a rich typology, capable of creating an experience of diversity of spaces inside the appartments. The important loggias in each volume enhance this idea. Not only the villas possess exterior terraces but they also have these big loggias, and protected exterior space. More information about red house [via] modern house design.
The concept of the citizenM Glasgow Hotel is to cut out all hidden costs and remove all unnecessary items, in order to provide its guests a luxury feel for a budget price. CitizenM wants to contribute also to it’s cultural environment. Two huge art works, printed on pvc mesh fabric are placed on the façade. In Glasgow, the artist Alex Dordoy expresses the open way of living of the mobile citizen in combination to the restless spirit of the city of Glasgow. citizenM wants to be a local rather then a stranger. The record grooves of ‘I belong to Glasgow’ now form the pattern of the huge steel gate on Hopestreet. The ground floor houses commercial space with the entrance of the hotel on Renfrewstreet. Behind a red coloured glazed façade a double height space links the Street with the world of citizenM on the first floor. A huge red coloured helical stair and a sky of hanging lamps welcomes you. The public area of the first floor is divided in several living rooms. Our purpose is to create a home-environment, by designing working areas, dining areas and sitting areas in cooperation with Vitra. A red service-bar forms the heart of the canteen and is on one side surrounded by a 20-meters long bookcase.This bookcase contains, besides racks with magazines, newspapers and merchandise, also refrigerated glass cases with drinks, sandwiches, salads, sushi, typical breakfast and other kind of snacks and meals as well as fresh bakery products. At night canteenM changes into a bar-area, parts of the bookcase are closed and different lighting scenes create an intimate atmosphere.All the citizenM guestrooms are constructed of site. This means the outside measurements are restricted to enable the transport to the building-site. Within these measurements the guestroom will be continually evaluated and improved for every hotel. The bed stands in front of a floor to ceiling, wall to wall window and is super-king size. It’s white bed-linen and pillows offer a lounge area to watch TV on the flat LCD screen. The wet-room, which contains rain- and hand-shower and the toilet lights up in any colour you want and become a signature element in the room. An electronic mood pad with touch-screen allows visitors to control the entire room, setting the mood of the room to their choice.[Concrete Architectural Associates]
Red+Housing by OBRA architects proposes a emergency housing prototype that tries to incorporate both the advantages of fast-response solutions, such as the deployment of military tents, with those of slower and more considered responses such as neighborhood reconstruction efforts involving local traditions and user construction. The design has been developed as an in-progress embodiment of the following 10 Points of Architecture on the Edge of Survival...more at archdaily
Laetitia Delubac and Christian Félix have completed a holiday home and guest house in Siwa, Egypt. Here, quite isolated, the house was built with materials made available by desert, oasis and salt lake: mud, sun fired bricks, palm wood, reeds, red stone and salt stone.
Walls are built by local craftsmen with kershef, a traditional building material made out of mud, sand, and sun-dried salt harvested from the Siwa’s salt lakes. In addition to blending in with the surrounding natural environment, kershef acts as a natural insulator, keeping indoor air temperatures mild in both hot and cold seasons.
No electricity in the house. Niches have been installed within the thick walls in kershef to place candles. A spring spurting out in the bottom of the mountain, not very far in the south, irrigates the palm grove and continuously feeds the kitchen and bathrooms with fresh and healthy water, as well as a small pool and the basin at the centre of the peristyle intended for cooling the courtyard and adjacent rooms. More information Please visit the architect website.
designed by the architects J.O. Wladar and V. Mödlhammer in 1953 for Karl Fostel Sen.’s Erben, Vienna, steel wire, red and yellow lacquered perforated sheet iron, height 86 cm, width 46 cm, depth 55 cm, height of seat 46 cm. A chair, c. 1928/29, presumably manufactured by J. L. Quittner, black lacquered iron tube, striped sailcloth, height 84 cm, width 49 cm, depth 62 cm, height of seat 46 cm. Austrian design at Dorotheum.
In collaboration with Nuno Ferreira, Bonnard Woeffray Architectes have designed Monthey Kindergarden building in the town’s Cinquantoux Park and replaces the former villa that had become obsolete. Conceived as a large house for children, the venue assumes an almost organic shape that merges with the wooded park and offers a range of interior spaces. Following the same logic is its composition of volumes topped by a roof composed of gently slanting sections. The building can accommodate 180 or so children. It offers two floors arranged as six separate units.
"Each unit is divided into two spaces for activity and rest, with a washroom and toilets in between. Each unit has a distinct character reflecting its position in the building; all benefit from different views of the park, and are bathed in sunlight in the morning or afternoon depending on the orientation. The variety in the positions of the windows, all identical in size, contributes to a range of perceptions and facilitates visual contact for all ages. While the construction is traditional, the exterior cladding is inspired by the world of childhood. The facades consist of timber slats finished in an array of toy-like colours, including pink, orange, red and green. Creating contrasting ambiences that are both happy and playful, the interior is composed of a rhythmic succession of coloured floors and ceilings, with as many colours as there are units"
Matt Paweski’s Big Red Table, steel, ash hardwood, enamel, wax, stainless screws 32 5/8″ x 24″ x 30″ Edition of 3. Shop exhibit at South Willard. Through January 17, 2013.
The 35,000 square foot chateau is located on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. Jaw-dropping features include the grand parlor, two story library, plush red art deco theatre, the indoor pool and spa with Jerusalem pavers and the 5,700 square foot, seven-room master suite. It comes furnished right down to autographed first edition books, and multiple sets of china, silver and crystal. The 100-acre estate also includes a guest house, a separate studio house, and a separate beach house with steps that lead to a sun pier on the shores of Lake Michigan. It is now listed at $25 million but that may still be an ambitious price unless there is the perfect buyer out there with a love of faux finishes and floral wallpaper.
Aquino House, the single-family residence is located on a steeped lot in front of federal government lands and aside a river.
The house is configured by orthogonal shapes and materials such as wood, stone and metal without artificial claddings. It stands with no protagonism against the rich and abundant surroundings.A series of spatial and comfort requirements led to juxtaposed concepts. The family wished for large open areas that could somehow, blend with the nature around, bluring the lines between “inside” and “outside”. Another request was an isolated studio with room for thousands of books, compact discs and LP’s, which must maintain related with the exterior.
The main intention was for each interior space to face the river or the old amate tree, which is located towards east and has a 30 meter extended foliage that appears to envelop the house.The small pool of stone and its red cedar surrounding pavement stands as the most intimate space concealed between the house and one of the perimeter retaining walls.
Architects: Augusto Fernandez Mas (K+A Diseño) Location: Cuernavacas, Morelos, Mexico Project year: 2005 Construction year: 2006 Collaborators: Edurne Turcott Unzueta, David Alba Landscape: Mario de la Garza & Daniel Aguilar Woodwork: Fernando Acevedo Structural Engineer: Enrique Garcia Constructed Area: 490 sqm Photographs: Fernando CorderoMore About Aquino House [via] Modern House Design.
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