Atlantic Beach is an established beach community on Long Island. . The Kowalewski residence is an attempt to insert a distinctly modern house into the village context in a manner that is respectful of the scale and architectural traditions of the community. The house does not maximize either the bulk or lot coverage allowed by zoning. It is oriented with the narrow face toward the street, with the traditional side driveway and rear garage. The...
One of the most ambitious projects of Risco architects is the concept design for the future new towers – Sky Residence II + Sky Business – located in Luanda Sky Center. Two towers with great programmatic diversity, aiming for high urban density and encouragement of further developments around this so-called Sky Center, the future new town. Sky Residence II, a tower with 22 floors, create apartments of great comfort to make the most magnificent...
The new headquarters for Clare County Council provide 8,600 sqm of offices for ca. 300 staff, configured around a public concourse, as well as meeting rooms, staff canteen, a laboratory, Council Chamber and 320 car parking spaces. The building takes the form of a 4-storey spine block of office accommodation running north/south in the centre of the site, at the furthest point from the surrounding houses. To the west and perpendicular to the spine,...
The project was assigned to Mount Fuji Architects Studio in 2007; the architects where to asked to design a weekend house in a site which was rather untouched by the human hand. The intact wilderness of the land on mount Izu-san was covered with deciduous broad-leaved trees such as cherry trees and Japanese oaks. The architects “saw faint glimmer of architectural possibility along the ridge” of the mountain. They didn’t want to create elaborate...