Triplex House in Nakano / LEVEL Architects

This project is a multiplex house that is composed of a basement floor plus 3 stories more. The children’s room is on the first floor, while the parents is on the second floor and the grandmother has her space on the third floor. In the basement there is a training room for Kendo, which is a common hobby for the family.

A101 Urban Block Competition Proposal / b4 Architects

 

With the design challenge of housing 150,000 people for a new city near Moscow, b4 Architects shared with us their proposal for the A101 Urban Block Competition where they have focused on a thoughtful making of spaces while being sensitive to the context conditions of the city.

Crouching panther inspires lustrous black office building for The Pachleitner Group

GS architects explains: “It’s a hard shaped sculpture covered with a black glass facade erected over a concrete base developing from a compact tail to a head cantilevering towards the city. Accurate details and few colours in various surfaces and materials define the interior. Even the entire furniture collection was custom-made by the architects and is consequently congruent to the architecture.”

The project as a whole cost approximately €32m and sits on a triangular site in an area of Graz full of potential, therefore it is hoped that the new building will inspire others to invest in quality architecture in the area. The building site itself is in fact located directly on the Leibenau ring road, which provides a great opportunity for locals and visitors to view what is being touted as the city’s new gateway.

Main Square of Újpalota, Urban Meadow

Barnabas Laris and Adam Vesztergom, in collaboration with Borbala Gyure, Csenge Csontos, Nora Kohalmy and Mark Antal, recently won the first prize in the Main Square of Ujpalota competition for their project, ‘Urban Meadow.’ The forum or main square of Újpalota, which is the second largest micro district of Budapest, is situated exactly in the center of this residential area, at the junction of the main roads. Most inhabitants of this housing estate cross this square day after day. This town square, however, does not have a view which is framed by public buildings. Therefore, a new community building can achieve a remarkable public function as well as a space-forming effect, simultaneously placed moderately as its volume is more solid than the ones of the commercial buildings.

Architecture Designers: Barnabas Laris, Adam Vesztergom
Surroundings designer: Borbala Gyure, Csenge Csontos
Supporting members: Nora Kohalmy, Mark Antal
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Project title: Urban Meadow
Name of competition: Main Square of Újpalota
Status: 1st prize