architecture and arts

SAMI Arquitectos - Gruta das Torres Visitor Centre, Pico Island 2005. Via.

Daniel Dethier - Denis-Ortmans house, Verviers 2000.

Marge Arkitekter - Villa Arkö, Stokholm 2012. Via the architect, pictures by Johan Fowelin. 

Silvia Gmür Reto Gmür Architekten - Center for pathology and forensic research, St. Gallen 2011. 

Adamo Faiden - Chalú house (recycled house), Buenos Aires 2007. Located in a dense, urban site, the new structure follows the footprint of the previous Chorizo house, creating an inner courtyard as a means to obtain privacy from adjacent buildings. Historically, locals used a blend of plaster stucco mixed with quartz stone as a means to reflect the sun and maximize light into the space. Due to budget constraints, the quartz was deemed unaffordable, so the architects gathered glass bottles and crushed them on-site to add to the plaster mix. The effect achieves an equal reflective quality, but also adds a subtle, yet noticeable greenish hue to the material.

justthedesign: Staircase Dualistic House By Antonino Cardillo Architects (Featured under the Tag: Architecture.)

Auditorio de Tenerife, Canary Island, Spain, by jmhdezhdez by jmhdezhdez on Flickr.

(Marcel Breuer & Associates)

Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers. Centre Pompidou, facade elevation [competition entry 1971]