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Cordoba House : An architectural wonder in the lap of nature

Cordoba House Designed by Emilio Ambasz.

Based in Cordoba, Spain, what could be better designed than this beauty Cordoba House in the comfortable lap of mother nature! Designed by Emilio Ambasz, this wonderful house has been created in the Arabic-Andalusian architectural style and situated on a promontory that juts out into a beautiful lake. It has been developed at the far end of the road where it becomes a part of a big bunch of olive trees. Built using a special local technique, Cordoba House was initially developed in an open space using bricks and concrete, and then was mounded by the insulating cast sand. Under Southern Spain's dry and hot climatic conditions, Cordoba House is a soothing, restful place where a unique blend of concrete floor, insulated double walls, slender columns, buried surfaces and fiberglass lining is presented in a stylish artistic manner.

Vertical Necropolis exploits scarce city land to provide place of respite for the deceased

Scarcity of land in an overpopulated city like Delhi makes ground space all the more dearer, which has triggered architect Annkit Kummar to come up with the brilliant Vertical Necropolis concept. In the coming few years the burial spaces will be all consumed and hence using vertical space will be a fine idea. This will exploit scarce city land in a sensible way without compromising on social and religious sentiments.

 

Vertical Necropolis

Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station blends innovative engineering with architectural designing

Dumping grounds mostly come tagged with an ugly look, the reason why these are positioned on the outskirts of city area. Nicole Robertson and Richard Garber from GRO Architects have come up with the Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station and Environmental Center that will handle the ever increasing quantities of recyclable materials, which includes glass, plastic and metal. This will make the city space all the more proficient when it comes to handling large amounts of materials that can be recycled later.

Gansevoort Marine Transfer Station & Environmental Center The roof of this amazing construction will attract migratory birds and will also shelter the dumping area in an eye appealing manner.

OMA to construct Interlace residential complex in Singapore

Departing from the standard isolated, vertical apartment towers, the Interlace by Ole Scheeren of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) Scheeren is a large-scale residential complex in Singapore that gives a whole new meaning to communal spaces, while maintaining lush green surroundings. Stacking the 31 apartment blocks one on top of the other in a hexagonal arrangement, the complex accommodates 1,040 apartments, communal spaces, roof gardens, terraces and balconies, while maintaining the privacy of individual apartment units through the generous spacing of the building blocks and far-ranging views. Stretching between Kent Ridge, Telok Blangah Hill and Mount Faber Parks, the Interlace is designed to make use of natural energy sources, such as sun, wind and micro-climate conditions and low-impact passive energy strategies, allowing the residents to reduce their carbon footprints and adapt a sustainable lifestyle.

Chennai ; Peaking Demand for Residential Apartments

Central and South Chennai are the most active real estate markets in the city because of Information Technology and manufacturing have become the two main drivers of property markets across Chennai. Large- scale developments are taking place in both these areas. The areas most in demand are along IT and manufacturing corridors leading to the commercial hubs. As a result, the Old Mahabalipuram Road, Velachery Road, Sriperambadur, Porur and Medavakam are all in the list of top 10 localities by demand and supply.

Urupakkam, another key developing area, is the entry point to South Chennai. It has started witnessing development in last two years. Majority of the projects are under construction. Builders are mostly small scale and are offering projects in this area within the range of ` 2,500 to `2,800 per sq ft. There are also malls in the planning stage in the area.

France Housing Market Surviving, Despite Analysts Warning of Coming Slowdown

You would never know it from recent pronouncements by various analysts and research houses, but residential real estate in France is holding its own despite a traumatic financial condition throughout Europe.
Analysts warn of a coming slowdown in home prices and lending because of the unresolved Eurozone debt crisis. The National Institute for Statistical and Economic Studies (INSEE) reports a 1.8% increase in French home prices in 2011. That figure is adjusted for inflation. Prices actually rose by 4.3 percent,
Still, the analysts argue, property values and rental yields are not improving even with the country's comparatively low interest rates.

United Kingdom property rental market flourishing, research suggests

The residential property rental market in the UK is flourishing with an additional 58,000 properties being marketed to rent in 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, new research reveals. By contrast the number of properties for sale dropped by approximately 12,000 in 2011, the research from Experian also shows. The volume of properties put up for rent increased every quarter in 2011 when compared to 2010 with the third quarter seeing the most significant increase of 14.46%.   A number of seasonal trends were prevalent in both the rental and resale markets with December the least popular time to market a property and the summer months the most common.

World Trade Centre Residence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, World Trade Centre Residence was designed by TRO Jung Brannen. The design includes several notable amenities such as a landscaped rooftop and terrace, temperature-controlled pool with poolside café, business suites and a fitness centre, as well as several levels of private balconies and garden rooms. Many of the residences are two-storey duplex units with dramatic full-height views.

Using modern construction methods and materials, including an innovative glass curtain wall system, the 1,400,000 sq ft apartment complex, which stands 31 storeys along the shorter leg and 41 storeys at the tall end, is topped off with a large, angled shading device. Additionally, there is covered and underground parking to accommodate more than 650 cars. The entry drive features cascading waterfalls and lush landscaping leading to a circular porte-cochere. The lobby is a grand, double-height space with 24-hour concierge and valet services.

Zaragoza Airport in Zaragoza, Spain

Designed by Vidal y Asociados arquitectos, Zaragoza Airport  is located in Zaragoza, Spain. The building is composed of 11 modules, set in an alternative pattern in such a way that it resembles water movement, appropriate to the airports original purpose. The design stands out for its functionality and responds to three basic principles: flexibility, articulation and openness. The modular structure will allow growth into necessary areas, the layout allows for a sequential flow of passengers and the maximisation of natural light encourages openness. The external of the airport has also been landscaped preserving the maximum of green areas circumscribing the Terminal.

Savill Building, Windsor Great Park in United Kingdom

Savill Building, Windsor Great Park that located in United Kingdom, was designed by Glenn Howells Architects. The main feature of the building is its larch gridshell roof, which is clad with green oak. Both the larch and the oak are from The Crown Estate’s own sustainable sources from within the Windsor Estate. It was designed in conjunction with Buro Happold and Robert Haskins Waters Engineers along with The Green Oak Carpentry Company and Inwood Developments from Lewes, Sussex. (Buro Happold and The Green Oak Carpentry Company were also part of the Weald and Downland gridshell team).

The gridshell roof, as a form of engineering a roof structure, allows large spans using (predominantly sustainable) timber. The Savill Building has a low curve – apparently the lowest a gridshell can go – so as not to interrupt the tree line and to benefit from solar gain. Its form in plan (90m long and up to 25m wide) seems to float over the ground like an elm leaf and rises to an elegant tip at each end.

Project of the Year: Art Stable, Seattle

The 2011 residential architect Design Awards jury lauded this Seattle live/work loft project as a prototype for the future. “It’s an agenda for the next decade,” said one judge. “You could see it happening in a variety of neighborhoods and cities.”

Designed by Tom Kundig, FAIA, of Olson Kundig Architects, the seven-story building features ground-level retail space, second-floor parking, and five stacked residential units. Kundig and the developer opted to leave the units’ interiors as raw space, with the thought that each owner would customize his residence to his own tastes. “Everybody has their idiosyncrasies,” explains Kundig, who appreciated his client’s willingness to try a new approach. “We left an empty slate to do the floor plan as you see fit.” Exterior detailing of oxidized mild steel creates a link to the surrounding mixed-use neighborhood, while oversized operable windows on the front façade relate the units to the street below.

Kundig is known for designing custom-made “gizmos”—hand-operated mechanical devices that move parts of his buildings—and he’s included one in Art Stable. “It treats the architecture as something that’s potentially kinetic,” one judge noted. At the rear of each unit, on the alley side, a large door opens up by means of an interior hand wheel and a 80.5-foot-tall hinge

LivingHome Lineup Now Includes the LEED Platinum C6 Single-Family Home

The stars are aligning to improve New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward—starchitect William McDonough and movie star Brad Pitt, that is. Yet what McDonough and Pitt are offering is more interesting than their partnership: a newly introduced module for a Cradle-to-Cradle-inspired, LEED –Platinum prefabricated home.

Launched last month as an extension of the higher-end, single-family line of LivingHome modules, the LivingHome C6 features three factory-built modules and can be fully constructed in fewer than two months. Built by Cavco, the 1,232-square-foot C6 requires a one-day, on-site installation. Inspired by the mid-century Eichler Homes built throughout California, it offers a central, accessible courtyard and an open floor plan.

Rotterdam, Netherlands-based ArchitectenConsort in designing a green housing development in southern Sweden.

In its sustainable development work, the Rotterdam, Netherlands, firm ArchitectenConsort concerns itself not only with energy use and water consumption, but also with the subtler matter of what makes a dwelling or neighborhood last. The durability of materials and details is part of the answer, says senior architect Edgar Bosman, but so are the ways in which people interact with the buildings, the site, and each other. Truly sustainable houses and communities function well enough that people will value and maintain them. “For us, social cohesion is a really important part of the design,” Bosman says. The firm’s new housing development in southern Sweden reflects that philosophy.

Designed for Netherlands-based developer ScanParks, the neighborhood will be in Ljusstaden, a 500-unit planned suburb of the Baltic seaport city of Kalmar. The 3.2-acre property is surrounded by dedicated open land, an advantage the architects amplify by blurring distinctions between developed and undeveloped areas, between neighboring properties, and between the structures and landscape. Green roofs will cap the 21 single-family dwellings, which will front on a common open space that includes public gathering areas and an entry drive surfaced with permeable pavers. The buildings will be clad in locally sourced softwood siding, thermally treated so that it requires no finish. “It’s really important for us,” Bosman says, “because we don’t want to use toxic materials or other ways of treating wood.”

Award 2012: Hawk House

Site The southernmost property on the Hawk, a point at the far tip of Cape Sable Island in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Program A 1,200-square-foot single-family residence in a bird sanctuary, which had to be designed to tread lightly on the land.

Solution This single-family house has two distinct formal and spatial components. A 70-foot-long horizontal bar stands 8 feet tall and sits astride raised piers, which were put in place to minimize the footprint on the sensitive site. This bar is anchored at one end by a 24-foot-tall, 10-foot-wide tower that provides the house’s vertical element. Westmount, Quebec–based architect Andrew King’s goal of focusing these two architectural lenses on the region’s archetypal landscape of ocean, ground, sky, and horizon impressed the jurors. “This is a well-conceived, well-articulated idea,” juror Brad Lynch said. “In terms of the relationship to the topography of the site and the simplicity of it and the juxtaposition of it, somebody knows what he’s doing.”

Summer House in Sweden

Stockholm-based architect Mats Fahlander was an apt candidate to design a summer cottage for this shorefront site on Sweden’s rugged western coast. He and the owner, lifelong friends, played here as children, on property that had been in the owner’s family since the 1940s. “I grew up spending summers on an island very close to this,” says Fahlander, whose intimate understanding of the local landscape, climate, and culture is written all over this modern, utilitarian gem.

The building perches on concrete piers, hovering above an outcropping of scoured bedrock. “We decided to treat the rock very carefully and do no blasting work at all,” Fahlander explains. A natural cleft in the rock provided a channel for utilities, which enter the building via a concrete “box” under its core. The house is simple in form: an approximately square volume topped by two parallel barrel vaults—inspired by the rounded topography of the shore—and skirted by a deck that gives every room access to the outdoors.