Torres Blancas, the building designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza for the Huarte company, was built between 1964 and 1972. Its powerful sculptural form, the expressive use of bare concrete and its experimental nature make it an iconic example of Madrid’s architecture.
Project name
Torres Blancas
Architecture firm
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Photography
Ana Amado, Manolo Yllera
Principal architect
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Built area
31, 500 m² aprox.
Interior design
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Structural engineer
Leonardo Fernández Troyano and Carlos Fernández Casado
Landscape
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Construction
Huarte Construction Company
Material
Concrete, glass, steel
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Mixed-use
LuxeRivers is a new mixed-use development in Chongqing, a large city in southwest China, on a steep site at the confluence of the Yangtze and the Jialing Rivers. It comprises several blocks of luxury apartments, residential villas and commercial elements woven together with extensive infrastructure, including bridges and tunnels, landscaping, paths...
Architecture firm
SAOTA (Concept Design)
Location
Chongqing, China
Principal architect
Lead Architects: 5+design (Design Development)
Design team
SAOTA Project Team: Greg Truen, Adrian Monger, Lean Fouche, Kier Bothwell, Darren Rodgers
Collaborators
Project Manager: Mingyi, Li
Structural engineer
Chongqing Bojian Architectural and Planning Design Institute Co. Ltd & Chongqing ChangSha Xiaan Architectural Design Institute Co. Ltd.
Landscape
Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM), Chongqing Riqing Urban Landscape Design Co. Ltd
Construction
Chongqing Education Construction (Group) Co., Ltd
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Connection between outside and inside the building. The location of the site in front of a mosque on a neighborhood scale and several commercial sections, the presence and movement of passers-by, which apparently did not like the taste of the project residents.
Architecture firm
Barsav Office
Location
Seyyedrazi Blvd., Mashhad, Iran
Photography
Sahar Niknejad
Principal architect
Mohammad Reyhani, Alireza Modarresi
Design team
Mohammadhadi Shariatpanah, Mohsen Ajam, Hossein Mohseni
Collaborators
Model: Rasoul Jahanshiri, Ehsan Fakhri Beyk. Graphic: Faezeh Samadi, Hamideh Sarafian, Matineh Rezaie, Elham Mahdian, Bahareh Hajizadeh
Civil engineer
Ali Bozorgmehr
Structural engineer
Mohammad Jalali
Environmental & MEP
Mohammadhadi Shariatpanah
Visualization
Rasoul Jahanshiri, Ehsan Fakhri Beyk
Typology
Residential › Apartments
“The Number 6” is an Italian restoration project for the historical Palazzo Valperga Galleani di Canelli di Barbaresco implemented in 2012 and 2013 by the Building Group, based in Turin since 1983 and owned by Piero Boffa.
Project name
The Number 6
Architecture firm
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Photography
Piero Ottaviano©
Design team
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Interior design
Boffa Petrone & Partners
Civil engineer
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Structural engineer
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Environmental & MEP
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Landscape
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Lighting
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Construction
Gruppo Building
Supervision
Gruppo Building
Visualization
Gruppo Building / Boffa Petrone & Partners
Tools used
AutoCAD, Blender, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
Client
Building Domus Srl
Typology
Residential/ Appartment
Freebooter is the first developed and designed biophilic residential project of Amsterdam-based architecture and design practice, GG-loop. The complex, situated on the center of Amsterdam’s Zeeburgereiland and with an eyeline to the Ij River, consists of two, two-bedroom apartments of 120 m² each.
Architecture firm
GG-loop
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Francisco Nogueira, Michael Sieber
Principal architect
Giacomo Garziano
Design team
Giacomo Garziano, Robbie Nijzen, Simone Peluso, Daniele Colombati, Jan-Willem Terlouw, Piergiorgio Angius, Krzysztof Zinger
Collaborators
Mabutec (Installations Engineering)
Structural engineer
Pieters Bouwtechniek
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Le Borgne Rizk Architecture, an award-winning Montreal-based firm renowned for applying creativity, technical competence, and aesthetic sensitivity to the creation of efficient, functional, and harmonious buildings, proudly introduces Notre-Dame, two semi-attached residential triplexes located in Montreal’s south-west district.
Architecture firm
Le Borgne Rizk Architecture
Location
Notre-Dame Street East, Montreal, Canada
Photography
Maxime Brouillet
Principal architect
Amani Rizk
Construction
Cocoon Construction
Material
Brick, Bowerstone Shale
Client
Cocoon Construction
Typology
Residential › Apartments
This residential project, located on the outskirts of Paris, emerges as a single, sober volume with simple shapes that oscillates between massiveness and transparency due to the alternation between concrete and glass.
Project name
Le Copenhagen
Architecture firm
Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Location
Boulevard Rouget de Lisle, Montreuil, France
Photography
Takuji Shimmura
Principal architect
Christophe Rousselle
Design team
Jean-Philippe Marre
Interior design
Christophe Rousselle Architectes
Collaborators
Jean-Philippe Marre, Joana Kingwell
Structural engineer
MC Kuzu
Environmental & MEP
Gleize Energie
Supervision
Cabinet Lemonnier (économiste)
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max
Material
Precast concrete stain finish, (light gray tint) wooden joinery and roller shutters in RAL 7021 aluminum, Green roof
Typology
Residential › Apartments
The PAEIZ 6 project is located in Tehran, at the intersection of 3 streets. There is a small green space in the northern part of the project. For this reason, the entrance of the complex was defined in this section to ensure easier access, and to be able to enjoy the desired view of the greenery from the lobby.
Architecture firm
Hamed Hosseini Studio
Location
Gheytarieh, Tehran, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Seyyed Hamed Hosseini
Design team
Shadi Shademanrooz
Collaborators
Yousef Farahani, Farid Farahani, Ali Farahani, Salar Negahban, Kiana Moghadam, Melika Asgari Sereshg, Fatemeh Sadat Abiri
Civil engineer
Ashkan Feizirad
Construction
Farasazan Group
Visualization
Shadi Shademanrooz
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator
Material
Stone, Namachin Brick
Typology
Residential › Apartments
