9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (248+ words) Architectural Record Snapshot: Jakob+MacFarlane Designs a Colorful Vertical Village on the Belgian Coast Belgian identity has always been in-between. The seaside hamlet of Knokke-Heist, sandwiched by the Port of Antwerp-Bruge and the Dutch border, commissioned Parisian practice Jakob+MacFarlane…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (535+ words) Architectural Record Kenzo Tange’s Demolition-Bound ‘Boat Gym’ in Takamatsu City, Japan, Is Spared from the Wrecking Ball for Now Apparently, the United States isn’t the only country whose government has a rogue construction agenda. Disregarding public opinion, Japan’s Kagawa Prefectural…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (327+ words) Twin House in Vichuquén, Chile “The two buildings are held in a kind of tension with one another,” says Nicolás, “yet they have a clear rhythm and an obvious structural logic.” Visitors enter Twin House from behind, walking along a…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (175+ words) House for Art Collectors in Highland Park, Ill. As guests arrive, a prismatic four-car garage—jacketed in blackened wood and capped with a pyramidal roof—is the first intervention by the 2022 Design Vanguard firm to come into view. It connects the…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (163+ words) Architects’ Houses by Dominic Bradbury. Phaidon, 352 pages, $90. Residential Architecture by Kazuo Shinohara, translated by David B. Stewart, Shin-ichi Okuyama, and Kenichi Nakamura; edited by Christian Dehli and Andrea Grolimund. Park Books, 284 pages, $40. The Eames Houses edited by Eckart Maise. Phaidon,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (204+ words) The Brick House’s roof, curved in plan, creates a sunlit outdoor space. Designed for a couple and their three children, the split-level structure extends 95 feet across the main frontage, close to the limit of required setbacks. On approach, it reads…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (942+ words) architecturalrecord.com In Peru’s Coastal Desert, Leggett & Cahuas Designs a Fully Open-Air and Off-Grid Retreat from Modern Life Region of Lima, Peru Sited in an ancient gully, the Casa Cerro Negro is surrounded by hills that limit ocean views. In…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (58+ words) Casa Pilar in Morelia, Mexico Images courtesy of TEN Arquitectos Architect:TEN Arquitectos — Enrique Norten, principal; Melissa Fukumoto, Carlos Salas, Bogdan Stuparu, Luz Romero, Carolina Lopez Rochin, Nuria Heras, Eduardo Ezeta, Óscar Ramirez, project team Size:32,000 square feet (house); 10,700 square…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) Concept design model of 1 World Trade Center by Peterson Littenberg. Image courtesy Peterson Littenberg Later, in 1983 to 1984, Peterson courageously assumed the position as executive director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in New York. The move resulted in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) Concept design model of 1 World Trade Center by Peterson Littenberg. Image courtesy Peterson Littenberg Later, in 1983 to 1984, Peterson courageously assumed the position as executive director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in New York. The move resulted in…...