As a follow up to the lauded Woonhuis Residence 1.0, the Dutch practice FARO Architecten recently completed an energy-neutral row house in Ljburg near Amsterdam.
Arper at Rolex Learning Center
Built on the campus of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) — one of the best universities in the world for science, engineering and computer science — The Rolex Learning Center functions as a laboratory for learning, a library and an international cultural hub for students and the public alike.
The legacy of the Messner Mountain Museum
The Messner Mountain Museum, born of the passion of Mountaineer and Statesman Reinold Messner, is dedicated to man’s encounter with mountains. The museum complex is comprised of five small museum buildings located throughout the Alps, each with individual exhibitions, all devoted to the intimate relationship between man and the mountains throughout the centuries and the world.
Arper at the Topography of Terror
The Topography of Terror is a museum and memorial located in Berlin at the site of the national headquarters of the SS and Gestapo program of persecution and annihilation, dedicated to presenting and understanding the European dimensions of the Nazi reign of terror.
At home with rich minimalism
The intimate Danish summer house, designed by Mette and Martin Wienberg, is a rigorous play of light, material and volume. The design is simple and abstract; the hard lines of concrete and steel are tempered by the warmth of wood, and softened by leather and fur, white curtains, large windows, and soft lighting. The result is a sense of intimacy– a ‘warm cove’, beautiful, functional and cosy, where every family member can find their own space. It is unpretentious and simple, in harmony with tradition. “If you have quiet rooms, the views of the garden look almost like paintings,” Mette says.
Heldergroen: Adapt, Reuse, Recycle
Whether driven by passion or the relentless demands of change, design is a full time job, 24/7. Now, Netherlands-based Zecc Architects has designed a flexible, multi-use office space for the communications firm Heldergroen in Harlem that helps accommodate and diversify round-the-clock studio life.
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City Bakery has opened an outpost of their famous Birdbath Café on the ground floor of the New Museum on the Bowery. Arper Leaf chairs surround the café’s square and communal tables, creating a gathering place for museum visitors and the creative community of New York City.
