MURAZ – The architects maintained the original layout of masonry and woodwork but synthesized it and clarified its relationship in a minimal architectural language.
FRANCE – Going past the point of mere admiration and infatuation, the architects design a residence where the car is fully-integrated in the day-to-day occupations of its inhabitants.
ORLÉANS – The Biennale d’Architecture d’Orléans begins Friday 13th October 2017 and will go on until then end of March 2018.
Over half the world’s population now lives in urban settlements. Here are five projects that question and highlight urbanization and the issues that arise from it.
MARSEILLE – Pietri Architectes follows a motto of ‘romantic rationalism’ and this is duly noted in this project in Marseille. Seductive curves and a shining enamelled façade …
ODDER – Complete with a series of plazas in the interior, playful fenestration, and pitched roofs, the students are encouraged to run freely throughout the building and rule the day.
As we head into fall, here comes a new issue of Mark to warm us up as the cold starts to seep in. Issue #70 brings us to LA where we can enjoy the last bits of summer just a little while longer as we stroll through the latest residential projects. Both Michael Maltzan and Brooks + Scarpa deal with the housing crisis by going straight to the root of the problem and designing homes for the homeless. To tackle the disparities of LA, Lorcan O’Herlihy focuses on the social aspects of architecture with the design of Mariposa1038.
We speak to SelgasCano, a Madrid-based duo, about their latest project in Plasencia and the cover project for this issue. A decade after the building was commissioned, it finally opened in May 2017. An ambivalent identity characterizes the project, owing to its situation at the edge of the city and the influence of an untamed landscape.
As the saying goes, ‘all roads lead to Rome’ and here we are with Labics’ take on Roman Baroque in the design of the mixed-use project just finished at the edge of the city. Francesco Isidori and Maria Claudia Clemente – the duo behind Labics – create a successful contribution to Rome’s public space by blurring the lines between social and market housing. In a time where the public dimension of the city is under pressure, they fight back.
In other news: Eric Owen Moss’s newest addition to the Hayden Tract sways like a twisted stack of paper; Blade Runner 2049, sequel to the famous science fiction film that was released in 1982, manipulates architecture to magical effect; and Society of Architecture transforms a former disconnected traffic island into an art installation.
As we head into fall, here comes a new issue of Mark to warm us up as the cold starts to seep in.
UTRECHT – NEXT architects, in partnership with Rudy Uytenhaak, continues to impress with its portfolio of infrastructure projects as the new Dafne Schippers Bridge and school are …
PARIS – Although the street-facing façade is maintained, it’s carte blanche behind it.
LONDON – Eccentricity is toned down and replaced by order and ingenuity in the design of Bayford Mews, a three-unit residential building.
MONTREAL – As summer came to a bittersweet end, so did the summer pavilions and festivals. We look back on one of Montreal’s yearly architectural villages.
GULARFJELL – Code has created a massive concrete viewing platform at the west coast of Norway.
BRIGHTON – The beachfront town has a new entertainment icon added to its shores.
YUNNAN – Students and staff at the University of Hong Kong investigate the possibilities of timber construction in remote parts of China.