After the requirement of a building for the central offices of Duoc, there were four additional topics which were essential and needed to be solved. The first one, was the fact that the building’s location was in the yard of Antonio Varas branch, former German School and typical building of the neighborhood. The second problem [...]

A lot of people in Pennsylvania have been talking about green building, but according to my quick research, no one in the state has received the USGBC’s highest certification under the LEED for Homes program yet. But that could change if the stars align for Thin Flats — the developer is seeking LEED-H Platinum [...]

The parti for this apartment was anchored by the opening of what became the dining/sitting space into a balcony overviewing the living room, six feet below. This transformation created a volumetrically complex, open public room where, previously, there had been a sequence of small-scale, cellular spaces.

Besides the “classical” Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv you may find lots of good, nice and very interesting modern architecture. The Modern Art Museum, numerous hotels mainly along the beach) and a lot of skyscrapers.

Construction begins with the digging of the hole for the foundation. As the digging progresses through the week, a steady stream of dump trucks carries the dirt off the building site. Some of the subsoil is being temporarily held on Museum property at the intersection of Interstate 75 and Monroe Street. When the construction of [...]