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.

Based in Stanford, Palo Alto in California Lucile Packard Children’s hospital is to receive a transformation under the design and development team of Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects in conjunction with Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, Inc.

Despite its thoroughly modern looks, this mountainside home in Brazil, designed by Ulisses Morato, was constructed using primarily local materials and traditional, manual construction. According to Morato, the contemporary aesthetic stems from his desire that “the ‘natural order’ and ‘cultural order’ are mutually distinguished.” The home uses strict geometric forms and bright splashes of primary color to contrast its natural surroundings. Living space is spread over three levels. A glass encased lower level opens onto a patio and pool, while an upper level cantilevers dramatically over the pool toward the valley below, supported on skewed columns. The home was awarded honors in the Single House category of the 10th Architecture Awards, an event promoted by Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil.

The Universe House an be the incarnation of a complex cultural and aesthetical vision. Stefano Boeri and Gabriel Orozco discuss about how the observatory-house of Roca Blanca became a tool for knowledge. Architectural photographer Iwan Baan recently shot the Universe House, designed by Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco and built by architect Tatiana Bilbao in Roca Blanca, Mexico.

The truth had nothing to social housing. Are housing “chubi” only have the color. Contextualized, the draft calls Space box and consists of a housing environment, studio, high-quality constructively with the high standards Dutch, capable of being transported, grouped and combined in the most convenient for the customer.
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