Nestling in the gently rolling landscape around the port of Geelong, Australia, this single-family house is distinguished by its broadly cantilevered timber-grid roof. The building, 90 km south-west of Melbourne, is shielded from the cool south-west winds by the slope of the ground to the south and by an existing row of pine trees to the west. At the same time, the orientation of the house to the north in the southern hemisphere means a sunny aspect with an open view into the valley.
This extension of the Folkwang Museum replaces a structure dating from 1983. The entrance court is reached via a broad open staircase and is screened ...
"The new opera house doesn’t look like any ordinary building. Camouflaged beneath its sloping surfaces, it is more like part of the landscape. Even if...
Situated close to another house Ito built for the same client 25 years earlier, the present structure was originally planned in reinforced concrete. I...
Increasing the density of a city from within, as an alternative to urban sprawl, is the dictate of the hour, and not just for environmental reasons. U...
Due to climate change floods will increase in frequency and flood disasters will lead to greater damages. Architects and urban planners are required t...