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Mautern, Austria Christoph Mayrhofer Architect Apparently, even in a place like Mautern, Austria, just 37 miles west of Vienna and a few hundred yards from the Danube, there are dreary, poorly constructed homes. Designing something special in a zone of such drab single-family houses and apartment complexes was the dilemma facing Austrian architect Christoph Mayrhofer. His clients, two high-school teachers, had originally been looking for what Mayrhofer calls a “catalogue” house—much like the partially prefabricated build-to-order houses offered by homebuilders in the U.S.—but couldn’t find anything that struck them. Their requirements were simple: Enough room for the husband’s 4,000 books

Apparently, even in a place like Mautern, Austria, just 37 miles west of Vienna and a few hundred yards from the Danube, there are dreary, poorly constructed homes. 

Project Specs Machly/Schwarz Single-Family House Mautern, Austria Christoph Mayrhofer Architect << Return to article the People Architect Christoph Mayrhofer Architect A – 1170 Vienna / Austria phone: (+43 1) 5265696 fax: (+43 1) 526569620 Engineer    Woschitz Engineering ZT GmbH Technologiezentrum Eisenstadt A-7000 Eisenstadt Tel.: +43 (0)2682/704 420 Fax: +43 (0)2682/704 421 eMail: office@rwe-zt.at General contractor SCHUBRIG GesmbH A-35000 Krems Photographer Hertha Hurnaus Köstlergasse 3/9 1060 Wien / Austria Tel/Fax: +43 (01) 523 50 64 Mobil: +43 (0) 699 / 104 417 33 E-Mail: hehu@hurnaus.com   the Products Structural system: wooden framework Exterior cladding façade: glued cladding boards of high

Boulder, Colorado PyattStudio LLC For recent University of Colorado MArch graduate Rob Pyatt, “homework” has a whole new meaning. With the support of his graduate advisor and the university, Pyatt was able to build his own house, called Box House, as an independent study design studio. Over the course of three semesters, as Pyattstudio, Pyatt turned his 1948 900-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow in Boulder’s Newlands neighborhood into a three-bedroom, two-bath renovation and addition that explores issues of sustainability, prefabrication, and indoor/outdoor living. Photo©Michael DeLeon As client, student, designer, and builder, Pyatt was charged with adapting the house to suit the

Project Specs Box House Boulder, Colorado PyattStudio LLC << Return to article the People Architectural Designer PyattStudio LLC 2834 11th Street Boulder CO 80304 (303) 803-6810 (303) 442-3722 www.pyattstudio.com Rob Pyatt Assoc. AIA Engineer(s): Nicol & Assoc www.nicolstruct.com Consultant(s) Lighting: Splashlight Studio info@splashlightonline.com Other: University Of Colorado Faculty Advisor: Rick Sommerfeld Associate Chair and Senior Instructor Architecture Department|CAP| University of Colorado, Denver 303.556.6160 Sommere@colorado.edu Thermal/Daylighting/Energy Consultant Timothy Moore Whole Systems Design www.whole-systems-design.com General contractor: Rob Pyatt Photographer Michael DeLeon www.michaeldeleonphoto.com CAD system, project management, or other software used: ArchiCad   the Products Structural system: Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) Exterior cladding

When you’re in the thick of a New York City summer, where, as somebody once said, the asphalt becomes like molten tar and the walls themselves seem to sweat, there’s nothing better than getting away.

Project Specs House at Further Lane Easthampton, New York Leroy Street Studio << Return to article the People Architect Leroy Street Studio 113 Hester St. New York, Ny 10002 Ph. (212) 431-6780 f. (212) 431-6781 www.leroystreetstudio.com Marc Turkel, AIA; Morgan Hare, Adrienne James Interior designer: Bruce Bierman Design, Inc., Interior Designers Bruce Bierman, Dennis Adler, John Lehman 29 West 15th Street New York, NY 10011 http://www.biermandesign.com/ Engineer(s): Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, PC: Structural Engineer (structural) Cristobal Correa 105 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Landscape: Edmund Hollander Design, PC: Landscape Architects Ed Hollander, Rick Williams 153 Waverly Place, third floor

Every evening at around 7:30pm in San Diego’s Mission Beach neighborhood, throngs of people flock to the boardwalk, and hundreds of pairs of eyes stare westward to watch the sun sink into the Pacific Ocean.