Record Houses 2010: Mountain House Pittman Dowell Residence Project X Tree House Villa Vals Woodstock Farm Well Hall Project Specs Well Hall Lantian, China maDA s.p.a.m. << Return to article the People Owner: JADE VALLEY Wine & Resort Corporation Ltd. Architect: MADA s.p.a.m. No 2,Lane 134 Xinle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 86-21-54041166 86-21-54046646 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Architect of record: Qingyun Ma General contractor: 15 Lantian local old craftsmen lead by Qingcai Zhang and Jingtan Zhou in Xiao Zhai Village Photographer(s): Sunny Chen the Products Exterior claddingMasonry: Red bricks masonry; Blue bricks (Fire-clay Brick)
In a country where high-rise development happens at high speed, architect Qingyun Ma is taking the opposite approach on a project you might describe as slow building.
Record Houses 2010: Project Specs Mountain House California Atelier Bow-Wow << Return to article the People Architect: Atelier Bow-Wow Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Momoyo Kaijima, principals; Yoichi Tamai, Takahiko Kurabayashi, Yoshiko Iwasaki, project team Consultant(s): Ken Meffan Photographer(s): Iwan Baan the Products Metal: Loomis Metals Hardware: G-U Hardware Salvaged finishings: Urban Ore Wallboard: Homasote Company Oven: Viking Kitchen cabinets: Aaron Sidebottom Lighting: Schoolhouse Lighting SIP panels: Crowley Builders Inc. Lumber: Bob Prout, Moonshine Lumber Co. Windows Operable windows: Lowen Windows Doors Custom sliding doors: Ken Meffan architectbuilder
For Bobby and Kristi Walters a lot has changed over the five years since they approached Vinny Petrarca, Assoc. AIA, to design their house in Greenville, North Carolina.
With perhaps the exception of the architecture of the Machine Age, buildings across history have collaborated with nature. Tara and its southern kin wouldn’t sport generous porches if their makers hadn’t recognized the need to deflect direct sunlight from interiors.
It seems appropriate that Modern architecture should appear in Grossburgwedel, Germany—an enclave in a medieval region that has demonstrated progressive leanings over the course of its long history.