EDP Headquarters and a house in Leiria.]]> https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1946 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15785 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15785-aires-mateuss-new-museum-building-animates-swiss-arts-complex-plateforme-10 From the inner world of Rem Koolhaas to how a garden designer transformed health care design, ADFF 2017 delivers big names and new angles.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13026 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13026-2017-architecture-and-design-film-festivals-lineup-plays-with-tradition-and-form A still from the Rem Koolhaus documentary, REM, directed by his son Tomas. Photo © Tomas Koolhaus The film Building Hope: The Maggie’s Centres, by Sarah Howitt, portrays how one woman’s cancer diagnosis sparked the transformation of treatment centers. The Frank Gehry-designed Maggie’s Centre in Dundee, Scotland, is among the projects featured in the film. Photo courtesy ADFF The festival opens with the documentary, Glenn Murcutt: Spirit of Place, which explores the life and work of Australia’s most internationally recognized architect, pictured here on the roof of his Australian Islamic Centre in Melbourne. Photo © Jesse Marlow/Fairfax SuperDesign, a new documentary by Francesca Molteni, retraces the history and heritage of Italian Radical Design, which rose to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s. The Superonda sofa, pictured here, was designed by Archizoom Associati and is an enduring symbol of the movement. Photo © Dario Bartolini, courtesy of Centro Studi Poltronova Actors Haley Lu Richardson and John Cho star in Koganada’s debut film, Columbus. The film will be the festival’s first screening of a narrative film. Photo © Elisha Christian/Superlative Films/Depth of Field Two office towers energize the Portuguese capital's waterfront and embrace the changing workplace.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11802 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11802-edp-headquarters-by-aires-mateus Two glazed ramps at the front and rear of the EDP building link the office’s twin towers. Photo © doublespace photography The complex faces south onto the waterfront, with the city of Lisbon rising behind it. Photo © doublespace photography Photo © doublespace photography Photo © doublespace photography Covered bridges look out onto a central plaza between the two shafts. Photo © doublespace photography A double-­height balcony on the east tower offers views of the Lisbon harbor. Photo © doublespace photography The sun creates dramatic stripes of light and shadow through the latticework over the central plaza. Photo © doublespace photography Image courtesy Aires Mateus and Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus and Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus and Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus and Associates Portugal-based firm Aires Mateus designed a house that looks like it came straight out of a Monopoly game box.

]]> house-in-leiria.asp Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8794-house-in-leiria-by-aires-mateus Wrapped completely in white plaster, the house appropriates the form of a residential archetype or a Monopoly game piece.   Photo © SG+FG The architects cut a courtyard into the land near each of the house's four corners, bringing daylight to the bedrooms on the lower level and creating mysterious glowing squares in the lawn.   Photo © SG+FG Instead of a traditional front door, the house has a rectangular opening on the first floor that brings visitors to a balcony providing access to the living spaces. The sunken courtyards at the four corners of the house currently have no railings or covering to prevent people from falling in. The architects plan to install a nearly invisible safety net over the courtyards.   Photo © SG+FG Visitors can walk through a gate and up a set of outdoor stairs to reach the main entrance. On the other side of the street edge, a driveway takes cars to the garage on the lower level.   Photo © SG+FG A narrow stair provides access to a guest room on the top floor. Wood treads and risers provide a warm accent to the white walls and ceilings in the house.   Photo © SG+FG The large void running through the center of the house means that living spaces ' such as the dining room ' get squeezed around it.   Photo © SG+FG From the third floor, a visitor can look down through the central void and out to the front yard.   Photo © SG+FG On the lower level, the central patio serves as the spatial anchor around which bedrooms are arranged. The angled shaft of space that runs above the patio and up through the roof blurs the boundaries of indoors and out.   Photo © SG+FG Image courtesy Aires Mateus & Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus & Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus & Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus & Associates Image courtesy Aires Mateus & Associates