Brazilian architectural firm SPBR Architects was brought to the forefront of American architects last year when firm head and founder Angelo Bucci received a 2011 AIA Honorary Fellowship for design. The honorary fellowship is awarded to non–U.S. citizens or residents who practice mostly outside of the AIA domain, for their contributions to the architectural profession. …
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Young creative types are often viewed as idealistic, expecting to stamp the world with their art. Architect/sculptor/designer Benjamin Garcia Saxe already has, and one presumes he will continue to do so in increasing degrees. According to his philosophy, posted on his website, Garcia believes in designing by instinct rather than by reason alone.His two most …
Based in Valencia, Spain, Fran Silvestre Arquitectos works on a range of projects, including public buildings, houses, and interior renovations. Starkly minimalist, his projects, often with sharp, though not overbearing or unpleasant, angles, are covered in smooth, white materials inside and outside. The Spanish designer’s minimalist approach to houses at first may sound out of …
Richard Meier has been designing modern buildings—with generous use of glass walls and white—since the 1960s. His firm, Richard Meier & Partners Architects, is constantly in the press, featured in museum exhibitions, honored with a range of awards, and it has built projects around the world. One of his first residential projects—and some claim …
Australia-based architecture and design Crone Partners proudly engages in a range of projects, from master planning and urban design to commercial and residential architecture to interior and landscape design. An environmentally friendly commercial tower, 180 Brisbane, is set to begin construction in 2013. The firm aims for it to become a landmark of the Brisbane …
Spacious, luxurious modernism seems to be the mantra of South African–based architecture firm SAOTA. Any one of their numerous award-winning internationally built projects can be said to embrace this feeling, but it is particularly evident in two residences built this year, in 2012. Glen 2961 in Cape Town, South Africa, and 6th 1448 Houghton ZM …
Feldman Architecture is known for its sustainable and innovative residences. Principal Jonathan Feldman and some of his staff members are frequent contributors to Green Architecture Notes, a blog whose tagline is “Until All Architecture Is Green Architecture.” In a series on this blog, Feldman discussed one green method his firm has pursued: “living roofs.” Such …
Toronto-based architecture and design firm Atelier RZLBD has been a staple in the online design community in recent years. Its residences have been featured on Design Milk, ArchDaily, Mocoloco, Modto (Modern Toronto), Inhabitat, and many other websites. Perhaps one reason for this surge in interest is that founder Reza Aliabadi has created his own recognizable …