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Luneburg University’s Libeskind Building by Daniel Libeskind

The new Luneburg University’s buidling was created by Daniel Libeskind, planed 124 feet high and able to accommodate 1,200 people. The whole project is part of the regional university’s ambitious plans to reinvent itself. It started off as a technical college but now aspires to become more of an elite institute of contemporary learning. The university has called itself Leuphana for the past few years after an advertising agency suggested a name change. It is run by university president Sascha Spoun, who was the youngest head of a German university …

Bamboo House Design in Costa Rica by Benjamin Garcia Saxe

Inspirited by forest, Benjamin Garcia Saxe was design sustainable Bamboo House in Guanacaste Costa Rica. The house inverts the role of the forest by bringing it inside the house. An internal patio provides space for functions to rotate about. The house is divided into two living modules, one private bedroom and one public kitchen/living area. Both modules are composed of a bamboo cone structure that opens up to the sky. An ‘umbrella’ roof provides a large shadow and protects each module from the sun. Due to the orientation of the …

Mountain House by Agraz Arquitectos

The house sets into the slope making its topography inhabitable and this is how the project upholds in four levels. The first one for the automobiles, the next one for social areas (kitchen, living and dinning rooms), third one for main bedroom next to family room, and last, a fourth one destined for boy and girl bedrooms which have the most privileged views due to their location in the highest peak of the terrain.

The four platform program required a connecting element, which is why a never ending stairway picks up …

Contemporary Dangle-Byrd House by Koko Architecture + Design

The Dangle-Byrd House set on a wooded five-acre site in rural Pennsylvania, designed by Koko Architecture + Design. The house utilizes a material consciousness to engage the neighboring handcrafted Amish farm buildings. The house consists of three interlocking volumes. While each volume is very simple in its form, the exchange between them allows for a wide variety of spatial experiences.

The first impression one has is that the house is two “shadow-boxes” connected by a “bird cage”. However, as you enter the house the perceptions change. From the interior, the cage …

Contemporary 45 Faber Park House by Ong & Ong Architects

The 45 Faber Park project design aimed to maximize outdoor space whilst not compromising living areas. The priority of creating an open living space with a direct relationship to a large outdoor space in a clean contemporary aesthetic became a driving force in the scheme. The concept of defining the bedroom areas and activity spaces as separate elements allowed for the final scheme to be reached. In second storey, the house represent more private area, with cantilever which gives the entrance to the house an enclosed, protected feel. The social …