This new structure was conceived as a simple form which connected at ground floor level with the rear of the main house. It’s ground floor rear elevation is completely open to provide a full height glazed connection to the rear courtyard while a similar opening is provided at high level to allow south light to [...]

HILTON LONDON CANARY WHARF
The Hilton London Canary Wharf ground floor is conceived as a single continuous open space. Spaces are defined only by sculptural interventions. The traditionally separate reception, lounge and bar are now linked, following the precedent of the now classic modern hotel lobby bar. Simple natural materials, honed stone, lucent pond green glass, [...]

This is an extension of an existing house formalized as a self-serving refuge for a teacher. The project is located on a plot of rustic nature at the Portossale band on the island of Fomentera. The living-dining room is the largest space, which extends outward through to the paving via a large opening in the [...]

The housing is projected by demand of program of needs of the client, in only one plant. There is dressed the whole house of an indigenous stone of Coralline of clear tones that, to part of the proper quality of the material, a visual aspect that prospers with the abundant solar light, and the marine [...]

It is difficult to build in the desert, especially if one is using the context of modernism, which makes use of the Glass envelope almost religiously, to do so. However, Johnson’s mastery of material, understanding of the desert context, along with his sensitivity toward the unique possibilities emanating form the fragility of its ecosystems, gives [...]