Formed a basis of four and five floors of limestone covered which coincides with the horizontal and the materiality of Notre Dame, surmounted by a tower of glass-wall that dialogues with the adjacent towers, construction twenty-one story is seamlessly married with a relatively dense urban complex. Seen from Victoria, strong tower, unusual silhouette corresponds to [...]
The Plastic House
Reconciliation the project begins with removal, of the existing extension, internal walls and earth, bringing the entire house to lower ground-floor level. This opens the volume of the house as a double-height vessel, full of light. A house is excavated and a space created. The insertion of an object allows inhabitation. The house [...]
The two-bedroom house sits on an elegant one-acre plot in Ulster County, upstate New York, with rolling lawns backed by woodland. Villa Metamorphosis has undergone a dramatic transformation since it began life as a simple, shack-like house in the 1960s. But its latest incarnation – complete with louvred windows and asphalt domes – is aptly [...]
“The design enhances the multiplicity of Bach’s work through a coherent integration of formal and structural logic. A single continuous ribbon of fabric swirls around itself, creating layered spaces to cocoon the performers and audience with in an intimate fluid space.” said Hadid. Zaha Hadid Architects have created a unique chamber music hall specially designed [...]
