Modern Architecture

Remodeling Beach House In Malibu

This is amazing beach house for sandy beach lover and ocean view in Malibu, California. This beach house was originally built in 1976 and measures 2,900 square feet, and remodeling by Shubin + Donaldson Architects into an urban oasis. Through crisp linear architecture, a split level plan, and visual access throughout the house brings in the beach. The interior design palette of natural woods and limestone, white walls and fabrics, frosted and clear plate-glass creates a crisp and airy environment to appreciate the Pacific Ocean setting.

Manchester Civil Justice Centre by DCM

 

An international competition-winning design for the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice in the North West of England, the biggest court complex to be built in the UK since the Royal Courts of Justice in London. The building provides accommodation of around 34,000m² on 15 levels. It houses 47 courtrooms, 75 consultation rooms, in addition to office and support space.  From the exterior, it signals and literally displays the accessibility of the courts.  This building is part of the city, and the city part of the building. The working courts and offices are expressed as long rectilinear forms, articulated at each floor level, and projecting at each end of the building as a varied composition of solid and void.  In side elevation, these elements collectively establish a dynamic and distinctive building profile; in end elevation, they form a powerful sculptural interplay of light and shade, depth and complexity.  The architectural implication is that the courts are not forbidding or concealed, but open and accessible.

Villa in Pedralbes

Foreign Office Architects presented their Villa in Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain, completed last year. The architects describe the house as a response to the steeply sloping site, its three floors merging with the landscape at each level. Basically the house opens itself at the front and the back of the house, allowing for cross-ventilation, light and views in those two directions. The house closes itself off to its neighbours on either side. The architects went with what they’re known for: continuous surfaces that warp, wrap and blend with their surroundings.