Saturday, October 17, 2009

Ecolodge/Laetitia Delubac and Christian Félix

Ecolodge is a holiday home in Siwa, Egypt. It is created by two Paris architects Laetitia Delubac and Christian Felix. The building is isolated from the city and it is constructed from local available materials, reducing the cost of the structure. A fascinating this about this building are the views it is surrounded by.

The main living room in the north is protected from direct sun. It opens onto a long pergola looking over the salt lake.


In the west, the guest rooms look over the Adrere Amellal. Varied views whether you are standing, sitting or lying down.


In the south, the façade evenly bored with minimal openings to the palm grove, rampart against sandy winds, borders staff quarters.



Finally in the west, towards the gates to desert, the garden and the swimming pool are isolated from the sole neighbor by a high wall in earth fissured on an ad hoc basis.














Image Source: DeZeen

Friday, October 2, 2009

View House

I really like the exterior structure of the house; the materials used in this house are concrete, anodized aluminum, plaster and hardwood. This marvelous looking house is located in the plains of Argentina. The stairs inside leads its way up to the roof, and the big size windows let in enough light to save on electricity, and could be use for air. Also, the big size of the windows really makes the building stand out. The house looked small to me from outside, but if you look at the inside pictures, it seems pretty big. I also like the white shades inside and the furniture that is used since it gives a classy modern look to it.


The design is driven by two conflicting desires: engaging the living experience of the house with the views of the surrounding landscape and preserving privacy from neighbors. (DeZeen)



















Source of Pictures: DeZeen

Versailles Pavilion by Explorations Architecture

Where on one hand a piece of architecture can be a very sophisticated building that is expensive, on the other hand it can be really simple. Often, those simple architects are more beautiful than a million dollar building. Today we will talk about Versailles Pavilion by Explorations Architecture, simply an entrance to Chateau de Versailles in France. The structure provides crowd regulation, a visitor's center, security checks, and cloakroom.


The structure looks good on the inside because of the pattern that is created with the sun rays; and it also looks good on the outside at night when the lights are on as you can see in the pictures.