Kitano Construction Nagano Head Office / Atsushi Kitagawara Architects

Since its construction in 1959, Kitano Construction's former Nagano headquarters has undergone a series of expansions designed by Junzo Yoshimura to accommodate the expansion of the company's business, but parts of the building had deteriorated significantly and a reconstruction plan was urgently needed.

House at Shelford Road / Designshop

The house at Shelford Road is an exploration of intersections and their response to the distinctiveness of the site. Located at the end of a cul-de-sac with a triangular-shaped plot, the building consists of two dichotomous volumes that respond geometrically to their respective adjacent contexts.

Decommissioning #1 Installation / Pareid

An abandoned zipline structure was located atop a hill in the small Spanish village of Libran. Three large vertical structures, each made of two beams, were erected some years ago and after minimal activity remained there, above the landscape in silence. A desire to revitalize the region has begun taking form in various ways, one of which was the commissioning of a large public swing to both overlook the town and serve as a new icon, to be located on the same grounds as the ziplines. The commissioning of something new necessitated the decommissioning of something old; this observation served as the basis for the project.

5um7 Neapolitan Pizza / Aalva arquitetos

“How many narratives can a building shelter? Originally built as an annex of a Jaú’s shoe factory, in mid-1925, this building was transformed to a showroom in 2011 when Chiara Meschini and Raul Pabst highlighted its brick walls, but mostly structured this new use by enlarging the openings, framed in weathered steel, and by positioning the bathrooms’ block isolated in the hall, which is made in concrete.

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