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Architects: Ong & Ong Pte Ltd
Location: 55 Blair Road, Singapore
Design Team: Diego Molina and Maria Arango. Camilo Pelaez.
Project Team: Diego Molina and Maria Arango. Camilo Pelaez. Ryan Manuel, Linda Qing
Interior design: YPS
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Derek Swalwell

Continuity of space was a key concept to promote the relationship of outside/inside space. The First floor employs flexible glazed walls that lead directly to the pool. The main section of the house is separated by the out door pool and frangipani garden. When both sides of the glazed partitions are open the first floor becomes one large space. The scheme proves to be an approach that promotes diversity of space. The ground floor is not only a lounge and dinning area it is an ideal place to relax and sit poolside. The intention to create a diverse space on the first floor adds huge value and appeal to a property this size.

Architects: Arquitectos Anónimos® and Paulo Teodósio
Location: Esposende, Portugal
Client: Maria Helena Ramos
Structural consultant: Ricardo Fonseca, Luís Fernandes and Luís Gonçalves
Floor area: 157 sqm
Site area: 8,900 sqm
Built-up area: 288 sqm
Start of planning: 2004
Start of construction: 2005
Completion: 2007
Photographs: Ivo Canelas

An unusual and inverted process. The client convinced us to accept the responsibility to build with such a low cost. The shaped carcass, stoutly wrapped with cork bricks, deals a few radical ruptures, claiming a friendly distance to the neighborhood. Inside, the expectable “ready to inhabit” combines a straight preview to the changeable future and conditions, as direct as possible-translated in interior design. Some found nicknames: “the pavillion”, “the hut”, “the cork”…

Architects: Blank Studio
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Structural Engineer: BDA Engineers
Landscape Design: DBLD
Electrical Engineer: Tony Woo Engineering
Mechanical + Plumbing: Kunka Engineering
Civil + Solis: Fugro South
General Contractor: 180 Degrees
Constructed Area: 209 sqm
Project year: 2006
Photography: Bill Timmerman

The Xeros project is sited within a late 1950’s era neighborhood where the urban grid of Phoenix, Arizona is overtaken by the organic land forms of the north phoenix mountain preserve. Located at the end of two dead-end streets, the Xeros residence is positioned upon the upward slope of a 50’x 250’ double lot facing the mountain preserve to the north and the city center to the south.