What better place to explore inventive homes and innovative architects than a country with a housing crisis? Mark #42 head to Poland, where theylook at an architecture scene in transition, checking in on a 152 cm wide house by Centrala and a drive-in home by Robert Konieczny. Elsewhere, Shintaro Fujiwara and Yoshio Muro discuss the challenges of the Japanese architect, and we visit ‘weird Austin’ to discover a house by Bercy Chen that literally emerges from the bush.
Number 42 offers in depth looks of several projects ArchDaily has previously featured such as:
- Refugia Hotel / Mobil Arquitectos- SH House / BaksvanWengerden Architecten
- Superkilen / Topotek 1 + BIG + Superflex
- Małopolska Garden of Arts / Ingarden & Ewý Architects
- Dolomitenblick / PLASMA Studio
- UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Saucier + Perrotte architectes & HCMA
- Songwon Art Center / Mass Studies
- A Life With Large Opening / ON design partners
- Stripe House / GAAGA - Keret House / Centrala
- Auto-Family House / KWK PROMES
- Edgeland House / Bercy Chen Studio
- House in Muko / Fujiwarramuro Architects
- House in Nada / Fujiwarramuro Architects
CONTENTS
Cross section
Zaha Hadid Architects
Mobil Arquitectos
Tatiana Bilbao
Baks Van Wengerden
BIG
Studio 44
Kimura Matsumoto
Plasma Studio
AP Atelier
Looping Architecture
On Design
Gaaga
Shop Architects
Matt Nava
Frank Havermans
Mario Bellini & Rudy Ricciotti
David Cronenberg
Ingarden Ewý
Van Dongen-Koschuch
Berdageur & Péjus
Saucier + Perrotte & HCMA
Mass Studios
N55 & Anne Romme
Perspective: Poland
-Introduction: What's happening in Polish architecture today and who are the players to watch?
-Centrala: The architects at Centrala are brought together by a mutual criticsm of reality
-KWK Promes:Robert Konieczny takes the drive-in house to a whole new level.
Long Section
-Keiko +Manabu: Japanese outfit Keiko+Manabu designed a residential complex that features elliptical curves -Bercy Chen: Edgeland House keeps a low profile in the neighbourhood.
-Fujiwaramuro Architects: Despite concerns about the conditions that plague Japanese architects, Shintaro Fujiwara and Yoshio Muro produce one building after another.
-Meixner Schlüter Wendt: Meixner Schlüter Wendt unites an old and a new building under a dark shell of copper sheets.
-Camenzind Evolution: In an apartment building in Zurich's Alsetten quarter, the modern tenant can show his identity to the world.
-Walter Angonese & Andrea Marastoni: Antonio Dalle Nogare's art gallery is also his private residence. -CO2Works: Koji Nakawatase's house-plus-office requires occupants who can accept rain, wind and sunlight - and still feel comfortable.
-Liangfu Ni: Craftsman Liangfu Ni is a collector and connoisseur of bricks.
-Gabinete de Arquitectura: Paraguayan architect Solano Benitez leaves room for error in his quest for the best solution.
-Felix Claus: Felix Claus picked just six favourites from his collection of 10,000-plus books.
