Barcelona's Fab Lab House
Solar Decathlon 2010 has awarded this prototype dwelling its Public Choice Award
AR December 1955 − Essay: The New Brutalism
[ARCHIVE] Reyner Banham’s essay on The New Brutalism, first published December 1955
House with Balls by Matharoo Associates, Ahmedabad, India
[WINNER AR HOUSE 2010] Matharoo Associates produce a spectacular bespoke concrete house, on a budget. Photography by Edmund Sumner
Casa Kiké by Gianni Botsford Architects, Cahuita, Costa Rica
[RUNNER-UP AR HOUSE 2010] Two pavilions provide rooms for the clients key pursuits: sleeping and writing. Photography by Christian Richters
Pittman Dowell Residence by Michael Maltzan, Los Angeles, USA
[RUNNER-UP AR HOUSE 2010] Michael Maltzan’s sophisticated and radical approach to domesticity. Photograph by Iwan Baan
The Water House by Li Xiaodong Atelier, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China
[COMMENDATION AR HOUSE 2010] Seperated from the outside world by gently defensive elements Li Xiaodong Atelier create an open and permeable house. Photography by Li Xiaodong
Aloni by Deca Architecture, Antiparos Island, Greece
[COMMENDATION AR HOUSE 2010] Deca Architecture’s hidden dwelling is a riposte to the archipelago’s vulgar overdevelopment. Photography by Julia Klimi and Erieta Attali
Exploring Eye: West Africa's vernacular architecture
The relationship between climate, construction trends and human influence in West African vernacular architecture
The Architectural Review - August 2010
A momentous month as the AR strides into new territory - both digital and domestic
AR History
The Architectural Review was founded in 1896, on the cusp of the 20th century. The cover of the first issue bore the legend ‘a magazine for the artist and craftsman’, though this subsequently became ‘artist, archaeologist, designer and craftsman’, thus firmly setting its sights on Victorian polymaths everywhere
Porchdog House by Marlon Blackwell, East Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
[COMMENDATION AR HOUSE 2010] Marlon Blackwell’s flood resistant prototypical family house reinterprets vernacular types. Photography by Timothy Hursley
El Ray by Simon Conder Associates, Dungeness Beach, Kent, UK
[COMMENDATION AR HOUSE 2010] Simon Conder Associates reconfigure a railcar carcass as a sculptural piece within an open plan living space. Photography Paul Smoothy and Chris Gascoigne
Love House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects, Yokohama, Japan
[COMMENDATION AR HOUSE 2010] Takeshi Hosaka Architects make the most of an incredibly small site. Photography by Masao Nishikawa
Aloni by Deca Architecture, Antiparos Island, Greece
[COMMENDATION AR HOUSE 2010] Deca Architecture’s hidden dwelling is a riposte to the archipelago’s vulgar overdevelopment. Photography by Julia Klimi and Erieta Attali
Halley VI Antarctic Research Station by Hugh Broughton Architects, Brunt Ice Self, Antarctica
Hugh Broughton Architects cracks a cladding conundrum its Antarctic research station on skis. Photography by Andy Cheatle, David Southwood and the British Antarctic Survey
Fascismo Abbandonato by Dan Dubowitz
[BOOK] There has clearly been a great reluctance to tackle buildings so tainted by ideology
Grand plans are afoot in Earls Court as Terry Farrell reveals his masterplan
Masterplanning is not big architecture, as Terry Farrell’s winning proposal for the competition to redevelop London’s Earls Court illustrates
