Designed by Ben van Berkel of the Dutch architecture firm UNStudio for the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG), the Haus für Musik und Musiktheater der Kunstuniversität Graz (MUMUTH) is a faculty building in Graz, Austria. The new Music Theatre, designed by UNStudio’s Ben van Berkel with Caroline Bos following an international competition [...]

Responding to an acute need for affordable housing for its students, CCA constructed its first dedicated dormitory. Designed by Mark Horton Architecture, a design firm based in San Francisco, California. With a primary focus on architectural design, projects have also been undertaken which deal with planning, interiors, and design aspects related to the architectural process. [...]

The Canal House won the “Home of the Year” award in 2004. The Canal House is composed of three cubes: one raised at the street as a studio, two together at the canal side as the residence. In its concept and execution, the house is informed by two ideas, one embracing the possibility of the [...]

The site of the Garcia Residence is a steep north facing rocky slope in the foothills of the Tucson Mountains. The challenge was to design a structure that would appear to grow out of the desert hillside without dominating the landscape. To avoid substantial excavation, the resulting form became three narrow terracing platforms (living, circulating, [...]

The clients requested a crisp contemporary design for a residence with two bedrooms and a guest suite. For the children: a roof terrace for play, and for the owners: a meditation 4. The principles of feng shui were to be accommodated in the design.
San Francisco houses are generally built in rows with no side yard [...]