This house occupies a gap in the main street of the small Galician fishing village of Corrubedo.Sitting at the northern edge of a large protected bay on Spain’s north west Atlantic coast,the site offers dramatic views out over the harbour and to the sea beyond.Unlike the other buildings along the harbour side which turn their backs to the sea,facing instead the enclosed spaces of the village,the house looks to exploit the views afforded by its location and orientate all of its internal spaces towards the ocean.
From the sea,the collection of …

The 2008 pavilion for Kivik Art Centre in southeast Sweden was designed by David Chipperfield and Antony Gormley.The pavilion,which was constructed in only two months,is a sculpture entirely in concrete.Formed of three interlocked 100 m3 volumes-”The Cave”,”The Stage” and “The Tower”-the pavilion offers three different ways of experiencing the nature and landscapes around Kivik.
Entering a solid,dormant space in the base of the sculpture one can rest on a wall-fixed bench,being offered the enclosed feeling of being in the dark forest.Stairs then take the visitor up to the first floor,a horizontal …

Client:Celine and Heiner Bastian
Gross Floor Area:2000 m2
Design Architect:David Chipperfield Architects
Structural Engineer:Ingenieurgruppe Bauen
Structural Work:Dressler Bau GmbH
Service Engineers:JMP Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH/KMS Beratungsund Planungsgesellschaft mbH

The gallery Am Kupfergraben 10 is located on the Kupfergraben canal,overlooking the Lustgarten and the Museum Island.The intention was to build a modern building which incorporated but did not replicate the past.As part of the cityscape,the composition of the four-storey gallery building reacts to its immediate historic context,while the scale of its window openings reflects the urban dimensions of a corner building.
As an urban infill,the new building connects with both …