Van Sinderen Plaza runs alongside the elevated tracks of the train from Manhattan. The building has a gradation of bold colors down the full length of the facade to amplify the linear movement of the trains. Both ends start with dark burgundy to echo the residential brick homes in the neighborhood, and gradually transition from dark to light, red to yellow, interrupting the linearity of the building. Above the ground floor, the building volume cantilevers outward to gain a larger building footprint for the apartment levels. Architecturally, this provided the added benefit of reducing the building’s scale. The exterior cladding system is a ventilated rainscreen using Swisspearl fiber cement panels and a Knightwall support system. In order to streamline costs, the panel facade was specifically designed to minimize waste. Amenities in each LEED-certified building include indoor resident recreation rooms, on-site shared laundry rooms, outdoor resident recreation terraces, and bike storage.
The University of Limerick Climbing Centre is the premier indoor climbing facility in Ireland and caters for Ireland’s fastest growing sport. Through engaging workshops with the clients and end users, Hugh Kelly Architects developed the project brief and concept design, pushing the boundaries of the project.
Riga’s Rehabilitation Clinic is a unit of the Children’s Clinical University Hospital, which is the largest children’s medical institution in Latvia. The four-story masonry building, built in 1910, has been adapted to new functions and has been extended with a single-story volume, staircase extension, and new elevator shaft. To tie in with the surrounding environment and the existing building, the extension of the clinic is clad in fibre cement panels. Swisspearl was chosen due to its quality, aesthetics, and versatility. The dark grey contrasts with the ochre masonry. The upper section of the cladding is perforated, thus creating a variety of textures and visually separating the roof volume.
The Technical Services Centre at Gdansk University of Technology stands as a testament to innovation and functionality in academic infrastructure. Located within the vibrant campus of Gdansk University of Technology, this centre serves as a hub for technical expertise and support. Its sleek and contemporary design is accentuated by the use of dark grey Swisspearl fibre cement panels, lending a striking visual appeal while ensuring durability and low maintenance. As a pivotal facility for the university community, the centre offers cutting-edge resources and services, fostering research, collaboration, and technical advancement.
Comfort and light in daily routines were emphasized in the planning of Sumner House in Christchurch. The house is situated on a flood plain and therefore needed to be raised above the ground. The connection with the street front allows interaction with neighbours and passersby while still maintaining a sense of security. The external materials were chosen for their low-maintenance and durability in the coastal environment, which weathers materials quickly. These materials include prefabricated Swisspearl panels in a silvery grey colour, a thermally modified timber rainscreen, cedar weatherboards, and pre-finished steel roof cladding. Since the Swisspearl panels are prefabricated and the timber floor cassettes and wall and roof panels were built off-site in the builder’s warehouse, the total construction time was minimized to a mere six months.
What at first glance appears to be a single-family villa enclosed by an enormous pitched roof with timber-clad eaves, are actually four separate apartment units. Villa Faun is an apartment complex located in the northwest slope of Oslo with a panoramic view over the city and the Oslo Fjord in the distance. The surrounding neighbourhood is characterised by various types of Norwegian houses built during the last century. The concept of the design team was to bring together a unifying identity to the project, while creating private, individual units.
The Bydgoszcz Fair & Exhibition Centre stands as a beacon of commerce, innovation and community in northern Poland. Renowned as one of the largest exhibition and conference facilities in the region, it serves as a dynamic hub for businesses, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders to convene, collaborate, and showcase their latest innovations. The Centre exemplifies a harmonious blend of functionality and aesthetic appeal with its innovative use of Swisspearl facade panels assembled in a horizontal format.
As a society, we face huge construction challenges: we not only need to build millions of homes, schools, and other buildings, but these buildings need to be low-energy, low-carbon, and built to maximise our wellbeing. Wiki House in Mongolia has been constructed using a digitally manufactured building technology with low carbon emissions, minimising heat loss and waste. It is also energy efficient and was easy to construct.
Perched on a narrow, sloping site above Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown, New Zealand, Lakes Edge House enjoys superb views of the lake and the surrounding mountainous landscape. With its timber-clad base and dark Swisspearl-clad upper level, the house seems to hover precariously above the site.
One of the aims for the expansion of this single-family house, which dates back to the 1980s, was to create a harmonious ensemble of old and new while respecting the building‘s natural surroundings. To achieve this, the architect chose a reduced, box-shaped wooden structure clad in large, dark grey Swisspearl panels and floor-to-ceiling glass openings, creating a strong contrast without dominating or competing. While the extension opens up to the existing building and garden in the south, it is closed towards the gravel road in the north. By perforating this closed facade of Swisspearl panels in the form of an abstracted tree branch, the extension is reminiscent of the old orchard.
Villa Void is situated in Saltnes, a village south of Norway’s capital Oslo, on a lush, west-facing site with views towards the outskirts of Oslofjorden. Tall pine trees and a gentle slope towards the northwest characterise the site. From the onset, the architects Resell + Nicca decided that the 29 pine trees would be preserved, that the design of the house would correspond to the various levels on the plot, and the trees would be visible from the key areas within the house.
With its clear lines, Villa Void is inspired by the forms of existing houses in the neighbourhood. The combination of materials—dark-grey Swisspearl panels on the outer skin, and a warm wooden interior, also used on the recessed exterior areas—underline the sculptural character of the house.
A slightly shiny surface and its metallic character are the unmistakable trademarks of the Swisspearl Reflex facade panels. The fact that the building envelope nevertheless does not appear overloaded, but scores with a discreet understatement, is demonstrated by the Shiny House, which is located in Zagreb.
The single-family house, which stands on a slight hill, was realised with a white colour and radiates a simple elegance and timeless beauty.
Black Villa is a combination of state-of-the-art technology and simple, clean design that respects the existing conditions of the site and neighbourhood. The single-family house is a great example of how one can use materials and colours in order to tie a building into its natural surroundings.
The facade is clad in fire-resistant Swisspearl fibre cement panels in a dark charcoal hue. All doors and windows have aluminium frames with dual glazing of high R-value to help reduce energy loss. Deep overhangs and screens over the glazing areas help to protect the structure from the severe Californian sun and help to reduce the use of air conditioning.
Located a mere ten minutes from central Gothenburg, alongside a small golf course, Gårda Johan Fastighets AB’s new headquarters in St Jörgen Business Park was inspired by the American model, offering its tenants a wide variety of activities and opportunities for social encounters.
Louisiana Children’s Museum presents a transformative model for children’s museums that weaves together indoor and outdoor learning opportunities. Its facade’s colour palette was chosen to provide a subtle reference to traditional limestone façades of public buildings within the park, and to create an optimal backdrop for the rich, changing light over the nearby lagoon. The lightness of the panels provides a projection surface for the ever-changing shadow patterns from the building louvres and water reflections from the lagoon. A combination of smooth panels and panels with a subtle pixelated pattern embossed on the surface creates a playful dance across the long elevations.
The natural colours of the surroundings were the inspiration for the house’s colour palette. Swisspearl fibre cement panels, balcony railings, and visible parts of the load-bearing structure are built in subdued gray-green hues. The timber facade paneling in Accoya wood has a warm, natural tone and the aluminium frames of the doors and windows are powder coated in black. By combining fibre cement panels on the outer skin and timber cladding on the inner facade surfaces a lively effect has been created on the elevations. Swisspearl panels were chosen for their aesthetics and durability in the long, wet winters. The panels have been cut into long, vertical formats that are nailed to a perforated 25 × 120 cm steel profile.
Croixmariebourdon’s six-story residential project is located on a large, elongated site that links two narrow residential streets in the heart of Paris. In order to upgrade the residential building, Croixmariebourdon Architects also added external insulation onto the facades, which are clad in small-format cement fibre Swisspearl panels treated like overlapping shingles. This small format is an unusual and interesting application of Swisspearl cladding. Like a knitted surface, the small-scale Swisspearl tiles in three sizes and shapes create a rhythmic pattern and lively texture on the facades. The external joinery is acrylic resin coated PVC. To integrate splashes of colour into the facade, each window has a colourful high-performance solar protection blind in red, pink, yellow, purple, or turquoise.
This project elevates its neighbourhood’s existing design paradigm by implanting a modern canon that bridges the residential and commercial scales of the West Annapolis neighbourhood. The structure’s linear planks quite literally reflect the scale of residential siding and – perhaps a bit more abstractly – what one would find on the hull of a ship, tying the neighbourhood to the overall spirit of Annapolis as a maritime city.
Nestled in the vibrant neighbourhood of Bernadowska, Gdynia, Poland, lie the modern-day family apartments that redefine contemporary living. Boasting sleek architecture and thoughtful design, these residences offer a harmonious blend of comfort and sophistication. The facade, adorned with Swisspearl fibre cement panels, not only enhances the aesthetic appeal but also ensures durability and sustainability. Each apartment is meticulously crafted to maximise space and functionality, catering to the diverse needs of modern families. With convenient access to amenities and a thriving community atmosphere, these apartments in Bernadowska epitomise the essence of urban living in a dynamic city like Gdynia, promising residents a lifestyle of convenience, comfort, and style.
Located on a steep site in West Vancouver, Thompson House was designed to capture expansive views of the ocean harbour to the front and mountains to the rear. The dynamic interior spaces are held beneath an extensive roof that wraps around to form the closed side façades and controls sightlines for privacy to and from the neighbours.
The roof structure is inclined with a different slope on each of the four exterior elevations, and consequently, varied ceiling heights on the upper floor interior. The two upper floors appear to hover above the garden pool nestled in a planted rock garden. By cladding the lower level in a light shade of grey Swisspearl panels, the sense of floating above the landscape has been emphasised. Large openings to the views are contrasted with the façades facing the neighbouring properties, which are clad in black Swisspearl panels.
107 Forbes is a new, single-tenant office building facing Rowe Boulevard, a prominent location at the gateway to the city’s historic centre and West Annapolis neighbourhood. The new building replaces a group of commercial buildings along Rowe Boulevard. In order to get permission for the building, it had to fit within the existing footprint and maintain a similar volume, height, and floor area. The ground floor façade is constructed from timber cladding and glass, while the upper floor is clad in thin horizontal strips of overlapping grey Swisspearl panels. Large windows bring ample light into the interior. The upper floor cantilevers over the lower level longitudinally, creating the impression of a floating box.
Perched in the rugged hills above Pasadena in California, LR2 House enjoys sublime views across the verdant city. Three stacked and rotated volumes clad in black Swisspearl panels cascade down the steeply inclined slope. The relationship between the volumes, the topography, and the treatment of the openings in the dark elongated facades lend LR2 house a sense of drama.
The entry follows the landscape guiding visitors along a walkway that extends under the mass of the building. The stairs create a curved path to a bridged entry portal, from where dramatic views of the house can be enjoyed. As the front door opens, the dark, angular façade clad with Swisspearl panels contrasts with the light-filled interior of soft wood and bright white finishes.
Located on the foothills of Vitosha Mountain in Sofia, ACME is a residential complex consisting of three building volumes accommodating eleven apartments. The architectural concept focuses on the design of the roofs, which merge seamlessly with the facades and are treated like a fifth facade.
By continuing the Swisspearl facade cladding as a roof covering, and eschewing an eaves overhang, the archetypal form of « house » has been abstracted and the scale of the house visually reduced. The smooth, dark Swisspearl panels create a strong visual contrast with the russet textured brick facades.
Otago Polytechnic Student Village provides over 200 student rooms and associated common areas and amenities on campus. The quality and character of the village rival the best examples of student accommodation in Australia and New Zealand and significantly enhance the appeal of Otago Polytechnic and Dunedin City as a place of learning.
The elongated building reflects the predominant forms of the multi-storey buildings surrounding the site. Where possible, the plan has been staggered to generate a form that is offset between different accommodation units, in order to reduce the scale and to provide depth. Trees and sports fields screen the building from the public site boundaries.
The envelope is a core element of this sustainability strategy, which covers the building’s entire life cycle—from manufacturing and construction to utilisation and postoccupancy. The façade system features extensive high-performance glazing, veiled by a perforated skin made of sustainably produced and recyclable Swisspearl panels. Dotted by countless circular holes, the cladding helps minimise energy consumption by letting plenty of natural light penetrate the building. At the same time, it screens a number of manually operable windows, which allow the interiors to be naturally ventilated, improving air quality and comfort levels while significantly reducing expenditures for air-conditioning units. Beyond its practical benefits, the perforated cladding serves a major aesthetic purpose. Inconspicuous during the day, the myriad perforations create a striking display when the interior is fully lit, conferring a glowing, almost dematerialising effect to the façades. Moreover, the perforation pattern incorporates the company logo, thus advertising the brand to the nearby A1 highway, which connects Lisbon and Porto, the country’s most populous cities.
The building consists of two concrete walls supporting a long, diamond-shaped roof. Between the gable walls, glass facades span freely, creating spaces for the restrooms and a waiting room with seating for 24 people. Unlike a traditional pitched roof, here the roof line is mirrored, forming a diamond shape that opens to the sky, while creating a human scale. As the roof is the primary element of the building, the architects needed a cladding material that would function equally well as a roof cladding and as a ceiling. A material was also needed that could be detailed with a high level of precision as the architects wanted the roof to register as a single, monolithic volume. Furthermore, the ceiling of the long waiting room also had to function as an acoustic element and, at the same time, allow for integrated lighting. Swisspearl created both the necessary aesthetic and functional properties. The choice of fibre cement Swisspearl panels made it possible to use perforated panels in the ceiling that function as a light source.
The challenge for the architect Andris Vitols was to preserve the old facade of the original building situated one kilometre north of the Daugava River in central Riga. A bold contrast has been created with this sleek modern addition inserted above a traditional timber-clad facade.
Situated on a street with continuous adjoining masonry facades, this office and residential building creates a striking contrast with its pop-up addition clad in white Swisspearl panels. While the lower two levels are constructed in off-shutter concrete clad in timber boards, the upper three levels are constructed in concrete brickwork and clad in white Swisspearl panels assembled vertically and horizontally.
Two creeks flow between mature cedar trees and native plant species, providing habitat for wildlife, such as salmon, otters, eagles, coyotes, herons, and deer, which can all be viewed directly from the house. The existing house was stripped of its layers of past renovation and restored to a modern version of its former self, with the existing timber structure and form remaining largely intact. Design intervention included a reimagining of the original 1950s postand-beam structure, where new design details, construction methods, and materials are expressed and celebrated for their beauty in a raw and honest state. The addition is a simple, modern form that is placed slightly off axis from the original, clearly demarcating the boundary between the two, old and new, to the rear of the house. This division is pronounced on the exterior by the dark fibre cement Swisspearl cladding and on the interior by a subtle change in floor elevation and floor treatment.
The Radio and Television Studios of Slovakia (RTVS) are located near the historic centre of Košice. Like many older buildings in the city, the building has recently been renovated. The project’s goal was to renovate the central administration building and improve its energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Thus, one of the main aspects was the renovation of the building envelope.
The curtain wall was upgraded by combining a weatherproofing system and aerated façade system with a cladding of russet-coloured Swisspearl panels assembled vertically. Projecting grey-plastered pilasters at intervals and vertical strips of windows enhance the vertical rhythm. The facades of the broadcasting room, which projects above the surrounding control rooms and office spaces, is clad in Swisspearl panels cut at angles to create a dynamic, unconventional effect.
After a fifteen-year planning period, the inhabitants of Wickham in Western Australia finally got their new community centre. A bent roofscape encompasses the communal spaces. The group of buildings also integrates existing and new sports facilities. Gresley Abas Architects from Perth were responsible for the architectural concept of the new Wickham Community Hub, tailor-made for the needs of the population.
The building’s main effect is created by the facade cladding, which is oriented in part outward, and in part toward the areaways. The cladding is composed of vertical stripes and solid-colour Swisspearl fibre cement panels – 12,000 square metres of Swisspearl Carat in fourteen standard colours and eleven special colours.
Herba House has two distinct faces, closed to the street and open to the river. The “house” to the street facing northward is clad in black Swisspearl panels, while the southern part of the house consists of terraces that open out onto the riverside and cascade down the slope.
This apartment block in Hévíz, Hungary is an excellent example of how Swisspearl panels can be implemented in diverse ways to adorn facades. Custom-made patterns have been cut into the panels to create lively patterns. The curve of the primary body of the apartment building is emphasised by a projecting entry structure that has been clad in such perforated Swisspearl panels. The delicate round perforations in varying sizes form an organic pattern and allow rays of light to shine through the panels. Swisspearl panels have also been employed as vertical sliding shutters on the balconies of the upper floors.
STW’s design for Peamount Healthcare Facility is the outcome of empathy; seeking to understand the challenges, capabilities, and experiences of the users. STW’s approach relates across all scales, from the building as a whole, down to the finest detail. Each bed has a view of the estate’s parkland surroundings. The central courtyards around which all the accommodations are organized are light filled oases of calm. The play of crisp rendered facades, large, horizontally mounted Swisspearl fibre cement panels and fenestration express the building’s planning grid and at the same time mediate between the need for durable finishes and softer, more tactile ones. In response to the dementia-friendly design brief for the facility, STW utilized a software to determine suitable light reflectance value contrasts between materials and finishes.
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This bar is more than 182 metres long but only about 24 metres wide on the north and south ends. The combination of berms at the lowest level and sizeable top-floor cantilevers sheltering generous terraces on the ends means the academic bar, when seen from the highway or the nearby houses, appears as a one-storey volume clad in Swisspearl panels.
Tartu University Hospital Extension includes three new expandable units for the hospital complex, which was built over a number of decades. Two new units, the children’s hospital and outpatient surgery, are accommodated in the extension of this clinic.
The various buildings designed and built in their time, showcase a variety of architectural styles and materials. This project is a continuation of the previous attempt to combine existing architectural elements and create a harmonious whole. The extension is designed with a lofty, triple-volume atrium between the two so-called “towers”. One of the main concepts was to create a long gallery to the rear of the building to ease the logistics of the entire hospital complex. The linear accelerators for the radiotherapy department are situated beneath the atrium on the basement floor. All personnel circulation, as well as material flow for the hospital has been placed in a new “internal street” between two, eight-storey wings.
Public transit projects are typically led by engineering firms, but DLR Group architects played a key role in the planning of the 2.7-kilometer route. Located on a tight footprint, the station had to provide all the necessary functionality while reflecting the unique culture of San Francisco’s Chinatown, an internationally renowned tourist attraction that is home to 15,000 Chinese Americans.
To celebrate the station’s curved form, DLR Group managed to find alternatives to having a dropped ceiling or columns to contain the necessary ductwork and utilities. The arch that extends across the platforms and subway tracks is clad with white Swisspearl fibre cement panels that conceal utility lines and bring lightness and luminescence to the space. Swisspearl panels were specified due to their good fire protection values, durability, and high-quality surface coating that is relatively insensitive to dirt and pollution.
Nido Student Accommodation in Curraheen Point is a 145-bedroom student accommodation scheme located within walking distance of University College Cork and Munster Technological University. The apartments are organized around an internal “street” that is landscaped to provide external amenity space, while a large, glazed reception area opening onto both Farranlea Road and the garden contains internal student facilities, such as a lounge, group study room, and laundry. The buildings range in height from two to four floors. A material palette of rich, copper-coloured fibre cement Swisspearl panels in a vertical format, grey metal, render, and stone are combined with the distinctive window design to create a sense of place.
With its distinctive red and grey clad high-rise towers, Cepa Housing İncek forms part of the Çayyolu-Alacaatlı residential area within the wider development of western Ankara. This is a high-end district introducing innovative, distinguished and bold projects.
Although the district where Cepa housing is located has high-quality buildings, there are also mediocre, undefined buildings dispersed in the neighbourhood. Architect Ali Osman Öztürk chose Swisspearl panels in strong colour tones to give this housing development its own identity.
Located on a prominent site between Western Road and the River Lee in Cork, DTA Architects’ new student accommodation provides 190 student bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms in 28 cluster apartments, with reception and communal amenity facilities on the ground floor.
The National Museum Restoration and Storage Centre, OMRRK, is a new institution that provides an outstanding technological building for the preservation of the collections of the Museum of Ethnography, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Hungarian National Gallery.
The complex was completed in May 2019 as part of the Liget Budapest Project. Within the framework of the development, unique in Central Europe, world-class art storage warehouses and conservation-restoration workshops will be housed in five adjacent buildings on four underground and three above-ground levels, covering a total area of nearly 37,000 square metres.
Located near Riga in Latvia, Ozola and Bula Architects’ new Music and Art School consists of three distinct volumes that step down in response to the slope of the terrain. An outdoor stepped walkway and an indoor corridor link the three colourful volumes to one another.
Tampografia office building is located in Nogueira da Maia, on the outskirts of Porto, which has been implementing a strategic urban plan aimed at providing optimal conditions for companies and entrepreneurs. The goal was to integrate the building and respect the scale and architecture of its residential surroundings. In order to prevent a massive, heavy construction, it was key to design facades with a sense of dynamic movement, with light and shade and positive and negative forms. These contrasts reduce the scale of the building and disguise its functional character. The linear facades are interrupted by large-format openings, the jambs of which have varying angles so that light is funneled into the interior spaces. Dgrau specified Swisspearl panels for the exterior cladding right at the beginning of the design process. When comparing Swisspearl with similar materials, the architects saw significant advantages in terms of the quality of the product, range of colours, low maintenance, and durability of the material. Using two shades of grey, light on the facade walls and dark grey on the slanted window surrounds, accentuates openings and creates a sense of depth and contrast on the linear facades.
Torre Estronci 91 is located in an affluent area in Barcelona, l’Hospitalet de LLobregat. The apartments offer the ideal combination of modernity, quality, comfort, and energy efficiency. Aesthetically speaking, the characteristic feature of the block is the ribbons of horizontal Swisspearl panels alternating in white and black that encircle the building, making a strong graphic impression. The black areas incorporate the black-framed fenestration while the white strips clad the projecting balconies. This projecting and recessing of the facades creates a sense of relief on the elevations and prevents the block from being perceived as a monolithic volume.
The Green Line House in Warmia, designed by Przemek Olczyk from Mobius Architekci Warsaw, won the Grand Prix in the European Property Awards 2019 -2020. We are proud that our Swisspearl roof panels are part of this seminal building. This solitary house remains lonely in a landscape, without adjacent buildings, away from roads. Harsh landscape prompted Przemek Olczyk, an architect and the author of the project, to use transparent and legible tectonics, thus embedding the building in the morphology of the plot.
Skilful adaptation of the architecture to the structure of the plot ensures that the scale of the 500 sqm house does not overwhelm it. Due to the strong winds in this part of the Warmian Lake District, the design employs an atrial layout. The screen of glass walls of the building provides a transparent shield while maintaining important viewing axes for the users.
Situated in North Vancouver’s Pemberton Heights, Bridge House pays homage to the tenets of modern architecture while incorporating distinctly regional elements to create a clean, contemporary aesthetic. Bridge House’s name is derived from the dramatic bridge that extends from the backyard to the house. Instead of isolating the upper tier of the garden, the bridge was created in order to gain access from both levels. Charcoal-coloured Swisspearl panels are used both on the interior and exterior as a neutral, dark element juxtaposed with the transparent glazed facades. The dark panels animate the interior spaces and mirror the dramatic dark palette of the exterior facade. The open facades and floating lines with the backdrop of massive old pines create an impression of lightness, almost like a tree-house perched on the site.
As its name indicates, Beachside sits on the shore, facing the Long Island Sound that separates Connecticut and New York’s Long Island. The house happens to be just down the road from Red Barn, the small “outbuilding” with art studio and accommodation designed by Ferris and featured in Swisspearl Architecture #27. Ferris says the Swisspearl panels covering the walls and roof of that earlier building enabled him to create an abstraction of “the ultimate red barn.” If the client for Beachside was aware of Red Barn or not is unimportant, since the architect was inclined to take a similar approach to the newer house, aiming for an abstraction of New England vernacular architecture in the gable forms covered in light-coloured fibre cement panels. Instead of a bold architectural statement recalling the state’s agricultural vernacular, Beachside’s relatively subdued imagery and relaxed floor plan harken to the houses in Kelly’s book, or to a farmhouse that would have sat in proximity to a working barn. Beachside consists of four gable volumes with zinc roofs and shorter, flat-roofed glazed corridors linking them. The main approach to the house from the north leads to a two-story glass entry and glimpses of a thick interior wall with punched openings free of glass that correspond to the abstracted traditional windows set into the gable volumes.
Held between two primary vehicular corridors, the Wheaton Office Building eschews conventional downtown office buildings with their glass curtainwalls and precast panels for a dynamic, rainscreen clad building that resonates with Wheaton’s industrial past. The facade is composed of an energy-efficient rainscreen system of Swisspearl panels in warm shades of orange and red and high-performance glazing. The roof is planted, and the site includes bio-retention areas that clean and filter storm water and surface runoff. The project was conceived as a catalyst for urban renewal in Wheaton and a symbol for the future of Montgomery County.
Designed for a large family of seven, House XL is located on the outskirts of a new residential area in the east of Slovenia. SoNo Architects’ design takes its cue from the typically Slovenian architectural elements and the rolling hills and fields surrounding it.
The house consists of three, double-pitch, gable-roofed volumes: two of which are perpendicular and run parallel to one another, thereby creating a sheltered outdoor living and eating space between them. In essence, SoNo architects’ design is a modern interpretation of a rural barn.
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