Month: August 2020

ST. Moritz Altitude Training and Competition Centre. St. Moritz is internationally known for its Altitude Training and Competition Centre (HTWZ) for athletics and for its good training conditions. This, therefore, brings many elite athletes, triathletes, runners, and racing cyclists to the location each year. In order to take a further step towards improving the infrastructure, a competition was organized by the municipality in 2017, which was won by Walter Bieler and Georg Krähenbühl. They convinced the competition jury of the HTWZ – which consists of a pavilion and a warehouse – with their outstanding design.

This house was built on a large site in the center of Dat Do town, Vung Tau, Viet Nam with a peaceful natural landscape. The owner is a sincere Southern local. Many generations of his family lived here, closely connected with their neighbors through traditional Vietnamese spaces such as veranda, courtyard, sidewalk,.. The close connection between each family is also a living habit of people here. However, these elements are eventually forgotten in the modern life and architecture.

We are students of architecture, who put our heads together to rethink the way people live their fast and stressful lives. Today we witness a perpetual evolution of new technologies in the fast forward moving world. It is a never-ending story of daily pressure and continuous deadlines. We were thinking about a way to escape from our stressful lives and to get back to our roots. We believe people will find the break they need by bringing the nature back. 

This Abington, Massachusetts, couple has been working with interior designer Tracy Parkinson on a room-by-room basis for years. When it came time to fully renovate the kitchen and add a new deck, architect Caitlin Struble joined the design team. “The …