Erwin Heerich, Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss Germany, 1982-1987

A series of small buildings by Erwin Heerich.
Scans from: Architecture and Urbanism, November 1998.
Previous Post on this Subject: http://brickmasonry.blogspot.com/2008/10/erwin-heerich-walk-in-sculpture.html

Hanson EcoHouse, 2007

Photo source and more information here:
http://www.heidelbergcement.com/uk/en/hanson/sustainability/hanson_ecohouse.htm

I admit, I'm not a big fan of pre-fabricated walling systems, but I do find this project interesting.

SUMMARY
Developer: Hanson
Architects: TP Bennet Architects
House type: 3 bed detached
Construction: Pre-fabricated external masonry panels, pre-fabricated concrete aggregate partition walls, unique composite suspended ground floor construction, pre-stressed hollowcore floor units.
Code for sustainable Homes rating: 4
Heating system: Underfloor heating by GSHP, solar panels and gas boiler.
Other features:
• High thermal mass
• Passive ventilation through the design-featured ‘stack effect’
• Combined SUDS including geothermal heating and cooling and rainwater harvesting.
• Rapid build
• ‘Smart’ technology
• Cool bedrooms on ground floor, warmer living spaces on first floor







1.Hollowcore flooring
2.QuickBuild walling system
3.Partition walls
4.Concrete foundations
5.Insulated floor
6.Precast staircase
7.Permeable pavers

Caruso St.John, Brick House, London, 2001-2005

Architect's Website: www.carusostjohn.com

Every time I see this project, I remember why I'm learning to build buildings.

There is no facade/exterior on this project; the space was squeezed between two existing buildings on a shard of land, the entry is through one of those buildings.

Douglas Cardinal - St.Mary's Roman Catholic Church - Red Deer Alberta Canada, 1969

Photo Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matbooth/380493419/




Drawings Scanned from two books:
The Architecture of Douglas Cardinal, by Trevor Boddy, 1989
and
Douglas Cardinal Monograph, 1978

Keith L Graham - North End Memorial Library - Halifax Nova Scotia Canada - 1965

Sources:
Nova Scotia Public Archives
Canadian Architect, April 1968

Eero Saarinen - MIT chapel - Cambridge Massachusetts, 1955

More information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Chapel





photo sources:
www.flickr.com/photos/atelier79033/2780365715/
www.flickr.com/photos/bjorn_cph/2069324869/
www.flickr.com/photos/grantdunlop/254732886/