* Residential Architecture: Bodrum House by Richard Meier & Partners Architects

Residential Architecture: Bodrum House by Richard Meier & Partners Architects: “..Richard Meier & Partners unveils the first completed project in Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula. The house is part of a Master Plan composed of twenty-one houses designed by world renowned Architect Richard Meier. Composed of twenty-one houses located just outside the village of Yalikavak on Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula, the residential project occupies a dramatically steep hillside site featuring views to Yalikavak Bay. The site’s dramatic topography makes each 1-acre parcel unique and will provide privacy from neighboring parcels. Five prototype houses will be offered, with each house approximately 330 square meters plus an additional 40-square-meter guest house..While the plan of each prototype remains fixed regardless of its location on the site, the organization of the podiums varies depending on the siting of the individual parcels. All houses will be sited to maximize views and to establish an entry sequence that further exploits the views regardless of the siting of the individual parcels. A clear promenade sequence will characterize each prototype, with an entry drive leading to an exterior entry stair then into the house’s foyer and on to a double-height living room. In each residence the fireplace chimney will be the central organizing element. Each house will contain a living room, dining room, kitchen, and powder room on the ground floor; three bedrooms on the upper floor; and media room, laundry room, and staff bedrooms on the basement level..Richard Meier comments: “The Bodrum Residence is our first completed building in Turkey and a milestone of the Bodrum Houses development. We have designed all the houses to read as a single object on the landscape, giving them a cubic appearance and connection to the site. The exterior spaces have been “carved out” of the structures’ volumes while remaining under an overarching roof, giving each house a subtractive sculptural quality. Each element of the master plan’s organization reflects an ambitious attention to detail and innovative use of construction solutions. We hope this new development is not only in direct dialogue to its place, but also that it becomes the best living environment in Yalikavak.”..About Richard Meier & Partners Architects: The work of Richard Meier & Partners is instantly recognizable and internationally respected. For over four decades, we have been appointed to create important public and private buildings. Our offices in New York and Los Angeles employ a multicultural staff of talented professionals practicing architecture, urbanism, product design and exhibition design. We aspire to thoughtful, elegant contemporary architecture that exceeds our clients’ expectations for beauty and elegance. Richard Meier & Partners is led by Richard Meier and six partners – Michael Palladino, James R. Crawford, Timothy Shea, Bernhard Karpf, Reynolds Logan, Dukho Yeon – and sustains an international practice with offices in New York and Los Angeles..”

See some of our other posts on projects by Richard Meier & Partners Architects:

• Architecture: Leblon Offices by Richard Meier Architects
• Architecture: Teachers Village by Richard Meier & Partners
• Architecture: Architect Richard Meier on Creating Public Spaces
• Architecture: Mitikah Office Tower by Richard Meier Architects
• Residential Architecture: Rachofsky House by Richard Meier
• Architect Richard Meier – Interview
• Richard Meier Model Museum in Long Island City Reopens

image: Richard Meier & Partners Architects; article: Arthitectural

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* Residential Architecture: İpera 25 Residence by Alataş Architecture & Consulting

Residential Architecture: İpera 25 Residence by Alataş Architecture & Consulting: “..Located in the historic and protected district of Istanbul, Turkey’s Galata, Ipera is a 10 flat building that goes beyond the conventional codes of the area..Respecting the current architectural fabric, infrastructure, natural conditions, climate and sun movements, and developing socio-economic conditions of the area, the project prepared by the architect Ahmet Alataş for the 1000 m2 large building is built around a design that uses today’s technology to offer new solutions to respond to well-known architectural problems..To describe it simply, the building is constructed around two blind walls made of fine concrete and a glass façade and wooden shell that cover the fully transparent living quarters..Perceived as a giant blind façade from an angle, the wooden surface can be seen as a tulle curtain that filters the light and works as an element that controls the sunlight..The building is made of fine reinforced concrete built around steel and concrete elements that are used in a composite manner..”  Extensive glazing, natural, filterable light, wood screens; interesting form and interior volumes..

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image: © Gürkan Akay; article: Cifuentes , Fabian . “İpera 25 / Alataş Architecture & Consulting” 10 Nov 2012. ArchDaily. <http://www.archdaily.com/291739&gt;

Architecture: Doğan Media Center by Tabanlioglu Architects

Architecture: Doğan Media Center by Tabanlioglu Architects: “..The building is strongly perceived from afar and in diverse prospects at various angles due to perforated shield resembling Braille alphabet at range of sizes, symbolizing “communications for all”. The metal panels filter the sunlight entering the building into shifting patterns of dappled shade. The panels’ perforations are echoed in the suspended ceilings, where circular cut outs house connections for camera equipment and lighting..”  Cubes within cubes, filtered natural light, atria..

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Residential Architecture: İstinye Residence by Tabanlioglu Architects

Residential Architecture: İstinye Residence by Tabanlioglu Architects: “..a contemporary residential project consisting of three low-rise apartment blocks is planned, primarily envisaging the protection of the silhouette.  On the direction of Bosporus overlooking the Istinye road, the transparent façade dissolves in the greenery and opens up to the view whereas the rear side of the building is preferred to be more introvert protecting the sub-rosa of the bedrooms facing the exiting residential development..”  Astounding Bosporus views..

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