June 2013
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Directory
Anttinen Oiva Architects
Finland
Architecture Republic
Ireland
Bourgeois/Lechasseur
Canada
GH3
Canada
Hurst Song Architekten
Switzerland
Karawitz Architecture
France
KITE Architecture
Japan
LHVH Architekten
Germany
Martin Gomez Arquitectos
Argentina/Uruguay
Olaf Gipser Architects
The Netherlands
Pasel.Künzel Architects
The Netherlands
Sami Arquitectos
Portugal
Svendborg Architects
Denmark
TAKA
Ireland
VOIS Architects
Greece
Zon-e Arquitectos
Spain
Established in 2003 by Frank Lohner, Jens Voss and Frank Holschbach (the other 'H' has since left the practice), this Köln-based studio met at the Universität Siegen. The trio's work includes temporary pavilions, offices and housing, all demonstrating that architecture is about making places with the most effective means. The house for Wallpaper* is a playful evolution of the container house typology. The focus is the whole house itself more than the inner structure. 'That is why we built it with portable containers to travel with the house from one location to the next,' says Holschbach. Effectively six stacked boxes, the house is for the minimally-minded global nomad, preferably with access to their own handy shipping line