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
Athens-born Katerina Vordoni and Fania Sinanioti both worked at practices in the UK, US and Greece before setting up VOIS in 2006. Their work draws inspiration from everyday life, habits, moments and objects. Choosing the idea of travelling as inspiration for the Wallpaper* holiday house brief, VOIS created the Train House concept. 'For us, the sense of holiday is connected to relaxation, change, escape, nature and having the space and time to enjoy the people and things you love,' they say. Envisioned in a plot containing water elements and plants, the house is a series of rectangular spaces connected linearly through a central glass corridor, with gardens created in the spaces in-between