By definition, the new addition - which measures only 40m2 in the area - is a quintessential lean-to addition, sleeving under the existing fascia and gutter of the existing house. The addition provides a significantly improved master bedroom suite, which was designed to take in the views of their adjacent well-established garden. The project also involved an extensive re...
The clients' intention was to develop a new house above the existing one, as the original one did not take advantage of the panoramic views of the city and closed off interesting points of its landscape environment, such as the large surrounding garden, the Andes mountain range to the east, and the summit of Cerro Manquehue to the north. This same closing condition was d...
The Kalm Penthouse Ari consists of 23 units, whose design has been carefully thought out to fit in with the neighborhood’s character while still being modern and functional. To blend in with the mid-century modern architecture prevalent in the area, the building was designed with curved corners. The building’s facade also features planters with stone veneer, aluminum c...
From the street, the original facade and front garden of the home hide the barely visible rear addition. The new addition comprises of a standing seam-clad folded form that draws the dwelling and site together. A new pool and a cabana at the end of the swimming pool have also been added to the home. Steps lead from the yard down to a covered outdoor area, furnished for...
This very steep site provided a challenge for the architects in terms of creating a suitable living platform. They wanted to minimize piling due to the difficult ground conditions and to ensure that the highly visible subfloor structure would be elegant. The solution was a series of steel portals and cable cross bracing to form a rigid frame which was then infilled with...
The mixed-use tower, which will house "intimately-scaled" urban apartments, is set to take the title of Quito's tallest building from Danish studio BIG's nearby Iqon tower. It also marks MAD's first project in South America. Qondesa's exterior is designed with a "stone colouring" in reference to the surrounding buildings in Quito, many of which were constructed from vo...
What makes the project really stand out is how Baumiller managed to both celebrate the property’s classical architectural heritage and introduce a unique, whimsical aesthetic of contemporary boldness. “I have deliberately juxtaposed rich plaster mouldings, classical parquet and traditional wooden doors with reflective tiles and colour lacquered steel and glass in order t...
The Rau Haus was built for a couple with a young daughter that desired a more spacious home after years of living in dense San Francisco. They found a property south of the city in Portola Valley, a town on the eastern side of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The clients enlisted San Francisco-based Feldman Architecture to create a secluded, modern-style home that made the mo...
The modular house was pre-made at a factory, as well as the interior decorations, electrics, plumbing, and some furniture. The house was delivered by trucks and installed with a crane in one day on the lot, while another 1-2 weeks are required for the final exterior finish. Inspired by a wood barn situated in the natural landscape, the architects used simple materials t...
The eye-catching exterior design also includes a twisting roof created as a result of two overlapping shapes. The exterior of the house is clad in a single material, a custom ceramic tile covering that wraps the entire building. This customized multicolored glazed tile cladding represents the transitions in the landscape, from dune landscape to polder, and the soil lay...
The client: When we signed the contract for the design, the client was a single neurosurgeon with a fiancé. He knew what he wanted, asking for bold angular shapes with a distinct muscular style. He also had a plan for his future family with 3 children and asked me to design 3 bedrooms for the children with a master bedroom for the couple. The space program in the end bec...
The first idea is to provide a rooftop view that is blocked by the building itself. A wormhole-like, diagonal, floor-piercing staircase starts from the roadside leading to the balcony on the 2nd floor providing a great view. This diagonal blackhole wormhole staircase is designed as an offering, an offering to the public, like the offering of a shaded arch by Louis Khan a...
From a very preliminary stage of the process the design team actively intervened, namely in the development of a concept based on: . the definition of mixed-use program, Hotel, and Concert Hall. . the reuse of the structural configuration of the existing buildings reproducing, the new construction, and the three volumes of the former buildings. . maintaining the buildin...
The 7-acre site is situated in one of the upcoming areas of Lucknow, just off the Amar Shaheed path, which is the main artery connecting the city to its airport. Overlooking the Gomti River across its green buffer, the Oranje Castle is a self-contained housing development in which there is a total of 437 units with a mix of typologies from 3BHK standard apartments to 3 &...
The buildings date back to the 12th or 13th century, although the building visible from Plaça Tagamanent was registered in the city archives in 1576 as Can Santacilia. Since then, both buildings have suffered several modifications, consequently the existing state prior to the OHLAB project is from the 17th century, with a subsequent reform in the 18th century. In additio...
The compact space is divided into 4 equally sized areas: bedroom, living /workspace, kitchen, and bathroom. Despite the spatial constraints bathroom and kitchen are fully equipped and include modern conveniences such as a dishwasher and a washing machine. To make the most of the space available a desk including a foldaway screen can be pulled out from underneath the bed....
The allowed footprint of the new build was 21 feet x 26 feet (6.5m x 8m), which was the footprint of an old shed that was replaced. The small house has a footprint of 538 square feet (50m2), which includes 3 levels, the main level with the living room and kitchen, a sunken bathroom downstairs, and two bedrooms upstairs. Outside, there’s an unheated natural swimming poo...
Architect Maria Danos and her client connected over a shared cultural psyche, both being Australian-born with Greek backgrounds. The task of redesigning the 1920s property in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh into a multigenerational home was therefore charged with personal meaning and memories shared by client and architect. Ultimately born from a reverence for place, th...
The Terrace Apartment by Estudio Guto Requena stands out in more ways than one. It is the Brazilian architect's own base, designed as the forever home for himself, his husband and their two dogs; it is housed in an icon of São Paulo's modernist architecture, designed in 1962 by Botti Rubin Arquitetos; and importantly, it also a unique urban retreat that brings, quite lit...
Design group Lechner & Lechner follows a curved timber frame construction method to form an ‘Amorph Living Sculpture’. Aiming to merge the living space with the natural surroundings through visual integration, the design utilizes strategic vantage points identified by Google Earth. The project’s visual landmarks include the Leopoldkron Castle, the Leopoldskorner Pond, th...
Situated in a dappled Aspen grove outside Jackson, Wyoming, the treehouse-like project reorients the occupant to their place in nature, bringing them into a closer, more intimate cohabitation. Under CLB’s care, the home has been carefully crafted and recrafted over the past two decades in a series of graceful iterations which support the site’s shifting inhabitants. Ini...
Project Credits: Location: Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium Architect: Hé Architectuur / @he_architectuur Builder: Sidati Structural Engineer: Tandem Ingen Photographer: Tim Van de Velde / @tvdvphotography From the Architect: "The renovation concerns the transformation of an industrial building into a residential house with a studio and coworking space. In thi...
Project Details: Location: Estrie, Canada Architect: Matière Première Architecture / @mpa_nudrom Footprint: 807 square feet Builder: Nu Drom Photographer: Ian Balmorel From the Architect: "Charmed by the ever so popular A-frame cottage typology, the new owners of this 1950s property aspired to renovate and revitalize this cottage into the 21st century. Located in th...
The six new townhouses include a strong mixture of rectangles and arches, set within a brick canvas that is common within the Dartmouth Park Conservation Area. From the street, the townhouses look to be a single floor, however, they actually step down lower than the street, making room for a small outdoor space. One key design element of the row of townhouses are the a...
Applying the same principles, the home was cocooned with symmetrical linear screening, increasing privacy, protecting the glazing against solar heat gain, and directing site lines toward the tree-lined harbor waterways and beaches. The outdoor spaces include local sandstone, a feature of the landscaping that also has 50% indigenous plant species. The slatted screens ha...
The original home, whose design was akin to that of a drilling platform, had two existing floors hovering above, and was entirely disconnected from its surroundings. The updated home now includes a further two floors to allow for a direct link to the garden. Visitors are greeted by the top level of the house, where the warm and welcoming colored rammed earth walls are ...
The original home had an exposed brick facade in ochre tones and all other elements featured different grey tones and finishes. The owners of the home wanted to update the exterior of the house, and together with the designers, they chose to re-design the existing home and give it a monochromatic appearance. The designers decided to color all of the house elements black...
The home has been designed to subtly integrate into the natural shape of the land and allows for a usable green roof. A sloped ramp climbs from the garden to the roof, where greenery covers the surface. From certain vantage points, the home only looks like it has one level. However, the opposite side of the house is nestled into the landscape, with a lower floor havin...
Designed and patented in Ecuador, IWI is a space that can be extended or compressed, depending on the needs of the user. When compressed, it behaves like a piece of furniture or a shelf. When extended, it becomes a living space that contains everything necessary to fulfill its different functions, such as office/stud, yoga studio, relaxation space, workshop, meeting roo...
Project approach - With more than 300 years of history, Nom village has been one that could preserve its unique raw beauty with antique houses, old trees, ponds, a communal house courtyard, the village entrance gate, and so on. This collection of constructions, a typical example of northern architecture, is connected to the culture, feelings, and childhood of the people ...
In those days, Terry Pratchett led the owners to discover the importance of the cabins for the witches, as a space that defines and perpetuates the stability and transit of the cycle of life. Casa de Bruja is located in an ecological reserve adjacent to La Campana National Park, where native vegetation predominates, dominated by quillayes thorns. With the strategy of l...
The shape is inspired by the idea of how to best enjoy a sauna in the beautiful nature of the Stockholm archipelago. The arc creates intimacy above the fire at its lowest point, and then reaches up to allow great views of the stars at night.” said Thomas Sandell, Architect. It was built by the hands of 80-year-old master carpenter Leif Persson at Kungsör Shipyard, and th...
With the population of Birmingham growing, alongside a resurgent economy that is driving increasing amounts of international investment across finance, technology, and advanced manufacturing, there is a need for more housing in the city that is better connected to places of work, recreation, and culture. This new offer will cater to this influx, bringing a contemporary r...
The change in building typology, which was agreed on with the occupants, offers some advantages of high-rise living, such as prime views of the river Besòs, to the detriment of community life at ground level, where the single-story dwellings open up and emerge into the street. In order to recover and preserve part of this outdoor way of life, a series of intermediate are...
The project is located in Moganshan Town, Deqing County, Huzhou City. It is a new three-story building, which will be used as a homestay after completion. The north side of the project is the Phase I building of the B&B brand, the south side is adjacent to a three-story residential building, and the west side is partially close to a stream next to the main road. The sout...
The house is located on an elongated plot with an entrance from the street on the narrow side that is adjacent to the street at an angle, resulting in a trapezoidal plot. The house’s shape follows the outline of the plot. The three en suite bedrooms, the kitchen, the living room, and the office, are organized on two levels (ground floor and first floor) and two distinct...
