Nestled in a forest clearing surrounded by towering spruce trees, this timber house became a deeply personal project for interior designer Olga Ryukina. Conceived as a home for her own family, it combines architectural clarity with a profound connection to nature.
Project name
A 170 m² wooden family house in the forest
Architecture firm
Olga Ryukina
Photography
Mikhail Loskutov
Principal architect
Olga Ryukina
Design team
Style by Natalya Yagofarova
Interior design
Olga Ryukina
Material
Only natural materials were used in the project
Typology
Residential › House
The building we encountered at the beginning of the work was nothing more than a mess. a lifeless and dirty body that had been in a coma for years. It was once a home and today it is homeless. A threat in Iranshahr avenue that could have had a better fate. It could not support its own weight and was about to break down. with all of these, it had a...
Project name
Naeem Café and Cultural Center
Architecture firm
Azno Design Studio
Location
Iranshahr Ave, Azarshahr St, Tehran, Iran
Principal architect
Reza Habibi, Malihe Shirzad
Design team
Mana Majd, Sahar Rajab, Elnaz Malekzade, Sara Asadgol, Yousef Sattari
Collaborators
Mechanical Installations Engineer: Zebarjadi; Mechanical Structure: Duct Spilit
Interior design
Azno Design Studio
Structural engineer
Mr. Kalanaki
Lighting
On Lighting- Payam Golmarvi
Construction
Azno Design Studio
Client
Mr. Naeem Rahnama, Ms. Maryam Torghinezhad
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe,Cultural Center
Iran-Khorasan-‘ Derakhte Toot ’ Village’s SchoolThe school is located in a small village on the border between Iran and Afghanistan. Imagine a small village nestled in a mountain valley in the deep rugged mountains, where the sun is bright and the sky is clear blue on most days of the year. Life may be simple but hardworking is required to survive...
Project name
Derakhte Toot School
Architecture firm
Gelan Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Twinmotion
Principal architect
Mohammad Kaafy, Mahtab Hasani
Visualization
Shayan Hoseini
Typology
Educational Architecture › School
Pardis is known for its tall, impersonal buildings and low-cost housing—formless boxes where life merely passes, not thrives. Structures that sink into the earth, severed from their surroundings, with an unbroken border between inside and out. All around is dust, dust, and more dust.
Project name
Bagh-e Irani Pardis Residential Complex
Architecture firm
Azno Design Studio
Location
Pardis, Tehran, Iran
Principal architect
Reza Habibi, Malihe Shirzad
Design team
Babak Moradi, Farnoosh Faraji, Sahar Rajab, Sajjad Shakeri, Masoud Poorjabar, Rana Mohammadian, Niloofar Kaffash, Sasan Khadami, Hossein Modab Safat, Zohreh Ahmadi, Atefe Soleimani, Yousef Sattari, Hanieh Aghamiyouni, Mana Majd, Elnaz Malekzadeh
Collaborators
Structural Engineers: Siavash Sedighi, Amin Tahmasbi, Alireza Raeisi; MEP Designers: Mojtaba Arabpour, Saeed Afshar
Client
Pardis Housing Investment Company
Typology
Residential › Apartments Complex
Galeana Maravatío House is the home of a couple. A single-family home located near the center of Maravatío, Mexico. The irregular shape of the terrain can be defined by 3 interlocking squares with a longitudinal orientation from south to north.
Project name
Casa Galeana Maravatío
Architecture firm
Cometrue
Location
Maravatío, Mexico
Principal architect
Jaime Miranda González
Typology
Residential › House
Jingle Design Institute has just completed a catering project in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. The dining experience is improved with materials including metal net, Rodda paint, stone, and stainless steel, and the sense of boundary of food is reduced, so that customers coming to the restaurant can experience the food culture in an all-around way.
Architecture firm
Jingle Design Studio
Location
Taiyuan, Shanxi，China
Design team
Zhou Bo, Cai Yuyang
Material
Texture paint, Stone, Mirror stainless steel
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant, Art Installation
The house, nestled atop the mountain, aims to embody a refined and tasteful standard of luxurious living while adopting a subtle approach. The focus was on crafting elegance at its peak.
Project name
Mountain Residence
Architecture firm
Bean Buro
Location
The Peak, Hong Kong
Photography
The Light Particles, Bean Buro
Design team
Lorène Faure, Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, Kirk Kwok, Jamie Yue, Beatrice Andres, Matthew Lok, Victoria Lam, Isabelle Gin
Typology
Residential › House
The house is located on an irregular triangular plot of land with a topography consisting of two levels at different heights. It is on the first, higher level, next to the street, that the house is located. According to the owners' wishes, it has two separate floors connected by stairs, double-height ceilings and mezzanines.
Architecture firm
Atelier d’Arquitectura Lopes da Costa
Location
Carregosa, Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
Principal architect
José António Lopes da Costa, Tiago Meireles
Collaborators
Joana Jorge, Sérgio Almeida
Structural engineer
Strumep
Environmental & MEP
Projedomus
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Alpha responds to the site’s climatic conditions. Through the management of light, temperature, and vegetation, it seeks to improve the habitability of space and strengthen its connection with the outdoors, creating an environment that is isolated from the surrounding urban saturation.
Architecture firm
Escópico Estudio
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Manolo R. Solís
Principal architect
Jorge Carlos Molina Díaz
Design team
Ana C. Martínez Solís, Isaí A. Moo Hernández
Supervision
Escópico Estudio
Material
Concrete, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Located in a wooded area of Zapopan, Jalisco, CASA HIPICO is a single-family residence that responds sensitively to the site's natural slope and the client's desire for privacy.
Architecture firm
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Location
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Fernanda Galvan, Daniel Araujo
Design team
Fernanda Galvan, Daniel Araujo
Landscape
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Visualization
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion Pro, Adobe Photoshop, D5 Render
Material
Travertine marble, black stone, natural wood, tempered glass, steel
Typology
Residential › House
