This duplex apartment, home to a family with two teenage daughters and a Yorkshire terrier, is located in one of Kyiv's newest residential complexes.
Project name
4+1 Apartment
Architecture firm
Chapter One Studio
Photography
Yuliia Yakubyshyna
Principal architect
Olga Rusakova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wood, Ceramic Tiles, Marble, Wallpaper
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This is a place of pure improvisation, in the spirit of Gaudí and Hundertwasser, but infused with a distinctive local Kazakh character. In 2006, the Akanaev family—renowned Kazakh artists—purchased a plot of land and built what they called the “House of Arts.”
Project name
The Home-Studio of Artist Botagoz Akanaeva and Her Family
Architecture firm
Botagoz Akanayeva
Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Photography
Mila Lototskaya
Principal architect
Botagoz Akanayeva
Design team
Akanayev family - Amandos Akanaeyev (father); Bube Nelly (mother); Mukhit Dulu (son)
Collaborators
Artistic educational institutions of the cities of Kazakhstan
Interior design
Botagoz and her family members
Civil engineer
Botagoz family
Material
Brick, metal, concrete, ceramics, building paints, wood, etc.
Client
Botagoz Akanaeva and Her Family
Typology
Residential › House
The agency Maud Caubet Architectes has led the complete rehabilitation of the site on behalf of the Hertford British Charitable Fund (HBCF), with the ambition of restoring the identity of the place while adapting it to contemporary uses.
Project name
Château of the Hertford British Hospital
Architecture firm
Maud Caubet Architectes
Location
Levallois-Perret (Greater Paris), France
Photography
Charly Broyez, Laurent Kronental
Design team
Pauline Fernandez (design phase), Laureline Cappone (construction phase)
Collaborators
AR-C, MOVVEO, SCB ECONOMIE, CSD & Associés, BATIPLUS CONTROLE
Structural engineer
STRUCTUREO
Environmental & MEP
ATEC SA INGENIERIE, ELEMENTS INGENIERIES
Client
Hertford British Charitable Fund (HBCF)
Typology
Coworking Office Building and Residential Units
It’s the kind of house you remember long after you leave. Weathered limestone walls glow in the golden coastal light. A curved colonnade loops gently around a central courtyard, framing vistas of sandstone, water and sky. This is not a new build pretending to be old-nor a relic stuck in time-but a timeless retreat that embraces its past while livin...
Project name
A Coastal Alchemy
Architecture firm
Di Bartolo Architects (Marco Di Bartolo)
Location
Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Principal architect
Marco Di Bartolo
Design team
Design team interiors: The Stylesmiths (Rebekah Hampshire)
Interior design
The Stylesmiths (Rebekah Hampshire)
Civil engineer
Shackelford Consulting Engineers (Craig Shackelford)
Structural engineer
Shackelford Consulting Engineers (Craig Shackelford)
Construction
Alt Construction
Material
Limestone and micro cement render
Client
Janette and Richard Di Bartolo
Typology
Residential › House
Little Big Loo 2025 – Architecture Competition is open to all. We invite architects, students, engineers, product designers, thinkers, companies, organizations, and everyone interested in the mission of the competition to submit their ideas.
Organizer
Volume Zero Competitions
Category
Architecture & Design
Eligibility
Open to public
Register
https://volumezerocompetitions.com/little-big-loo-2025
Entries deadline
30th October 2025
Price
Early Bird Registrations: Participants from India – 2700+18% GST = INR 3186 (per team), Participants from Other Countries - 80 + 18% GST = USD 94.4 (per team). Standard Registrations: Participants from India – 3200 + 18% GST = INR 3776 (per team), Participants from Other Countries – 95+ 18% GST = USD 112.1 (per team)
Pharos Architectural Controls is pleased to announce the appointment of Teodora Marian as Regional Sales Manager - Central and Southern Europe.
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Pharos Architectural Controls
Photography
Teodora Marian
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
