One of the smartest ways an entrepreneur starting an architectural firm can display their unique creativity and communicate their expertise to clients is to choose a unique and exciting brand name.
Written by
Grant Polachek
Photography
Karolina Grabowska
O·CO arquitectos: The project is placed in a small town in the area known as Vega de Granada. It pretends to create a new meeting point bonding the pharmacy to the surroundings. Presenting a new urban appearance which leads a dialog between the white walls and the pureness of the unsurfaced exposed concrete.
Project name
Pharmacy and House ARM (Farmacia - Vivienda ARM)
Architecture firm
O·CO arquitectos
Location
Cúllar Vega, Granada, Spain
Photography
Juanan Barros
Principal architect
Ángel Vallecillo Zorrilla, Rafael Nieto Jiménez
Design team
O·CO arquitectos
Interior design
O·CO arquitectos
Civil engineer
O·CO arquitectos
Structural engineer
O·CO arquitectos
Environmental & MEP
O·CO arquitectos
Landscape
O·CO arquitectos
Lighting
O·CO arquitectos
Supervision
O·CO arquitectos
Visualization
O·CO arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Hucen Obras y Proyectos SL
Material
Concrete, steel, ceramic flooring, wood, corian.
Client
Ana Rosa Rubio de Malo
Typology
Residential › House › Pharmacy
The vision is to imagine a house of the future - compact and sustainable, that would introduce the use of Rammed Earth as a building material in Slovenia. Envisioned with the intention to create a space that is close to nature, the house has a strong visual as well as physical connection with the environment.
Project name
House for humans and a tree
Architecture firm
Sneha Dhanuka + Dhruv Shah
Location
Dobrava, Slovenia
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Sneha Dhanuka, Dhruv Shah
Design team
Sneha Dhanuka, Dhruv Shah
Visualization
Sneha Dhanuka + Dhruv Shah
Typology
Residential › House
The multi-sensorial abstraction of Lebanese gastronomy is just part of the inspiration behind MYT+GLVDK’s new architecture, furniture, merchandising, and visual identity project for Filo, a restaurant with a culinary offering that brings together the traditions of the Middle East with an unexpected Mexican twist.
Architecture firm
MYT+GLVDK
Location
Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Photography
Fiama Piacenteni
Principal architect
Andrés Mier y Terán, Regina Galvanduque
Interior design
MYT+GLVDK
Collaborators
Ivan Aviles, Pablo Serratos, María Carrillo, Luna Kindler, Arturo Osorio, María José Preciado, Paulina Giacoman
Construction
PAULINA Giacoman
Supervision
MyTGLVDK- Paulina Giacoman
Material
Concrete, marble, onyx, wood & textile
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Creative Suite
Budget
10M ($Mexican Pesos)
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
You don’t have to go abroad to have a vacation. In fact, you can have one at home. While it might sound impossible, it is something that more and more people are actually doing. The term ‘staycation’ usually refers to taking a vacation in an area that’s near to one’s home, but actually vacationing at home brings new meaning to the term. When you sp...
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
Moon Over Modernism® will offer architecture enthusiasts entrée into Los Angeles’ world-famous residential gems—Case Study House #22 (Stahl House) and Sheats-Goldstein House. Benefitting USModernist®, America’s largest open resource for Modernist architecture, the weekend event occurs November 12-13, 2022.
Title
Moon Over Modernism Comes to Los Angeles
Eligibility
Open to public
Register
https://usmodernist.org/la
Date
Saturday-Sunday, November 12th-13th , 2022
Price
The Sheats-Goldstein House Cocktail Party (Tickets: $275 before October 1st; $375 after October 1st). The Stahl House Champagne Tours (Tickets: $110 for arrivals 12-3 PM; $180 for arrivals 4-6 PM)
Wutopia Lab was commissioned by the digital fashion brand ifanr to create the "Popped Orange — Uhub HOUSE" in Guangzhou T.I.T Creative Park, which was completed and opened in August 2022. It is an open design experiment, a vertical micro social complex with a light tower as the hub, including coffee, bar, theater, exhibition, sightseeing and party,...
Project name
Popped Orange / Uhub HOUSE
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab (Architecture, Interior, Landscape)
Location
T.I.T Creative Park, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Photography
Wu Siming, ifanr
Principal architect
Yu Ting (Shanghailander)
Design team
Architecture Team: Zhu Yumei, Yang Jia; Design Team: Li Hao (Project Architect), Wang Zhizheng, Jiang Xinping (Internship)
Interior design
Yu Bing, Shen Rui, Shao Bin
Landscape
Landscape Design: Wang Chon, Guo Yuqi; Landscape Construction Team: Zhuhai Yuyuan Landscape Group Co., Ltd.
Structural engineer
Hu Wenxiao
Environmental & MEP
Design Development: Shanghai Sunyat Architectural Design Co., Ltd.; Mechanical & Electronics Team: Shi Jiaying, Mao Robert, Mao Yaqian, Zou Yuheng
Lighting
Zhang Chloe, Yu Shiyu, Du Yuxuan
Material
Material Consultant: Wang Yu (polycarbonate sheet)
Construction
Construction: ifanr; Construction Team: Heyuan Yuchenju Decoration Co., Ltd.
Typology
Hospitality, Café, Gallery, Bar
The project consists of the reform of a flat in Barcelona’s Eixample. It is located on the chamfer, which explains its elongated and narrow plan, almost of corridor. Before the intervention, the aparment had undergone multiple transformations. The original hydraulic flooring and Catalan vaulted roof had been covered by low-value materials.
Architecture firm
Atzur Arquitectura
Location
Sant Antoni neighbourhood, Barcelona, Spain
Photography
Judith Casas, Aide Monge
Principal architect
Milagros Machado Ferrari, Claudia Ferrer Riera
Design team
Claudia Ferrer Riera, Milagros Machado Ferrari
Collaborators
Pablo Álvarez Pagani, Xavi Mata
Interior design
Claudia Ferrer Riera, Milagros Machado Ferrari
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Concrete, wood, glass
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Our latest luxury speculative residence is perched high over Lake Austin in the Tarrytown neighborhood. We created a courtyard style home using two heavy mass volumes connected by a light glass volume that is surrounded by water features on both sides. These large mass volumes consist of masonry construction with a textured fluted block exterior
Project name
Matthews Residence
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Design team
Black Rabbit: Jared Haas (principal), Charlie Schmidt, Austin Smock
Built area
6092 ft² (566 m²)
Site area
13412 ft² (1246 m²)
Collaborators
Slic Design (Interior Designer), Stewart and Co. (General Contractor), Fort Structures (Structural engineer)
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
Inspireli Awards, the largest international architecture competition for students, has its winners of the 7th year. 1025 projects by 1344 participants coming from 92 countries competed this year and the global jury of 850 architects had an uneasy task to find the best ones.
Written by
Mariana Vahalova
Photography
Inspireli Awards
