Designed by Seattle-based architecture firm Wittman Estes, the Yo-Ju Courtyard House is located in Clyde Hill, Washington (a suburb of Seattle). Through a series of thresholds from opaque to transparent, Yo-Ju Courtyard House, which means “secluded living” in Mandarin Chinese, embraces the future of suburban density by establishing a private experi...
Project name
Yo-Ju Courtyard House
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes
Location
Clyde Hill, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Matt Wittman
Design team
Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes, Ashton Wesely
Interior design
Henrybuilt (Kitchen)
Structural engineer
Malsam Tsang Structural Engineering
Construction
DME Construction Inc.
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Architecture duo Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty have the pleasure to present their new book, published by Phaidon. Yves Saint Laurent Museum Marrakech tells the remarkable story of the landmark museum in Marrakech dedicated to the legendary French fashion designer’s creative work.
The book chronicles the unique collaboration between Saint Laurent...
Title
Yves Saint Laurent Museum Marrakech
Author
Text: Catherine Sabbah, foreword by Madison Cox
This Cape Town pied-à-terre, near to the V&A Waterfront’s Silo Precinct, was conceptualised as a blank canvas for the owner’s growing collection of South African and African art. The precinct is anchored by the Zeitz MOCAA, which is not only the most significant art museum in the world dedicated to artists from Africa and the diaspora but is also...
Interior design
ARRCC, OKHA (Interior Decor)
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Design team
INTERIOR DESIGN TEAM: Michele Rhoda, Daniel Du Toit, Maajidah Sait, Anna Lisa Cunningham Cooper, Leigh Daniels. OKHA DESIGN TEAM: Adam Court, Luka Parkin
Collaborators
TEXT by Graham Wood
Material
Bulthaup sand beige aluminium. Bestwood timber floor. Limestone porcelain floor & wall tile. Rain grey Feature marble. Clamshell Caesarstone. Duco white wall cladding. Plaster & paint
Japanese Garden design is a sacred type of architecture. This type of design has been around for centuries, and is highly significant in Japanese culture. There are a variety of meanings and reasons for the elements found within Japanese Garden design. These are some of the major key factors of Japanese Garden design.
Written by
Jenny Williams
Photography
Kwon Junho (cover image), Daderot, Hiro2006, 663highland
A series of family cabins hidden in the forest, overlooking Washington's Hood Canal and inspired by the native killdeer bird. The retreat is an expression of ‘tactile modernism’, connecting the family to the sensation and physical experiences of the Puget sound ecosystem.
Project name
Hood Cliff Retreat
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes Architecture+Landscape
Location
Hood Canal, Hansville, WA
Principal architect
Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes
Design team
Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes, Naomi Javanifard, and Erica Munson
Structural engineer
Strongworks Structural
Construction
Jack Colgrove Construction
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › Rural Retreat
The concept behind the residence was to design a unique living space that was aesthetically appealing, comfortable to live in,open to outside and at the same time maintain a sense of safety and privacy in that residential neighborhood. The owner wanted a bright and well lit living space with a form that is new to that locality.
Project name
House of Ayoob
Architecture firm
3dor Concepts
Location
Taliparamba, Kerala, India
Photography
Prasath Mohan (Running Studios)
Principal architect
Ahmad Thaneem, Muhammed Jiyad, Muhammed Naseem
Design team
Rahul v,Thejas
Interior design
3dor Concepts
Structural engineer
Deframez
Environmental & MEP
Mussafer
Material
Mossaic, Concrete, Steel, Laterite
Typology
Residential › House
In creation of an architectural plan of the seaside town, with consideration of facing a set of volumetric masses; at the beginning, our confrontation with volumes was in a narrative way as if volumes are figures which were formed in the reaction of one another and also the formation of surfaces has been abstracted from the social interaction of th...
Project name
Seaside Town
Architecture firm
Kalbod Studio Design
Location
Sorkhrood, Mazandaran,Iran
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Nasrin Eghtesadi – Atefe Ramezankhani- Zahra Tavasoli -Yahya Basam – Maede Moallemi- Atefe Zolfaghari- Fateme Osanlo- Parnian Hasanpor- Mohamadreza Ghasemi
Visualization
Sara Rajabi
Typology
Residential › House
This six-story office building on Manhattan’s west side is the result of adding five new floors onto an existing one-story pub/restaurant. McQuaid’s Public House has been a fixture in the neighborhood for decades and the owner wanted to retain the existing pub and add the new office building floors and ground floor lobby with as little interruption...
Project name
603 West 44th Street
Architecture firm
Sydness Architects
Location
New York, New York, United States
Photography
Sydness Architects
Principal architect
Jeff Sydness
Design team
Matthew Ruopoli, Associate
Structural engineer
The Office of James Ruderman
Construction
Light gauge steel and concrete
Material
Zinc cladding, thermally broken windows, concrete, stucco, and metal
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Stacked Dwelling is a weekend house in Igatpuri, standing on a compact 360 sq m linear plot. The narrative unfolds against the majestic backdrop of the Sahyadris. The name is derived from the organisational strategy which orchestrates the interior spaces as two small houses placed on a platform, albeit cohesive in design vocabulary.
Project name
Stacked Dwelling
Architecture firm
DIG Architects
Photography
Sebastian Zachariah
Principal architect
Amit Khanolkar, Advait Potnis
Design team
Advait Potnis, Amit Khanolkar, Subodh Pacharne, Pratha Bhagat, Fahim Khambati
Interior design
Advait Potnis, Amit Khanolkar, Subodh Pacharne, Pratha Bhagat, Fahim Khambat
Civil engineer
Yogin Kulkarni
Structural engineer
Yogin Kulkarni
Supervision
Rakesh Bacchau, Munnilal prasad
Visualization
DIG Architects
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Suite
Construction
Rakesh Bacchau
Material
Cement plaster, Paint, Tiles
Typology
Residential › House
Paralelogamo House is private commission for a family home located in the Cumbayá Valley in Quito, Ecuador. It has been resolved by two parallelogram volumes that resolve the architectural parti thru an ¨L¨ shaped configuration that allows the programmatic necessities to be resolved while maximizing the visual and physical connections to the remark...
Project name
Paralelogramo House
Architecture firm
Najas Arquitectos
Location
Cumbayá, Ecuador
Photography
BICUBIK PHOTO
Principal architect
Esteban Najas
Design team
Esteban Najas, Sebastián Montenegro, Martín Antelo
Collaborators
Fernando Salazar (Anitary/Hidraulic)
Structural engineer
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador
Environmental & MEP
Rommel Antamba, Highlights (Electric)
Supervision
Andrés Lucero
Visualization
Najas Arquitectos
Construction
Najas Arquitectos
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, wood
Typology
Residential › House
