The couple who owns the house had a clear intention about the social atmospheres. For them, everyone should be visible and part of the family, no matter if cooking, reading, or working from home. On the other hand, they wanted to be comfortable at night without feeling uneased by shadows and exterior movements.
Architecture firm
AM-arqstudio
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
André Malheiro
Interior design
AM-arqstudio
Structural engineer
Eduarda Oliveira
Construction
RespirarArte
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The leap to copper filling every detail of this Susanna Cots home with meaning. The symbiosis between materials, textures and earthy colours awakens a visual comfort that creates a precious symphony of emotional wellbeing.
Project name
Copper House
Architecture firm
Susanna Cots
Location
Empordà, Costa Brava, Spain
Photography
Mauricio Fuertes
Principal architect
Susanna Cots
Design team
Susanna Cots Interior Design
Interior design
Susanna Cots Interior Design
Material
Stone, Concrete, Copper, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Built in a sloped site (30 degrees) in the city of Nova Lima, Brazil, the house uses dramatic cantilevers to emphasize the extremity of its position. We have chosen this concept not only for aesthetic reasons, but above all to reduce the interference of the building mass in the topography, keeping the site as natural as possible.
Project name
Residence FL - Vila Castela
Architecture firm
Anastasia Arquitetos
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança
Principal architect
Johanna Anastasia Cardoso, Tomás Anastasia Rebelo Horta
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steelete
Typology
Residential › House
An inner city hideaway. The complex was born from a project to recover and enhance the heritage of a vacant building with an extensive curtilage area. In this latter area, a single independent family housing unit was built, which we present here as Casa Prazeres 37. One of the main concerns of the design was to develop a volume as an anonymous elem...
Architecture firm
Fragmentos
Location
Lisboa, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Structural engineer
Fragmentos GLFV
Landscape
Polen Land Design
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The lot for this new development presented us with a couple of interesting characteristics that helped shape the house plan. The elongated property, organized along the natural slope and abutting a heavily wooded area, provides broad views of Lake Washington, unobstructed by other houses.
Project name
Carillon Woods
Architecture firm
ALCOVA architecture
Location
Washington, United States
Photography
Pietro Potestà
Principal architect
Pietro Potestà
Design team
Pietro Potestà
Collaborators
Wendy Morrison
Interior design
Pietro Potestà
Civil engineer
ALCOVA architecture
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Environmental & MEP
ALCOVA architecture
Supervision
Travis Gaylord - ALCHEMY Building Company
Visualization
ALCOVA architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
ALCHEMY Building Company
Material
Exteriors - Aluminum Composite Panels (Dibond); Painted Hardie Boards; High density timber face panels (Parklex); Powder coat steel
Typology
Residential › House
Light, intimacy, balance and contemplation of the outdoor spaces are some of RCR House striking features - a haven located in a residential area of Anadia, in central Portugal.
Architecture firm
VISIOARQ Arquitectos
Location
Anadia, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vicente Gouveia, Pedro Afonso, Nuno Poiarez
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
In this build, the clients were downsizing and relocating to a remote, scenic Black Boulder Mesa Subdivision in Boulder, Utah. Boulder is isolated from urban amenities, yet happens to be near Escalante National Monument, Capitol Reef National Park, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. An explorer’s hotspot!!
Project name
2410 East Broken Branch Drive, Boulder Utah, USA
Architecture firm
Jess Pedersen Architecture Inc.
Location
Boulder, Utah, USA
Photography
Brent Moss Photography
Principal architect
Jess Pedersen
Design team
Owner/ Architect
Collaborators
Owner/ Architect
Structural engineer
Jones & Demille Engineering Inc
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Construction
Combination Steel &Wood Frame
Material
Stone & Rusty Metal (exterior) / Drywall, Tile Floor Exposed Steel Beams (Interior)
Typology
Residential › House
PI Architects: A home for a young couple and two young children.
Project name
Raclette House
Architecture firm
PI Architects
Photography
PI Architects
Principal architect
Paul Yeo
Design team
Ivan Soh, Lee Hui Lian
Interior design
PI Architects
Civil engineer
Tenwit Consultants
Structural engineer
Tenwit Consultants
Environmental & MEP
PTA Consultants
Visualization
PI Architects
Typology
Residential › House
