Suggestive architectural proposals for affordable housing to the population, propose housing development units of questionable quality to solve the housing deficit in the country, and Pernambuco is no different.
Project name
Paudalho Popular Houses
Architecture firm
NEBR Arquitetura
Location
Paudalho, Pernambuco, Brazil
Principal architect
Edson Muniz
Design team
Amanda Brandão
Collaborators
Chico Santos
Interior design
NEBR arquitetura
Lighting
NEBR arquitetura
Construction
RWM Construction Company
Material
Alcoa, Cerâmica Bom Jesus, Norcola, Norvidro
Client
Bom Jesus Enterprises
The Cerrado House was built at the foothills of the Sierra da Moeda, a mountain range in the state of Minas Gerais. The three-bedroom house has a rooftop pool and a wide staircase that leads to the rooftop terrace.
Project name
Cerrado House
Architecture firm
Vazio S/A
Location
Moeda, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Leonardo Finotti
Principal architect
Carlos M Teixeira
Collaborators
Leonardo Rodrigues, Daila Coutinho
Interior design
Vazio S/A
Civil engineer
Eduardo Girão
Environmental & MEP
Matheus Elias
Landscape
Vazio S/A, Mariana Siqueira
Construction
Nova Engenharia
Material
Concrete, wood, glass
Typology
Residential › House
The farmhouse spread over 70,000 square feet is located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The whole plot was a green heaven with thick plantation which enveloped built forms which are placed in planned pockets across the plot.
Project name
Bambooz Farm
Architecture firm
SNS Design Studio
Location
Rancharda, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Shilin Patwa & Shweta Trivedi
Hara house is located in an agricultural village in Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture. Most functions that are required in a fully self-reliant house were already present on-site, such as a parents' house, storage areas, and private rooms.
Architecture firm
Takeru Shoji Architects Co.,Ltd
Photography
Isamu Murai, Shinkenchiku-Sha
Principal architect
Takeru Shoji, Takayuki Shimada
Structural engineer
Tetsuya Tanaka Structural Engineers, Tetsuya Tanaka
Construction
Yoshihara Gumi, Hirokatsu Yokoo
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This incredible contemporary property has been designed by the architect/owner with exceptional attention to detail and an extremely high-level finish throughout. The Garden House is arranged over two levels, ground and lower ground floor and the layout has been designed to give all the principal rooms excellent natural light.
Project name
The Garden House
Architecture firm
Alpex Architecture
Location
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
Photography
French+Tye Photography, frenchandtye.com
Principal architect
Laura Petruso
Collaborators
Laura Petruso
Interior design
Laura Petruso
Structural engineer
Gary White @ Courtleas Consulting
Landscape
Etienne Landscape Gardening
Supervision
Laura Petruso
Construction
Ian Patterson
Casa Houlpoch is an old Yucatecan house from the end of the last century that gets its name from a snake from the region that regularly “visited” the property's ruins.
Project name
Casa Huolpoch
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Artesano MX (Furniture), Galería Urbana Blanquis (Art)
Interior design
Workshop, Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Chukum, Stone, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Chabacano (A glass concept). The intention of this architectural project for a single-family house is to distribute the spaces on a single floor, except for a basement, which is dedicated to storage, service and garage areas.
Project name
Casa Chabacano
Architecture firm
HCE Office of Architecture
Location
Querétaro, Mexico
Photography
Fotográfica Mexicana
Principal architect
Eduardo Herrera Cantú
Design team
Eduardo Ángeles A., Juan Carlos Rodríguez García, Rafael Sandoval Lozano
Collaborators
Juan Carlos Sánchez
Interior design
HCE Office of Architecture
Structural engineer
Grupo IEESA
Supervision
Manuel Salmerón Muñoz
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit
Material
Concrete, steel framing and brickwork as structure. Porcelain floors, tempered glass and wood panel ceilings as finishes
Typology
Residential › House
The Rome and Tehran-based architecture practice uc21 architects led by Amin Haghighat Gou have recently completed Cantilever House, a contemporary single-family home located in Mosha, Damavand, Iran.
Project name
Cantilever House
Architecture firm
uc21 architects
Location
Mosha, Damavand, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Amin Haghighat Gou
Design team
Amin Haghighat Gou
Interior design
Amin Haghighat Gou
Environmental & MEP
Mehdi Safe, Amir Hossein Borji
Landscape
Amin Haghighat Gou
Lighting
Mehdi Safe, Amin Haghighat Gou
Supervision
Amin Haghighat Gou, Milad Ahmadian
Visualization
Amin Haghighat Gou
Construction
Milad Ahmadian, Amin Haghighat Gou
Material
Concrete, Steel structure, cement plaster
Typology
Residential › House
