The Grant Park House began with a classic Atlanta craftsman style bungalow in the historic Grant Park neighborhood that was in need of significant repair. The extensive renovation to the roof that was required allowed for a complete reconceiving of the home in plan and section, creating a new sky-lit single volume and wide open living spaces with a...
Project name
Grant Park House - Atlanta
Architecture firm
ARCHITECTUREFIRM
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Principal architect
Adam Ruffin
Collaborators
Carie Davis
Interior design
ARCHITECTUREFIRM / CARIE DAVIS
Visualization
ARCHITECTUREFIRM
Material
Wood framing within large expanses of soft white and plaster walls
Budget
WITHHELD AT CLIENT’S REQUEST
Typology
Residential › House
Completed in 2018 by Russian architceture firm Snegiri Architects, the cottage was created as a “passive house”, with the ability to save 90 percent more energy than a regular home thanks to a little technical know-how.
Architecture firm
Snegiri Architects
Photography
Nikita Kapiturov
Principal architect
Nikita Kapiturov
Design team
Snegiri Architecture
Interior design
Nikita Kapiturov
Visualization
Victoria Dementieva
Material
Foundation with cold-proof Swedish plate, carcass with monolith, with cold-proof mineral wool covered with larix wood saturated in natural flax oil
Typology
Residential › House
Algarve, in the South of Portugal does not only live by the sea. Proof of this is the village of São Bartolomeu de Messines, municipality of Silves - located in the interior of the Algarve, far from the mass tourism that occupies the whole coast, and privileged by the mountains that surround the whole region.
Project name
House in Messines
Architecture firm
Vitor Vilhena Arquitectura
Location
São Bartolomeu de Messines, Algarve, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vitor Vilhena
Collaborators
Vitor Vilhena, Fábio Guimarães, Nuno Gonçalves, João Simões
Civil engineer
PLANN Engineer
Structural engineer
PLANN Engineer
Supervision
Vitor Vilhena Architecture
Construction
Window to the Future, lda
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The Three Dragons House is a creative architectural proposal that rescues and integrates the existent and the new, giving the house unity and harmony.
Project name
Three Dragons House (Casa Tres Dragones)
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado,Pedro Quintal Ruz, Carlos Marrufo Tamayo
Construction
Taller Estilo Arquitectura S de R.L de C.V.
Material
Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
This family of six had outgrown the existing footprint of their house, with the small crowded kitchen being the focal point of their family life. Square Feet Architects resolved their space dilemma by removing an internal wall between the kitchen and adjacent living room to create one larger open plan kitchen-dining-living space.
Architecture firm
Square Feet Architects
Location
Mapesbury, London, United Kingdom
Photography
Jeremy Coleman
Principal architect
Daniel Leon
Material
Brick, Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The Cove House is a weekend home nestled in a site swaddled by the mountains of the Western Ghats. Red Brick Studio was approached by the client who wanted to build a space which would allow him a get-away from the hustle of the city life and provide him an opportunity to soak in the picturesque views of the backwaters of the Panshet Dam the site o...
Project name
The Cove House
Architecture firm
Red Brick Studio
Location
Panshet, Pune, India
Principal architect
Ankur Kothari, Anil Poduval
Design team
Kalyani Shah, Azhar Poonawala
Collaborators
Ashok Chouhan, Devendra Mahor
Structural engineer
Himanshu Tulpule
Typology
Residential › House
The trees stay! This was the initial phrase in the interview with the owners of the property, a pair of preexisting galleries, the first one with a shed covered in soot, barely noticeable the color of the clay roof tiles, and the second one covered with metal sheets was almost unable to sustain.
Project name
Door To Mérida House
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Calle 78 número 484 B por 55 y 57 Colonia Centro. Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Tamara Uribe, Marina Guzmán
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado, Daniel Rivera Arjona, Jorge Escalante Chan, Adrián Morales
Structural engineer
Juan Diaz Cab
Construction
Carlos Canto Trujillo, Juan Diaz Cab, Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Material
Cement, Wood, Stone, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Penghu House reinterpret traditional wisdom within a modern framework to create a multi- generational home for a local clan, resulting in a distinctive architecture born from the unique conditions of Penghu.
Project name
Penghu House
Architecture firm
XRANGE Architects
Principal architect
Grace Cheung
Interior design
XRANGE Architects
Structural engineer
Top Technic Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.
Landscape
XRANGE Architects
Lighting
Unolai Lighting Design & Associates
Material
Reinforced concrete, slab & bearing wall, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
