The Soil House explores the contact of people with the floor, soil, the grass. Its irregular shape deviases the trees and embraces the center of the ground reinforcing this relationship with the Land.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Serra do Cipó, Brazil
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Deborah Martins and Mariana Ventura
Interior design
Art Ladrilhos, Metru, Top Coat, Xapuri
Structural engineer
Bicalho Rodrigues Engenharia Civil e Estrutural
Environmental & MEP
PROALPHA Engenharia e Consultoria
Construction
SAMEL ENGENHARIA
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
‘Tamara villa’ is a weekend home designed for a family of four on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The project exemplifies an idiosyncratic oeuvre that ranges from architecture to landscape.
Project name
Tamara Villa
Architecture firm
VPA Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel and Naiya Patel
Design team
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel and Naiya Patel
Interior design
VPA Architects
Civil engineer
SMI Infrastructure
Structural engineer
Taknik Consultants
Lighting
Interio Lighting
Supervision
MI Infrastructure
Construction
SMI Infrastructure
Material
Kotah Stone, Brick, Steel grey, Solid wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Our house was an old house which was located on the south side of my father’s house. As the children grew up, more space was needed and this led to think about renovation, so we added two other rooms on the top floor, north side of the existing building.
Project name
Ghaneei House
Architecture firm
Polsheer Architects
Location
No141,Mir Street, Isfahan, Iran
Photography
Farshid Nasrabadi
Principal architect
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei
Design team
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei, Leila Izadi, Shahab Mahmoudi, Ardeshir Ghaneei
Collaborators
Leila Izadi, Shahab Mahmoudi, Ardeshir Ghaneei
Interior design
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei
Structural engineer
Fereidoon Bonakdarpoor
Environmental & MEP
Eskandar Sadeghnezhad, Heidar Khosravi
Lighting
Eskandar Sadeghnezhad
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mehrdad Ghaneei
Material
Brick, Glass, Aluminum, Stone
Client
Mohamadreza Ghaneei
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Sol is a private oasis in the heart of Merida’s historic district. Located in the Yucatan península, this restoration project merges nature with history. Casa Sol offers a space for its owners to leave the busy city behind; here they can relax under the shadows of the trees that surround the pool.
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, Soho Galleries Merida
Material
Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Wagstaffe House is the realisation of a dream to live in the trees overlooking the water. The layout consists of public and private wings that create a raised courtyard, open on one side to frame the view and create a place of refuge from the elements.
Project name
Wagstaffe House
Architecture firm
buck&simple: doers of stuff
Location
Wagstaffe, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Simon Whitbread
Principal architect
Peter Ahern, Kurt Crisp
Interior design
buckandsimple
Structural engineer
Rowan Romuld - Grounded Structures Consulting Engineers
Construction
Builder - Andreas Christian Gubi Joiner - Woodstock Industries Timber mill – Australian Architectural Hardwoods
Material
Recycled brick, concrete, recycled blackbutt, steel, glass, wood
Typology
Residential › House
Located on a large lot situated on a quiet tree lined street in Etobicoke, Toronto, sits what once was a tired bungalow, turned 2-storey contemporary single family dwelling, transformed by Ancerl Studio.
Architecture firm
Ancerl Studio
Location
Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
Photography
Kimberly Czornodolskyj
Principal architect
Daniel Karpinski
Design team
Nicholas Ancerl, Tara Finlay, Ashley Robertson, Daniel Karpinski
Interior design
Ancerl Studio
Structural engineer
Reza Saeedi
Material
Concrete, Brick, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Wóolis was named by the workers, or rather artisans, who gave life to the built space. Its meaning in Mayan is ball, round, circle; they called the house this way referring to the central cylinder, the heart of the project.
Architecture firm
Arkham Projects
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Zaickz Moz, Manolo R. Solis
Principal architect
Benjamín Peniche Calafell, Jorge Duarte Torre, Roberto Romero Maldonado
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the south of Portugal, in an area that serves as a transition between the Sea and the land. It is located in the village of Alcalar, a few kilometers from Portimão, where 5000 years ago was settled an important Prehistoric community.
Project name
Casa em Alcalar / House in Alcalar
Architecture firm
Vitor Vilhena Arquitectura
Location
Alcalar, Algarve, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vitor Vilhena
Design team
Nuno Gonçalves, Fábio Plácido Guimarães, Michael Vieira
Collaborators
Veritate, Projectos e Fiscalização Electroeng, Engenharia Electrotécnica Termoflux, Engenharia e Certificação Energética
Typology
Residential › House
