The Mexican architectre firm Besana Studio, led by architect Francisco Javier Rios Rodriguez, has developed a project in the metropolitan area of Pachuca, Hidalgo, in the central part of Mexico. Named Casa Gardens, the house is immersed in an environment of vegetation and exceeding tranquility. Landscaping elements, such as artificial lakes, are...
Project name
Casa Gardens
Architecture firm
Besana Studio
Location
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
Photography
Aldo C. Gracia, www.aldocgracia.com
Principal architect
Francisco Javier Rios Rodriguez
Typology
Residential › House
Abramson Architects: With a gallery-worthy view of Santa Monica Bay, this Pacific Palisades home showcases the outside world. Bright white interior spaces are punctuated with dark exterior materials, mimicing a framed work of art. The owners are empty-nesters who were ready for a downsized home that defined the more mature pace of their current lif...
Project name
Glenhaven Residence
Architecture firm
Abramson Architects
Location
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, United States
Principal architect
David Pascu, David@abramsonarchitects.com
Construction
Stone Construction Company
Typology
Residential › House
The Formentera-based architecture studio Marià Castelló Martínez has recently completed ''Es Pou'' a single-family home located in Formentera, Spain. “Es Pou de Can Marianet Barber” is a historical place name in the interior of the island of Formentera (Spain). A rural plot where several pre-existents condition the insertion of this small first res...
Architecture firm
Marià Castelló
Location
Camí Vell de la Mola km. 1,8. Formentera, Spain
Photography
Marià Castelló · www.m-ar.net
Principal architect
Marià Castelló Martínez
Design team
Lorena Ruzafa, Marga Ferrer
Collaborators
Maria Tur Riera
Interior design
Marià Castelló
Built area
70 m² + 24 m² porch
Civil engineer
José Luís Velilla Lon
Structural engineer
Ferran Juan Nicolau
Environmental & MEP
Javier Colomar Riera
Supervision
Lorena Ruzafa and Marià Castelló
Visualization
Lorena Ruzafa
Tools used
DroneDeploy, Pix4D
Construction
Toni 13, Lorena Ruzafa + Marià Castelló (Construction manager)
Material
Ceramic, Concrete, Plaster, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Completed in 2019 by Melbourne-based architecture practice Mitsuori Architects, Portsea Beach House is a holiday home located in Portsea a seaside town in Metropolitan Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula.
Project name
Portsea Beach House
Architecture firm
Mitsuori Architects
Location
Portsea, Australia
Photography
Michael Kai Photography
Principal architect
Matthew Murfett & Melissa Lim
Structural engineer
Structural Edge
Construction
Howroyd Homes Pty Ltd
Material
Wood, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Austin-based architecture firm LaRue Architects and Britt Design Group have recently completed Ski Slope Residence in Lake Austin, USA. The teamed reimagined this 1950’s lake side cabin with a quirky hexagon add-on in the 70’s into a serene lake side ranch.
Project name
Ski Slope Residence
Architecture firm
LaRue Architects
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Photography
Dror Baldinger
Principal architect
James LaRue
Interior design
Britt Design Group
Construction
Classic Constructors
Material
Wood, Steel, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Ruptura Morlaca Arquitectura: The desire of users to inhabit on a serene, vast and tree-filled landscape, where nature is able to show its greatness, has led them to identify a place in the Ricaurte sector in Cuenca-Ecuador, an almost intact site that In the mornings, a characteristic mist of the mountains of the area is shed, which floats over the...
Project name
Gravitational Indifference
Architecture firm
Ruptura Morlaca Arquitectura
Principal architect
Paul Chango, Carolina Bravo
Construction
Diego Paguay, Ruptura Morlaca
Typology
Residential › House
Amos Goldreich Architecture: A much-loved garden was central to our design of this side and rear extension for a Victorian mid-terrace house in the Stroud Green Conservation Area of Haringey. The project for a couple, both in property development and one a keen gardener, arranges a sequence of living spaces around the garden and an internal courtya...
Project name
A House For A Gardener
Architecture firm
Amos Goldreich Architecture
Location
London , United Kingdom
Photography
Ollie Hammick
Interior design
Amos Goldreich Architecture
Structural engineer
Constant
Construction
BKB Projects
Material
Glass, timber, tiles, brick
Typology
Residential › House
The site of the Smith Residence was a slight declivity between two rock outcroppings that are on a prominence that slopes directly down to the sea. The house was conceived as a square spiral, built up by the lapping of the major beams around a courtyard.
Project name
Smith House 2
Architecture firm
Arthur Erickson
Location
West Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Photography
John Fulker, Steven Zhen Wang
Principal architect
Arthur Erickson, Geoffrey Massey
Typology
Residential › House