"Villa Las Nubes, designed by Flow 81, challenges the limits of architectural design. Suspended at a height of 11 metres and perfectly integrated into the surrounding forest, the trees cross the structure and continue to grow without being altered.
Project name
Villa Las Nubes
Location
Sotogrande, Spain
Photography
Fernando Alda
Principal architect
Ignacio Merino
Collaborators
Jesus Martin
Built area
500 m² living area, 240 m² covered terrace, 200 m² uncovered terrace, 40 m² swimming pool
Structural engineer
Flow81
Environmental & MEP
Flow81
Landscape
Acer Espacios Naturales
Supervision
Adrián Blanco
Construction
Grupo Red Point
Material
Concrete and steel structure
Typology
Residential › Single Family Detached House
Casa of Sloping Roof is a duplex penthouse with a pitched roof. It combines minimalist design with a structured design language, attracting people to roam through it. The client wants her home to be free, open, sunny and allow for good interaction with her family.
Project name
Casa of Sloping Roof
Architecture firm
BDSD Boundless Design
Location
Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China
Principal architect
Lin Wenke, Sun Zhengyuan
Design team
He Haiquan, Pan Meijia, Wu Ruikang, Su Rixian, Xu Zhaoyang
Collaborators
BDSD Boundless Design / Dong Hongqiong, Ye Jiaxin (Soft Decoration Design)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › House
Native Sutra: Villa 144, also known as the "Fusion House," is located in the serene 12-year-old Gurugram Colony of Tatvam Villas, distinguished by its lush green landscape and generous open spaces interspersed with water bodies that attract migratory birds.
Project name
Fusion House
Architecture firm
Native Sutra
Photography
Vaibhav Bhatia
Principal architect
Parul Architect
Interior design
Native Sutra
Tools used
CAD, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk 3ds Max
Typology
Residential › House
Interior designer Angelina Kostina created the interior for this two-storey country house near Moscow for a young couple with a dynamic, multifaceted lifestyle.
Project name
Raw charm and natural elegance in a country house outside Moscow
Architecture firm
Angelina Kostina
Photography
Mikhail Loskutov
Design team
Style by Daria Soboleva
Interior design
Angelina Kostina
Lighting
Hudson Valley, Floor lamp - handmade ceramics by Anna Zhukova, Schwung, Tom Rossau, Aromas Del Campo, Handle studio, Centersvet, Secto Design
Material
The wooden ceiling beams, crafted from reclaimed wood from old fences and houses in Arkhangelsk; a solid slab of Dagestani dolomite
Typology
Residential › House
A space where architecture and life connect naturally. This residence, designed for people seeking tranquility and comfort on a single level, presents itself with a discreet calm, as if it had always been there, waiting to be inhabited.
Architecture firm
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Location
Altozano, Cuauhtémoc, Colima, Mexico
Photography
Lorena Darquea
Principal architect
Matia Di Frenna Müller
Design team
Matia Di Frenna Müller, José Omar Anguiano de la Rosa, Juan Gerardo Guardado Ávila
Design year
7 diciembre 2021
Completion year
20 junio 2023
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The interior design of the apartment was influenced by both the investor and the location of the original functionalist building, which historically housed butchers and charcutiers. Inspired by this heritage, the entire design process kept the spirit of the butchery in mind.
Project name
The Butcher's Apartment
Architecture firm
Iva Hajkova Studio
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Iva Hájková
Design team
Katka Šmardová, Vlaďka Rosypalková
Collaborators
Lighting supplier: ATEH. Bespoke furniture: HAKO nábytek. Furniture supplier: Stockist
Built area
Gross floor area 127 m²
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
Lighting supplier: ATEH
Material
Stone – covering, bathrooms, table, cabinet. Furniture – lacquered veneer, solid wood, spice veneer, lacquered MDF, according to the author's design. Stainless steel - polished bookcase according to the author's design. Wood – floor, furniture. Glass – indoor window, doors, designer lighting fixtures
Typology
Residential › Apartment
ARRCC has re-envisioned this home on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard at the foot of Lion's Head. Their new design retained the existing footprint but remodelled the envelope and the interior to create a flowing, open-plan arrangement connecting the gardens and terraces topanoramic ocean views.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Principal architect
Jon Case, Clive Schulze
Design team
Jon Case, Clive Schulze
Collaborators
Copy by: Graham Wood
Structural engineer
Mocke Engineering
Civil engineer
Mocke Engineering
Typology
Residential › Villa
The home located in the suburbs of New Orleans had a low ceiling that provided its exterior (and interior) with an aesthetic (and proportion) that was familiar to other mid-century homes built in this region but lacked many of the components that often distinguish these homes as remarkable works of Architecture.
Project name
Vaulted House (Renovation)
Architecture firm
Nathan Fell Architecture
Location
Metairie, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Photography
Jeremy Jachym
Principal architect
Nathan Fell
Design team
James Babin, Kyra Nasser, Jace Ambwani
Interior design
Nathan Fell Architecture
Structural engineer
Cali & LaPlace Engineers
Landscape
Nathan Fell Architecture
Visualization
Nathan Fell Architecture
Tools used
Revit, Lumion, Enscape
Construction
C&G Construction
Material
Wood, Steel, Stucco, Brick, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
