The house was intended to be ground floor. The land is almost flat and has a timid water line that borders the property to the west. The surroundings are marked to the south by a natural, continuous space, as if it served as a backdrop for a long lawn. To the north, the well-kept main road is directly opposite a pre-primary school building.
Project name
Casa Em Brufe
Location
Brufe, Vila nova de Famalicão, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Avelino Oliveira
Collaborators
Engº Jorge Fernandes
Structural engineer
OMEGA
Construction
Moreira Sampaio, lda
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass.
Typology
Residential › House
Portable cabin is a year-round living space made of two adapted shipping containers. Investors are a couple of brave people who have contact with temporary architecture and are interested in searching for interesting and difficult to adapt spaces.
Project name
Portable Cabin
Architecture firm
wiercinski-studio
Principal architect
Adam Wiercinski
Design team
Adam Wiercinski
Interior design
wiercinski-studio
Visualization
wiercinski-studio
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Containers, plywood, steel
Typology
Residential › House, Cabin
North of San Francisco, in Glen Ellen, a less populated part of the California wine country, the culture has been based on agriculture and was named for an original winery. Jack London made this his permanent home here in the early 1900s. Drawn by the land, London believed in the redemptive qualities of rural life. Less than an hour from the City,...
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Glen Ellen, Sonoma, California, USA
Photography
Joe Fletcher Photography, Faulkner Architects, Hammond and Company
Design team
Greg Faulkner, Darrell Linscott, Christian Carpenter, Jenna Shropshire, Richard Szitar
Civil engineer
Lea & Braze Engineering
Structural engineer
CFBR Structural Group
Environmental & MEP
Sugarpine Engineering; Geotechnical Engineer: NV5
Landscape
Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture
Lighting
CLL. Concept Lighting Lab
Construction
Hammond and Company
The glazed reinforced concrete house at Rašovka with a Portuguese cork façade looks down from the Ještěd ridge on the Bohemian Paradise and generously opens onto the local meadows and the unique mountain climate.
Project name
Family House at Rašovka on the Ještěd Ridge
Architecture firm
atelier SAD
Location
Na Rašovce 70, 463 12 Šimonovice, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Adam Jirkal, Tomáš Kubák [atelier SAD], Iveta Zachariášová
Interior design
Iveta Zachariášová
Built area
158 m², Gross Floor Area 153 m²
Site area
1685 m², Dimensions 22,4 × 7,1 m / 640 m³
Construction
Ještědská stavební společnost, Interior construction: MY76
Material
Facade – expanded cork. Load-bearing walls and ceiling – exposed reinforced concrete. Partitions – ceramic bricks. Roofing – folded aluminium sheet. Paved surfaces – Liberec granite / old paving stones.
Client
Iveta and Jan Zachariáš
Typology
Residential › House
The initial premise of this residential project was that it be located in the highest part of the lot, to make the most of the views towards the western mountains. With a positive slope of more than 35%, it was necessary to generate a ramp for vehicular access, this ramp crosses the front of the lot diagonally.
Architecture firm
Federico Urfer Arquitecto
Location
La Cuesta, La Calera, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Federico Urfer
Design team
Rodrigo Bonnardel, Brian Moreno, María Santacruz, Sofía Carena
Collaborators
Dvr Aberturas De Aluminio
Structural engineer
Oscar Locicero
Landscape
Masdar Jardines
Lighting
Light Centro De Iluminación
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
People familiar with the town of Koi-Sepahan in Esfahan know that it is a quiet and secluded town which is not very attractive for the building investors community due to height and density restrictions. On the other hand, since many residents of this town have held positions in some military organizations in the past and present, some lifestyles m...
Project name
A House In The Pursuit Of Light
Architecture firm
BAM Architects Office
Location
Koi-Sepahan, Esfahan, Iran
Photography
Shant Melkonian
Principal architect
Babak Payvasteh, Maliheh Salimi
Design team
Babak Payvasteh, Maliheh Salimi
Collaborators
Alu Ayric, Ziggurat, Azarakhsh, Adib
Interior design
Babak Payvasteh
Structural engineer
Heydari
Environmental & MEP
Mahoomdi
Landscape
BAM Architects Office
Visualization
Babak Payvasteh
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Enscape
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
The clients come to the studio with a simple program for a three-bedroom house that meets their current and future needs for living and teleworking. They are a young couple with tremendous enthusiasm to live a quiet life enjoying their home in contact with nature and close to their family, and the plot is perfect as it borders a beautiful olive gro...
Project name
House in Pedrezuela
Architecture firm
Slow Studio
Location
Pedrezuela, Madrid, Spain
Supervision
Equipo Aparejador / Andrés Martín Ramos
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Brick, Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The chosen location is Monte el Pardo, 30 kilometers from Madrid in a plot with fantastic views and orientation. Our clients expect their house to be empty for a good part of the year so they want to find a way to make it pay for itself by renting it out when they are away but maintaining a private space.
Project name
House in Monte el Pardo
Architecture firm
Slow Studio
Location
Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain
Civil engineer
Ecopenta / Maria Peralta
Structural engineer
Campanyà Vinyeta
Environmental & MEP
Societat Orgànica / Paula Serra
Lighting
Cointec Instalaciones
Supervision
Equipo Aparejador / Andrés Martín Ramos
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Serman Construcciones y Decoración, Arquima
Material
Matter Barcelona: brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
