Looking for new ways to traditional barn-house is one of the most common exercises in contemporary architecture practice, and even one of the most applied in the south of Chile. It takes massive attention in the last internal migration, due to the pandemic of covid-19, which open the door to work from home so a lot of people from big cities, like S...
Architecture firm
Estudio Diagonal Architects
Location
Puerto Varas, Región de Los Lagos, Chile
Photography
Nicolás Saieh
Principal architect
Sebastián Armijo Oyarzún
Design team
Sebastián Armijo Oyarzún
Interior design
Estudio Diagonal Architects
Structural engineer
Cristóbal Berríos R.
Supervision
Estudio Diagonal Architects
Construction
Taller Jorquera
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › Singel Family Home
Studio Guilherme Torres, an architecture firm named after its founder and creative director, carries a fundamental premise in its works: the use of high-performance construction techniques, yield and minimization or extinction of environmental impact. This intrinsic feature is present since his first works in the early 00's, where the concepts of e...
Architecture firm
Studio Guilherme Torres
Location
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Photography
Denilson Machado — MCA Estúdio
Principal architect
Guilherme Torres
Design team
Felipe Castilho, Cyro Guimarães, Rafael Miliari, Fernando Lima
Interior design
Guilherme Torres
Civil engineer
Yopanan C. P. Rebello
Structural engineer
Grau Engenharia
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Construtora Monreal
Material
Steel frame structure, alveolar timber and concrete slabs, Viroc (façade), perforated metal plates (circulation), hijau stone (swimming pool coating), conctrete plates (wall coating)
Typology
Residential › Single Family Residence
McGovern Residence - Concrete bunker house nestled between high-rises. A landmark site, a radical client willing to take risks and a sensational builder, the dream commission. The south facing riverfront allotment was occupied by a very charming but exhausted 1940’s worker's cottage.
Project name
McGovern Residence
Architecture firm
Reitsma & Associates
Location
77 Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Kelli Jean Black
Principal architect
Trevor Reitsma
Design team
Jordan Lew, Angie Clues
Collaborators
Gray Construction
Interior design
Reitsma & Associates
Structural engineer
Structures Engineering
Landscape
living style co
Lighting
creative lighting concepts
Construction
Gray Construction
Material
Concrete, Seamed Metal
Typology
Residential › House
RISE Design Studio has completed a striking refurbishment and extension of a mid terrace Victorian house in Queen's Park, NW London, comprised of two additional brick volumes and a lightwell. The architects rose to the challenge of modernising a home to make it spacious and open, while creating separate zones and pockets of privacy for the family m...
Project name
Queen's Park House
Architecture firm
RISE Design Studio
Location
Queen’s Park, London, UK
Principal architect
Sean Ronnie Hill RIBA ARB
Collaborators
Party Wall Surveyor: Richard Egan, Osprey Building Consultants; Approved building inspector: Quadrant; Intruder Alarm Specialist: NSS Security Solutions
Completion year
July 2022
Structural engineer
Richard Tant Associates
Landscape
Dan Shea Garden Designer
Construction
GEB London Ltd
Typology
Residential › House
Built on a site with a thought-provoking urban fabric, the ‘Tiny House’ as we call it, is designed as a fluent response to the immediate site context. “With an average plot size of 12 ft x 28 ft, it must be large enough for 5 people to use. Although a small area, it should not only accommodate, but also radiate a sense of family” shares the client....
Project name
The Tiny House
Architecture firm
Neogenesis+Studi0261
Location
Sagrampura, Surat, Gujarat, India
Photography
Manthan Yadav, Ishita Sitwala | The Fishy Project
Principal architect
Chinmay Laiwala, Jigar Asarawala, Tarika Asarawala
Civil engineer
Ronak Khambhadiya
Structural engineer
Ritesh Chauhan
Environmental & MEP
Sagar Refrigeration
Typology
Residential › House
Thrilled with the beach town location of their summer house in the Los Angeles area, but not with its loud ’90s-era architecture, a family of four approached Blue Truck Studio with a directive — tone it down. What they had: a house with wild geometry, such as octagon-shaped rooms and triangular spaces.
Project name
30th Street House
Architecture firm
Blue Truck Studio
Location
Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Principal architect
Peter Liang
Design team
Eric Reeder, John Flaherty, Xuhan (Ben) Shi
Interior design
Mary Valaika Design
Structural engineer
Palos Verdes Engineering
Landscape
Romana di Suvero
Construction
Bryan Bethem / Rough Workshop
Typology
Residential › House
Nathalie Scipioni Architects turned this two-bedroom, one-bathroom semi into a three-bedroom two bathroom two storey home in the heart of Erskineville adding value to our client's investment rental property. The property has an immense amount of natural light with streamlined unique interiors with finishes of stone and timber creating a unified fee...
Project name
Lions Court, Erskineville
Architecture firm
Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Location
Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Nathalie Scipioni
Design team
Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Collaborators
Better Tiles, Koskela, Reece bathrooms, Havwoods, greens tapware, artusi kitchen laundry and outdoor, Quantum quartz, franke aus home solutions
Interior design
Nathalie Scipioni
Structural engineer
Dambrosio Consulting
Supervision
Nathalie Scipioni
Visualization
Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Construction
Cubic Constructions
Typology
Residential › House
Located on the outskirts of Córdoba, in a natural environment, the project arises from the need to refurbish a house originally designed for a large family that currently cannot adapt to the users' needs. Over time, certain spaces have ceased to have a specific function and required rethinking.
Project name
A tiny house between the trees (Una pequeña casa en El Bosque)
Architecture firm
Esteras Perrote
Location
Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Andrés Domínguez
Principal architect
Lucía Esteras, Gonzalo Perrote
Design team
Esteras Perrote Studio
Interior design
Esteras Perrote Studio
Civil engineer
Esteras Perrote Studio
Structural engineer
Esteras Perrote Studio
Landscape
Esteras Perrote Studio
Lighting
Esteras Perrote Studio
Supervision
Esteras Perrote Studio
Visualization
Andres Dominguez
Construction
Esteras Perrote
Typology
Residential › House, Extension, Refurbishment