Designed by the Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement firm and built in 2009, this 4,000 sq.ft. spread over three levels is located on the side of Mont Saint-Hilaire in a deciduous forest. The tripartite composition of the building includes a mineral base (exposed concrete walls and floors) on which is placed a volume of wood, itself covered by...
Project name
Résidence du Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Architecture firm
Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement
Location
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Photography
Steve Montpetit
Principal architect
Alexandre Blouin, Jean Tardif
Design team
Alexandre Blouin (associé responsable), Isabelle Beauchamp (chargée de projet), Jonathan Trottier, Hicham Elfakir
Structural engineer
Gauthier Consultants
Environmental & MEP
Excel Climatisation (Mechanics)
Construction
Patrick St-Onge
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
The Italian ‘studiolo’, during the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was a room or chamber of a palace where the owner could retire to a private environment, often lavishly decorated, dedicated to reading, studying and writing. Located in one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Mérida, this space was conceived as a home-s...
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Isabel Bargas Cicero, Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Completion year
Septiembre 2021
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
David Serrano and Robert Willson
Typology
Residential › House
For a family in Keerbergen, Mieke Van Herck designed a home that unfolds like a warm cocoon to its inhabitants. With the man of the house staying abroad most of the time, family connection was the key word for the design and construction of this house.
Project name
Residence OF
Architecture firm
Mieke Van Herck Architects
Location
Keerbergen, Belgium
Photography
Annick Vernimmen
Principal architect
Mieke Van Herck
Interior design
Mieke Van Herck Architects
Material
Brick, Wood, Glass
Client
A family in Keerbergen
Typology
Residential › House
Studio Terpeluk reshapes a 1970’s San Francisco hillside house mixing vintage redwood tones with a contemporary language of color. Nestled among the California city’s neighborhood known for its streets lined with Victorian and Edwardian style homes, Studio Terpeluk completes the renovation of a 1974 two-story house of an American creative couple on...
Project name
Redwood House
Architecture firm
Studio Terpeluk
Location
Noe Valley, San Francisco (California, USA)
Principal architect
Brett Terpeluk
Design team
Brett Terpeluk, Huy Nguyen
Collaborators
Beatrice Santiccioli (Color Consultant)
Built area
Existing: 210 m², New: 299 m²
Completion year
January 2022
Structural engineer
Strandberg Engineering
Landscape
Monica Viarengo
Construction
Saturn Construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Gagan and Jasmin Arneja
Typology
Residential › House
Spanning in the plot size of 22800 sft, sits The Foliage House. The name is interestingly derived from the beautiful green patch of plot our client had. The plot is located in a developing suburb of Ahmedabad.
Project name
The Foliage House
Architecture firm
VPA Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel, Naiya Patel
Interior design
Naiya Patel
Structural engineer
Shreeji Structurals
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
It was more than an aesthetic exercise. It was a spiritual retreat, a place to cleanse body and soul. The house is build for an elves like young widow as retreat for her soul. The architecture is strongly connected with nature. The garden with is forest like atmosphere was the starting point in the project. A major dream from the owner was to have...
Project name
House Elvesgarden
Architecture firm
Stephan Maria Lang Architects
Photography
Sebastian Kolm
Principal architect
Stephan Maria Lang
Design team
Steffi Senula, Elena Eichinger, Annamaria Papp Ionescu, Tobias Hoffmann
Interior design
Annamaria Papp Ionescu
Structural engineer
Kohlars + Krückl
Landscape
The architecture is strongly connected with nature. The garden with is forest like atmosphere was the starting point in the project. A major dream from the owner was to have her first garden she dreamt off since her childhood.
Lighting
Kusstatscher Viabizzuno
Construction
Massive Concret
Material
Natural Stone( Muschelkalk), Oak Wood dark, High endPlaster work
Typology
Residential › House
When it comes to the restoration of Colonial houses in Merida, one is always immersed in an atmosphere of calm and mystery that surrounds the ancient constructions of the city, thick walls and small windows generate cozy environments that invite rest and intimacy, as happens in Casa Lohr and its old halls. This sense of mystery and calm is meant to...
Architecture firm
20Diezz (Veinte Diezz Arquitectos)
Location
Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
Photography
Manolo R. Solis
Principal architect
José Luis Irizzont
Design team
Daniela Álvarez, Jaime Peniche
Collaborators
Andre De la Garza
Interior design
Artesano Estudio de Arquitectura e Interiores
Structural engineer
Emmanuel Solis
Supervision
Veinte Diezz Arquitectos
Construction
Veinte Diezz Arquitectos
Material
Concrete, Stone, Pasta Tiles, Cedar wood
Typology
Residential › House
Set of villas located next to a pine forest.
The volumes develop perpendicularly to the road, facing south. They land along the natural slope of the land, the garage, with only one floor, finishes the volumetry.
The house basis begins as a wall, then surrounds the main volume and finally, again as a wall embraces the garage, giving a sense of c...
Project name
Houses in the pine forest
Architecture firm
PK Arquitetos
Location
Estoril, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Francisca Magalhães Ramalho
Structural engineer
ATPI Engenharia
Construction
API Construções
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
