In the basin of Lake Llanquihue, in the city of Puerto Varas, surrounded by lakes and volcanoes, a house was projected in 2020. That year was marked by the most significant health crisis in recent times, which also occurred in social movements and national economic destabilization.
Project name
Casa Beatriz Elena (Beatriz Elena House)
Architecture firm
Camila Mancilla
Location
Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, Chile
Photography
Miguel Angel M. Martinich
Principal architect
Camila Mancilla
Collaborators
Isidora Sesnic (Editor of the text)
Structural engineer
Luis Talma
Supervision
Felipe Pino Silva
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign
Material
Recycled wood and steel, SIPanel, corrugated steel
Typology
Residential › House
An abstract composition of contrasting textural elements, this design responds to a very inspiring client brief for a building that ‘should not look like a house’.
Project name
Brighton East 3
Architecture firm
Pleysier Perkins in collaboration with InForm
Location
Brighton East, Melbourne, Australia
Principal architect
Simon Perkins
Design team
InForm in coloration with Pleysier Perkins
Structural engineer
BDD Engineering
Landscape
Matt Walsham Landscape Architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
The defining characteristic of this house is its contextual responsiveness. While contemporary in expression, it relates to its location in Chicago's leafy Lincoln Square neighborhood. in a number of ways. Its scale aligns with the surrounding century-old houses.
Project name
Eastwood Residence
Architecture firm
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Principal architect
Greg Howe, Pam Lamaster
Design team
Greg Howe, Pam Lamaster
Interior design
Homeowner
Structural engineer
Robert Darvas and Associates
Environmental & MEP
Searl Lamaster Howe
Lighting
Searl Lamaster Howe
Visualization
Searl Lamaster Howe
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD
Material
Brick, Cement Board
Typology
Residential › House
This villa, located on the surroundings of the city of Aveiro, is part of a consolidated residential area, but with low occupancy density, being part of a housing complex of allotment, with some lots already built. The proposed building is a non-homogeneous piece, composed of different volumes that form a single body.
Project name
Diagonal House (Casa Diagonal)
Architecture firm
Frari - architecture network
Location
Aveiro, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Maria João Fradinho
Design team
Jéssica Barreto, Ana Soares, Carlos Arroyo, Ana Rita Gomes
Civil engineer
Pedro Tavares - Engenharia de Projectos, Coordenação de Segurança e Direcção de Obras Lda.
Structural engineer
Pedro Tavares - Engenharia de Projectos, Coordenação de Segurança e Direcção de Obras Lda.
Construction
CIMAVE - Construtora e Imobiliária de Aveiro Lda.
Typology
Residential › House
Tailor-made for modern living, the Sussex house is a bold, contemporary form imbued with a sense of timelessness. A contemporary expression of raw materiality, showcasing bricks, bluestone and porcelain - personifying the mass of a boulder, delicately floating within the shallows of a deep blue body of pool water, the weighted walls are softened by...
Project name
Sussex House
Location
Brighton, Australia
Material
Bricks, bluestone, porcelain, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Perched on the waters edge in Ku ring gai National Park just to the north of Sydney, the Morning Bay House is designed as a place for the clients to connect with the natural landscape of Pittwater and the surrounding high spotted gum forest.
Project name
Morning Bay House
Architecture firm
Casey Brown Architecture
Location
Ku-ring-gai National Park, Morning Bay, Australia
Principal architect
Rob Brown
Landscape
Paul Woodley - Total Outdoors
Construction
Matt Moneghittie - Moneghittie Built
Typology
Residential › House
Tall and thin, the Haas Valley Farm Residence perches on its site which is centered in the Driftless Area, a small pocket of the Midwest so named because the glaciers skipped over the region, leaving a surprising landscape of rolling hills and deep valleys bisected by the Mississippi River. T
Project name
Haas Valley Farm
Architecture firm
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Location
Potosi, Wisconsin, USA
Principal architect
Greg Howe and Pam Lamaster
Interior design
Homeowners
Structural engineer
Lynn Barber
Lighting
Searl Lamaster Howe
Supervision
Graney Construction
Visualization
Searl Lamaster Howe
Tools used
Autodesk Revit
Construction
Graney Construction
Material
Wood frame, cedar exterior cladding, pine interior cladding, black slate floors
Typology
Residential › House
This residence rests on a spectacular lot at the base of the iconic Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, offering our firm a wide range of design latitude. This part of the Southwest offers residents a ‘resort’ climate for much of the year and our clients wanted the property to fully embody al fresco living.
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build in collaboration with Studio B
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Photography
An Pham Photography
Principal architect
James Trahan, John Anderson, Troy Vincent
Civil engineer
CVL Consultants
Structural engineer
GF Group
Environmental & MEP
Otterbein Engineering
Landscape
Trueform Landscape
Lighting
Woodward Engineering
Supervision
180 Degrees Design + Build
Tools used
Auto CAD, Google SketchUp, Autodesk Revit
Construction
180 Degrees Design + Build
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
