Crazy House is known as one of the most strange buildings in the world. When you enter Crazy House, you will instantly feel a cool, fresh air as if you were in a forest. Visiting Crazy House is taking a journey in giant tree trunks with the small winding paths. The tree trunks are connected by the tree branches. You won’t know where these branches...
Project name
Biệt thự Hằng Nga (later called Crazy House)
Principal architect
Đặng Việt Nga
Location
03 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng, phường 4, Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam
Photography
All images courtesy of crazyhouse.vn
The Egyptian multi-disciplinary studio Reha, LLC. led by Reha Habib completed a unique Mediterranean boutique hotel in North Coast, Egypt. Set on an authentic slice of the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, the project began with an existing one-story U-shaped building split into four quadrants, surrounding a central lagoon with adjacent stunning views of...
Project name
Mazeej White Hotel
Architecture firm
Reha, LLC.
Location
North Coast, Egypt
Photography
Nour El Refai
Principal architect
Reha Habib and Ramy Takla
Design team
Reha Habib, Ramy Takla, Mazen Samir
Interior design
Reha, LLC.
Material
Wood, Marble, Concrete
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
The Chinese architecture firm Liu Jiakun led by Liu Jiakun in collaboration with CSD Design has recently completed Shanthi Boutique Hotel located in Songyang, Zhejiang.
Project name
Shanthi Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
Jiakun Architects
Location
Songyang, Lishui, Zhejiang
Principal architect
Liu Jiakun
Design team
Chen Kan, Yang Ying, Liu Su, He Qiang, Yi Huizhong
Collaborators
FF& E design team: Tang Jia, Xian Lijuan & Wei Ai. Signage design team: WUYONG ART & DESIGN, Zhang Can, Li Wenting
Landscape
Chen Kan, Yang Ying, He Qiang, Yi Huizhong & Li Jing
Interior design
Jiakun Architects & CSD Design. team: Zhang Can, Chen Kan, Li Wenting, Yang Ying, He Qiang, Yi Huizhong, Deng Yu,Tang Jun, Wang Boyu, Liu Wenjing, Wang Zhangping, Yang Yan, Zhou Xiaohui & Guo Yuting
Lighting
Dept. of lighting planning & design, tsinghua tongheng urban planning & design institue
Contractor
BEIJING TONG HENG SI CHENG INVESTMENT Co. Ltd
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
Designed by Ukrainian studio YODEZEEN architects, Bar³ is a new restaurant and bar in a residential area of Kyiv, created according to the principle of genuineness.
Architecture firm
YODEZEEN Architects
Photography
Andrii Shurpenkov
Principal architect
Artem Zverev, Artur Sharf
Interior design
YODEZEEN Architects
Design team
Artem Zverev, Artur Sharf, Artem Voskoboinyk, Anya Tarabanova, Olga Kravchenko, Liubov Tuzovska, Vitaliy Korzh
Sisan Hupao 1934 in Hangzhou, China an Ethereal Haven with a Restful Atmosphere for Guests to Bask in the Natural Environment. Designed by SYY Decoration Design.
Project name
Sisan Hupao 1934
Architecture firm
SYY Decoration Design
Location
Huyu Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Principal architect
Xie Ke, Zhi Hongxin
Design team
Wang Chi, Zheng Yajia, Hong Hong, Wu Siyu, Bao Yixin, Jiang Xian, Shen Linben
Structural engineer
Yang Ye, Luo Zhuomao
Environmental & MEP
Liu Hu
Interior design
Ya Design - Wang Chi, Bao Yixin, Jiang Xian, Shen Linzhen
Material
Marble, Bricks, Wood, Ceramics
Combining nature and the rhythm of city life, the Kyiv-based design studio YOD Design Lab has recently completed Rabbit Habit bar, located in the central Kyiv, in the basement of a building erected in the early XX century.
Project name
Rabbit Habit
Architecture firm
YOD Design Lab
Photography
Andrey Bezuglov
Interior design
YOD Design Lab
Architect Isurunath Bulankulame has created a villa that draws inspirations from the vernacular tradition of the locality as well as the natural beauty of the Landscape and historical significance of Kandy.
Project name
Nestled Hideaway – Villa /Boutique Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Architecture firm
CASAA - Contemporary Architecture Studio And Associates
Location
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Photography
Eresh Weerasuriya
Principal architect
Architect S.W. Isurunath Bulankulame AIA (SL)
Structural engineer
Udaya Dissanayake
Contractor
Plantec Engineering
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
Client
Engineer Janaka Abeykoon
The Takamatsu-based architecture firm Keita Nagata & Architelements has designed Usagi-an (rabbit hermitage) a restaurant for local production and consumption, located in Ayauta town kurikumahigashi, Marugame city, Kagawa pref., Japan.
Architects statement:
Rabbit’s dwelling. Mud Dumpling ma...