The main idea is to blur the boundaries of the apartment and emotionally draw the city into its interior. The space of the apartment is not limited within the physical layout, the city surrounding the building becomes part of it and the added facade glazing only maintains the comfort of the indoor climate, connecting the city into an extended perip...
Project name
Penthouse in Prague
Architecture firm
petrjanda/brainwork
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Petr Janda
Design team
Anna Podroužková, Maty Donátová
Built area
358 m² (Gross Floor Area), 275 m² (Usable Floor Area)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Steel, Glass, Concrete, Wood
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Located in the heart of Forest Hill, Parkwood 8 designed by multidisciplinary Ancerl Studio exudes contemporary elegance balanced with a modernized industrial flair.
Architecture firm
Ancerl Studio
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Photography
Maxime Bocken, Valerie Wilcox
Principal architect
Daniel Karpinski
Design team
Nicholas Ancerl, Tara Finlay, Ashley Robertson, Daniel Karpinski, Robert Miguel
Interior design
Ancerl Studio
Structural engineer
Reza Saeedi
Construction
MAIA Legacy Builders
Material
Brick, Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Villa Destiny Tulum has been designed by Kauslab By Adrian Gómez ART based on an entire artistic, architectural and conceptual proposal. It not only contemplates the design of the interior spaces of the house but also part of the same natural environment where it is located in the Sian Ka'an reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; a place where the...
Project name
Villa Destiny Tulum
Architecture firm
Kauslab By Adrian Gómez ART
Location
Reserva de la biosfera de Sian Ka’an, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photography
Enderson Perez, Adrian Gómez ART, Bombay Estudio (drone images)
Principal architect
Adrian Gomez, Enderson Pérez
Design team
Adrian Gómez, Enderson Pérez
Collaborators
Luis Martínez, Carolina Almaguer
Interior design
Kauslab by Adrian Gómez Art
Landscape
Kauslab By Adrian Gómez ART
Structural engineer
Difica
Environmental & MEP
Difica
Visualization
Enderson Pérez
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, V-ray, SketchUp
Client
Villa Destiny Tulum
Typology
Residential › House
Bravos House was designed in 2013 and built from 2013 to 2015 at the Porto Riviera Condominium, in Brava Beach, city of Itajaí, Southern Brazil. The organization of the 937-square-meter house opens its best views to the east sector of the site, where Brava beach is located.
Project name
Bravos House
Architecture firm
Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos
Location
Itajaí (SC), Praia Brava, Brazil
Photography
Leonardo Finotti (www.leonardofinotti.com)
Principal architect
Marcos Jobim and Silvana Carlevaro
Design team
Marcos Jobim and Silvana Carlevaro
Collaborators
Talita Broering and Kaila Bissolotti
Interior design
Simara Deola Mello
Civil engineer
Titã Engenharia
Structural engineer
Titã Engenharia
Environmental & MEP
Titã Engenharia
Landscape
JA8 – Juliana Castro
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Aluminium
Typology
Residential › House
The Soil House explores the contact of people with the floor, soil, the grass. Its irregular shape deviases the trees and embraces the center of the ground reinforcing this relationship with the Land.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Serra do Cipó, Brazil
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Deborah Martins and Mariana Ventura
Interior design
Art Ladrilhos, Metru, Top Coat, Xapuri
Structural engineer
Bicalho Rodrigues Engenharia Civil e Estrutural
Environmental & MEP
PROALPHA Engenharia e Consultoria
Construction
SAMEL ENGENHARIA
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
‘Tamara villa’ is a weekend home designed for a family of four on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The project exemplifies an idiosyncratic oeuvre that ranges from architecture to landscape.
Project name
Tamara Villa
Architecture firm
VPA Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel and Naiya Patel
Design team
Ronak Patel, Jinal Patel and Naiya Patel
Interior design
VPA Architects
Civil engineer
SMI Infrastructure
Structural engineer
Taknik Consultants
Lighting
Interio Lighting
Supervision
MI Infrastructure
Construction
SMI Infrastructure
Material
Kotah Stone, Brick, Steel grey, Solid wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Our house was an old house which was located on the south side of my father’s house. As the children grew up, more space was needed and this led to think about renovation, so we added two other rooms on the top floor, north side of the existing building.
Project name
Ghaneei House
Architecture firm
Polsheer Architects
Location
No141,Mir Street, Isfahan, Iran
Photography
Farshid Nasrabadi
Principal architect
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei
Design team
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei, Leila Izadi, Shahab Mahmoudi, Ardeshir Ghaneei
Collaborators
Leila Izadi, Shahab Mahmoudi, Ardeshir Ghaneei
Interior design
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ashkan Ghaneei
Structural engineer
Fereidoon Bonakdarpoor
Environmental & MEP
Eskandar Sadeghnezhad, Heidar Khosravi
Lighting
Eskandar Sadeghnezhad
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mehrdad Ghaneei
Material
Brick, Glass, Aluminum, Stone
Client
Mohamadreza Ghaneei
Typology
Residential › House
Two years two months and two days, the writer Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin which he built himself in Walden Pond, Massachusetts, his childhood town. In just about a space of 3 m x 4.5 meters lakeside, he developed himself as an individual isolated from society looking for inspiration of the natural and its origins.
Project name
La Casa del Sapo
Architecture firm
Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Location
Zapotengo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Onnis Luque, Fabian Martinez
Principal architect
Carla Osorio Jimenez, Mario Alberto Ávila López, Sonia Morales, Andrea Rodriguez and Arantza Toledo
Collaborators
Mario Fernandez and Paulina chagoya (Carpentry)
Interior design
Espacio 18 Arquitectura, Mario Fernandez and Paulina Chagoya
Structural engineer
José Luis Contreras Pisson
Landscape
Mario Fernandez and Paulina Chagoya
Construction
Victor Chagoya, Mario Fernandez, Paulina Chagoya, Freddy, Mariela, Candido, Jorge, Cruz Hernández, Jesús Hernández, Coco y Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
