A small, intimate weekend home situated near Ahmedabad that celebrates materiality and the relationship between the manmade and the natural - reducing carbon footprints. We used earthy, local materials, shaped and worked by local hands, to build this modest, private retreat. The surroundings were left largely undisturbed while building this ecologi...
Architecture firm
tHE gRID Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Photography
Photographix India, Inclined Studio (Video credits)
Principal architect
Snehal Suthar and Bhadri Suthar
Design team
Snehal Suthar and Bhadri Suthar
Collaborators
Local craftsmen
Interior design
tHE gRID Architects
Structural engineer
inhouse
Environmental & MEP
inhouse
Landscape
tHE gRID Architects
Visualization
Snehal Suthar and Bhadri Suthar
Tools used
ZWCAD, Adobe Photoshop, SkethUp, Nikon and Sony camera
Material
Yellow dhrangadhdra stone, Exposed concrete, Reclaimed wood, MS, Reclaimed jute, Reclaimed rope, Glass, Kotah,
Typology
Residential › Weekend villa
The Portuguese architecture firm BALA atelier has recently completed Almirante Reis Apartment, rehabilitation of an attic in a building dated 1906, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Project name
Almirante Reis Apartment ''Apartamento na Almirante Reis''
Architecture firm
BALA atelier
Location
Avenida Almirante Reis, Lisboa, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio www.ivotavares.net
Principal architect
Mariana Póvoa, Sílvia Rocio, Pedro Pedroso
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wood, Brass, Tile, Stone
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The house on the cusp of a fold in the Hollywood Hills identifies the differential complexity of the steep hillside as its functional and formal generator. The stark, rigid appearance enters a dialogue with the landscape, defining itself as a real object through the process of alienating its context.
Architecture firm
Arshia Architects, Ltd
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Design team
Miguel Gonzales, Brittany DePaul, Spencer Brennan, Felix Monasakanian
Collaborators
Axel Schmitzberger
Civil engineer
Joy Civil Engineering
Structural engineer
Amir Pirbadian
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › House
“The Quest” is a replacement dwelling in Swanage, UK. Planning permission was granted in the spring of 2014, and construction started in October 2014. The build was completed in January 2016 and has won numerous accolades and awards, including: Built It 2017 , Daily Telegraph's H&R 2017, RIBA (South West) 2017 and Sunday Times' 2017 BHA.
Architecture firm
Ström Architects
Location
Swanage, United Kingdom
Photography
Martin Gardner
Principal architect
Magnus Ström
Structural engineer
Calcinotto
Construction
Matrod Frampton Ltd
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone,Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Completed in 2012 by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, The Tree House located in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. This house was built on a 15m X 15m area. Once the work was finished, it could be merged with another adjacent land having the same measures which allowed us to have a larger garden. A particular feature of the property was that w...
Project name
The Tree House
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain / Arquitectura Organica
Location
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Photography
Francisco Lubbert
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain Aguilar
Typology
Residential › House
Designed to receive a family living abroad, the country house in the interior of São Paulo needed to accommodate them during long seasons in Brazil. Located in Quinta da Baroneza, with 1,100m², the challenge was, in addition to thinking about the program for prolonged uses, solving the implantation in the very inclined terrain.
Project name
EQ Residence
Architecture firm
Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura
Location
Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Evelyn Muller
Principal architect
Gilda Meirelles
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › Houses
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos: Placed on top of historic Hollywood Hills, the ones which draw Los Angeles profile where part of Case Study Houses program was built. The project lays on the ground, adapting to its hard slope and conditions, carrying out a change of direction at house level in order to frame the horizon of the city till the ocean.
Project name
House in Hollywood Hills
Architecture firm
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Principal architect
Fran Silvestre
Design team
Fran Silvestre, Maria Masià, David Sastre, Álvaro Olivares
Collaborators
Estefanía Soriano, Esther Sanchís, Eduardo Sancho, Vicente Picó, Diego Civera, Fran Ayala, Ángel Fito, Pablo Camarasa, Sandra Insa, Santiago Dueña, Ricardo Candela, Rubén March, José Manuel Arnao. Manuelian Architects (Partner)
Interior design
Alfaro Hofmann
Typology
Residential › Houses
The Greek architecture practice K-Studio has recently completed Villa Mandra, a single-family home located on the hill of Aleomandra in Mykonos, Greece. Sitting on the ridge of the hill of Aleomandra in Mykonos yet almost entirely hidden from view, Villa Mandra looks straight out to sea and the sunset over the neighbouring island of Delos.
Project name
Villa Mandra
Architecture firm
K-Studio
Photography
Claus Brechenmacher and Reiner Baumann
Design team
Dimitris Karampatakis, Ileana Vlassopoulou, Alexandros Zomas, Antonella Theodorakatou, Christos Papachristodoulou, Christos Spetseris
Collaborators
Maria Mposgana - Matoula Kazakidou, Davide Santiccioli, Panagiotis Stathis
Structural engineer
Chryssanthos Kaligeros
Environmental & MEP
Giorgos Kavoulakos
Construction
ECC - George Tsikouras
Lighting
Dimitris Kouvalis-HALO
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential, Houses
