Situated in the heart of the bustling city center of Mumbai, this high-floor duplex caters to a young family, blending contemporary elegance with the whimsy of daily life and travel, akin to their renowned fashion label. Does the residence be on the 45th floor overlooking the sea through the city skyline, provide the setting for the entire abode to...
Project name
The Coastal Harmony
Architecture firm
Mind Manifestation Design
Location
Lower Parel, Mumbai, India
Photography
Saurabh Suryan
Principal architect
Anand Deshmukh, Chetan Lahoti
Design team
Akshata Ranadive , Vidhisha Paltewar
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
Lighting Consultant – What’s this studio
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Budget
8000 rs/- per sq.m
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The house is located diagonally towards the bay, a premise based on taking advantage of the views. It has an unambiguous structural language: a concrete base that generates containment. The volume of the architectural program occupies only half of the space; the rest is descending terrain and fill. A perimeter concrete plinth supports a wooden roof...
Project name
KUPURI House
Architecture firm
Modica Ledezma, Central De Arquitectura
Location
Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico
Principal architect
Hector Modica, Carlos Ledezma, Jose Sanchez
Collaborators
Paola Andonegui Cuellar, Fernanda Soriano, Oscar Torres Alfonzo, Emmanuel Ortiz, Cristian Romero, Alfredo Romero; SUPPLIERS: Venster, Habitacion 116, Perilbagno y Bali
Construction
ADC Agrupacion
Typology
Residential › House
Under the cliffs of Tepozteco emerges LL House, where its monoliths settle as if the weathered stones of the hill had been sculpted to inhabit them. The geometric composition of the house responds to a fragmentation of prisms that join and separate to shape its internal spaces. They come together to create amplitude and disperse to retreat into sol...
Location
Tepoztlán, Morelos, México
Photography
Mariana Achach
Design team
RA! (Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra, Daniel Martínez, Lourdes Gamez.)
Collaborators
Daniel Martinez, Lourdes Gamez
Built area
481m² interior + 719m² exterior
Civil engineer
Daniel Manzanares
Structural engineer
Daniel Manzanares
Environmental & MEP
Antonio Villarreal
Lighting
Eduardo Martinez
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Tuti is located in the Terralagos neighborhood, in front of a large lagoon. It is a pure and white volume that plays with its wings on the upper and lower floors, where its flight is the skeleton that intervenes throughout the entire route of the house.
Architecture firm
Leone Loray Arquitectos
Location
Terralagos, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Justina Leone, Gastón Loray
Design team
Nadia Navarrete
Collaborators
Gustavo Ciancio
Interior design
Juliana Virla
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The ethos of striking a balance lies in a clever mix of traditions while delivering 21st-century amenities in a space. The ‘Courtyard House’ is designed around one of the most essential elements of conventional Indian homes — the courtyard. Situated away from the city’s hustle and bustle, this 3,788 sq ft three-bedroom home is an outcome of the own...
Project name
Courtyard House
Architecture firm
Alkove-Design
Location
Bengaluru, India
Photography
Parth Swaminathan, PHX India
Principal architect
Komal Mittal, Ninada Kashyap
Design team
Komal Mittal, Ninada Kashyap, Rutuja Ravindrakumar, Nikita Katole, Pranav Gawale
Collaborators
My Garden, Sunshine Boulevard
Interior design
Alkove-Design
Structural engineer
Sreenivasulu
Supervision
Bakkinath, Sreenivasulu
Visualization
Alkove-Design
Tools used
Escape, Lumion, SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Bakkinath, Sreenivasulu
Material
1. Unique Material Applications ● Exterior Walls: CSEB (Compressed stabilised earth blocks) Bricks with Varnish ● Internal Walls: Red Bricks ● Flooring: Attangudi Tiles, Green Marble, Yellow Jaisalmer Stone, Grey Sadarahalli Granite, Teak Wood Flooring ● Central Columns: Wooden Columns ● Louvered Wardrobe Shutters: Teak Wood ● Roofing: Clay Tiles ● Bath flooring: Sadarhalli Stone ● Curtains: S N Fabrics, Voyage Maison ● Kitchen Surface: Kalinga Stone ● Kitchen Sink: Nirali ● Kitchen Hardware: Hafele ● Kitchen Chimney: Elica ● Kitchen Chimney: Min Appliances ● Designer Fans: Orient ● Digital Locks: Delta Home ● Ply: Archidply ● Laminates: Royal Touche, Merino
Budget
Rs 4000 - 5000 per sq.ft.
Client
Srikanth Kalyani, Nandini Srikanth
Typology
Residential › House
ARQTIPO: The proposal challenges the search for a sensitive material experimentation, which attempts to provide a vital interior spatiality, filtering light to both private and semi-public spaces, at different times of the day, located in the Parque Chas neighborhood, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Architecture firm
ARQTIPO
Location
Andonaegui 1251, Parque Chas, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Israel Caire, Mathis Ceccon
Principal architect
Diego Aceto, Dario Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp
Design team
Diego Aceto, Dario Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp
Interior design
ARQTIPO (Diego Aceto, Dario Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp)
Structural engineer
Pablo Lulkin
Construction
ARQTIPO (Diego Aceto, Dario Litvinoff, Alejandro Camp)
Supervision
Lucas Gorroño
Visualization
Ph Israel Caire + Mathis Ceccon
Material
Reinforced Concrete and CORBLOCK brick
Typology
Residential › Apartments
In the perspective of ancient Chinese architectural philosophy, buildings always align with nature, and the construction of space and materials constantly undergo renewal, evolution, and succession along with nature. From this perspective, vernacular architecture can be seen as an original"natural prototype", which is a natural form that spontaneou...
Project name
Villager's Home in Wanghu Village
Architecture firm
The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University (UAD)
Location
Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Principal architect
Mo Zhoujin, Wu Hegen, Guo Lidong
Collaborators
Intelligent Design: Lin Minjun
Structural engineer
Jin Zhenfen, Chen Dong
Environmental & MEP
Plumbing Design: Sang Songbiao, Wu Weihao. Electrical Design: Shen Yueqing, Li Zhaoyu
Client
Xianju County Baita town Xianjing village stock economic cooperative
Typology
Residential › House
Conservation architects Donald Insall Associates are delighted to announce that the Camellia House, a Grade II*-listed glass house nestled within the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse, has received an RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) regional award in the Refurbishment/Revitalisation category.
Project name
Camellia House at Wentworth
Architecture firm
Donald Insall Associates
Location
South Yorkshire, England, UK
Principal architect
Safer Sphere
Structural engineer
Mason Clark Associates
Environmental & MEP
Max Fordham
Construction
William Burch & Sons
Client
Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust
Typology
Residential › House, Luxury Modern Duplex Home
