The ancient Greeks, Etruscans and Romans implemented in their aristocratic residences a new architectural system known as compluvium, designed to divert rainwater into the impluvium. This structure, located in the heart of the domus, not only had an initial practical function of expelling smoke from internal fires, but also evolved to improve funda...
Project name
Compluvium House
Architecture firm
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Principal architect
Fran Silvestre, Carlos Lucas
Collaborators
BUILDING ENGINEER CONSULTANTS: Consuelo Astasio | Technical Architect of the Project; María Masià, Pablo Camarasa, Ricardo Candela, Estefania Soriano, Sevak Asatrián, José María Ibañez, Andrea Baldo, Angelo Brollo, Paloma Feng, Javi Herrero, Gino Brollo, Paco Chinesta, Facundo Castro, Anna Alfanjarín, Laura Bueno, Toni Cremades, Susana León, David Cirocchi, Neus Roso, Nuria Doménech, Andrea Raga, Olga Martín, Víctor González, Pepe Llop, Monike Teodoro, Alberto Bianchi, Lucía Domingo, FSilvestreArquitectos, FSArquitectos, Alejandro Pascual, Pablo Simò, Andrea Blasco, Ana Bono, Claudia Escorcia, Laura Palacio, Carlos Perez, Jovita Cortijo, Ana de Pablo, Sara Atienza, Valeria Fernandini, Sandra Mazcuñán, Kateryna Spuziak, Julián Garcia
Interior design
Alfaro Hofmann
Structural engineer
Estructuras Singulares
Construction
Project Work S.L
Typology
Residential › House
Situated on an isolated plot with a slight slope, the project is based on the development of a single-family house.
Architecture firm
Mário Alves arquiteto
Location
Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Mário Alves
Typology
Residential › House
The project for Casa D31 located on the beach of Riviera de São Lourenço, São Paulo coast, was designed to receive a young couple with two children, who were looking for a beach house to house and receive family and friends on the weekend, enjoying moments of leisure and rest and that, at the same time, could connect with the elements of the native...
Architecture firm
Raiz Arquitetura
Location
Riviera de São Lourenço, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Leonardo Giantomasi
Principal architect
Elias Souza, Alexandre Ferraz
Design team
Team: Leila Lemos / Sabrina Borotto / Guilherme Alonso Souza / Alexandre Nascimento • Interns: Laura Aguiar, Livia Guazzelli, Nabila Sukrieh e Tatiana Ordine
Site area
Land area: 533.08 m²
Structural engineer
Osny Machado de Lima Junior
Landscape
Semente Nativa (Mauricio Nunes Veiga)
Construction
Raiz Arquitetura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
The project is the renovation and expansion of a house from the 1960s in a residential area of Montpellier. Its rational and flat roof typology presents interesting potential with a view to adding additional volume. The extension aims to offer a living space more closely linked to the garden. The project is the composition of simple vertical and ho...
Architecture firm
Brengues Le Pavec architectes
Location
Montpellier, Hérault, France
Photography
RBrengues Photos
Material
Stamped Concrete, Stone on the ground. Inside, Wooden Panels
Typology
Residential › House
Rapidly escalating construction costs in Seattle have resulted in high volume, low quality market rate housing. 2018 construction costs in Seattle were among the highest in the world, averaging $280/SF, and the high cost of construction has led to a proliferation of housing severely lacking in character, transforming Seattle into neighborhoods of...
Project name
Tsuga Townhomes
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes Architecture+Landscape
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Miranda Estes
Design team
Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes, Naomi Javanifard, Ashton Wesely, Jen Sutherland, Faith Swickard, Julia Frost
Structural engineer
Joshua Welch Engineering
Construction
Witttman Estes
Typology
Residential › Housing
Located in the city of Nova Granada, in the countryside of São Paulo, the Casa Granada project stands out for the fusion between the construction solutions of the architecture office Estúdio HAA! and the specificities and demands of the clients.
Project name
Casa Granada
Architecture firm
Estúdio HAA!
Location
Nova Granada, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Evandro Oliveira
Principal architect
Homã Alvico
Collaborators
Marcela Céspedes, Luiza Andrade, Felipe Zevoli
Construction
Felipe Zevoli
Typology
Residential › House
The interior was created for a young creative couple with excellent taste and vision, so despite the challenging task that the designer faced, the discussion was easy.
Architecture firm
Azbuka Dom Studio
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Principal architect
Vitaly Bitiev
Design team
Vitaly Bitiev
Collaborators
Tatiana Litsis
Interior design
Vitaly Bitiev
Environmental & MEP engineering
Supervision
Tatiana Litsis
Client
wishes to stay anonymous
Typology
Residential › Apartment
A minimalistic house in Bengaluru designed around the two African tulip trees fosters a deep sense of belonging for its dwellers. Nestled within the urban fabric of Koramangala, Bengaluru, the residence is designed to accommodate a family of four.
Architecture firm
Studio Detail
Location
Koramangala, Bengaluru, India
Photography
Shamanth Patil J
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel, black basalt stone
Typology
Residential › House
