Located between Wellington’s creative Cuba quarter and the central business district, 129 Willis Street was earthquake prone and ready for a refurbishment. Previously home to three small commercial tenants, the refurbished office transformed the dark, inefficiently laid-out space into a lofty, open plan work space, suited to the modern working envi...
Project name
Willis Street Strengthening / Renovation
Architecture firm
First Light Studio
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Principal architect
Ben Jagersma
Design team
Ben Jagersma, Olly Syme, Luke Bryant
Built area
520 m² (including 30 m² deck)
Site area
215 m² + 45 m² road reserve
Structural engineer
Silvester Clark Consulting Engineers
Material
Historic brick & timber building with new concrete sheer walls and exposed structural steel
Typology
Commercial › Office Building › Structural Strengthening & Commercial fit out
Tonari means neighbor, neighborhood. We may remember this word from Studio Ghibli's cult animation Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro). This is what Tonari is supposed to be - a new place on the gastronomic map of Poznan - homely, cozy, a bit cramped, bringing people together. The aesthetics were to be inspired by Japanese home interiors of the S...
Architecture firm
Studio Uzarowicz
Principal architect
Maja Uzarowicz
Interior design
Studio Uzarowicz
Lighting
Studio Uzarowicz
Material
Microcement, plywood, ceramic tiles
Visualization
Little Moon
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Client
Jakub & Min Tepper
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
Nestled amidst the existing trees in the surf town of Nosara, in Guiones beach, these tropical condominiums gracefully intertwine with nature, fostering a distinctive habitat.
Project name
QUIN Surf Residence
Architecture firm
Studio Saxe
Location
Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Photography
Andres Garcia Lachner
Principal architect
Benjamin G. Saxe
Collaborators
Prodeyco, Sotela Afaro Ltd, Dynamo
Interior design
Saxe Interiors
Completion year
November 2022
Material
Concrete, Wood, Stone. Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Memories and dreams of a place, this urban development project in Zichron Yaakov-Israel, it's a mixed-use development of an urban square, commercial, offices, apartment buildings, and cultural recreation. This project wishes to connect the spirit of the place, its ancient memories, and the shapes that formed its structure of beauty, together with a...
Project name
Memories & Dreams, Zikhron Jaakov, Israel
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Location
Zikhron Jaakov, Israel
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Moshe Katz
Visualization
Moshe Katz Architect
Status
Unbuilt/ Preliminary Design
Typology
Residential › Apartments
The open church represents the need to break the box, the closed space of religion within limited boundaries, where a cultural- community meeting is taking place- to open it up to everyone. Open the space up where infinity is represented within a box; instead- demonstrate infinity through the lack of limitations, where we experience the fluidity an...
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Moshe Katz
Visualization
Moshe Katz Architect
Status
Unbuilt/ Preliminary Design
Typology
Religious Architecture › Church
Redefining Fluid Architecture with Iconic Circular Patterns set on Exposed RCC. Embracing the charm of concrete monolithic elements and unique patterns set on exposed RCC with concept of fluidity throughout the structure. The sense of raw brutalism of exposed concrete has garnered huge attention in the global design industry. Raw materials like con...
Project name
Madhuvilla - The Concrete House
Architecture firm
K.N.Associates
Location
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Principal architect
Narendra Joshi, Pritesh Patel
Design team
Vidhi Kapadia, Monalisa Sharma, Vinod Parmar, Nidhi Patel
Collaborators
Write – Up courtesy Credits: Priyanka Chitre; MEP & HVAC Consultants: Comfort AC; Project Managers: Jaimin Mistry; Interior Styling: Hemanshi Patwa Shah
Interior design
K.N.Associates
Civil engineer
Bharat Mistry & Jaimin Mistry
Structural engineer
AVM Engineers
Landscape
Outline Studios
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Exposed RCC, Kota Flooring & Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The idea for the concept of the World Recovery Center is based on the creation of a sanatorium in which clients are treated using their own stem cells. Anyone interested in using this method can have their fat cells harvested, for instance through liposuction, and then saved through freezing at the World Recovery Center.
Project name
World Recovery Center
Architecture firm
Peter Stasek Architects - Corporate Architecture
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Grasshopper, Rhinoceros, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Peter Stasek
Collaborators
Quest Diagnostics
Visualization
South Visuals
Typology
Cultural Architecture › World Recovery Center
Apapacho's Coffee Bar opened its doors in 2018 in a narrow and small space in the Historic Center of Queretaro. After nearly 5 years of operation, they decided to remodel “La Barra”, a gathering space for many, which gave us the privilege of collaborating with this café and renowned mural artist from the region, Renata Martínez.
Project name
El Apapacho Coffee Bar
Location
Querétaro, Mexico
Principal architect
Luis Carlos Aguilar González
Collaborators
Renata Martinez, Mauricio Challu
Client
El Apapacho Queretaro
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe, Bar
In the design of this house, the concept of home was considered as a place of personal relaxation that could be built with minimal damage to the ground in natural places, maximizing the indoor connection, while at the same time being able to become residential complexes.
Project name
Verdant Vista House
Architecture firm
Hossein Kalantari, Nima Kalantari
Tools used
Lumion, SketchUp
Principal architect
Hossein Kalantari, Nima Kalantari
Visualization
Nima Kalantari
Typology
Residential › House
The rising property prices did little to slow down the investors in the US from buying homes and turning them into rentals. Based on data released by CoreLogic, 11% of America homebuyers and investors included large private-equity corporations, real estate investors, and property watchers. This was almost twice the levels recorded before the US hou...
Written by
Jennifer Dawson
