Thrilled with the beach town location of their summer house in the Los Angeles area, but not with its loud ’90s-era architecture, a family of four approached Blue Truck Studio with a directive — tone it down. What they had: a house with wild geometry, such as octagon-shaped rooms and triangular spaces.
Project name
30th Street House
Architecture firm
Blue Truck Studio
Location
Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Principal architect
Peter Liang
Design team
Eric Reeder, John Flaherty, Xuhan (Ben) Shi
Interior design
Mary Valaika Design
Structural engineer
Palos Verdes Engineering
Landscape
Romana di Suvero
Construction
Bryan Bethem / Rough Workshop
Typology
Residential › House
The design and implementation of this 880 square meter villa is the achievement of how ACE Design succeeds in creating the "ideal home". Ms.Hui Xie leads the team to focus on discovering the real joys of family life, returning to nature amid the bustling city and slowing down the pace of life, so as to fully immerse ourselves in this enjoyable, car...
Project name
Chengdu Repulse Bay Detached Villa
Architecture firm
ACE DESIGN
Photography
Ao Xiang, Shifang Vision
Principal architect
Hui Xie
Design team
Hui Xie, Qilang Wang, Subing Zhao
Collaborators
Soft furnishings design and execution: Mushang Art
Typology
Residential › Villa
Including over 18,000 projects directly from exclusive journal contents. In January 2023, Tokyo-based architecture publisher A+U Publishing Co., Ltd. (“Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd. ” as its parent company) launched "SHINKENCHIKU DATA", a digital archive system enabling access and exploration of extensive architecture projects curated in past periodic...
Written by
a+u / Shinkenchiku
Photography
Shinkenchiku Data Co., Ltd.
Drawing inspiration from local Norfolk pines, this mixed-use residential project is a sculptural and sympathetic addition to its coastal location in Burleigh Heads (Queensland, Australia).
Project name
Drawing inspiration from local Norfolk pines
Architecture firm
Koichi Takada Architects
Location
Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Corona Renderer
Collaborators
Hutchinson Builders (Builder)
Visualization
Wonder Render
Client
MIM Design Interior Design
Typology
Residential › Apartments
UAE-based smart and green facilities management company Farnek has launched a new state-of-the-art online remote digital platform called PowerTek, which was developed by in-house experts, at Farnek’s innovative digital solutions, sister company HITEK.
With the desire to integrate living room and kitchen, a suite with plenty of useful space and a balcony with barbecue to enjoy relaxing moments, the office Espacial Arquitetos, led by architects Larissa Teixeira and Reginaldo Machado, sought inspiration in New York lofts and brought a lot of urban design, bringing the city into the 180m² apartment...
Project name
Apartamento Cônego
Architecture firm
Espacial Arquitetos
Location
Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
Design team
Larissa Teixeira, Reginaldo Machado
Interior design
Espacial Arquitetos
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Eduardo Duprat
Lighting
Espacial Arquitetos
Material
Portobello, Eliane, Dalle Piage, Friso box
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The underwater parking for over 4,000 bicycles is a ‘plug-in’ for Amsterdam Central Station, a multi-modal transport hub – making people’s journeys as simple and hassle free as possible.
Project name
Bike Parking IJboulevard
Architecture firm
VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism
Location
De Ruijterkade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Ossip van Duivenbode
Principal architect
Danny Esselman, Max Fleer
Collaborators
Building physics: Buro Bouwfysica Street layout: Gemeente Amsterdam Wayfinding, pedestrian flow: Royal Haskoning DHV
Landscape
DS Landschapsarchitecten
Structural engineer
VolkerWessels Infra Competence Centre
Environmental & MEP
Homij Technische Installaties
Construction
Van Hattum en Blankevoort
Client
Van Hattum en Blankevoort - Gemeente Amsterdam
Typology
Public Space › Underwater Bike Parking
Architecture is a field of creative excellence envisioning a sustainable environment but in most of the countries construction, architecture, engineering and artistic fields are still dominated by males. Instead of being valued for the quality of work produced, women tend to face gender discrimination and racism globally.
Written by
Kritika Juneja
Photography
Kritika Juneja
Nathalie Scipioni Architects turned this two-bedroom, one-bathroom semi into a three-bedroom two bathroom two storey home in the heart of Erskineville adding value to our client's investment rental property. The property has an immense amount of natural light with streamlined unique interiors with finishes of stone and timber creating a unified fee...
Project name
Lions Court, Erskineville
Architecture firm
Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Location
Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Nathalie Scipioni
Design team
Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Collaborators
Better Tiles, Koskela, Reece bathrooms, Havwoods, greens tapware, artusi kitchen laundry and outdoor, Quantum quartz, franke aus home solutions
Interior design
Nathalie Scipioni
Structural engineer
Dambrosio Consulting
Supervision
Nathalie Scipioni
Visualization
Nathalie Scipioni Architects
Construction
Cubic Constructions
Typology
Residential › House
Forgotten in the terraced vineyard, a stone ruin with a curved space was discovered. Since the ruin was subtly integrated with the landscape, it became the basis of the intervention. The genius loci suggested the Fibonacci Spiral movement which was perfectly aligned with the existing wall.
Architecture firm
Marco Maio Architects
Location
Troja, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Marco Maio, David Obrovnik, Kaja Likar, Katarina Kobale
Built area
Built-up Area 100 m²
Collaborators
COR-TEN works: Jakub Ščerba
Material
Stone – walls, stairs. Corten steel – doors, niche – small wine cellar, fireplace, stairs, partition wall between platforms. Concrete pavers – platform for wine tasting. Gravel – floors, walking paths.
Typology
Public Space › Landscape
