Shenzhen-based design practice 31 Design recently completed a villa project in Haikou. With considerations for the site's environment and conditions, the designers integrated architecture with interior to allow dwellers to dialogue with nature.
Project name
Visun Greatland Art Villa
Architecture firm
31 Design
Location
Haikou, Hainan, China
Photography
Shenzhen Lv-Feng Photography Ltd. / Chen Weizhong; Video: Tency Culture
Principal architect
Huang Tao, Li Zhihong
Design team
Li Donghui, Li Sijie
Interior design
31 Design
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The indignities a house has suffered over time at the hands of quirky owners can thankfully be reversed over time with the touch of a loving architect. This Mid-Century Modern had been disfigured by the addition of anachronistic moldings and strange modifications everywhere! The new owners hired Amato Architecture to create a multi-phase master pla...
Project name
15 Arlington Avenue, Kensington
Architecture firm
Amato Architecture
Location
Kensington, California, United States
Principal architect
Rebecca Amato
Design team
Rebecca Amato, Scott Lee
Interior design
Rebecca Amato
Lighting
Amato Architecture
Supervision
Amato Architecture
Construction
Berkeley Craftsmen
Client
Carla Fried & Monika Brown
Typology
Residential › Houseential
U-DENTAL is a chain dental clinic with a history of 15 years, targeting at middle and high-end consumer groups in Shenzhen. The brand set a new premise in One Shenzhen Bay, a vibrant mixed-use community, hoping it to balance contemporary art and a sense of technology to meet the demands for upgrading healthcare consumption.
Project name
U-DENTAL Clinic
Architecture firm
DA INTEGRATING LIMITED
Location
One Shenzhen Bay, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Photography
Chao Zhang, Canhui Luo
Principal architect
Chinman Ngai
Design team
Yehua Ou, Yu Chen, Bo Li, Qicheng Huang, Wanling Liang, Zhaozhi Liao, Xiutao Xiao
Collaborators
Art Consulting: Babu Space (Shenzhen) / Suiyue Art (Chengdu)
Completion year
January 2021
Typology
Health › Dental Clinic
Imagining the future of architecture in a tropical context. A Case Study House Conceptual Exploration based on the coast side of El Salvador, the smallest country in central America, with a beautiful natural landscape with all of its volcanoes and amazing beaches.
Project name
Case Study House Concept 01 - Futuristic Linear Tropical Villa in Costa del Sol, El Salvador
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
Costa del Sol, El Salvador
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Visualization
Rodrigo Molina
Typology
Residential › House
Set on the banks of the Snake River, in Wyoming, this estate provides a year-round residence for a local family, supporting their active and outdoors-oriented lifestyle.
Architecture firm
CCY Architects
Principal architect
John Cottle, Chris Touchette
Design team
John Cottle, Chris Touchette, Sean O’Bryant, Alex Griffin
Interior design
CCY Architects, NCH Design
Environmental & MEP
SBG Building Works ( Mechanical Engineer)
Landscape
Hershberger Design
Construction
Rendezvous Custom Homes
Material
Brick/masonry products: Select Stone: Tuxedo Garden City Grey Limestone. Exterior siding: HEWN Siding. Flooring – wood: ¾” thick, 8” engineered quartered white oak. Structural Lumber: Laminated Strand lumber, 2x6 at exterior and interior. Entry doors: Custom 2 1/4” wood door with steel inlay. Windows and Lift & Slide Doors: Reynaers.
Typology
Residential › House
‘Build Smart’ Reveals Building Data’s Potential to Reshape our World. Gābl Media has launched the second season of Build Smart, a podcast presented by buildingSMART International. In this 10-part series, architect hosts Patrick MacLeamy, FAIA, and Mark LePage, AIA, interview building-industry experts about how improving access to data can refine de...
Photography
Images courtesy of Rob Martel (MacLeamy) and Gabl Media (LePage)
The Salvador Department complex is a project that contains the essence of Tulum. The rhythm generated by the waves on the face of the project is opposed to the orthogonal element that breaks this sequence but at the same time combines to create a visually harmonious appearance.
Project name
Departamentos Salvador
Architecture firm
JCH+Arquitectos
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jaime Abdelaziz Cal Herrera
Design team
Yanizle Dorantes, Cristina Vazquez, Yolanda Pech
Visualization
JCH+Arquitectos
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Don’t leave the mantel above your fireplace bare and boring—find different ways to decorate this area of your house to tie into the theme of your other décor.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
Photography
Michael Gattorna
One of the smartest ways an entrepreneur starting an architectural firm can display their unique creativity and communicate their expertise to clients is to choose a unique and exciting brand name.
Written by
Grant Polachek
Photography
Karolina Grabowska
O·CO arquitectos: The project is placed in a small town in the area known as Vega de Granada. It pretends to create a new meeting point bonding the pharmacy to the surroundings. Presenting a new urban appearance which leads a dialog between the white walls and the pureness of the unsurfaced exposed concrete.
Project name
Pharmacy and House ARM (Farmacia - Vivienda ARM)
Architecture firm
O·CO arquitectos
Location
Cúllar Vega, Granada, Spain
Photography
Juanan Barros
Principal architect
Ángel Vallecillo Zorrilla, Rafael Nieto Jiménez
Design team
O·CO arquitectos
Interior design
O·CO arquitectos
Civil engineer
O·CO arquitectos
Structural engineer
O·CO arquitectos
Environmental & MEP
O·CO arquitectos
Landscape
O·CO arquitectos
Lighting
O·CO arquitectos
Supervision
O·CO arquitectos
Visualization
O·CO arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Hucen Obras y Proyectos SL
Material
Concrete, steel, ceramic flooring, wood, corian.
Client
Ana Rosa Rubio de Malo
Typology
Residential › House › Pharmacy
