The clients own and operate a Los Angeles area retail gallery featuring a curated collection of west-coast artists. They desired a retreat with the feel of a contemporary art gallery, with plenty of wall space to display a rotation of their collection while also capturing expansive views offered by the site.
Project name
Collector’s Retreat
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
Construction
The Green Construction Company
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The 7,000-square-foot dwelling is comprised of a series of gabled forms, an exterior palette of cedar shingles and stone references the rugged surrounds while oak, fir, and cedar wrap the interiors in rustic warmth.
Project name
Westridge Residence
Architecture firm
Richard Beard Architects
Location
Portola Valley, California, USA
Principal architect
Richard Beard of Richard Beard Architects (designed by Richard Beard when he was a Principal at BAR Architects)
Landscape
Arterra Landscape Architects
Construction
Alftin Construction
Material
Stone, Wood, Concrete, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
A private house was designed for the city of Sochi, Russia. The main thesis embedded in the concept and image of the house: Wholeness / Autopoiesis / Calligraphy; "A residential building reflecting content, aesthetics, natural structures." The living image opens gradually, seamless facades give the impression of a continuous change in the outlines...
Project name
House Membrane
Architecture firm
Niko Architect
Principal architect
Nikolaev Stanislav
Visualization
Igor Vasilyev
Typology
Residential › House
8 Skills Required to Be an Architect You Must Start Growing Now. Being an architect demands more than knowing geometry well. So, are you planning to enrich our world with architectural masterpieces? If yes, then this article is your list of must-have skills to be an architect.
Written by
Viktoria Polanski
Photography
Thirdman (cover image)
A hidden jewel in Santa Cruz, Surf House brings a polished bohemian feel right up to the edge of one of the state’s best surf breaks. The clients approached Feldman Architecture to design a family home in an unassuming neighborhood - aware of the feel and scale of the surrounding structures. The clients were well-versed on the nuances of the site a...
Architecture firm
Feldman Architecture
Location
Santa Cruz, California, USA
Photography
Joe Fletcher Photography
Design team
Caroline Arpa, Humbeen Geo, Leila Bijan Kuehr, Jessica Gill
Collaborators
Arborica (Sawyer), Allison Harding (Art Consultant)
Interior design
Commune Design
Structural engineer
Strandberg
Landscape
Ground Studio Landscape Architecture
Construction
RJL Construction
Typology
Residential › House
In designing the project, an idea has been taken from a tree, which is called an avocado tree in the city of Bali, which has green fruits. If we pay attention to the structure of this tree, we will find that like other trees, it has roots, trunk, branches, leaves and fruits, so that after the roots grows underground so the trunk grows from the grou...
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
Administrative cluster of PJSC Tatneft in Almetyevsk is a set of buildings constructed throughout times: a 15-storey tower (built in 2010, reconstructed in 2020), a 12-storey office building (built in 1970s, renovated in 2017), an entrance group and several 1 and 2-storey extensions: conference hall and cafeteria.
Project name
Tatneft Office Tower (in administrative cluster of PJSC Tatneft in Almetyevsk project)
Architecture firm
Arcanika
Location
Lenina str 69 a, Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia
Principal architect
Nikita Vykhodtzev
Design team
Andrey Lopatin, Anastasia Andriyanova, Olga Bulatova, Darya Artyomova, Anastasia Alexinskaya, Yulia Lesovaya, Ilya Grigoriev
Structural engineer
Ara Miridzhanyan, Karen Arakelyan
Environmental & MEP
Dmitriy Tinaev, Tatyana Lapteva
Tools used
ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Adobe illustration
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
On this 713 sq.m plot, located in a residential condominium, there is a solitary pequi native tree, legally protected and very representative of the Central Brazilian region of the Cerrado. Adjacent to the lot, a green non-buildable area, still flourishing, promises to become a densely wooded forest, a common green space to the residents of the con...
Architecture firm
ARQBR Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Location
Asa Sul, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Principal architect
Eder Alencar, André Velloso
Design team
Maria Clara Gabriele, Marcelo Braga
Collaborators
Luan Torres
Civil engineer
André Torres
Structural engineer
André Torres
Landscape
Mariana Siqueira
Construction
Centra Engenharia
Material
Structure and floor in cast-in-place concrete, glass and aluminum frames, movable steel and wood panels
Typology
Residential › House
The health-care camp project is one of the 30 defined functions of Izadshahr forest ecopark in Mazandaran. This complex includes 40 residential units for people who choose to stay in nature with the aim of improving their mental health or during their recovery period. In addition to these residential units, other facilities such as clinic, office b...
Project name
The Health-Care Camp
Architecture firm
REMM Studio
Location
Izadshahr Forest Park, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion
Principal architect
Maryam Rezazadeh
Collaborators
Reza Rezazadeh (Civil Engineer)
Visualization
Elham Rezazadeh, Morteza Rezazadeh
Client
Izadshahr Municipality
Typology
Tourism, Residential
Metamansion Concept Between Hills is a project that adapts to two cliffs through a well-defined contrast due to its shape, adapting to these hills weaving a structure that connects these two distant worlds, it is based on the metamansion nft keys collection under the concept of an architecture futuristic and immaterial destined for the new world of...
Project name
Metamansion between Hills
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Collaborators
Keys Company
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
