Ranch Dressing in Mill Valley, California is a residential transformation by Oakland-based Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design. The remodel takes the form of a series of volumes that inserted at the perimeter of this '60s-era boomerang shaped home to remedy the staid quality of the previous interior geometry and make the landscape more tangible f...
Project name
Ranch Dressing
Architecture firm
Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design
Location
Mill Valley, California, USA
Collaborators
NRG (Energy Compliance)
Interior design
Gary Hutton Design
Structural engineer
FTF Engineering
Construction
Cuttle Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Originally built as a modest beachfront cabin in the 1960s, and subsequently modified through a series of piecemeal renovations, by the time our client acquired the house its design integrity had long ceased to exist. The forested property, however, was ideally suited to the creation of a quiet refuge with direct connections to nature.
Project name
Lakeside Residence
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Mercer Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Brett Baba, design principal. Francesco Borghesi, project team. Noreen Shinohara, project team
Collaborators
Geotech Consultants (geotechnical engineer)
Interior design
Terry Hunziker
Structural engineer
Carissa Farkas
Landscape
Rich Haag and Associates / Anne James Landscape Architect
Construction
Lockhart Suver
Material
Polished concrete and stone, cirussed rift white oak wood, fumed oak floors, and blackened steel
Typology
Residential › House
Named for its butterfly-inspired angular canopies that adorn the project’s exterior, Folded Wings is a speculative office campus designed by Form4 Architecture in the technology epicenter of Palo Alto, California.
Project name
Folded Wings
Architecture firm
Form4 Architecture
Location
Palo Alto, California, USA
Principal architect
John Marx, AIA
Design team
John Marx, AIA, James Tefend, Form4 Architecture
Built area
New 10,736 m² (115,425 ft²) building, update to existing 6,751 m² (72,662 ft²) building
Site area
4 hectares (10 acres)
Landscape
Studio Five Design
Construction
Truebeck Construction
Tools used
form·Z, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Revit
Material
Accoya wood, glass, aluminum, steel
Client
Sand Hill Property Company
Typology
Commercial › Office Park
The project is located nearby the “The Skyline Coast”, a popular tourist attraction in Sanya, Hainan, enjoying vast and open seascape and surrounded by the lovely sound of crashing waves, which can relieve people’s spirits in the immersive blue natural ambience.
Project name
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
GS Design
Location
Tianya Dristrict, Sanya, Hainan, China
Design team
Chao Li, Zigeng Luo
Collaborators
Furnishing Director: Yu Feng. Design Directors: Liangchao Li, Yuanman Huang
Interior design
GS Design
Client
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, Sanya
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
If natural occurrences could change the climate easily, how should we control it?
Taal volcano in the Philippines is one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. It has erupted many times, and people are always threatened, but the Taal volcano has more geothermal energy than others.
Project name
TRANS-Nature
Architecture firm
Zhiyi Zhang
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, UE, V-ray
Principal architect
Zhiyi Zhang
Visualization
Zhiyi Zhang, Qian Yu
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Photography
Taylor Simpson
The brief was to create new Living spaces, relocate the kitchen and bathroom and improve access to natural light. The functional requirements of the client were simple. The only particular requirement was to find a place in the design for 3 tapestries that her mother had made.
Project name
Cross-Stitch House
Architecture firm
FMD Architects
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Peter Bennetts
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
This is a summer house concept with an exciting form, 360 degree traces, one big pool and one small one. Several places for feeling free and an unusual form to be inspired by.
Project name
Eagle In The Rain
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Amin Moazzen
Visualization
Amin Moazzen
Typology
Residential › House
Graham Baba Architects completes Cedar House in Clyde Hill, Washington. The project involved a complete renovation of a house originally designed by noted Pacific Northwest architect Ralph Anderson. Despite falling outside of the traditionally accepted definition of mid-century modern (it was originally built in the 70s), the design (including nota...
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Clyde Hill, Washington, USA
Interior design
Graham Baba Architects
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Typology
Residential › House
The residential project Annex to the Mairiporã Cottage took a year to be built with architectural design by partners Carlos Duarte and Juliana Nogueira - Macro Arquitetos, in Mairiporã, a town near São Paulo, Brasil. Made for a young couple looking for a haven in the countryside near the capital, the clients, who are from the countryside and lived...
Project name
Anexo Chalé Mairiporã
Architecture firm
Macro Arquitetos
Location
Mairiporã, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Victor Affaro
Principal architect
Carlos Duarte, Juliana Nogueira
Interior design
Macro Arquitetos
Material
Concrete, stone, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
