There will come a time when you need to make repairs to your home. To keep your home safe, understand what can wait and what repairs need attention immediately.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
Photography
Russell Holden
These ten houses are part of a masterplan for 500 dwellings and a park by the Architecten Cie, called 'Het Funen, Hidden Delights'. The triangular site is located between the historic center and the recently redeveloped harbor area in the east of Amsterdam, a former parking lot for towed cars.
Project name
Funen Blok K - Verdana
Architecture firm
NL Architects
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Raoul Kramer, Luuk Kramer, Maarten Bezem
Principal architect
Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse, Mark Linnemann
Design team
Gerbrand van Oostveen
Collaborators
Caro Baumann, Jennifer Petersen, Niels Petersen, Holger Schurk, Misa Shibukawa, Rolf Touzimsky
Environmental & MEP engineering
Sweegers en de Bruin bv (Mechanical engineers)
Structural engineer
Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld bv
Construction
IBC Woningbouw Amersfoort bv
Visualization
Florent le Corre
Client
IBC Vastgoed / Heijmans
Typology
Residential › Apartments
This project, for a house in Notting Hill in London, started during the COVID-19 pandemic. With social distancing, the works on site had to be organised differently taking more time to be done, using materials available in existing storage and more personal interpretation from the team on site due to remote communication.
Project name
Lockdown Stair
Architecture firm
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Location
Notting Hill, London, UK
Photography
Hufton + Crow
Principal architect
Sophie Nguyen
Collaborators
FPS Flooring (Floor Specialists)
Supervision
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Visualization
Sophie Nguyen Architects
Construction
Corcoran Builders Ltd
Material
Timber joists, Plywood, Painted MDF, Painted plasterboard
Typology
Residential › House
As a proposal to the Guggenheim Museum, we present the Regenerative Architecture. Besides meeting technical, aesthetical and functional demands, the regenerative building is designed to become a spatial icon, prototype of the architecture of the future.
Project name
Guggenheim Museum
Architecture firm
Realiza Arquitetura
Location
Helsinki, Finland
Principal architect
Antonio Gonçalves Jr, Frederico Carstens
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
Located at the edge of the sea within a field of black lava, this four-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot retreat has been designed in sympathy with its surroundings. Like a small village, the set of six modest structures—a central main hale (Hawaiian for house), four guest hales, and a garage—are arrayed around a shared, terraced courtyard. Each structure...
Project name
Huaniwai Retreat
Architecture firm
Walker Warner Architects
Photography
Matthew Millman
Principal architect
Greg Warner
Design team
Chris Wagner, Afra Farry
Collaborators
Brian Lang (Project Manager), Construction Engineering Labs (geotechnical engineering)
Interior design
NICOLEHOLLIS
Civil engineer
Ross Engineering, Inc.
Structural engineer
GFDS Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Mark Morrison, P.E. (mechanical engineering), Lighting & Engineering Integrated, Inc. (electrical engineering/lighting design)
Lighting
Lighting & Engineering Integrated, Inc.
Construction
Metzler Contracting Co. LLC
Material
Cedar, oak, polished limestone
Typology
Residential › House
Whether it is property, money, or other assets, inheritance can provide a substantial financial boost. But, with this newfound money comes newfound responsibility. How you deal with it can make a big difference in your financial future.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
Despite its name, the origin of minimalism as art and an aesthetic movement is anything but simple. Read here to learn about minimalism and its history.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
At the entrance to the small city of Brixen lies the headquarters of the Durst Group AG. Surrounded by green, wooded slopes, the spectacular new construction forms a gateway to the town and constitutes a reflection of the company.
Project name
Durst Group AG
Architecture firm
monovolume architecture + design
Location
Via Julius Durst, 4, 39042, Brixen, Italy
Photography
Luca Girardini, Paolo Riolzi, Nachbar Rolf
Principal architect
Patrik Pedó, Jury Anton Pobitzer
Design team
Federico Beckmann, Alessandro Sassi, Diego Preghenella, Giorgia Vernareccio, Barbara Waldboth, Silvio Grasso
Collaborators
KTB Engineering Design Group (Thermo-sanitary project), Hans Landmann (Façade planner), Pohl+Partner (Project manager)
Structural engineer
Kauer Ingenieure
Environmental & MEP
Von Lutz electrical and lighting projects (Electrical project)
Visualization
monovolume architecture+design
Typology
Commercial › Headquarters, Workspace
Eden House is an ambitious and innovative project that is about to set a new standard for sustainable luxury country houses in the UK. The technologies and knowledge acquired during the process will be shared with the local and national communities, setting a new standard for sustainable luxury private residences.
Architecture firm
WindsorPatania Architects
Location
Green Belt, near London, UK
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Giovanni Patania
Visualization
Fares Issa, WindsorPatania Architects
Typology
Residential › House
Poetry Wine (Pinyin translation: Shijiu), the name of this restaurant, means picking up the taste of the old days. When we think about the old taste, we may recall the taste of home where we spent our childhood, with chimney, leaky roof, sunlight, leaves, silhouette.
Project name
Poetry Wine (Solana)
Architecture firm
LDH Architectural Design
Location
Solana, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Principal architect
Liu Daohua
Completion year
June 2021
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
