How to create a single-family home, comfortable, functional and out of the ordinary, in a lot with dimensions of 4 x 69 meters without dying in the attempt. This was our challenge when designing “kaleidos House”.
Project name
Kaleidos House
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Calle 78 número 484 B por 55 y 57 Colonia Centro. Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
David Cervera, Elías Collí Medina
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Design team
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado, Daniel Rivera Arjona, Jorge Escalante Chan, Adrián Morales
Structural engineer
Rafael Domínguez Barjau
Construction
Juan Diaz Cab, Carlos Canto Trujillo
Material
Walls and ceilings are made of polished gray concrete as well as the floor of the ground floor where the same polished finish is preserved, while in the upper floor the concrete is hammered creating a texture that gives warmth to the space.
Typology
Residential › House
The CLIFF HOUSE 3310, a minimalist housing concept that flies over the rocky mountains located in rural Australia. Made up of pure elements, which from subtractions generate voids, leaving a central nucleus where the life of the project unfolds. These elements are integrated into the landscape by contrast.
Project name
Cliff House 3310
Architecture firm
Christian Ortega & ORCA Design
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Unreal Engine, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Christian Ortega
Design team
Marcelo Ortega, Christian Ortega
Visualization
ORCA Design
Typology
Residential › House
The expertise of the hands that transmit ancestral legacies in their work with wood, metal, clay, and textiles is given its due value in the utilitarian objects and interior design of this Mexican firm focused on both sustainability and a social and cultural commitment
Photography
Courtesy of Taller LU’UM
The inhabitants of a small wood cottage located in the greenery above Vranov Dam may feel like in the cabin of a ship. The interior is practically arranged - basically nothing is missing here. Large windows provide beautiful views of the dam.
Project name
Cottage Inspired by a Ship Cabin
Architecture firm
Prodesi/Domesi
Location
Vranov nad Dyjí, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Klára Vratislavová, Pavel Horák
Built area
43 m², 65 m² (Usable Floor Area), 5.2 x 8.4 m (Dimensions)
Interior design
Klára Vratislavová
Material
Solid wood CLT panels, burnt and oiled larch planks, larch frames with insulating triple glazing + chambranles around the windows: larch planks with natural glaze, non-rebated, organic spruce planks, organic spruce planks, MDF
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
The Sinuous House by ANTIREALITY takes its name from the curvy and circular shape of the building. This conceptual two-story house is designed as a weekend retreat for city workers, located within the natural coastal landscapes.
Project name
Sinuous House
Architecture firm
ANTIREALITY
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
ANTIREALITY
Typology
Residential › House
The Grant Park House began with a classic Atlanta craftsman style bungalow in the historic Grant Park neighborhood that was in need of significant repair. The extensive renovation to the roof that was required allowed for a complete reconceiving of the home in plan and section, creating a new sky-lit single volume and wide open living spaces with a...
Project name
Grant Park House - Atlanta
Architecture firm
ARCHITECTUREFIRM
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Principal architect
Adam Ruffin
Collaborators
Carie Davis
Interior design
ARCHITECTUREFIRM / CARIE DAVIS
Visualization
ARCHITECTUREFIRM
Material
Wood framing within large expanses of soft white and plaster walls
Budget
WITHHELD AT CLIENT’S REQUEST
Typology
Residential › House
Maintaining a smoothly functioning home is quite a challenge for most homeowners. Whether you want to live in the house by yourself or give it to your tenant, you will have to repair both major and minor problems.
Photography
Momentbloom (cover image), Erik Mclean
Series of design research proposals introduce the idea of a house as a place where we live and work simultaneously. We work anywhere, anytime. We meet, tweet, and chat from home as much more as we used to do it before, so the house projects shall evolve to meet these emerged features of human beings.
Project name
The House – a place to live and work
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Visualization
Miroslav Naskov
Typology
Residential › House
Partner Studio Architecture in collaboration with Parsha Architects designed Future Towers at the main entrance of the (future city complex)in Erbil, Kurdistan to show the dynamic mixed-use building as the first of its kind in the Region.
Project name
Future City Towers
Architecture firm
Partner Studio, Parsha Architects
Location
Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
Visualization
www.lifang-cg.com
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Autodesk 3ds Max, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rawand A. Amin
Design team
Rawand A. Amin, Gardun D. Kamal, Shwan A. ALi, Shawin, Parykhan Ghafur, Rebal Jbeer
Typology
Mixed-use building
Completed in 2018 by Russian architceture firm Snegiri Architects, the cottage was created as a “passive house”, with the ability to save 90 percent more energy than a regular home thanks to a little technical know-how.
Architecture firm
Snegiri Architects
Photography
Nikita Kapiturov
Principal architect
Nikita Kapiturov
Design team
Snegiri Architecture
Interior design
Nikita Kapiturov
Visualization
Victoria Dementieva
Material
Foundation with cold-proof Swedish plate, carcass with monolith, with cold-proof mineral wool covered with larix wood saturated in natural flax oil
Typology
Residential › House
