Designing with water for climate-proof urban regeneration. Team VenhoevenCS-HOPE-HUADONG has designed the winning masterplan for a new living landscape along the central Pailao River in the Bao’an district in Shenzhen, China. As a rapidly urbanising region located below sea level, the Pailao River Blueway Project will prevent flooding due to heavy...
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VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism
Photography
HOPE Landscape Design
Black Diamond Residential is undoubtedly an icon of Architecture within its geographical area, thought and designed with a futuristic perspective, each of the elements that make up its interiors, such as its facade with the same flown elements that create a differentiator due to its eccentric and out of the ordinary.
Project name
Black Diamond Residential
Architecture firm
Innovative Architecture Construction Group
Location
Calzada Periférica No. 47 Lomas del Pedregal, Ciudad Sahagún, Tepeapulco, Hidalgo, Mexico
Principal architect
Adan Samuel Martinez Garcia
Design team
Luis Labra Hernandez
Collaborators
Amaury Aguilar
Interior design
Adan Samuel Martinez Garcia
Civil engineer
Amaury Aguilar
Structural engineer
Amaury Aguilar
Environmental & MEP
Luis Fernando Romo Aguilar
Landscape
Adan Samuel Martinez Garcia
Supervision
Amaury Aguilar
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Study
Construction
Innovative Architecture Construction Group
Material
Block, Rod, Concrete, Mortar, Cement, Plaster, Ceramic Plaster, Sand, Gravel, Stone
Client
Eduardo Soto Trujillo
Typology
Residential › House
The 21st century is marked by strong urbanization. Since 2008, more than half of the world’s population has been living in urban areas. This urbanization is generally accompanied by high-density development, which is associated with drawbacks such as air pollution and, above all, the lack of adequate space to accommodate this growing population.
Architecture firm
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Location
Vacant land in the wake of highways, Cameroon
Visualization
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Typology
Mixed-Use Building
Climate change is becoming a major threat to the whole world. With the way global warming and environmental pollution are increasing, the earth is slowly losing its momentum. Over the past years, humans have acquired certain practices that have put our planet at risk of losing its natural state, beauty, and resources.
Photography
Vanitjan (cover image), freepik, Karolina Grabowska
Curved lines are lovely for us. The human mind subconsciously prefers to pay attention to buildings, houses and even curved house furniture. Because the mind, seeing the curved shapes, shows the same reaction as if there is a beautiful image or scene in front of its eyes.
Architecture firm
Deilami Design Group, Free Form Land
Location
Calabasas Hills, California, USA
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Ashkan Nikbakht, Babak Nikbakht
Design team
Ashkan Nikbakht, Babak Nikbakht, Sussan Deilami
Collaborators
Sussan Deilami
Visualization
Sussan Deilami
Typology
Residential › House
Casa 3/3 is the third in a series of three houses located on the same block in Villa San Nicolás, a quiet municipality on the outskirts of the City of Córdoba, Argentina.
Architecture firm
Momento
Location
Villa San Nicolás, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Colombo Gabriel, Biderbost Federico, Biderbost Gastón
Design team
Colombo Gabriel, Biderbost Federico, Biderbost Gastón
Collaborators
Figueroa Araceli
Structural engineer
Cabanillas Raúl
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Monochrome color palette, micro-cement floor, limited general lighting in favor of local lighting, veneer ceiling, use of textiles as a partition. The combination of all these details, that reveals a holistic, exciting picture of a minimalist interior, was created exclusively for its owner.
Architecture firm
Item Design
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Anna Tartsan, Valery Pavlova
Design team
Anna Tartsan, Valery Pavlova
Visualization
Anna Tartsan, Valery Pavlova
Typology
Residential › House
Despite what you often hear in the media, artificial intelligence isn't going to take jobs from individuals. What it is doing is changing those roles, making them easier and changing up how things are done.
Written by
George J.Newton
Photography
Gerd Altmann, Xresch
The Zakan concept is based near Tehran province, surrounded by beautiful nature. First of all, we tried to combine sloping roof and cubic design but in a modern style. Two vertical windows help to have enough lights for the bedroom, specialty of the southern part.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Lavasan, Tehran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Boundaries between past and future, between dream and reality, between inside and outside: noa* network of architecture makes the invisible lines visible, which become part of the full picture and, above all, instead of a separation, a connection between two worlds.
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Soprabolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
Photography
Alex Filz, Andrea Dal Negro (drone images)
Interior design
noa* network of architecture
Material
Wood, Stone, Glass, Steel
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Wellness
