In Prazeres's serene landscape, an architect-client collaboration gave rise to a distinctive vacation home that defies the conventional volumes that surround it. Tasked with creating a unique retreat by an investor with a taste for development opportunities, creativity was put to use to navigate challenges to deliver a standout residence that refle...
Project name
Casa Prazeres
Architecture firm
Atelier Ornelas
Location
Prazeres, Madeira, Portugal
Photography
Woodland Studio
Principal architect
André Ornelas Gonçalves
Collaborators
Juvenal Gonçalves
Construction
Vicente Vieira Construção Civil, Lda.
Typology
Residential › House
Stan is a yoga and barre studio in central Kyiv, welcomes those identifying as women. Situated in a vibrant area, it’s founded by a professional ballet dancer, Mariia Dreihaupt.. Designers intentionally crafted a significant part of the project around her, intertwining her personality with a broader celebration of women.
Interior design
Dubrovska Studio
Photography
Yevhenii Avramenko
Design team
Natalie Dubrovska, Katerina Bandura, Daria Shmyrko
Built area
120 m²/ 1290 ft²
Architecture firm
Dubrovska Studio
Typology
Yoga and Barre Studio
Renovation Project of Jan-e Ja Villa Located in Mehrshahr. This house was a villa for the permanent life of a young couple, who, in addition to their daily life, wanted to consider their workspace in this place. in the annexed part that was located in the south courtyard of the villa.
Project name
Jan-E Ja Villa
Architecture firm
Team Group
Location
Mehrshahr, Alborz, Iran
Tools used
Rhino, AutoCAD, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Davood Salavati
Design team
Hossein Mohammadpour, Nazli Azarakhsh, Mahsa Aghahasel, Hamed Aliasgari
Visualization
Hossein Mohammadpour
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Villa (Renovation)
Designed by local San Antonio architect Otto Kramer and constructed in 1894, the Pearl Stable originally housed roughly 70 horses for the Pearl Brewery. Before motorized vehicles, these horses pulled beer wagons as part of the brewery’s production process until the early 1900s. With the introduction of the automobile, the intricate brick and stone...
Architecture firm
Clayton Korte
Location
Historic Pearl, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Photography
Shannon Korta
Design team
Sam Manning, AIA, Partner. Stephen Williams, AIA, Project Architect. Emily Little, FAIA, Partner Emerita. Jordan Sheets, AIA, Project Manager (former). Christian Hertzog, Project Designer (former). Jenny Adair, Project Designer (former
Interior design
Joel Mozersky Design
Client
The Historic Pearl, Potluck Hospitality
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Concert Hall
Located on the outskirts of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, the new Los Mangos Community Centre responds to the need for a neighborhood center to improve the quality of life in an urban area lacking in facilities and public spaces.
Project name
Los Mangos Community Center
Architecture firm
Entorno & Contexto
Location
Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Andrés Cedillo / ESPACIOS
Principal architect
Alejandro Polo Lamadrid
Design team
Édgar Marmolejo, Hesner Sánchez, Ramiro Guzmán, Alejandra Guzmán
Collaborators
Zenon Instalaciones
Built area
Covered area: 850 m² / Outdoor area: 4,480 m² / Green areas: 1,760 m²
Structural engineer
Miyamoto México
Tools used
AutoCAD, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Construction
Linos Construcciones
Typology
Cultural › Community Center
Welcome to the heart of creativity and innovation—our architectural studio, where vision meets reality. At the center of this inspiring space is a special geometric stone table, a masterpiece in its own right. This table isn't just a piece of furniture; it's a symbol of precision, creativity, and the artistry that defines our work.
Project name
Geometry Atelier
Architecture firm
Green Clay Architecture
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Khatereh Bakhtyari
Design team
Green Clay Architecture
Visualization
Khatereh Bakhtyari
The Emerald Screen Pergola is an important architectural feature in classical Chinese gardens. It is typically constructed from bamboo or wood, forming roofless corridors, pavilions, and walls. Climbing plants are then grown to eventually cover the walls and roofs. This design not only creates a visual focus that integrates nature with space but al...
Project name
Emerald Screen Pergola
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Bogong Island, Wuxi, China
Photography
CreatAR lmages
Principal architect
YU Ting
Landscape Architecture
Wutopia Lab
Design team
FANG Xiaobin, AN Yingjie
Collaborators
Project Architect: MU Zhilin; Construction Drawing Design Team: CAI Zhongming, SHI Wei; Plant Design Team: SHAO Jie, LI Feiran, ZHANG Licheng; Construction Drawing Design Firm: Wuxi Culture and Tourism Construction Development Co., Ltd; LTDChief Planner of W'ECO Design Festival: HOU Zhengguang, SUN Qun, XU Yun; W'ECO Design Festival Planning Firm: Beijing Keyi Cultural & Creative Enterprise Management Co., Ltd; Lighting: Chloe ZHANG; Featured Models: DAI Ruoyu, FANG Xiaobin
Contractor
Wuxi Taihu Mingzhu Ecological Restoration Co., Ltd
Material
Steel, Net, Climbing Plants
Client
Wuxi Cultural Tourism Development Group Co., Ltd
completed this bright and functional interior for a young and active family with a school-going son in the new contemporary residential complex “Richard” in Moscow. The clients were keen on having colors, prints, and patterns, and we fulfilled their desires. First, we designed a comfortable living space by enlarging the bathroom and allocating a dr...
Project name
A 79 m² colorful family apartment
Architecture firm
Alexander Tischler
Photography
Nick Rudenko, Olga Karapetian
Principal architect
Karen Karapetian
Design team
Karen Karapetian | Chief Designer; Diana Besedina | Designer; Oleg Mokrushnikov | Engineer: Кonstantin Prokhorov | Engineer; Liubov Kotelnikova | Engineer; Ekaterina Baibakova | Head of Purchasing; Karen Nikoian | Head of Finishing; Evgenii Bridnya | Installation Manager; Nastasya Korbut | Stylist; Vera Minchenkova | Copywriting
Interior design
Alexander Tischler
Environmental & MEP engineering
Alexander Tischler
Civil engineer
Alexander Tischler
Structural engineer
Alexander Tischler
Lighting
Alexander Tischler
Construction
Alexander Tischler
Supervision
Alexander Tischler
Tools used
ArchiCAD, SketchUp
Typology
Residential › Apartment
After nine consecutive years of Green Globe certification, the Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights Hotel Suites and Apartments has enhanced its sustainable credentials by achieving gold certification of the internationally renowned Green Globe Certification (GGC) programme, which is specifically designed for the travel & tourism industry.
Photography
(L-R) Muna Al Nahdi, Head of Sustainability & Consultancy, Farnek, presents Levent Tasbas, General Manager at Mercure Dubai Barsha Heights, with the gold Green Globe Certification (GGC)
In Hindu tradition, Maya is the goddess of illusion. Based on this concept, Mareines Arquitetura developed Grass Farm, a project that integrates into the landscape in a chameleon-like way, generating different perspectives depending on the point of observation.
Architecture firm
Mareines Arquitetura
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Principal architect
Ivo Mareines, Matthieu Van Beneden
Visualization
Mareines Arquitetura
Typology
Residential › House
