Located on a large lot situated on a quiet tree lined street in Etobicoke, Toronto, sits what once was a tired bungalow, turned 2-storey contemporary single family dwelling, transformed by Ancerl Studio.
Architecture firm
Ancerl Studio
Location
Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
Photography
Kimberly Czornodolskyj
Principal architect
Daniel Karpinski
Design team
Nicholas Ancerl, Tara Finlay, Ashley Robertson, Daniel Karpinski
Interior design
Ancerl Studio
Structural engineer
Reza Saeedi
Material
Concrete, Brick, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Wóolis was named by the workers, or rather artisans, who gave life to the built space. Its meaning in Mayan is ball, round, circle; they called the house this way referring to the central cylinder, the heart of the project.
Architecture firm
Arkham Projects
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Zaickz Moz, Manolo R. Solis
Principal architect
Benjamín Peniche Calafell, Jorge Duarte Torre, Roberto Romero Maldonado
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the south of Portugal, in an area that serves as a transition between the Sea and the land. It is located in the village of Alcalar, a few kilometers from Portimão, where 5000 years ago was settled an important Prehistoric community.
Project name
Casa em Alcalar / House in Alcalar
Architecture firm
Vitor Vilhena Arquitectura
Location
Alcalar, Algarve, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vitor Vilhena
Design team
Nuno Gonçalves, Fábio Plácido Guimarães, Michael Vieira
Collaborators
Veritate, Projectos e Fiscalização Electroeng, Engenharia Electrotécnica Termoflux, Engenharia e Certificação Energética
Typology
Residential › House
Taking into account, the concept of Think Globally and act locally, the Space race team has kept the ideation global, but in the local context. To support the endeavor, the originality of products has been maintained along with a design element to each of them.
Project name
Indian Manor
Architecture firm
Space Race Architects
Location
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Thakur Udayveer Singh
Interior design
Space Race Architects
Civil engineer
Mr. Sabharwal
Landscape
Space Race Architects
Lighting
Space Race Architects
Supervision
Space Race Architects
Visualization
Swaraj Sriwastav
Material
Stone, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Voith & Mactavish Architects converts an early 19th-century bank barn into a house for a Blue Bell family. The barn, which sits adjacent to the farmhouse the clients had lived in for 25 years, was initially planned as an entertaining space and guesthouse.
Project name
Blue Bell Barn
Architecture firm
Voith & Mactavish Architects
Location
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA
Photography
Jeffrey Totaro
Principal architect
Daniela Holt Voith
Design team
Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP
Interior design
Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP
Civil engineer
ProTract Engineering
Structural engineer
O’Donnell & Naccarato
Environmental & MEP
Gallen Engineering
Landscape
Victoria Steiger Garden Design
Lighting
O’Donohoe & Rose
Tools used
CAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Hallowell Construction Company
Material
Wood, Stone, Steel, Fiberglass
Typology
Residential › House
Kabir house is a single family dwelling in Baroda, Gujarat. USINE STUDIO – led by young duo’s Yatin and Jiten, gently merged the house with landscape, creating a much valued feeling of serenity, and a tranquil amalgamation with nature.
Project name
Kabir Bungalow
Architecture firm
Usine Studio
Location
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Principal architect
Yatin Kavaiya & Jiten Tosar
Design team
Yatin Kavaiya, Jiten Tosar, Shalini Pereira, Chitra Sindhkar
Interior design
Usine studio
Civil engineer
Mayur Thakkar
Structural engineer
R V Patel
Environmental & MEP
Mayur Thakkar
Supervision
Mayur Thakkar
Visualization
Suhit Gajjar
Tools used
ZWCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mayur Thakkar
Material
Italian marble, wood, wall textures, wall paint, natural stones, glass
Typology
Residential › House
''El Alambique'' house, located in the Puembo region at the outskirts of Quito, between the Chiche and Guambí rivers has been located at a sloped site, overlooking a ravine. One of the design challenges was to sort out a home with a 70% first floor architectural program under the sloped topographic conditions, while allowing the internal garden to...
Project name
¨EL Alambique¨ House
Architecture firm
Najas Arquitectos
Location
Puembo, Quito, Ecuador
Principal architect
Esteban Najas
Design team
Esteban Najas, Daniel Charry, Andrés Lucero, Sebastián Montenegro, Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador, Rommel Antamba
Collaborators
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador, Rommel Antamba
Interior design
Maria Isabel Chacon , KOIA
Civil engineer
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador
Structural engineer
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador
Environmental & MEP
Najas Arquitectos
Landscape
Najas Arquitectos
Supervision
Najas Arquitectos
Visualization
Najas Arquitectos
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Construction
Najas Arquitectos
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
A lot of light and air: the interior of an apartment in the residential complex. The architectural bureau Kerimov Architects designed the interior of the 200 sq. m apartment in the residential complex “Vorobiev House” (Moscow). The clients are a young couple.
Project name
Vorobiev House
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Photography
Dmitry Chabanenko
Principal architect
Shamsudin Kerimov
Design team
Shamsudin Kerimov, Ekaterina Kudinova
Collaborators
Ekaterina Kudinova (Styling)
Interior design
Kerimov Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
brands used: Paola Castelli, Ochre, Bocci, Occhio. The general lighting concept is Kerimov Architects
Material
Stone, wood, glass, marble
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Apartment
