This villa, located on the surroundings of the city of Aveiro, is part of a consolidated residential area, but with low occupancy density, being part of a housing complex of allotment, with some lots already built. The proposed building is a non-homogeneous piece, composed of different volumes that form a single body.
Project name
Diagonal House (Casa Diagonal)
Architecture firm
Frari - architecture network
Location
Aveiro, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Maria João Fradinho
Design team
Jéssica Barreto, Ana Soares, Carlos Arroyo, Ana Rita Gomes
Civil engineer
Pedro Tavares - Engenharia de Projectos, Coordenação de Segurança e Direcção de Obras Lda.
Structural engineer
Pedro Tavares - Engenharia de Projectos, Coordenação de Segurança e Direcção de Obras Lda.
Construction
CIMAVE - Construtora e Imobiliária de Aveiro Lda.
Typology
Residential › House
Tailor-made for modern living, the Sussex house is a bold, contemporary form imbued with a sense of timelessness. A contemporary expression of raw materiality, showcasing bricks, bluestone and porcelain - personifying the mass of a boulder, delicately floating within the shallows of a deep blue body of pool water, the weighted walls are softened by...
Project name
Sussex House
Location
Brighton, Australia
Material
Bricks, bluestone, porcelain, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Perched on the waters edge in Ku ring gai National Park just to the north of Sydney, the Morning Bay House is designed as a place for the clients to connect with the natural landscape of Pittwater and the surrounding high spotted gum forest.
Project name
Morning Bay House
Architecture firm
Casey Brown Architecture
Location
Ku-ring-gai National Park, Morning Bay, Australia
Principal architect
Rob Brown
Landscape
Paul Woodley - Total Outdoors
Construction
Matt Moneghittie - Moneghittie Built
Typology
Residential › House
Tall and thin, the Haas Valley Farm Residence perches on its site which is centered in the Driftless Area, a small pocket of the Midwest so named because the glaciers skipped over the region, leaving a surprising landscape of rolling hills and deep valleys bisected by the Mississippi River. T
Project name
Haas Valley Farm
Architecture firm
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Location
Potosi, Wisconsin, USA
Principal architect
Greg Howe and Pam Lamaster
Interior design
Homeowners
Structural engineer
Lynn Barber
Lighting
Searl Lamaster Howe
Supervision
Graney Construction
Visualization
Searl Lamaster Howe
Tools used
Autodesk Revit
Construction
Graney Construction
Material
Wood frame, cedar exterior cladding, pine interior cladding, black slate floors
Typology
Residential › House
This residence rests on a spectacular lot at the base of the iconic Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, offering our firm a wide range of design latitude. This part of the Southwest offers residents a ‘resort’ climate for much of the year and our clients wanted the property to fully embody al fresco living.
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build in collaboration with Studio B
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Photography
An Pham Photography
Principal architect
James Trahan, John Anderson, Troy Vincent
Civil engineer
CVL Consultants
Structural engineer
GF Group
Environmental & MEP
Otterbein Engineering
Landscape
Trueform Landscape
Lighting
Woodward Engineering
Supervision
180 Degrees Design + Build
Tools used
Auto CAD, Google SketchUp, Autodesk Revit
Construction
180 Degrees Design + Build
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Hayat-Khaneh is a metaphor for a house with intimate life essence existing throughout. “4 exterior voids intersect at the entrance hall of the building. The entrance functions as the heart of the building in linking all living spaces.”
Project name
Villa Hayat-Khaneh
Architecture firm
KanLan [Kamran Heirati, Tallan Khosravizadeh]
Location
South Khazarshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Photography
Parham Taghioff
Principal architect
Kamran Heirati
Design team
Solmaz Tabatabaei, Amirali Sharifi, Kiana Shojae
Collaborators
Shervin Hashemi, Shahaa Maghrebi
Environmental & MEP
Farid Eskandari, Ali Piltan
Visualization
Mohamad Miri, Maryam Sehat, Pantea Khalafi
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Adding a contemporary touch of architecture, the architect visualized the residence as a play of rectangular volumes by introducing various layers to the design as per the client’s needs and wants. Placed in a rectangular plot, the project makes the most of it by using a contemporary built form with well-planned green spaces around it.
Project name
The ‘N’ Cube Villa
Architecture firm
Cubism Architects and Interiors
Location
Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Prasanna Parvatikar, Roopashree Parvatikar
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
After purchasing the lot set among the aspens in Woody Creek, Colorado and overlooking the Roaring Fork River, the owners knew they wanted a modern, grown-up “tree house”. In collaboration with Studio B, a design program was set to not only create a house that appeared to live amongst the trees but that would also serve as a gallery for its eclecti...
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build in collaboration with Studio B
Location
Woody Creek, Colorado, USA
Photography
An Pham Photography
Principal architect
James Trahan, John Anderson, Troy Vincent
Design team
James Trahan, Jeeyoung Pinnella + Dusty Bodero
Civil engineer
High Country Engineering, Inc.
Structural engineer
High Country Engineering, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
Resource Engineering Group, Inc.
Landscape
Connect One Design
Lighting
Resource Engineering Group, Inc.
Supervision
G.F. Woods Construction
Tools used
Auto CAD, Google SketchUp
Construction
G.F. Woods Construction
Material
shou sugi ban slats and matte black metal panels
Typology
Residential › House
