This gut renovation modernizes the interiors of two apartments in a dilapidated historic Palazzo in Brescia, Italy, while restoring the original grandeur of the spaces. The units on adjacent floors share the same perimeter footprint; however, the different ceiling heights engender discrete architectural responses
Project name
Piano Nobile Loft & Round Wall Studio
Architecture firm
Alepreda Architecture, www.alepreda.com
Photography
Ottavio Tomasini, www.ottaviotomasini.it
Principal architect
Alessandro Preda
Built area
60 m² each apartment, 72 ² each apartment (Gross Floor Area), 58 m² each apartment (Usable Floor Area)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Studio Tecnico Zampedrini, www.zampedrini.it
Material
Oak, white oak,gypsum wall board and metal studs, white laminate, existing stone and brick,
Construction
Green Cantieri, www.greencantieri.it
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Hara house is located in an agricultural village in Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture. Most functions that are required in a fully self-reliant house were already present on-site, such as a parents' house, storage areas, and private rooms.
Architecture firm
Takeru Shoji Architects Co.,Ltd
Photography
Isamu Murai, Shinkenchiku-Sha
Principal architect
Takeru Shoji, Takayuki Shimada
Structural engineer
Tetsuya Tanaka Structural Engineers, Tetsuya Tanaka
Construction
Yoshihara Gumi, Hirokatsu Yokoo
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This incredible contemporary property has been designed by the architect/owner with exceptional attention to detail and an extremely high-level finish throughout. The Garden House is arranged over two levels, ground and lower ground floor and the layout has been designed to give all the principal rooms excellent natural light.
Project name
The Garden House
Architecture firm
Alpex Architecture
Location
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
Photography
French+Tye Photography, frenchandtye.com
Principal architect
Laura Petruso
Collaborators
Laura Petruso
Interior design
Laura Petruso
Structural engineer
Gary White @ Courtleas Consulting
Landscape
Etienne Landscape Gardening
Supervision
Laura Petruso
Construction
Ian Patterson
Casa Houlpoch is an old Yucatecan house from the end of the last century that gets its name from a snake from the region that regularly “visited” the property's ruins.
Project name
Casa Huolpoch
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Artesano MX (Furniture), Galería Urbana Blanquis (Art)
Interior design
Workshop, Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Chukum, Stone, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Chabacano (A glass concept). The intention of this architectural project for a single-family house is to distribute the spaces on a single floor, except for a basement, which is dedicated to storage, service and garage areas.
Project name
Casa Chabacano
Architecture firm
HCE Office of Architecture
Location
Querétaro, Mexico
Photography
Fotográfica Mexicana
Principal architect
Eduardo Herrera Cantú
Design team
Eduardo Ángeles A., Juan Carlos Rodríguez García, Rafael Sandoval Lozano
Collaborators
Juan Carlos Sánchez
Interior design
HCE Office of Architecture
Structural engineer
Grupo IEESA
Supervision
Manuel Salmerón Muñoz
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit
Material
Concrete, steel framing and brickwork as structure. Porcelain floors, tempered glass and wood panel ceilings as finishes
Typology
Residential › House
The Rome and Tehran-based architecture practice uc21 architects led by Amin Haghighat Gou have recently completed Cantilever House, a contemporary single-family home located in Mosha, Damavand, Iran.
Project name
Cantilever House
Architecture firm
uc21 architects
Location
Mosha, Damavand, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Amin Haghighat Gou
Design team
Amin Haghighat Gou
Interior design
Amin Haghighat Gou
Environmental & MEP
Mehdi Safe, Amir Hossein Borji
Landscape
Amin Haghighat Gou
Lighting
Mehdi Safe, Amin Haghighat Gou
Supervision
Amin Haghighat Gou, Milad Ahmadian
Visualization
Amin Haghighat Gou
Construction
Milad Ahmadian, Amin Haghighat Gou
Material
Concrete, Steel structure, cement plaster
Typology
Residential › House
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
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
