Strong Arm House is the bold response to a demanding brief to suit a busy family of seven who requested a flexible and practical home to suit their evolving needs. A modest bungalow is reconfigured and extended via a contemporary addition to create a sense of place for the young family.
Project name
Strong Arm House
Architecture firm
MCK Architects
Location
Middle Park, Australia
Photography
Felix Mooneeram
Principal architect
Mark Cashman
Design team
Dominic Levene, Jacobo Smeke Levy, Greg Bachmayer, Judith Dechert, Rowena Marsh
Collaborators
ITM Design (Hydraulic engineer)
Interior design
K.P.D.O (Interior Decoration)
Civil engineer
Van der Meer Consulting
Structural engineer
Van der Meer Consulting
Environmental & MEP
Hampton Sustainability
Landscape
The Spectrum Group
Visualization
MCK Architects
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
Located southeast of the city of Morelia immersed in a residential area located a few steps from one of the main avenues that connect the city, the DRD house is located. The house arises as a result of the need of the clients, dentists by profession, to project, to build and inhabit a residence totally adjusted to their needs.
Architecture firm
Dehonor Arquitectos
Principal architect
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Design team
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Collaborators
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Interior design
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Civil engineer
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Structural engineer
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Environmental & MEP
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Landscape
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Lighting
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Supervision
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Visualization
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Material
Concrete, Wood, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
The challenge of the project was to design "... a studio that does not see the house, and a house that does not see the studio." The house is immersed in a country context, where a piece of land is located, among beech trees. The design is conceived from the premise of not touching any tree.
Project name
Black House (Casa Negra)
Architecture firm
ArquitectónicA
Location
Consolapan, Coatepec, Veracruz
Photography
Raúl Meza Yarmuch, Valentina Aguilera Yarmuch
Principal architect
Cecilia Yarmuch, Alejandro Aguilera
Design team
Cecilia Yarmuch + Alejandro Aguilera
Collaborators
Reynaldo Martínez, Sergio Amante
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Home for a Winemaker is a small house, for adults. It is sited on a hill with great views of Arrowtown's famous autumnal trees displaying their glory for much of the year and the Remarkables mountain range and moody skies in the other direction.
Project name
Home for a Winemaker
Architecture firm
Stacey Farrell Architect
Location
Arrowtown, New Zealand
Principal architect
Stacey Farrell
Design team
Stacey Farrell
Structural engineer
McConaughy Consulting
Landscape
Jude van Brandenburg
Supervision
Stacey Farrell
Visualization
staceyfarrell.com
Construction
Brosnan Construction
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This house was built as a secondary house combining earth, wood and stone structures with very traditional Moroccan finishings: Tadelakt in wall, earth tiles in the ground, sculptured cedar wood, Ourika Stones in the façade and roofs with eucalyptus and bamboo.
Project name
Bsabess Ecodome
Architecture firm
Ecodome Maroc
Location
Bsabess, Benslimane, Morocco
Photography
Ecodome Maroc
Principal architect
Youness Ouazri
Material
Earth, Wood and Stone
Construction
Ecodome Maroc
Typology
Residential › House
This building is located in a property measuring, 50 by 20 Square/m between a main alley and a dead end on Nazar e Gharbi St. with access from both sides. The architectural design is done by engineer Iraj Kalantari (Bavand Architectural Office).
Project name
Rahnama House
Architecture firm
House of design
Location
Nazar e Gharbi St., Isfahan, Iran
Photography
Farshid Nasrabadi
Principal architect
Iman Aminlari, Iraj Kalantar
Design team
Arya Khoramian
Collaborators
Iraj Kalantar
Interior design
Iman Aminlari
Supervision
Iman Aminlary, Arya Khoramian
Construction
Pirzade - Serri
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
At first, we faced a ruined 100-year-old building that only a few surrounding bearing brick walls and a basement was remained of it. Since the bearing walls had to be kept, we designed and used them in the same old shape.
Architecture firm
Gera Studio Architects
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Hossein Namazi
Design team
Marzieh Mehranfar, Mehdi Arab Ameri, Omid Deylami
Interior design
Gera Studio Architects
Civil engineer
Masoud Shafiee
Structural engineer
Masoud Shafiee
Lighting
Ebrahim shamsolahi
Visualization
Marzieh Mehranfar, Amir-Masoud Derikvand
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Brick, Glass, Ceramic, Concrete, Wood, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA, makes a striking but sensitively integrated architectural statement in the area’s distinctive cliffside setting.
Project name
Clifton Terraces
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Niel Vosloo
Design team
Philip Olmesdahl, Mark Bullivant, Edward Peinke, Jo Nel, Christian Liebenberg, Melissa de Freitas, Peter Harel & Lichumile Monakali
Collaborators
OKHA (Bespoke Furniture), De Leeuw (Quantity Surveyor), Taupo Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Developer), SIP Project Managers (Pty) Ltd (Project Manager), All Round Pools (Pool Consultat), Graham Wood (Copy)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Sutherland Engineers
Structural engineer
JG Afrika
Construction
Haw & Inglis
Typology
Residential › Apartment
