Completed in 2012 by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, The Tree House located in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. This house was built on a 15m X 15m area. Once the work was finished, it could be merged with another adjacent land having the same measures which allowed us to have a larger garden. A particular feature of the property was that w...
Project name
The Tree House
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain / Arquitectura Organica
Location
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Photography
Francisco Lubbert
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain Aguilar
Typology
Residential › House
Designed to receive a family living abroad, the country house in the interior of São Paulo needed to accommodate them during long seasons in Brazil. Located in Quinta da Baroneza, with 1,100m², the challenge was, in addition to thinking about the program for prolonged uses, solving the implantation in the very inclined terrain.
Project name
EQ Residence
Architecture firm
Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura
Location
Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Evelyn Muller
Principal architect
Gilda Meirelles
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › Houses
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos: Placed on top of historic Hollywood Hills, the ones which draw Los Angeles profile where part of Case Study Houses program was built. The project lays on the ground, adapting to its hard slope and conditions, carrying out a change of direction at house level in order to frame the horizon of the city till the ocean.
Project name
House in Hollywood Hills
Architecture firm
Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Principal architect
Fran Silvestre
Design team
Fran Silvestre, Maria Masià, David Sastre, Álvaro Olivares
Collaborators
Estefanía Soriano, Esther Sanchís, Eduardo Sancho, Vicente Picó, Diego Civera, Fran Ayala, Ángel Fito, Pablo Camarasa, Sandra Insa, Santiago Dueña, Ricardo Candela, Rubén March, José Manuel Arnao. Manuelian Architects (Partner)
Interior design
Alfaro Hofmann
Typology
Residential › Houses
The Greek architecture practice K-Studio has recently completed Villa Mandra, a single-family home located on the hill of Aleomandra in Mykonos, Greece. Sitting on the ridge of the hill of Aleomandra in Mykonos yet almost entirely hidden from view, Villa Mandra looks straight out to sea and the sunset over the neighbouring island of Delos.
Project name
Villa Mandra
Architecture firm
K-Studio
Photography
Claus Brechenmacher and Reiner Baumann
Design team
Dimitris Karampatakis, Ileana Vlassopoulou, Alexandros Zomas, Antonella Theodorakatou, Christos Papachristodoulou, Christos Spetseris
Collaborators
Maria Mposgana - Matoula Kazakidou, Davide Santiccioli, Panagiotis Stathis
Structural engineer
Chryssanthos Kaligeros
Environmental & MEP
Giorgos Kavoulakos
Construction
ECC - George Tsikouras
Lighting
Dimitris Kouvalis-HALO
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential, Houses
23DC Architects: Residence 1 is the first project in the 23DC’s Carbonado Series which is inspired by “Carbonado”, commonly known as the Black Diamond, the rare gem. The house stands in recently and exclusively developed area of Ansal Sushant city of Panipat, Haryana.
Project name
Carbonado Residence 1
Architecture firm
23DC Architects
Location
Panipat, Haryana, India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Mohit Chawla & Shiv Dada
Typology
Residential › Houses
The Shanghai-based architecture practice ZJJZ atelier has completed a mushroom-formed wood house in a pine forest of Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China.
Project name
The Mushroom - a wood house in the forest
Location
Xin Yu City, Jiangxi Province, China
Photography
Fangfang Tian, ZJJZ
Principal architect
Sean Shen, Xuanru Chen, Yuying Kate Tsai
Structural engineer
XIE Technologies
Construction
Zhejiang Huzhou deyi Construction Co., Ltd.
Gregoire Maisondieu Architecture & Design: This is the main residence of a couple and their two children. The house is developed on three levels: Ground floor: reception, living areas. First floor: four beedrooms (family and guests). Basement: level of leisure (gym, spa and cinema room) and services.
Architecture firm
Gregoire Maisondieu Architecture & Design
Photography
Alexandre Chaplier
Principal architect
Gregoire Maisondieu
Interior design
Gregoire Maisondieu
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Pseudónimo: This project is located by the sea, but its story begins with the search for the land, for freshness to the touch, for the feeling of being all connected, for the search for natural light and the way it would permeate the space.
Project name
Casa Punta Ixtapa
Architecture firm
Pseudónimo
Location
Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Photography
Zaickz Studio
Principal architect
Didier Solo, Fernanda García, Juam Valdovinos, Abelardo Fernández
Design team
Didier Solo, Fernanda García, Juam Valdovinos, Abelardo Fernández
Collaborators
Andrea Nova Interiorismo
Interior design
Andrea Nova Interiorismo
Lighting
FiatLux Iluminación
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Hermon Construcción
Material
Natural Stone, Wood, Marble, Concrete, Travertine marble, Huanacaxtle wood, marmoline, cactus slime
Typology
Residential › House