The client of Kvadrat Architects bought not just an apartment, but the opportunity to become part of an iconic place in the southern capital of Kazakhstan and share its lifestyle. Therefore, the special atmosphere of the space is integrated into the image and landscape of the neighborhood equally and naturally.
Project name
Calm solidity of an apartment in the status center of Almaty
Architecture firm
Kvadrat Architects
Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Rustam Minnekhanov, Sergey Bekmukhanbetov
Design team
Kvadrat Architects
Collaborators
Davide Groppi, Poliform, FLUA, CEA, INALCO, DD HOME, Living Divani; Text: Ekaterina Parichyk
Visualization
Kvadrat architects
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Usual strictness of minimalism concedes to emotional, soft and round-shaped forms in this interior. We rounded wall angles, columns, furniture and panels and smooth lines became the main motif of this project.
Architecture firm
Babayants Architects
Photography
Sergey Krasyuk
Principal architect
Artem Babayants
Design team
Babayants Architects
Interior design
Babayants Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Visualization
Babayants Architects
Typology
Residential, Apartment
Right in the centre of Berlin, the CARLO Berlin Architektur & Interior Design studio has transformed a flat into a special home designed to welcome guests and visitors during their stay in this German city.
Project name
A Guest Lodge
Architecture firm
Carlo Berlin Architektur & Interior Design
Location
Mitte, Berlin, Germany
Photography
Daniel Schäfer, Menorca
Principal architect
Charlotte Wiessner
Collaborators
Anna Talens, Artist
Interior design
CARLO Berlin
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
Contardi, Fortuny, Allied Maker, Dimore Milano
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Named after the street that houses it, the CHATEAU LANDON project questions what it means to appropriate an existing place. The residence is designed as much as a protective screen for the privacy of its inhabitants as well as a belvedere overlooking this striking landscape.
Project name
CHATEAU LANDON
Architecture firm
Theo Domini
Principal architect
Theo Coutanceau Domini
Interior design
Theo Domini
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Galvanized Steel, Plasters, Solid Wood, Plywood
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Despite having a typical Lisbon design, with high ceilings and wide corridors, this project always had the objective of making a comfortable home within the parameters of contemporaneity.
Project name
Apartment in Cais do Sodré
Architecture firm
Estudio Obra Prima, Vasco Lima Mayer
Location
Lisbon, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra
Principal architect
Estudio Obra Prima, Vasco Lima Mayer
Design team
Estudio Obra Prima, Vasco Lima Mayer
Collaborators
Stephanie Andrade, Alessandra Vaz, Guilherme Milman
Interior design
Estudio Obra Prima
Environmental & MEP engineering
Construction
Tojas Investimentos, Tecniarte
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Spacious bright apartment, in which many people dream to live - overlooking the Central Park of Astana. The space smoothly flows one into another. The bedroom, closet and bathroom of the owners of the apartment support the general mood. They become a continuation of the whole enveloping interior.
Project name
Apartment permeated with air, overlooking the Central Park
Architecture firm
Kvadrat Architects
Location
Astana, Kazakhstan
Photography
Masters of image style: Sergey Bekmukhanbetov, Rustam Minnekhanov
Principal architect
Sergey Bekmukhanbetov, Rustam Minnekhanov
Design team
Sergey Bekmukhanbetov, Rustam Minnekhanov
Collaborators
Cezar, Flua, CentrSvet, Laminam, Hansgrohe, Villeroy&boch, DD home. Text: Ekaterina Parichyk
Interior design
Sergey Bekmukhanbetov, Rustam Minnekhanov
Environmental & MEP engineering
Civil engineer
Kvadrat Architects
Structural engineer
Kvadrat Architects
Landscape
Kvadrat Architects
Lighting
Kvadrat Architects
Construction
Kvadrat Architects
Visualization
Kvadrat Architects
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Laconic geometry, enveloping chocolate and coffee shades and a special lighting system with spot accents form this small in area (only 47 square meters), but vast in emotional impressions and visual perception of the environment.
Project name
Museum of selfishness: a bachelor's apartment
Architecture firm
Kvadrat Architects
Location
Astana, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Rustam Minnekhanov, Sergey Bekmukhanbetov
Design team
Rustam Minnekhanov, Sergey Bekmukhanbetov
Collaborators
Lema, Centrsvet, Somfy, "Goryachev". Text: Ekaterina Parichyk
Visualization
Kvadrat Architects
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The long awaited return of residents to downtown Los Angeles presents three major challenges. One is to mitigate the excessive energy consumption required to stay cool in this sweltering urban environment. The second is to find a way to have outdoor space to enjoy the indoor-outdoor California lifestyle in a dense urban environment.
Project name
Chung King Courtyard
Architecture firm
LOC Architects
Location
Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Photography
Christopher Culltion
Principal architect
Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam Sharma
Design team
Ali Jeevanjee & Poonam Sharma
Structural engineer
MBM, INC.
Construction
LOC Architects
Visualization
LOC Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Illustrator
Material
Concrete, marine plywood, aluminum, glass
Client
Ali Jeevanjee, Poonam Sharma
Typology
Residential › Mixed-use
