For the new Fragment Apartments we have come up with a unique and visually strong architecture, which is responsive to the context, both past and future. In addition to formal and functional aspects, a natural connection to the surrounding public space is what extends the building out, makes it more accessible and completes it visually and function...
Project name
Fragment Apartments
Architecture firm
QARTA Architektura
Location
Karlín, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák
Design team
Tomáš Němec, Lukáš Němeček, Michaela Fričová
Built area
Built-up Area 4 500 m² Gross Floor Area 18 050 m² Usable Floor Area 15 200 m² apartments 2 600 m² shops
Collaborators
David Černý, sculpture
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Apartments
A new way to live and work in the heart of Salt Lake City, Mya, at four stories and 130,000 square feet, combines the highest quality affordable and market-rate housing (30/70) with unique public and private amenities, creative community coworking space, and catalytic ground-level retail in a holistic, world-class, mixed-use community.
Project name
Mya and The Shop SLC
Architecture firm
EskewDumezRipple
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Photography
Austen Diamond, Kelly Marshall, Tim Hursley
Design team
Steve Dumez, FAI. Hussein Alayyan, AIA. Kim Nguyen, AIA. Gianna Morelli, AIA. Jill Traylor, NCIDQ. Waleed AlGhamdi, AIA. Jose Alvarez, AIA. Sam Levison.
Collaborators
Wayfinding: ZAR; EMP: PVE Inc
Interior design
EskewDumezRipple (The Shop), Farouki Farouki (Residential)
Landscape
Duane Border Design
Structural engineer
Fortis Structural LLC
Typology
Residential, Apartments, Shop
The panorama of the city is now completed with the symmetrical appearance of “Kulla Zotnise” and “Kulla Front”. The composition of the compact and durable materials used in 'Kulla Front' give the building and the surrounding environment a spirit, which affects the perception and its connection.
Architecture firm
Maden Group
Location
Str. "Sokol Sopi", Lagjja e Muhaxherve, Prishtinë, 10000, Kosova
Photography
Leonit Ibrahimi
Visualization
Maden Group
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Finding comfort and naturalness in an apartment that is perfectly imperfect. Comfortability comes in the elements that are entirely natural, like stone, ceramics, wood, and even linen textiles. This apartment offers a 180-degree view of the sea and is based on the Japanese Wabi-Sabi interior concept. Wabi refers to the materials' genuineness and na...
Architecture firm
by rid. architecture & more
Photography
Xhorxh Baxhaku
Principal architect
Ridi Milo
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wood, ceramics, limestone, linen fabrics, epoxy floor •Budget
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Hasselblad H3DII-31, Leica Q2
Typology
Residential, Holiday Apartment
In planning lodgings for physically disabled people, nothing is “standard” or obvious. Every detail, big or small, must be adapted to the residents’ needs and abilities. The state of Israel has accessibility regulations, but we believe that special adaptation is needed beyond those, for each and every resident’s maximum safety, comfort, and indepen...
Project name
Handicapable – Renovating and designing a historical building (a former weapons cache) for physically disabled residents
Architecture firm
Studio A3
Location
Kibbutz Mizra, Israel
Photography
LUZ Architecture Photography
Principal architect
Shiran Maimon Bar, Gali Dar Waisel
Design team
Shiran Maymon Bar, Gali Dar Waisel
Interior design
Studio A3
Structural engineer
Itai Dangur Eng.
Construction
N.A.L Engineering
Supervision
Sharon Tounian
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Wood, Terazzo, Plaster, Drywall
Budget
900K NIS (~255K $)
Client
Slav rehabilitation services Ltd.
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Renovation, Historical, typical of the no-frills architecture of the young state of Israel (Building originally built in 1936)
This case is a home designed for children. With an entertaining design full of fantasy, it brings surprises to every corner of the home. Once Picasso said he wanted to "paint like a child", and the "face figure" has long been used repeatedly as the object of painting by modern masters, and it is also represented in contemporary entertainment by fam...
Project name
Wonder House
Architecture firm
XIGO STUDIO
Location
Songyu South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Photography
Li Ming; Video Copyright: WM STUDIO - Ah Zheng
Principal architect
Liu Yang, Li Yanan
Collaborators
Scheme Deepening Design: Wang Dan; Academic Counsellor: Zhu Li; Furniture Customizing: LE VERCHY
Design year
December 2020
Completion year
June 2022
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Microcement, latex paint, wood floor
Typology
Residential/ Appartment
Located in one of the most recognizable points of the city of Matosinhos, this housing complex with 80 apartments distributed over two towers of 10 floors seeks to take full advantage of the privileged views of the location.
Project name
Broadway Gardens
Architecture firm
Paulo Merlini Architects
Location
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, SketchUp
Principal architect
Paulo Merlini
Typology
Residential/ Appartment
Pacific Wind Apartments Will House Families in Historic Carlsbad Neighborhood. Affordable housing developer Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO)—along with development partner C&C Development—breaks ground on Pacific Wind Apartments in Carlsbad, CA.
Written by
Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA
Photography
Innovative Housing Opportunities (IHO)
