The first thing you see as you approach Casa Volta are three brick vaults floating amidst the dense vegetation of the Oaxacan coast. Perhaps a mirage caused by the profuse and humid heat of the area. Then, following a small path, one submerges in the vegetation and the vaults disappear.
Architecture firm
Ambrosi Etchegaray
Location
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro, Sergio López
Principal architect
Jorge Ambrosi, Gabriela Etchegaray
Design team
Ivo Martins, Santiago Bonilla
Typology
Residential › House
This pristine contemporary home is located on the west coast 90kms north of Cape Town bordered by a nature reserve adjoining the ocean. Sites like this don’t come much more spectacular. Taking full advantage of the ocean views and responding to the coastal dune context, Gavin Maddock describes it as ‘a glorious site’.
Project name
Pearl Bay Residence
Architecture firm
MADDOCK (Design Firm)
Location
Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa
Principal architect
Gavin Maddock (Principle Designer)
Design team
Gavin Maddock, Gavin Dehn, Mark Mawdsley
Structural engineer
Hulme & Associates
Construction
McNeil Construction
Material
Concrete, Brick, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Environmentally friendly structures, often known as green buildings, have a reduced carbon footprint compared to other traditional architectures. Green architects employ a wide range of strategies to lessen a building's reliance on external energy sources and boost its capacity to capture or create its own.
Photography
Josh Sorenson
The Surly Crab is a modern beach house located on Hood Canal in Washington state. Views to the west take in the waterway and the Olympic Mountains. Inland from the home is a lush forest with ferns, native rhododendrons, madrona, and fir trees.
Project name
The Surly Crab
Architecture firm
Eerkes Architects
Location
Hood Canal, Seabeck, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Les Eerke
Collaborators
Allworth Design (landscape architecture), Quantum Consulting Engineers (structural engineering), Fradkin Fine Construction (general contractor)
Visualization
Notion Workshop
Typology
Residential › House
Omaha Beach is one of New Zealand’s best white sand beaches. It is located on the north island, circa 70km north of Auckland. Our design is for a family home on one of the last remaining front-line plots, enjoying extraordinary views of Omaha Bay and the Hauraki Gulf.
Project name
House on Omaha Beach
Architecture firm
Ström Architects
Location
Tāwharanui Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand
Principal architect
Magnus Ström
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the small town of Troncones a few minutes away from the International Airport of Zihuatanejo, considered a world renowned secret getaway and an excellent surf destination, Lo Sereno emerges as a private refuge by the Pacific Coast beach.
Written by
Lo Sereno Casa de Playa
Pisqal is a small cabin with 70 square meters area. It has an A-frame style with a cubic form in order to have more space than A-frame. It's a two-story building. each floor is 35 square meters. The kitchen and living area are on the first floor and two master bedrooms are on the second.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Mexican architecture studio GAS Architectures, Tulum House is located in Quintana Roo, Mexico. the program is developed in two levels, near of a private beach, blending the topography, the environment and the parametric design for created a housing design of a comfortable spaces with all the amenities and the luxury green nature.
Architecture firm
GAS Architectures
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Germán Sandoval
Design team
Germán Sandoval, Kesia Devallentier
Visualization
GAS Architectures
Typology
Residential › House
