Two years two months and two days, the writer Henry David Thoreau lived in a cabin which he built himself in Walden Pond, Massachusetts, his childhood town. In just about a space of 3 m x 4.5 meters lakeside, he developed himself as an individual isolated from society looking for inspiration of the natural and its origins.
Project name
La Casa del Sapo
Architecture firm
Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Location
Zapotengo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Onnis Luque, Fabian Martinez
Principal architect
Carla Osorio Jimenez, Mario Alberto Ávila López, Sonia Morales, Andrea Rodriguez and Arantza Toledo
Collaborators
Mario Fernandez and Paulina chagoya (Carpentry)
Interior design
Espacio 18 Arquitectura, Mario Fernandez and Paulina Chagoya
Structural engineer
José Luis Contreras Pisson
Landscape
Mario Fernandez and Paulina Chagoya
Construction
Victor Chagoya, Mario Fernandez, Paulina Chagoya, Freddy, Mariela, Candido, Jorge, Cruz Hernández, Jesús Hernández, Coco y Espacio 18 Arquitectura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
The stylishly designed house rises out of the sand dune, overlooking the ocean at Sunshine Beach, on the east coast of Australia, approximately 120km north of Brisbane.
Project name
McAnally Residence
Architecture firm
MADDOCK (Design Firm)
Location
Sunshine Beach, Australia
Photography
Scott Burrows Photographer
Principal architect
Gavin Maddock (Principle Designer)
Interior design
Gavin Maddock Design Studio
Structural engineer
Inertia Engineering
Construction
GVE Construction
Material
Concrete, Stone, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Conceived and designed by entrepreneur Ezequiel Ayarza Sforza, along with the Mexican architecture studio PRODUCTORA, the Casa Bautista project located in the heart of the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve finds expression in a sculptural house that merges with its natural surroundings, seeming to emerge from the sea like a rock and float over the treet...
Project name
Casa Bautista
Architecture firm
PRODUCTORA
Location
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Tulum, Quintana Roo
Principal architect
Abel Perles, Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Wonne Ickx
Design team
Carlos Bedoya, Victor Jaime, Wonne Ickx, Abel Perles
Collaborators
Alejandro Ordoñez, Josue Palma, Daniela Dusa, Antonio Espinoza, Gerardo Aguilar
Structural engineer
Kaltia
Typology
Residential › House
Lópx+ Arquitectos: Inspiration, Contemporary design and architecture immerse in the depths of our traditions and great Mexican cultural heritage, creating a unique concept of Mexican lifestyle.
Architecture firm
Lópx+ Arquitectos
Location
Bucerías, Nayárit, Mexico
Photography
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Principal architect
Omar López
Design team
Omar López, Joan Cortés
Interior design
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Civil engineer
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Structural engineer
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Environmental & MEP
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Landscape
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Lighting
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Supervision
Lopx+ Arquitectos
Visualization
Vizuales.mx
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Structural concrete, steel, stucco, sheetrock, woods.
Status
Fundation construction
Typology
Residential Building
You might be fed up with city life and a never-ending rush. Perhaps you were always dreaming of moving to one of the condos in Forest Beach or somewhere else at the oceanside. Whichever is your case, you might be planning on moving close to the beach.
Photography
Atelier Monolit
Azimi Art: This project is inspired by nature and the high waves of the ocean. In this project, it has been attempted to use curved and wavy lines both in the volume of the building and in the design of the landscape.
Architecture firm
Azimi Art
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Camtasia
Principal architect
Nadiya Azimi Mehr
Visualization
Nadiya Azimi Mehr
The original design is from Zaha Hadid Architects, Wais Arman remodel this building as a practice to explore the free form surfaces and form-finding methods. He choses this building because of its complex design and futuristic, wavy shape which reminds me to motion and water fluidity.
Project name
Jesolo Magica - Fluidity 2.0
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3dsMax, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher, Gianluca Racana
Design team
Marco Amoroso, David Campos, Ayat Fadaifard, Massimiliano Piccinini, Ivan Valdez, Francesca Venturoni
Collaborators
Favero & Milan Ingegneria
Typology
Retail and business center
The Russian architect and designer Eduard Galkin has envisioned a series of conceptual houses with organic shapes that is inspired by surrounding nature.
Project name
Cave Pool Suite, Concept House 16, House in the Rock, Lake house, Tropical Villa
Architecture firm
Eduard Galkin
Location
Mediterranean Sea
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Eduard Galkin
Visualization
Eduard Galkin
Typology
Residential, Houses
