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
Designed by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, Nautilus is a whimsical shell-shaped house located in Naucalpan, northwest of Mexico City in the adjoining State of Mexico, and inspired by the work of Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain
Location
Naucalpan, State of Mexico
Photography
Jaime Jacott, Francisco Lubbert, Senosiain
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain
Collaborators
Luis Raúl Enríquez Montiel.
Typology
Residential › House
A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Hannah in Mérida, Mexico designed by Mexican architecture firm Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Project name
Casa Hannah / Hannah House
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Collaborators
Artesano MX, SOHO galleries Mérida
Interior design
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero and Isabel Bargas Cicero
Supervision
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Alejandro Bargas Cicero and Isabel Bargas Cicero
The Portuguese architecture firm Pedro Henrique Arquiteto has designed CG House a single-family home located in Arrifana, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.
Architects statement:
A place, that arises from an elevated plan in relation to the street, and opens itself onto a field, is defined by t...
The Medellín-based architecture & design firm Era Arquitectura led by Eduardo Muñera has recently completed Shaddai House, a single-family home located in Medellín, Antioquia province, Colombia.
Architect’s Statement:
This single-family house project located on the outskirts of Medellín. The...
Designed by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, Organic House is located in Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico.
Architect’s Statement:
The idea for the project was first conceived and took its likeness from a peanut shell: two roomy oval spaces with a lot of light, connecte...
The Mexican architecture firm Stato by Grupo Urban led by Enrique Leal has recently completed The House of Tubes, a new residence project, integrating it into an existing structure from the middle of the 1970’s; particular shapes and volumes that made history in the southern part of the city of Mont...
