The southern slopes of the first large suburb in the capital city of Prague have always attracted people to posh residential living. However, the romanticizing delirium of typical construction with steep roofs, ostentatious stone soffits and superfluous brick cladding used to be a laughing stock for modernist architects in their time, who dreamed o...
Project name
Under the Top
Architecture firm
No Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Studio Flusser
Principal architect
Jakub Filip Novák, Daniela Baráčková, Lenka Juračková
Collaborators
David Hromada, Joinery products: CZ interiéry
Built area
Built-up Area 173 m² Gross Floor Area 245 m² Usable Floor Area 175 m²
Landscape
Living in green
Material
Ceramic tiles, concrete screed, ash and oak floors. Joinery products – lacquered mdf, oak veneer and solid wood
Typology
Residential › House
Beginning with an outdated 1962 split-level beachfront house, the challenge for this remodel involved the transformation and recycling of the original 1960s split-level house into a home that’s connected to its location. “The rural, agrarian structures of Lopez Island served as inspiration for the design,” notes Jim Graham. “We wanted to create som...
Project name
Lopez Island Beach Cabin
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Lopez Island, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider
Interior design
Jennifer Randall & Associates
Construction
Ravenhill Construction
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Designed for a family of five, the D house hides its structural complexity through its volumetric simplicity. Large boxes placed on the highest part of the land organize the interior and outdoor space through their layout and orientation. That way, the house opens up to the outside through the spaces generated between them, while protecting its int...
Architecture firm
L2C Arquitetura
Location
Dadim, Braga, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Luis Cunha
Interior design
Interiors decoration : Casa Marques
Structural engineer
Márcia Cunha
Construction
JPA Construtora
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
For his house, the client selected a parcel on a gentle incline. From the house, there is a broad and long view over a grassy plain towards the forests on the edge of the property. The house is made of layers. The interior always alternates with a layer of exterior. The entrance object and its facilities are separated from the main house by a belt...
Project name
The House in the preserve
Architecture firm
Huť Architektury Martin Rajniš (HAMR)
Location
Železná, Czech Republic
Photography
Andrea Thiel Lhotáková
Principal architect
Martin Rajniš
Interior design
Otakar Chochol
Material
Stone, timber, concrete
Typology
Residential › House
Newly built family house in a typical terraced housing in a small village, a suburb of Moravský Krumlov. For the construction, we chose a strict, respectful archetype shape of the house that was already there before our intervention. However, the expression of the house takes on radical and strict shapes in our design. The choice of materials and c...
Project name
Family House Polánka
Location
Nová 1611, 672 01 Moravský Krumlov, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Radek Pasterný
Collaborators
Petr Ducháč (Statics)
Built area
Built-up Area 175 m² Gross Floor Area 295 m² Usable Floor Area 257 m²
Landscape
Stanislav Schwarz
Material
Masonry – sand-lime bricks. Ceilings – reinforced concrete. Floor – cement trowel. Roofing – folded metal sheet. Facade – organic fine-grain plaster. Facade – larch decking. Roof structure – wooden trusses. Interior plaster – gypsum plaster. Furniture – solid oak + MDF.
Typology
Residential › House
The sloped volume of the project is designed as a slope according to the climate of the project so that 4 layers with different angles are placed next to each other in order to create different views to the surroundings and the park next to the project, to define the overall form of the project and to match the city background and also be in harmon...
Project name
Lima House 3
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Typology
Residential › House
The Property is designed under the concept of the combination of industrial elements that contrast with the apparent luxury, three elements that generate energy through waterfalls that create an energy cycle capable of sustaining the house as a functional machine that, as a visual purpose, creates the appearance of being suspended on the hill
Project name
Mansion of the Waters
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
A private outdoor space was also intended. However, instead of the common backyard, the
approach was to provide a middleyard, in order to achieve some privacy in the outdoor space. The house was designed in a “C” shape, turning its back to the surroundings and facing an interior patio that opens only in an unobstructed area.
Architecture firm
LIMIT Studio
Photography
Alexander Bogorodskiy
Interior design
Jota Barbosa
Construction
Construções José Maria da Costa Santos – Unipessoal, Lda Kitchen Carpentry: Studio Emme (Emme Cozinhas)
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
