Located in La Punta Zicatela, at the southernmost point of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Casa TO is a boutique hotel that crystalizes a genuine experience of contemplative hospitality with a vision of environmental consciousness and social responsibility. The project, by the renowned architect Ludwig Godefroy, was developed under the watchword of simpl...
Architecture firm
Ludwig Godefroy
Location
La Punta Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro
Principal architect
Ludwig Godefroy
Design team
Surreal Estate
Interior design
Daniel Cinta
Landscape
Gisela Kenigsberg and Daniel Cinta
Material
Concrete, steel, clay, and wood
Typology
Hospitality › Boutique Hotel
The practicality of any home isn’t just about the house itself but the outside space too. And a driveway is one of the biggest components that makes it functional and well-suited to modern living. Concrete has long been the material of choice for homeowners and builders thanks to its strength and hardness. But there’s more than these qualities to c...
Photography
Zachary Keimig (cover image), Max Vakhtbovych
Located in La Punta Zicatela, at the southernmost point of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Casa TO is a boutique hotel that crystalizes a genuine experience of contemplative hospitality with a vision of environmental consciousness and social responsibility.
Architecture firm
Ludwig Godefroy
Location
Punta Zicatela, Oaxaca, Mexico
A journey of brutalism in congruence with Indianness. The idea was to design in such a way that CONCRETE has an impact. This project involved creating a simple, functional home for a small entrepreneurial family with an appreciable creative streak. The client runs a thriving business, but is also an enthusiastic poet, while his son is an avid wildl...
Project name
BETON BRUT (French term means Raw Concrete)
Architecture firm
tHE gRID Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Photography
Photographix | Sebastian, Video credits: Vinay Panjwani
Principal architect
Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar
Design team
Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar, Vishvajit Hada, Keyur Patel, Ruchik Rathod, Dishank Suthar, Ankita Mevada
Collaborators
Bhupendra mistry
Interior design
tHE gRID Architects
Civil engineer
Hariom Thakkar
Structural engineer
SETU Infrastructure
Environmental & MEP
Ravi Engineering
Landscape
tHE gRID Architects
Lighting
tHE gRID Architects
Supervision
Hariom Thakkar
Visualization
tHE gRID Architects
Construction
HN projects, Hariom Thakkar
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
One of the most preferred decorative concrete types is exposed aggregate concrete. Some homeowners don't understand the qualities that made the exposed aggregate concrete so famous. In this article, you are going to learn more about it.
Cabo de vila is a house for a young couple that wanted a house that doesn't look like a regular house. When we first meet the place for the house, the approach to the location give us the central mote for the project. We wanted a shape that can fill the void left by the valley and at the same time we wanted this new shape to embrace and reflects th...
Project name
Cabo de Vila House
Architecture firm
spaceworkers®
Location
Paredes, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG, Building Pictures (video)
Principal architect
Henrique Marques, Rui Dinis
Design team
Rui Dinis, Sérgio Rocha, Rui Miguel
Collaborators
Bairro Design® (Furniture Design), Carla Duarte - cfo (finance director)
Structural engineer
ana&pedro
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, wood
Typology
Residential › House
Like every project entrusted to us, the needs of the clients are the triggers that give function, shape and texture to the beginning of each idea. Raw housing was born from the intention of creating a refuge, a different idea in the neighborhood where it was built, which stands out without makeup or color, only with materials that prove to be stron...
Project name
Vivienda En Bruto (Gross House)
Architecture firm
IASE Arquitectos
Location
B° Las Cañitas – Malagueño, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Vilchez German, Maria Vega, Lucas Asensio
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
In this project, we were looking for maximum simplicity, so we worked the whole walls, ceiling, and floor in concrete, and we worked on the front window in a way that framing the trees in the back yard.
Project name
Concrete Bedroom
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Location
Mosha, Damavand, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Typology
Residential › House
