This is a complex facility for a library and day service for the elderly built in a small rural town. Since the site faces a residential street and the surrounding environment is miscellaneous, windows on the perimeter were kept to the minimum necessary. This was also effective in improving thermal insulation performance and ensuring the quietness...
Project name
SQUARES in Tianshui
Architecture firm
SAKO Architects
Photography
Luo Juncai, YuMing Song
Principal architect
Keiichiro Sako
Interior design
SAKO Architects
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library + daycare
The Sand House is a California oceanfront family house that combines architectural simplicity with interior sophistication. The house surfaces serve as a plain background for unique details, furniture and art. Boldly playing with textures and materials, the architecture of this space creates unexpected and cozy atmosphere.
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Ruslan Lytvynenko
Design team
Ruslan Lytvynenko, Anton Verhun
Collaborators
Interior design: SHOVK
Typology
Residential › House
Atelier Sergio Rebelo: Singer is an apartment renovation named after the building where it´s located. Built in 1939, in the iconic Rua de Sá da Bandeira, the Singer building is an Art Déco landmark in the heart of the city of Porto. The new design looks carefully at the original details and material palette and reinterprets them into a new layout,...
Architecture firm
Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Photography
João Boullosa and Luís Espinheira
Principal architect
Sérgio Rebelo
Design team
Tiago Carvalho, Joana Portela, Lourenço Barreto, Bruna Campos
Interior design
Sergio Rebelo
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Suppliers - Azulima, BRUMA, Duravit, Menu Space
Supervision
Atelier Sergio Rebelo
Visualization
Chaos Group
Tools used
AutoCAD, Corona Renderer, Autodesk 3ds Max
Typology
Residential › Apartment
House in the clouds is located in a portion of native forest in Salsipuedes, 30 km from the city of Córdoba. Located in the central sector of the land, with its long side facing north, it appears as a white prism, levitating over the mountain and getting lost in the clouds.
Project name
House in the clouds (Casa en las nubes)
Architecture firm
MALVINA ZAYAT estudio de arquitectura
Location
Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Design team
Natalia Lucía Ruiz Venicio
Structural engineer
Edgar Moran
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
BDP-18011 is a transgressive and disruptive project by Palomino Arquitectos that surprises everyone who visits it and aims to be a link between Balearic nature and modern architecture. From the mix of elements used to their representation in the architecture
Architecture firm
Palomino Arquitectos
Location
Cala Vinyes, Calvià, Illes Balears, Spain
Photography
Estudi 97 (Antoni Perelló Valls)
Principal architect
Lavinia de Coene, Alejandro Palomino
Design team
Alejandro Palomino, Alejandro Palomino, Lavinia de Coene, Raquel Martínez
Collaborators
Manuel Vera (Project Manager and Quantity surveyor)
Civil engineer
Ingenio Consultores (Andreu Ortiz)
Structural engineer
Sebastià Miquel
Material
Concrete, Stone, Wood, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Monastero Arx Vivendi –a member of THE AFICIONADOS– is a new style refuge of luxury hotel and spa set within thick sacral walls dating back to the 17th-century. Located in scenic Arco -Trentino, sandwiched between the peaks of the mountain and the palms of Italy’s Lake Garda, which is just 4km away.
Written by
The Aficionados
The project reflects client’s requirement of classic yet contemporary house that oozes affluence. An elegant, simple yet daunting piece that is sure to attract attention sits boldly in a rectangular 1500 sq. ft. plot which is slightly angular on the rear side.
Architecture firm
Arch Triangle
Photography
Murtuza Gandhi
Principal architect
Abbas Pitolwala
Design team
Abdullah and Mustafa
Interior design
Mariya Kapadia
Civil engineer
Mohsin and Abdeali
Structural engineer
Ddime consultanat
Supervision
Amafhh Construction
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, V-ray
Construction
Amafhh Construction
Material
Brick, Concrete, Wood, Metal and Glass
Typology
Residential › House
When the clients approached architects Juliana Silva and Amanda Mori to design this studio of just 26m², located in São Paulo, the initial idea was to carry out a renovation that would provide practicality and comfort so that it could be rented during the season.
Project name
#GOUP_MOBIONE
Architecture firm
Go Up Arquitetura
Location
R. Artur Prado, 489 - Paraíso, São Paulo - SP, 01322-000, Brazil
Photography
Robson Figueiredo
Principal architect
Amanda Mori, Juliana Silva
Design team
Amanda Mori, Juliana Silva, Marina Cassiano, Denis Mignoli, Michele Taetti, Vitoria Alves, Pietra Pistori, Daniella Camargo, Pamela Soarez
Collaborators
HM Marcenaria, Portobello Mooca, Sardep Marmoraria, Telhanorte Imigrantes
Interior design
Go Up Arquitetura
Environmental & MEP engineering
Landscape
Go Up Arquitetura
Lighting
Go Up Arquitetura
Material
Planned furniture, vinil floor, tiles, matte wall paint
Construction
Go Up Arquitetura
Supervision
Go Up Arquitetura
Visualization
Go Up Arquitetura
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vray
Typology
Residential › Apartment
