Located in a gated community in the southern part of the Province of Buenos Aires, house AC-47 is located on a corner lot surrounded by important vegetation. Its linear development prioritizes the visuals over the park and the optimal conditions of sunlight and ventilation. The project starts from a main volume that is ordered in relation to the di...
Location
Adrogué Chico, Malvinas Argentinas, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Luciana Macias, Facundo Carrosso
Collaborators
Yamila Graneros, Sofía Díaz, Rosario Galván, Arq. Guadalupe Arbarello, Yanina Saracho.
Interior design
MA Partners
Structural engineer
Ing. Gustavo Bianchi
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
A young Prague couple decided to extend their small attic apartment to better suit the needs of a family life. The apartment is located in a semi-detached house in a small neighborhood built in the early 1920s in a unique Czech Art Deco style. The neighborhood was named Liberty to celebrate newly established Czechoslovakia.
Project name
Liberty Loft
Architecture firm
System Recovery Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Principal architect
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Design team
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Interior design
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Civil engineer
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Structural engineer
TeAnau, s.r.o.
Environmental & MEP
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Supervision
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Visualization
System Recovery Architects
Construction
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Material
larch, perforated aluminium sheets, spruce
Typology
Residential › Apartment, Renovation, Refurbishment
The Les Pointes residence, a new construction recently completed by Ghoche architecte, is located at the end of a peninsula on the shores of Lake Archambault, in Saint-Donat, Quebec, Canada. In the context of scarce waterfront properties, the owners, who wanted to build a project adapted to their needs, and with a modern character, decided to demol...
Project name
Les Pointes Residence
Architecture firm
Ghoche architecte
Location
Saint-Donat, Québec, Canada
Photography
Maxime Brouillet
Structural engineer
Geniex
Construction
Nouvelle construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Looking for new ways to traditional barn-house is one of the most common exercises in contemporary architecture practice, and even one of the most applied in the south of Chile. It takes massive attention in the last internal migration, due to the pandemic of covid-19, which open the door to work from home so a lot of people from big cities, like S...
Architecture firm
Estudio Diagonal Architects
Location
Puerto Varas, Región de Los Lagos, Chile
Photography
Nicolás Saieh
Principal architect
Sebastián Armijo Oyarzún
Design team
Sebastián Armijo Oyarzún
Interior design
Estudio Diagonal Architects
Structural engineer
Cristóbal Berríos R.
Supervision
Estudio Diagonal Architects
Construction
Taller Jorquera
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › Singel Family Home
McGovern Residence - Concrete bunker house nestled between high-rises. A landmark site, a radical client willing to take risks and a sensational builder, the dream commission. The south facing riverfront allotment was occupied by a very charming but exhausted 1940’s worker's cottage.
Project name
McGovern Residence
Architecture firm
Reitsma & Associates
Location
77 Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Photography
Kelli Jean Black
Principal architect
Trevor Reitsma
Design team
Jordan Lew, Angie Clues
Collaborators
Gray Construction
Interior design
Reitsma & Associates
Structural engineer
Structures Engineering
Landscape
living style co
Lighting
creative lighting concepts
Construction
Gray Construction
Material
Concrete, Seamed Metal
Typology
Residential › House
RISE Design Studio has completed a striking refurbishment and extension of a mid terrace Victorian house in Queen's Park, NW London, comprised of two additional brick volumes and a lightwell. The architects rose to the challenge of modernising a home to make it spacious and open, while creating separate zones and pockets of privacy for the family m...
Project name
Queen's Park House
Architecture firm
RISE Design Studio
Location
Queen’s Park, London, UK
Principal architect
Sean Ronnie Hill RIBA ARB
Collaborators
Party Wall Surveyor: Richard Egan, Osprey Building Consultants; Approved building inspector: Quadrant; Intruder Alarm Specialist: NSS Security Solutions
Completion year
July 2022
Structural engineer
Richard Tant Associates
Landscape
Dan Shea Garden Designer
Construction
GEB London Ltd
Typology
Residential › House
The design and implementation of this 880 square meter villa is the achievement of how ACE Design succeeds in creating the "ideal home". Ms.Hui Xie leads the team to focus on discovering the real joys of family life, returning to nature amid the bustling city and slowing down the pace of life, so as to fully immerse ourselves in this enjoyable, car...
Project name
Chengdu Repulse Bay Detached Villa
Architecture firm
ACE DESIGN
Photography
Ao Xiang, Shifang Vision
Principal architect
Hui Xie
Design team
Hui Xie, Qilang Wang, Subing Zhao
Collaborators
Soft furnishings design and execution: Mushang Art
Typology
Residential › Villa
Forgotten in the terraced vineyard, a stone ruin with a curved space was discovered. Since the ruin was subtly integrated with the landscape, it became the basis of the intervention. The genius loci suggested the Fibonacci Spiral movement which was perfectly aligned with the existing wall.
Architecture firm
Marco Maio Architects
Location
Troja, Prague, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Marco Maio, David Obrovnik, Kaja Likar, Katarina Kobale
Built area
Built-up Area 100 m²
Collaborators
COR-TEN works: Jakub Ščerba
Material
Stone – walls, stairs. Corten steel – doors, niche – small wine cellar, fireplace, stairs, partition wall between platforms. Concrete pavers – platform for wine tasting. Gravel – floors, walking paths.
Typology
Public Space › Landscape
