This project provided the opportunity to address the battleaxe block subdivision which too often sees the replacement of an ex-backyard with structures that cover the majority of the site and leave little room for gardens, a poorly defined entry sequence neglecting the home a presence in the neighbourhood and a laneway lost to car parking and solid...
Project name
Jimmy's House
Architecture firm
MJA Studio, Studio Roam, IOTA
Location
North Perth, Western Australia
Principal architect
Jimmy Thompson
Design team
Jimmy Thompson, Lead Design | Sally Weerts, Documentation | Amy McDonnell, Interiors
Collaborators
Assemble Building Co., Builder | Atelier JV, Engineer | Banksia + Lime / Oaktree Design, Landscape Architect/Designer | Jimmy Thompson + Amy McDonnell, Interior Designer | Wylie Woodburn, Lighting Consultant | Mitch Hill, Design / Construction
Interior design
Amy McDonnell, Interiors
Structural engineer
Atelier JV
Landscape
Banksia + Lime / Oaktree
Lighting
Wylie Woodburn, Lighting Consultant
Construction
Assemble Building Co.
Typology
Residential › Courtyard House
These ten houses are part of a masterplan for 500 dwellings and a park by the Architecten Cie, called 'Het Funen, Hidden Delights'. The triangular site is located between the historic center and the recently redeveloped harbor area in the east of Amsterdam, a former parking lot for towed cars.
Project name
Funen Blok K - Verdana
Architecture firm
NL Architects
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photography
Raoul Kramer, Luuk Kramer, Maarten Bezem
Principal architect
Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse, Mark Linnemann
Design team
Gerbrand van Oostveen
Collaborators
Caro Baumann, Jennifer Petersen, Niels Petersen, Holger Schurk, Misa Shibukawa, Rolf Touzimsky
Environmental & MEP engineering
Sweegers en de Bruin bv (Mechanical engineers)
Structural engineer
Ingenieursbureau Zonneveld bv
Construction
IBC Woningbouw Amersfoort bv
Visualization
Florent le Corre
Client
IBC Vastgoed / Heijmans
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Impossible Homes is a conceptual art project with the aim of envisioning hyper-realistic homes built in impossible places. Designed using Midjourney by filmmaker Phillip Van, who is based in Los Angeles.
Project name
Impossible Homes
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Principal architect
Phillip Van
Visualization
Phillip Van
Typology
Residential › House
The project is CAA's design scheme for the international competition "Iceland Aurora Station". Combined with the unique geographical environment of the volcanic region of Iceland, the traditional local construction technology of turf house is used to integrate the architecture with the landscape, respect the nature, integrate it into the nature, an...
Project name
Iceland Aurora Station
Architecture firm
CAA Architects
Principal architect
Liu Haowei
Design team
Felix Amiss, Edward Ednilao, Zhang Pan, Zhao Xingyun, Deng Yue, Tang Lu, Ren Zhuoying
Visualization
CAA Architects
A place immersed in lush Atlantic Rainforest nature. A terrain filled with large leafy trees, foliage, shrubs, birds and wild animals. A challenging topography with a steep slope, characteristic of the Nova Lima region in Minas Gerais. This is the place where Casa Açucena is inserted.
Project name
Açucena House (Casa Açucena)
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Rua dos Jacarandás, 1012 - Jardins de Petrópolis - Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Laura Georgia Rodrigues Layoun, Otávio, Daniele Meloni, Déborah Martins
Structural engineer
M Estruturas
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, wood, glass, steel
Typology
Residential › House
The new building of the Museum of Ethnography in the Budapest City Park (Városliget) was opened (23/05/2022). The multiple award-winnig new museum building – which is part of Europe’s largest urban-cultural development called Liget Budapest Project - designed by FERENCZ, Marcel; Napur Architect - has dynamic yet simple lines simultaneously harmonis...
Project name
New Museum of Ethnography
Architecture firm
NAPUR Architect Ltd.
Location
Városliget, Budapest, Hungary
Principal architect
Marcel Ferencz
Design team
György Détári, Filó Gergely, Holyba Pál, Nyul Dávid, Grócz Csaba, Mészáros Mónika
Interior design
Czakó Építész Ltd.
Landscape
Garten Studio Ltd.
Structural engineer
EXON 2000 Ltd., HVarC Ltd. Lucz Attila
Contractor
ZÁÉV Építőipari Zrt. and Magyar Építő Zrt.
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
Biomimetic Architecture is a line of advanced architecture that seeks to find sustainable solutions by analyzing nature through the understanding of the principles that are found in different environments and species. This architecture does not try to replicate the forms found in nature, instead, it attempts to understand their operation and evolut...
Project name
Hidden Stone House
Architecture firm
A1 Arquitectura Avanzada
Location
Puembo, Quito, Ecuador
Principal architect
Jose Daniel Teran
Design team
Jose Daniel Teran, Karen Oquendo, Miguel Arboleda
Collaborators
Alejandro Parreño, Mauricio Suasti, Jennifer Carrion, Jose Antonio Checa, Alexis Sampedro, Felipe Moya, Ariana Urgiles, Melissa Arevalo
Interior design
Interior Styling: Veronica Guijarro. AB Koncept, Anabel Rosales
Structural engineer
Telmo Vanegas, Vanegas Martinez Ingenieria
Landscape
A1 Arquitectura Avanzada
Visualization
A1 Arquitectura Avanzada
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, V-ray
Construction
A1 Arquitectura Avanzada, Jose Daniel Teran, Miguel Arboleda
Material
Concrete, Steel, Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The design strategy is formed based on solving two essential issue on the project site. The first issue is to deal with the Mazandaran high humidity, and the second one is to reach a nature-consistent architecture.
Project name
Villa Atlantis
Architecture firm
Artur Architecture Studio
Location
Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Artur Omid Azeri
Design team
Niloofar Sedighi Nouri, Amir Asgari, Pouya Bidar, Fatemeh Fatemi, Reza Mahmoudi
Collaborators
Iman Il Beigi, Mostafa Fereydoni, Danyal Azari (Presentation manager), Hadi Azari (Supervisor)
Visualization
Amir Asgari
Client
Ehsan Ravasian, Hamid Lotfi
Typology
Residential › House
