Casa Chouso is located in Casal de S. Brás, a humble village which is part of Ansião, on a piece of land with a superb view over both the village and the hills of Sicó (Serras da Sicó). The general idea was defined from the primary analysis when first visiting the site. The land presented great natural surroundings, overflowing with clusters of tre...
Project name
Casa Chouso (Chouso House)
Architecture firm
Bruno Dias Arquitectura
Location
Rua da Lagoa, Casal de S.Brás, Ansião, Portugal
Photography
Hugo Santos Silva
Principal architect
Bruno Lucas Dias
Design team
Bruno Lucas Dias, Tânia Matias, Cristiana Henriques
Collaborators
Tânia Matias, Cristiana Henriques, Portave (Carpentry), Paumarc (Floors), Carlos Silva e Miguel Ferreira (Coating Materials), Systalprof ( Aluminium), Ofimetal (Metalworking)
Environmental & MEP
Canalizações Alvorgense
Construction
Pireslar – Construções, lda. Carlos Miguel Constructora
Material
Concrete, Steel, Stone, Wood, Glass
Client
Pedro and Catarina
Typology
Residential › House
It is a house based on a square 3x3 grid where the stairs and the circulation in the upperfloor are located in the center. On the ground floor, to avoid corridors, the rooms are connected to achieve as much space and light as possible. Taking advantage of the long views towards the golf course, we located the living room and dining room.
Project name
Backhander House
Architecture firm
Estudio Matias Lopez Llovet
Location
Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Principal architect
Matias Lopez Llovet
Civil engineer
Nicolas Vivona
Structural engineer
Nicolas Vivona
Landscape
Sandra Zubiarre
Visualization
Catalina Sonzini Astudillo
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D
Material
Concrete & masonry
Typology
Residential › House
The Project is located in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco. Developed within a private subdivision, near the Bosque de la Primavera, an important urban lung, this house emerges from a land that naturally presented a great unevenness, so that the project required thinking about front and rear facades with the same importance.
Project name
Casa Los Sueños
Location
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Principal architect
Arturo Ferguson
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
A house for a friend, a glass house that embraces nature at its core. The house has three big skylights in the roof. In the entrance area, the living-dining area and the guest area, which brings a lot of light into these spaces.
Architecture firm
Reza Mohtashami
Location
Upstate New York, New York, United States
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Reza Mohtashami
Design team
Reyhaneh Daneshmandi
Visualization
Reyhaneh Daneshmandi
Typology
Residential › House
The Casa NAZ project, part of a very special request from a family made up of a woman and her two daughters, in which they seek a creative refuge from the day-to-day life of the city to have a space for contemplation and reflection. The house is located on the outskirts of the magical town of Tapalpa, on a slightly sloping plot of land with views o...
Architecture firm
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Location
Tapalpa, Jalisco, Mexico
Photography
Rafael Palacion
Principal architect
Daniel Araujo, Fernanda Galvan
Design team
Fernanda Galvan, Daniel Araujo, Antonio Jarquin, Lizzete Diaz, Ervin Virgen
Interior design
Fernanda Galvan
Civil engineer
Dorado Ingeniería
Structural engineer
Dorado Ingeniería
Landscape
Nakawe Paisajismo | Landscaping
Supervision
Daniel Araujo
Visualization
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion Pro, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Material
Polished concrete, parota wood, Masonry walls, Walnut Wood, Aluminum, Concrete paver
Typology
Residential › House
Based on a housing module that reflects the constant direction we have to connect to nature in terms of shapes and functional impact, in the first instance we rise from the ground to have the least impact on it, helping to achieve better control of the views.
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
Miami, Florida, USA
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › Cabin
This is Fredrick Mensah house in the South of Ghana. Fredrick asked us to do a minimal design but futuristic! We tried to make it as unique as possible. I tried to design the facade of this house in a new and classy look.
Project name
KuKuruoo House
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Amin Moazzen
Visualization
Amin Moazzen
Typology
Residential › House
Located within the heart of the serene hills of Kothkai, Himachal. The Apple Farm Stay is flanked by mountains that kiss the clouds with streams gushing down its slopes and lush green orchards. The existing built-up structure of The Apple farm stay was built in 1920 by the erstwhile Wazir of the princely state of Himachal Pradesh, and now it has be...
Project name
The Apple Farm Stay | Restoration
Architecture firm
Architect Suri and Associates
Location
Jhina Orchards, Kotkhai, Himachal Pradesh, India
Principal architect
Himanshu Suri
Collaborators
Advisory on Construction Management: Parishrut Jhina
Interior design
Priya Gupta
Environmental & MEP
Rakhra and Associates
Landscape
Priya Goyal (Landscaping and Outdoor Redevlopment)
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
