The Iranian architecture firm Shomali Design Studio led by Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali has designed Aablako, a forest house planned to be built on outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Didgah Design Architecture Studio: At first, the idea was to have a complete view of the pristine nature. This project aims to give the user a feeling of being suspended midair and a bird’s-eye view. The structure was inspired by a flying bird that holds the user in its wings. The user can then use the rails to move along the width of the valley an...
Project name
The Suspended cabin
Architecture firm
Didgah Design Architecture Studio
Location
Amazon Rain Forest, Manaus, Brazil
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Lumion 10.3, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammadreza Norouz
Design team
Sajad Motamedi, Mohammad Mahdi Faraji
Built area
Each cabin: 38 ㎡
Collaborators
Sajad Motamedi, Mohammad Mahdi Faraji
Visualization
Mohammadreza Norouz
Robbert de Goede has designed a new home in a former gymnasium in old city center Amsterdam, Netherlands. Imagine the possiblity to build a new home in a former gymnasium. A space everyone knows and many architects have fantasized about. First we brought in a flood of daylight with 10 skylights and a huge facade. The trusses were a gift from the bu...
Project name
The Gymnasium
Architecture firm
Robbert de Goede
Location
Old city center Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Marcel van der Burg
Principal architect
Robbert de Goede
Interior design
Robbert de Goede
Collaborators
Houtwerk, Beverwijk. Hazewindus. van Eden Bouwconstructies.
Environmental & MEP engineering
Contractor
VKV Restaurations
Typology
Residential › Apartment
A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House
A home lighting layout is undoubtedly an afterthought in the general scenario. The lesser known fact hatch is undoubtedly true in most cases when it comes to interiors is the right lighting layout. It makes all the difference globally, and choosing the right kind of fixtures substantially improves the home lighting layout.
Written by
Rameena Yameen
Photography
Skye Studios, bazz.ca
The Czech architecture firm Kuba & Pilař architekti has recently completed a family house on the waterfront with a green roof, located in Znojmo Town, Czech Republic. The plot is situated in a gap between family houses that form the banks of the Dyje River. Steep terrain of the plot has the original terrace landscaping with stonewalls.
Architecture firm
Kuba & Pilař architekti
Location
Znojmo, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com
Principal architect
Tomáš Pilař, Ladislav Kuba, Norbert Walter
Typology
Residential › Houses
YH2 Architecture: Initially built as a small storage space by the first owner who was a lumberman, the shed was later rearranged into a forest refuge by its next owners. La Colombière (Dovery) thus represents the completion and third phase of this simple one-storey construction into a true retreat expanding on three floors.
Project name
La Colombière
Architecture firm
YH2 Architecture
Location
Sutton, Quebec, Canada
Photography
Francis Pelletier, Loukas Yiacouvakis
Typology
Residential › Houses › Cottage
Alexandre-de-Sève Town House: When Heritage and Contemporary Meet. Restoring a 19th-century house while retaining the heritage and creating a contemporary addition is quite a challenge. The original 60 m² building has been fully restored and converted into two apartments: a two-floor 4 ½ and a 3 ½ on the second floor.
Project name
Alexandre-de-Sève town house
Architecture firm
Guillaume Lévesque architecte
Location
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Photography
Charles Lanteigne photo
Principal architect
Guillaume Lévesque
Design team
Matisse Aubin Thuot
Collaborators
Matisse Aubin Thuot
Structural engineer
GENIEX
Environmental & MEP
Group Cémec Inc,
Landscape
L’espace paysage, Martine Boudreault
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk AutoCAD
Typology
Residential › House
