he project site is located in the last part of an alley. Its location provided two features for the project that had to be considered. One: The user's first encounter with the body of the volume, which is formed in the direction of movement into the alley. And 2: indentation in half of the edge of the site in order to enter it.
Architecture firm
mrk office
Location
Kelarabad, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammad Reza Kohzadi
Design team
Neda Mirani (Design lead), Niloofar Moghimi (Diagram)
Visualization
Rahim Vardan
Typology
Residential › House
‘The House of Ides’ is a conceptual design idea for a dwelling that’s neither on the land nor on the water. It is located at the border of Eastern and Western culture in an attempt to embrace both worlds.
Project name
House of Ides
Architecture firm
Slika Studios
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Twinmotion
Principal architect
Milan Bogovac
Design team
Milan Bogovac
Visualization
Milan Bogovac
Typology
Residential › Holiday House
Beyond is a contemporary setting for life and art, where the full comfort of a modern home is potently married to an elemental architecture drawn from its dramatic setting. Perched on the shoulders of Lion’s Head, the home, designed by SAOTA, springs from a steep hillside that drops off to the famous sequence of Clifton’s white beaches to the Twelv...
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni
Collaborators
OKHA (Interior Decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne
Landscape
Nicholas Whitehorn Landscape Design
Lighting
Martin Doller Design
Construction
Cape Island Construction
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The Entrance door is opened. We enter the garden through the Hashti, and a row of seven cypress trees casting long shades on the ground are accompanying us to the entrance door. The spatial experience of the inside is more like a labyrinthine cave as if it has always been an undiscovered space.
Project name
Talesh Garden House
Architecture firm
Studio Babak
Location
Talesh, Gilan, Iran
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effect
Principal architect
Babak Abdolghafari
Design team
Yahya Sharbatinavan, Reza Sheikhi, Mona Afrazi, Sara Nikfal Azar, Anisa Motahhar, Mohsen Hamzelouie, yashar khazaei
Collaborators
Saman Latifi (Executor), Mohamad Mohamadpanah (Site Manager)
Visualization
Mohsen Hamzelouie
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
The name of this residential project is originated in the neighborhood of São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it is located. Piacenza is the name of the birthplace of Saint Conrad (São Conrado in Portuguese), in northern Italy.
Project name
Casa di Piacenza
Architecture firm
MRG Arquitetura
Location
São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tools used
Vectorworks, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mauricio Rebello
Design team
Mateus Ladeira
Client
Young Brazilian couple
Typology
Residential › House
From the shell of an old barn comes "Casa Bona". The renovation project emphasises the contrast between the aesthetic lines of the existing building and the new construction elements included in the project.
Architecture firm
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Location
Gàmbara, Brescia, Italy
Photography
Matteo Sturla
Principal architect
Ezio Zupelli
Design team
Ezio Zupelli, Carlo Zupelli, Francesca Dellabona
Collaborators
Matteo Sturla, Ottavia Zuccotti, Marco Bettera
Interior design
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Civil engineer
Mauro Taglietti
Structural engineer
Mauro Taglietti
Environmental & MEP
Mauro Taglietti
Lighting
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Supervision
Mauro Taglietti
Tools used
Reflex Canon 5d
Material
Steel, Concrete, Glass, Wood, Brick
Typology
Residential › House, Renovation
This Project was drawn and rendered by M. Serhat Sezgin. The construction and site team consisted of the teams within Zebrano Furniture. The project was built to spend time away from the noise of the city on the weekends. The building, the project of which started in 2017, was completed within eighty working days.
Project name
Old Mountain House
Architecture firm
M.Serhat Sezgin and Zebrano Furniture
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
M.Serhat Sezgin
Collaborators
Zebrano Group of Companies Architects and Civil engineers
This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head; with views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible.
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
Design team
Greg Truen, Dov Goldring, Jaco Bruwer, Ian Cox and Puja Patel
Collaborators
SBDS Quantity Surveyors (Quantity Surveyor)
Interior design
OKHA (interior decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne Consulting Engineers
Landscape
Franchesca Watson Garden Designer
Construction
Gossow & Harding Construction Pty (Ltd)
Material
Stone, Glass, Steel, Wood, Concrete and plaster
Typology
Residential › House
