How a sustainable home takes advantage of its exceptional ravine site, exemplifying a light-touch approach, dubbed ”viable sustainability” to give this home another 100-year lease on life.
Project name
Don River House
Architecture firm
Dewson Architects
Location
North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Photography
©2021 RVLTR / A. Marthouret
Principal architect
William Dewson
Structural engineer
Revive Structural Engineering
Landscape
Lawrence Park Garden Care
Construction
Fairside Homes
Material
Brick, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This is a renovation project for accommodation in an old, detached house in the city center of Porto, Portugal. The existing house was designed by Januário Godinho, a prominent Portuguese architect. However, as it had been left unused for almost 10 years, the roof and floor had fallen off, and it was an unlivable situation.
Architecture firm
Ren Ito Arq
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Ren Ito
Collaborators
Construction prosecutor: Paulo Pinto. Stability Project: Filipa Abreu. Hydraulic Installations and Equipment: Fernanda Valente. Electrical Installations and Equipment, Telecommunication and Active Safety: Alexandre F. Martins (GPIC, l.da). AVAC and Ventilation Mechanical Installations and Equipment: Diogo Correia. Gas Installations and Equipment: Liliana Lourenço. Acoustic Conditioning: Liliana Lourenço. Thermal Comfort: Diogo Correia. Fire Safety File: Liliana Lourenço
Construction
Empatobra. LDA
Typology
Residential › House
Nestled in a lush Pacific Northwest wooded landscape this 1954 home renovation included maintaining the primary structure of the house with a full re-envisioning of the spaces of daily life.
Project name
Seehafer Residence
Architecture firm
Skylab Architecture
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA
Photography
Caleb Vandermeer
Structural engineer
SCE Engineering
Construction
MCM Construction Inc
Material
Wood, Brick, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
CC15: Restoration of a Family Jewel: Nostalgia, Renewal, and Nature. Slash Design Studio embraces local Art Deco to restore to its splendor a historic family home in Merida, seamlessly connecting interior and nature. A harmonious oasis, where every detail reflects passion and dedication, awaits a refuge of tranquility and beauty, embracing past, pr...
Project name
Casa Calle 15
Architecture firm
/ DESIGN STUDIO
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Jasson Rodriguez, Eduardo Zizumbo
Principal architect
Eduardo Zizumbo Colunga
Design team
Eduardo Zizumbo,Arely Herrera (Jr Designer)
Completion year
December 2022
Environmental & MEP
Manuel Guerra
Landscape
/ DESIGN STUDIO
Construction
Manuel Guerra
Material
Stone, Chuckum, Terrazo, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
If you’re about to embark on home renovations, one of the most crucial decisions you can make is how to manage the waste. Whether it’s drywall chunks or old shingles from your roof replacement project, not having a plan for this debris adds extra stress and hassle to an already overwhelming process.
Photography
Alfonso Navarro
The residence is located in one of the central areas of the Vadodara city. Site is surrounded by many adjacent urban dwellings. Design brief for the house had many memories attached from client’s side. Now evolving over the time, they wanted to experience contemporary modulations in the same space with minimum budget specifications.
Project name
Renovation of House
Architecture firm
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Photography
2613 apertures
Principal architect
Manoj Patel
Design team
Manoj Patel, Mahima Bomb, Priyal Jani, Aishwarya Gupte, Vaishnavi Padalkar, Prajjwal Dave, Shril Soni and Amitha Krishna
Collaborators
Dinesh Prajapati and Team (Brick Craftsmanship)
Interior design
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Supervision
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Visualization
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD and Lumion
Material
Bricks for construction & Cladding on elevation – interior spaces, stone frames & wooden joineries
Typology
Residential › House, Renovation
Home renovations can be a timely and costly process, with lots of moving parts to consider. Before any work begins, it’s important to set yourself up for success by putting a solid plan in place for the work you’re going to have done.
This renovation project transforms a modest 70 square meter house into a modernhome that accommodates a comfortable lifestyle for the client and family. Theremodeling was carried out to reveal the true potential of the house, byreorganizing its spaces to create open-plan layout that avoid rigidity and bringin ample natural light
Project name
The Post Pandemic House
Architecture firm
Sipal-Wafai Architecture
Photography
Marco Tacchini
Principal architect
Wafai Abdulsater
Collaborators
Rebal Jber (Computational assistance), Roberto Marchetti (Carpenter), Fissore Torino (Materials)
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD
Typology
Residential › House
