Creating and maintaining a home garden is a rewarding experience that can bring your family closer together and provide you with beautiful flowers, fresh fruits, and vegetables.
Written by
Catherine Park
Spring cleaning means decluttering, and there are five important areas in your home that you need to tackle as soon as the snow clears up and the flowers bloom.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
"A picture of the past and the future" which prompted the client and the native architecture of our region to depict it. The Kalarabad Villa is a sweet memory that is located in an authentic and ancient area, and since we considered the architectural design to be a part of the local architecture of the past and at the same time have something new t...
Project name
Kelarabad Villa
Architecture firm
NEOffice
Location
Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray
Principal architect
Iman Shameli
Design team
Azam Mansouri Moghadam, Sanaz Yousefi, Mehrdad Nayeb
Collaborators
Aban Tarh co (Civil engineer)
Typology
Residential › House
The Parchís House arose from working on a project where we had so much fun that it ended up becoming a game. In this case, we learned to play with space and its finishes. We started by devising versatile solutions that would increase the use of every corner and we ended up combining colours to fill them with vitality, hence our Parchís House was bo...
Project name
Casa Parchís
Architecture firm
La Caseta Arquitectura
Principal architect
Alberto Facundo Tarazona
Construction
Carpintería Martín S.L. – Toifer Ind. Metalúrgica - Tabiket S.L. – Electonik S.L. – Pavimentos universales S.L. – Albañilería Mario Tronchoni – Pinturas Limpicab – Fontanería Ángel Sánchez
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Play hard, then rest hard. That's the motto of this family whose home provides thoughtful places of activity and quiet. But it wasn't always this way for this little "house in the hollow" in Laguna Beach. Nestled down into a small, unusually shaped site, it was dark, choppy, and lacking the kinds of space a young power-couple needs to raise their p...
Project name
One Fish, Two Fish
Architecture firm
Anders Lasater Architects
Location
Laguna Beach, California, USA
Photography
Chad Mellon, Mellon Studio
Principal architect
Anders Lasater, Christine Miller
Design team
Anders Lasater, Christine Miller
Interior design
Anders Lasater, Christine Miller, Owner
Structural engineer
Burke Structural Engineering
Landscape
Anders Lasater Architects
Supervision
Anders Lasater Architects
Visualization
Anders Lasater Architects
Tools used
Revit, Enscape
Construction
Fair Construction Management
Material
Wood frame, James Hardi cement board siding, metal roofing, poured in place concrete
Typology
Residential › House
The modern luxury beach house is located on a beautiful stretch of coastline in Costa Rica, with panoramic views of the ocean from every room. And it's a true oasis of relaxation and luxury. The exterior of the house is clad in sleek, modern materials such as concrete and glass, which reflect the natural surroundings and allow for maximum natural l...
Project name
Coastal Bliss House (CASA 57)
Architecture firm
QBO3 Arquitectos
Location
Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Sketchup, Lumion
Principal architect
Mario Vargas Mejías
Design team
Natalia Villalta Bolaños, Steven García Alfaro
Collaborators
Teknik and OGIC Gerencia de Proyectos
Visualization
Tina Tajaddod
Typology
Residential › House
Exchanges between sculpture and architecture are always challenging and productive. The Berned House in Madrid, property of the sculptor Arturo Berned and designed by himself and his near collaborator the architect Ignacio Rejano, confirms this assumption.
Project name
Berned House
Architecture firm
Berned Arquitectos
Photography
Sergio Padura
Principal architect
Arturo Berned, Ignacio Rejano
Design team
Arturo Berned, Ignacio Rejano
Collaborators
Rafael Becerril
Interior design
Arturo Berned, Ignacio Rejano
Structural engineer
Tomas Dalda
Environmental & MEP
Teo López de APRICOT INGENIERIA
Landscape
Berned Arquitectos. S.L.
Lighting
Ignacio Valero de ARKILUM
Visualization
Berned Arquitectos. S.L.
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
CONSTRUCCIONES GALLARDO BALTASAR S.L.
Material
Concrete, wood, glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Cave House is a building, in which a modern design rooted in the legend of the Wawel Dragon combines with the idea of ecological and sustainable architecture. The Symbiotic House designed in BXB Studio recognized as the most ecological building of the year 2019 according to PLGBC, is a house in which ecological elements accompanied a contempora...
Project name
The Cave House - the Human Centered Biophilic Design house
Architecture firm
BXB Studio
Principal architect
Bogusław Barnaś
Design team
Bogusław Barnaś, Urszula Furmanik, Justyna Duszyńska-Krawczyk, Bartłomiej Mierczak, Monika Kalinowska, Magdalena Fuchs, Wojciech Buchta, Marcin Barański, Marcin Owczarek, Aleksandra Gawron, Bartłomiej Szewczyk, Łucja Janik, Bartosz Karwat, Katarzyna Trzepałka, Aleksandra Parchem.
Built area
approx. 1000 m²
Typology
Residential › House
