There are many things that you can do to increase the lifespan of your house. One of them is house remodeling which is beneficial in many ways, starting from the fact that it’s going to increase the longevity and the worth of your home.
Photography
Ahmed Abdelaziz
The residential refurbishment and extension is located on Bathurst Street between Westbourne Street and Sussex Gardens. The grade II listed building, originally a public house, has a carriage way access to Bathurst Mews which is still regularly used by horses from the Hyde Park Stables.
Project name
Bathurst Street, London, W2
Architecture firm
Mark Fairhurst Architects
Location
Bathurst Street, London, UK
Photography
Mark Fairhurst Architects
Principal architect
Mark Fairhurst
Collaborators
Graham Richards (Party Wall Surveyor)
Structural engineer
Redston Associates
Construction
MY Construction
Client
Rainbow Properties
Typology
Residential › House
Three five-bedroom terrace houses designed for a bomb damaged infill site in Wandsworth, London. The modern house design relates to the existing Victorian street front, and residential apartments to the south and west elevations.
Project name
Tonsley Place
Architecture firm
Mark Fairhurst Architects
Location
Wandsworth, London, UK
Principal architect
Mark Fairhurst
Structural engineer
Elliott Wood
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Aluminum
Typology
Residential › House
The ML Residence is located in the city of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais. The plot is in a mountanious site with an average slope of 53 per cent. In order to avoid permanent retaining walls (structures) it was decided that the interference in the topography and earthwork would be minimum as well as the number of building pillars, the result bein...
Project name
Residence ML
Architecture firm
Anastasia Arquitetos
Location
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança
Principal architect
Tomás Anastasia, Johanna Anastasia
Design team
Sarita Soares, Catarina Klein, Carolina Jones
Collaborators
CA Engenharia, Lacerda Projetos e Consultoria
Structural engineer
Lucas Lacerda
Landscape
Matos e Renault
Material
Concrete, Steel, Wood, Glass
Client
Lucas Lacerda, Mariana Scarioli
Typology
Residential › House
We wanted a balance between the craftsmanship of the stone façade and the modernity of its interior. A massive and heavy exterior, sculpted in stone, as opposed to a bright and voluminous interior that would also frame the landscape thanks to its almost museum-like openings.
Architecture firm
Atelier de Artekitektura
Location
La Cuesta, Segovia, Spain
Photography
Ignacio Barrios Martínez
Principal architect
Javier Krzyzaniak Martínez
Structural engineer
David Garcı́a Guillén
Environmental & MEP
Anemo S.L.
Tools used
Revit Architecture, Rhinoceros 3D
Construction
Jusar Hidalgo S.L.
Material
Stone, limestone, porcelain tiles, corten steel
Typology
Residential › House
Renovating an apartment presents many different challenges to renovating a house. Architect Kirby Roper, Director of Kirby Architects, reflects on a major apartment renovation in Melbourne’s Domain Road South Yarra. She offers some practical advice for renovating older apartments with a body corporate.
Project name
Domain Views
Architecture firm
Kirby Architects
Location
Domain Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Jacqui Henshaw
Principal architect
Kirby Roper
Design team
Annabelle Roper, Ankita Gurav
Interior design
Dana Goldberg Nido Design
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Stephen Dodd and Partners
Construction
Rami Grinblat Adept Construction Pty Ltd
Typology
Residential › Apartment
In a traditional site of Esfahan city in iran, a house located behind the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, which was built 400 years ago in the Safavid era. The project‘s design corresponds to how traditional spatial relationships in a conventional Isfahan House can be transformed into a modern house within an old urban block, whilst maintaining the same t...
Project name
Friend's House
Architecture firm
Negar Akhoundi (Negar Akd)
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Negar Akhoundi
Design team
Negar Akhoundi, Sepideh Sahebsara
Visualization
Negar Akhoundi (Negar Akd)
Typology
Residential › House
Javier Zubia from MORFA Architecture has been revealed as the big winner of the Next Top Metaverse Build competition, winning the top prize of a Decentraland land parcel, 3,500 SAND tokens, 2,000 RNVI tokens and a Threedium License.
Project name
MORFAVERSE Building
Architecture firm
MORFA Architecture
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Javier Zubia
Typology
Residential › House
