You don’t have to go abroad to have a vacation. In fact, you can have one at home. While it might sound impossible, it is something that more and more people are actually doing. The term ‘staycation’ usually refers to taking a vacation in an area that’s near to one’s home, but actually vacationing at home brings new meaning to the term. When you sp...
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
The project consists of the reform of a flat in Barcelona’s Eixample. It is located on the chamfer, which explains its elongated and narrow plan, almost of corridor. Before the intervention, the aparment had undergone multiple transformations. The original hydraulic flooring and Catalan vaulted roof had been covered by low-value materials.
Architecture firm
Atzur Arquitectura
Location
Sant Antoni neighbourhood, Barcelona, Spain
Photography
Judith Casas, Aide Monge
Principal architect
Milagros Machado Ferrari, Claudia Ferrer Riera
Design team
Claudia Ferrer Riera, Milagros Machado Ferrari
Collaborators
Pablo Álvarez Pagani, Xavi Mata
Interior design
Claudia Ferrer Riera, Milagros Machado Ferrari
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Concrete, wood, glass
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Our latest luxury speculative residence is perched high over Lake Austin in the Tarrytown neighborhood. We created a courtyard style home using two heavy mass volumes connected by a light glass volume that is surrounded by water features on both sides. These large mass volumes consist of masonry construction with a textured fluted block exterior
Project name
Matthews Residence
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Design team
Black Rabbit: Jared Haas (principal), Charlie Schmidt, Austin Smock
Built area
6092 ft² (566 m²)
Site area
13412 ft² (1246 m²)
Collaborators
Slic Design (Interior Designer), Stewart and Co. (General Contractor), Fort Structures (Structural engineer)
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
Inspired by the Californian domestic experience of the 1950s, this house is resolved through a modular system that serves as an envelope. The skin, an industrial and standardized coating, was marking the rhythm of the full and empty. The house is resolved on a single floor.
Architecture firm
Además Arquitectura
Location
Canning, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Leandro A. Gallo
Design team
Maximo Bertoia, Ignacio Bubis, Emiliano Granzella
Civil engineer
Andrés Moscatelli
Structural engineer
Andrés Moscatelli
Material
Concrete, steel, glass
Typology
Residential › House
Interior design trends and transformation are the best ways to connect with your home. Learn these five effective ways to make your home feel modern.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
Photography
Florian Schmidinger
Insightful architecture strives to make the most of the space it inhabits. Duly, the Aggarwal residence in Jalandhar is conceived by Space Race Architects to make the 7000 built area feel like much more, when it meets the eye.
Project name
Aggarwal House
Architecture firm
Space Race Architects
Location
Jalandhar, India
Photography
Inclined Studio; Video Credits: Vinay Panjwani
Principal architect
Thakur Udayveer Singh
Collaborators
Specialist Manufacturers: Jaguar, Schuco, Pergo, Osram, Sayrelac, D Décor, Asian Paints; Content writer: Shamita Chaudary.
Site area
Plot Size: 40 by 80 Sq. Feet (350 yards)
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
The new design of this unique piece of Maltese history saw the size of the courtyard area slightly reduced to allow for a sheltered connection between the front part of the house and back rooms.
Architecture firm
DAAA Haus
Photography
Diana Iskander
Principal architect
DAAA Haus
Interior design
DAAA Haus
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Illustrator, Sketches
Material
Concrete, wood, glass, natural stones, metal, upcycle old furniture
Typology
Residential › House
A house built for a garden. On a quiet street next to Chapultepec forest, a discrete volcanic rock wall reveals an entrance that when entering a young Jacaranda is spotted at the end of the plot bathed in sunlight. Bamboo disguises the boundaries of the plot, and in it, a concrete core is born in the foundations and rises three levels up.
Architecture firm
Vertebral
Location
Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City
Photography
Studio Chirika, Ricardo De La Concha
Principal architect
Elías Kalach, Teddy Nanes
Design team
Armando Merida Ramos
Structural engineer
Armando Merida Ramos
Environmental & MEP
Enrique Robelo (Electric) + Ernesto Placencia (Hydraulic/Sewage/Rainwater)
Lighting
Luz en Arquitectura
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Construction
Miserachi + Vertebral
Material
Concrete, Steel, Tzalam Wood for interiors, Teka wood for exteriors, Glass, Tikal Marble
Typology
Residential › House
