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Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
The cottages are located on the outskirts of the city of Cosquín, in a new district called “El Condado”, which borders the River on one of its edges. This new neighborhood sits quite aggressively on the side of the mountain, in many cases destroying the characteristic natural landscape of the area.
Project name
Cabañas El Condado
Architecture firm
Tomás Gastaldi Arquitecto
Location
Cosquín, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Tomás Gastaldi
Tools used
Autocad, SketchUp
Material
Metal, wood, concrete, glass
Typology
Residential › House
Anchored in a serene neighborhood of Bengaluru city, there stands a unique work of architecture snugly tucked into a quadrilateral plot of land. The uniqueness of the architecture lies in its simplicity of form and palette, tastefully moulded in brick cladding and liquid stone to ideally suit the streetscape of the surrounding locale.
Architecture firm
Haarsha Architects
Location
HSR Layout, Bangalore, India
Photography
Shamanth Patil
Principal architect
Haarsha Ravendra Prasad
Design team
Principal Architect - Haarsha , design team - Sarika , harshitha ,chethan
Collaborators
Styling credits: Shruthi Rastogi Illustration; Credits : Haritha John Surrao; Consultants: Sankalpa
Structural engineer
Manjunath Consultants
Landscape
Haarsha Architects
Material
Brick, Concrete, Glass
Client
Sreenivas And Mohan
Typology
Residential › House
The Raspberry Villa is a mixture of futuristic architecture and classic elements, such as the arched windows that we love so much. The house consists of rectangular forms with flattened corners, which gives a bit of futurism.
Project name
Raspberry Villa
Architecture firm
LEMEAL Studio
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Quixel Megascans
Principal architect
Davit Jilavyan
Design team
Davit Jilavyan, Mary Jilavyan
Visualization
Davit Jilavyan, Mary Jilavyan
Client
Non-commercial project
Typology
Residential › House
The Dutch client wanted his house to be in close contact with the water channel that runs alongside his plot and connects it to the Mar Menor. The area is called Veneziola, and is quite Dutch in essence, low-lying, with water all around.
Project name
Villa by the water
Architecture firm
Albasini & Berkhout Architecture SLP
Photography
Joaquín Zamora
Principal architect
Ernest Berkhout
Design team
Ernest Berkhout, Gabriel Albasini
Collaborators
Luis María Pasqual, Miriam Albasini
Interior design
Bedacht - Interieurdesign
Supervision
Rosario Martínez Oliva
Tools used
Allplan. Cype.
Construction
Construcciones Marcaser SL
Material
• Kitchen: Wout van Galen Keukens • Aluminium doors and windows - Corvision: Cortizo • Exterior thermal insulation: Weber • Exterior lighting: Faro Barcelona • Interior lighting: Kohl Lighting and others
Budget
600,000 EUR approx.
Typology
Residential › House
The Lavendale Residence inverts the typical neighborhood typology by placing the “back” porch in the front yard to preserve and highlight existing mature Live Oaks, maximize outdoor living area and leverage the soft, North facing daylight.
Project name
Lavendale Residence
Architecture firm
Smitharc Architecture + Interiors
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
Photography
Stephen Karlisch Photography
Principal architect
Jason Erik Smith, AIA. Signe Smith, Associate AIA
Landscape
MESA Design Group
Construction
Kienast Homes
Material
Concrete, Texas gray limestone, Accoya thermally modified wood, VMZINC corrugated zinc, high-performance thermally broken aluminum window system
Typology
Residential › House
The project is located on an acre lot (approx. 40,000 SF), at the border of an Estate single-family District and a Multi-family zoning district. Surrounded by lush landscaping on 3 sides, and a low-density 3-story Townhouse on the North side; the main commercial road, US 1, is a few blocks away on the North.
Project name
Orchid Mid-century Villa
Architecture firm
Praxis Architecture
Location
Miami, Florida, United States
Photography
David Hernandez
Principal architect
Jose Ludovino Sanchez
Collaborators
Felix Ruiz, Javier Arriola, Roberto Ruiz
Interior design
Pinecrest dwellings LLC
Landscape
Diego Vanderbiest
Structural engineer
RGM Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Mendez Professional Engineering
Construction
Pinecrest dwellings LLC
Supervision
Pinecrest dwellings LLC
Visualization
Praxis Architecture
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Created for a pair of artist-designers, Casa Atelier is located at the top of a subdivision in San Lorenzo, Córdoba, in the Traslasierra Valley, and surrounded by native flora and fauna.
Project name
Casa Atelier
Architecture firm
LOMA Arq +
Location
San Lorenzo, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Rosica Lorena, Williams Matías
Structural engineer
Baldazar Eliana
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood
Typology
Residential › House
