Faulkner Architects reveals Viewfinder House in Truckee, California, a home designed to capture dramatic mountain views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Project name
Viewfinder House
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Truckee, California, USA
Principal architect
Gregory Faulkner
Design team
Gregory Faulkner, Principal, Breanne Penrod, Project Manager
Collaborators
Geotechnical Engineer: NV5
Interior design
Rory Torrigiani, Natalie Zirbel
Civil engineer
Shaw Engineering
Structural engineer
Linchpin Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Sugarpine Engineering
Lighting
Faulkner Architects
Construction
Glennwood Mountain Homes
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
A car flagship store connecting a city to its people. Founded in 2014, NIO is an innovative electric automotive company focusing on high-performance products. It is also committed to the vision of a global user community by establishing "NIO House" around the world.
Project name
The living room of a water town, Nanchang NIO House
Interior design
LUKSTUDIO
Location
World Trade Plaza, 1706 Honggu Middle Avenue, Honggutan, Donghu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China
Principal designer
Christina Luk
Design team
Yicheng Zhang, Haixin Wang, Min Dai
Collaborators
Lighting: SHUMUNG lighting design; Furniture Products: BENTU, GRADO, HAY, JOYSLIVING, MAGIS, TIWU, ZAOZUO
Material
terrazzo, ceramic tile, chrome stainless steel, oak wood floor, oak veneer, enamel paint, fabric acoustic panels, carpet, artificial stone
Casa 3 Piedras gets its name from the old tortilla mill that once housed inside its stone walls. This Yucatecan corner is surrounded by fruit trees creating a small colonial paradise within the city, ideal for relaxing and enjoying the space.
Project name
Casa 3 Piedras (House 3 Stones)
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Tamara Uribe Manzanilla, Manolo Solis
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Furniture by Artesano MX, and Art by LA sala and Alfredo Romero
Civil engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Visualization
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD
Construction
Workshop, Diseño y Construcción
Material
Pasta tiles, Concrete block, Stone, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Venus Bay is located in South Gippsland, a narrow peninsula of land with Bass Strait the southwest and Anderson’s Inlet to the northeast. Hide House in Venus Bay is located on the crest of a sand dune amongst coastal Tea Tree. The house enjoys views to the waterways of the inlet to the north and the grassy tidal plains to the east while turning its...
Architecture firm
MRTN Architects
Location
Venus Bay, Victoria, Australia
Principal architect
Antony Martin
Material
Wood, Terrazzo, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
"Horizontal V House" is based on an architect who, under the competition between the sea and the rock of the cliff, generates a sensual form that invites one to enter, under its interior the humidity of an indoor pool develops the spaces, forcing one to focus towards the horizon, a gesture, a fold the simplicity of the form and the gesture based on...
Project name
Horizontal V House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
Owen and Tom, a young professional couple, engaged Sandbox Studio to transform their rundown Victorian terrace in Paddington, Sydney, into a modern home, while restoring its heritage character. We designed a minimalist alteration and addition, increasing the space and light without overdeveloping the site.
Project name
Paddo Terrace
Architecture firm
Sandbox Studio®
Location
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Dain McClure-Thomas, Luke Carter
Collaborators
Megan Morton STYLIST (Stylist)
Interior design
Sandbox Studio
Civil engineer
Ross Engineers
Structural engineer
Ross Engineers
Visualization
Sandbox Studio
Construction
Ryan Jones Building Company
Material
Brick, timber frame
Typology
Residential › House
Iranian Architect team, Shomali Design Studio, has designed a holiday home based on A-Frame old fashion style and turns it to modern language. Merging box space with slopping roof in order to have a wider room was one of the main goals.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Located at the edge of a heavily wooded 3-acre plot in East Hampton, New York, The C+S house is a complete redesign and renovation of an existing 1970’s era residence and serves as a retreat for the Manhattan based clients; a graphic designer, and an art consultant and curator.
Architecture firm
AE Superlab
Location
East Hampton, New York, USA
Principal architect
Ahmed ElHusseiny
Collaborators
Brian Masuda
Interior design
AE Superlab
Construction
Wood frame over reinforced concrete basement
Material
Equitone Natura exterior rainscreen panels, Andersen E-series windows and doors w/ Low-e Glass, American white oak interior wood, Teak exterior decking
Budget
under $ 1,000,000 USD
Typology
Residential › House
