A house with an earthen floor as a pathway. This project involved the demolition of an old house and the construction of a new one on a 530 m² plot of land surrounded by other old houses in the city of Yasu, Shiga Prefecture.
Project name
Yoshikawa House
Architecture firm
ALTS Design Office
Location
Yasu, Shiga, Japan
Principal architect
Sumiou Mizumoto
Design team
ALTS Design Office
Interior design
ALTS Design Office
Landscape
ALTS Design Office
Lighting
ALTS Design Office
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Located a few steps from one of the most emblematic avenues of the city of Mérida, Casa Maca is a historic former residence from the Porfiriato era. Visitors are transported to the past, where they are easily captivated by the vitality of the structure’s colors and textures.
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, México
Photography
Manolo R. Solís, Tamara Uribe
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Isabel Bargas Cicero, Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Chukum, Stone, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Set amidst a volcanic boulder field in a pine and fir forest, Creek House is a family retreat that inhabits an existing outcrop clearing at the edge of the spring fed Martis Creek. Near the base of Lookout Mountain at Northstar California Resort, the house is conceived in plan as three directional bars that slide between and alongside the boulders...
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Truckee, California, USA
Photography
Joe Fletcher Photography
Design team
Greg Faulkner, Darrell Linscott, Jenna Shropshire, Owen Wright, Richard Szitar
Interior design
CP Interiors
Construction
Jones Corda Construction
Typology
Residential › House
GRAFT’s design for a private villa in Berlin’s venerable Grunewald quarter presents a striking, modern interpretation of comfortable living in the city. It’s trapezoidal, sculptural form and modern architectural language symbolizes a boulder in a glacial landscape and differentiates it from its neighbours.
Photography
Frank Herfort, Tobias Hein
Principal architect
Founding Partners: Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit. Project Designer: Marvin Bratke, Marc Friedhoff. Project Lead: Konstantin Buhr, Nils Von Minckwitz
Design team
Aleksandra Zajko, Allison Weiler, Anna Wittwer, Dorothea Von Rotberg, Frank Petters
Material
Stone, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Omaha Beach is one of New Zealand’s best white sand beaches. It is located on the north island, circa 70km north of Auckland. Our design is for a family home on one of the last remaining front-line plots, enjoying extraordinary views of Omaha Bay and the Hauraki Gulf.
Project name
House on Omaha Beach
Architecture firm
Ström Architects
Location
Tāwharanui Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand
Principal architect
Magnus Ström
Typology
Residential › House
Building your dream home is a very big and exciting decision. You probably have a clear image of what you want when it comes to the exterior and interior design, the furniture, the rooms, the painting, and so on. You think you have it all figured out and are ready to see your dream home come to life.
Photography
R ARCHITECTURE (cover image)
KHI is located in a gently sloping olive grove in the southern Peloponnese. The project is formed by a single continuous rippling wall that frames a series of protected courtyards at the extremity of each wing.
Project name
KHI House & Art Space
Architecture firm
LASSA - Theo Sarantoglou Lalis and Dora Sweijd, with Jonathan Cheng (project Architect) , Nikolas Klimentidis, Jocelyn Arnold, Raz Keltsh
Principal architect
Theo Sarantoglou Lalis, Dora Sweijd
Collaborators
Formwork production Design: LASSA; Mechanical Engineer: D. Mantas; General Contractor: V. Spyropoulos; Formwork production: Rizakos; Floor finishes: Votsalota - Zoidis Polyzois; Marble: The Art of stone - D. Paraskevas; Steel Window frames: TD.Steel - D.Detilleux ; Aluminium Window frames: Alumet-petroulakis / Valvis; Mechanical systems: Fourseasons-Klimaengineering; Electrical systems: V. Psicharis
Structural engineer
Metep - L. Babilis
Material
Terrazo, Marble, Steel, Aluminium, Stone, Wood,Concrete.
Typology
Residential › House
The farmhouse is located in a thermal waters area. The house blends in with nature, and is part of it. The built space is combined with the natural space in continuity.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Catargo, Costa Rica
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo and Matheus Rosendo
Typology
Residential › House
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