In this highly preserved Alpine valley, stringent architectural guidelines allow for little architectural freedom. Strict guidelines are enforced to protect the local heritage but de facto create endless pastiche mountain homes.
Project name
Mountain House
Architecture firm
Studio Razavi Architecture
Location
French Alps, Manigod, France
Principal architect
Alireza Razavi
Design team
Andoni Briones
Interior design
Studio Razavi Architecture
Structural engineer
Alternative Construction Bois
Material
Concrete Base + Timber Frame
This gut renovation modernizes the interiors of two apartments in a dilapidated historic Palazzo in Brescia, Italy, while restoring the original grandeur of the spaces. The units on adjacent floors share the same perimeter footprint; however, the different ceiling heights engender discrete architectural responses
Project name
Piano Nobile Loft & Round Wall Studio
Architecture firm
Alepreda Architecture, www.alepreda.com
Photography
Ottavio Tomasini, www.ottaviotomasini.it
Principal architect
Alessandro Preda
Built area
60 m² each apartment, 72 ² each apartment (Gross Floor Area), 58 m² each apartment (Usable Floor Area)
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Studio Tecnico Zampedrini, www.zampedrini.it
Material
Oak, white oak,gypsum wall board and metal studs, white laminate, existing stone and brick,
Construction
Green Cantieri, www.greencantieri.it
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Hara house is located in an agricultural village in Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture. Most functions that are required in a fully self-reliant house were already present on-site, such as a parents' house, storage areas, and private rooms.
Architecture firm
Takeru Shoji Architects Co.,Ltd
Photography
Isamu Murai, Shinkenchiku-Sha
Principal architect
Takeru Shoji, Takayuki Shimada
Structural engineer
Tetsuya Tanaka Structural Engineers, Tetsuya Tanaka
Construction
Yoshihara Gumi, Hirokatsu Yokoo
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Four autonomous summer houses will be constructed on a plot in the area of Oia on the island of Thira (Santorini) in Greece. Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean sea. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago, and it is the remnant of a volcanic caldera.
Project name
Arched Residences
Architecture firm
Iraisynn Attinom
Location
Oia, Santorini Island, Greece
Tools used
SketchUp, Blender, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Maggie Gkika
Visualization
Klavdios Sklivanitis
Status
Under Construction
Typology
residential / hospitality
This incredible contemporary property has been designed by the architect/owner with exceptional attention to detail and an extremely high-level finish throughout. The Garden House is arranged over two levels, ground and lower ground floor and the layout has been designed to give all the principal rooms excellent natural light.
Project name
The Garden House
Architecture firm
Alpex Architecture
Location
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
Photography
French+Tye Photography, frenchandtye.com
Principal architect
Laura Petruso
Collaborators
Laura Petruso
Interior design
Laura Petruso
Structural engineer
Gary White @ Courtleas Consulting
Landscape
Etienne Landscape Gardening
Supervision
Laura Petruso
Construction
Ian Patterson
The exterior of your house is a great way to express your personal style and taste. There are many ways you can make your exterior design stand out. Whether you're going for a modern look or a more classic feel, your design should reflect who you are as a person.
Photography
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I can imagine a future architect based on direct communion with technologies and the result of the advancement of artificial intelligence and virtual tours as well as virtual universes, therefore I try to combine concepts that are directed in that sense.
Project name
Sea Tear 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
Casa Houlpoch is an old Yucatecan house from the end of the last century that gets its name from a snake from the region that regularly “visited” the property's ruins.
Project name
Casa Huolpoch
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Artesano MX (Furniture), Galería Urbana Blanquis (Art)
Interior design
Workshop, Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Chukum, Stone, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
