Many seniors prefer to stay at home rather than go to nursing facilities as they age. If you’ve decided to keep your aging parents at home, then there are numerous factors you will have to consider to take care of them properly.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych (Cover image), BBH Singapore
The house with a total area of 1000 sq. m is located in Repino, Leningrad region. The project had one strong stylistic limitation: all the residences in that villa community had to be in a Wright-like style. We created an original project but took into account this requirement.
Project name
House in Repino
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Location
Repino, Leningrad, Russia
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Shamsudin Kerimov
Design team
Shamsudin Kerimov, Ekaterina Kudinova
Visualization
Kerimov Architects
Typology
Residential › House
Voith & Mactavish Architects converts an early 19th-century bank barn into a house for a Blue Bell family. The barn, which sits adjacent to the farmhouse the clients had lived in for 25 years, was initially planned as an entertaining space and guesthouse.
Project name
Blue Bell Barn
Architecture firm
Voith & Mactavish Architects
Location
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, USA
Photography
Jeffrey Totaro
Principal architect
Daniela Holt Voith
Design team
Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP
Interior design
Voith & Mactavish Architects LLP
Civil engineer
ProTract Engineering
Structural engineer
O’Donnell & Naccarato
Environmental & MEP
Gallen Engineering
Landscape
Victoria Steiger Garden Design
Lighting
O’Donohoe & Rose
Tools used
CAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Hallowell Construction Company
Material
Wood, Stone, Steel, Fiberglass
Typology
Residential › House
Promenade House is a project that responds to its landscape´s specific features and generates a wonderful and unique space that reimagines the traditional house format. Through a deep analysis of the natural elements, light and the geomorphological features of its terrain, we imagine a house that reconnects human design to the natural environment,...
Project name
Promenade House
Architecture firm
Molina Architecture Studio
Location
El Encanto Country Club, El Salvador
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Rodrigo Molina
Visualization
Hyperlight Visuals
Typology
Residential › House
Kabir house is a single family dwelling in Baroda, Gujarat. USINE STUDIO – led by young duo’s Yatin and Jiten, gently merged the house with landscape, creating a much valued feeling of serenity, and a tranquil amalgamation with nature.
Project name
Kabir Bungalow
Architecture firm
Usine Studio
Location
Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Principal architect
Yatin Kavaiya & Jiten Tosar
Design team
Yatin Kavaiya, Jiten Tosar, Shalini Pereira, Chitra Sindhkar
Interior design
Usine studio
Civil engineer
Mayur Thakkar
Structural engineer
R V Patel
Environmental & MEP
Mayur Thakkar
Supervision
Mayur Thakkar
Visualization
Suhit Gajjar
Tools used
ZWCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mayur Thakkar
Material
Italian marble, wood, wall textures, wall paint, natural stones, glass
Typology
Residential › House
A new art object called “Russian Quintessential” was opened at the Archstoyanie festival. The author of the project is Chief Architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov. Philosophical reflections on the future of Russian architecture have been put into practice thanks to unique engineering solutions and modern construction technologies.
Project name
Russian Quintessential
Architecture firm
Sergey Kuznetsov
Location
Nikola-Lenivets Art Park, Kaluga Region, Russia
Principal architect
Sergey Kuznetsov
Collaborators
interiors and light: WORK, SurfaceLab by Kerama Marazzi, Spotlight, MOSS BOUTIQUE HOTEL, ADWILL. project documentation: TPO "Pride". technical implementation: KROST
Built area
diameter of 3.5 meters and a length of 12 meters
Material
Stainless steel sheet, polyurethane foam, wood and metal
It can get boring to look at the same house set up year after year. However, the idea of doing a random home upgrade gives chills to most homeowners as they think it is an expensive affair. Upgrading your home doesn't have to be a costly affair as there are simple but very effective methods that make all the difference. Here are some simple home up...
Photography
Mueen Agherdien
''El Alambique'' house, located in the Puembo region at the outskirts of Quito, between the Chiche and Guambí rivers has been located at a sloped site, overlooking a ravine. One of the design challenges was to sort out a home with a 70% first floor architectural program under the sloped topographic conditions, while allowing the internal garden to...
Project name
¨EL Alambique¨ House
Architecture firm
Najas Arquitectos
Location
Puembo, Quito, Ecuador
Principal architect
Esteban Najas
Design team
Esteban Najas, Daniel Charry, Andrés Lucero, Sebastián Montenegro, Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador, Rommel Antamba
Collaborators
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador, Rommel Antamba
Interior design
Maria Isabel Chacon , KOIA
Civil engineer
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador
Structural engineer
Nicolás Morabowen, José Fernandez Salvador
Environmental & MEP
Najas Arquitectos
Landscape
Najas Arquitectos
Supervision
Najas Arquitectos
Visualization
Najas Arquitectos
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Construction
Najas Arquitectos
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
