This home combines the character and heritage of the past with the innovation and sustainability needs of the future. The owners of this North Vancouver Craftsman bungalow, originally built in 1912, envisioned a home that reflected the history of its location and of their 20 years living there as a family, while being functionally and visually insp...
Project name
North Vancouver Passive House Plus
Architecture firm
MGA - Michael Green Architecture
Location
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Principal architect
Michael Green
Design team
Michael Green, Jordan van Dijk, Marie Claire Bligh, Guadalupe Font
Collaborators
Red Door Energy Design Ltd. (Energy Advisor), RDH Building Science Inc. (Envelope Consultant), Ocean Sun Geotechnical Ltd. (Geotechnical)
Interior design
Sahra Samnani
Structural engineer
Wicke Herfst Maver
Material
Wood, Glass, Concrete
Client
Kathy Fung and David Roberts
Typology
Residential › House
The White Cabin is a conceptual design of a holiday residence located on the rocky Greek seaside. The concept of the project was to create a minimalist summerhouse integrated within the natural context. The building is accessed via a small meandering path/bridge connecting the house with a rocky coastal seaside.
Architecture firm
ANTIREALITY
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
ANTIREALITY
Typology
Residential › House
Gables’ is a striking low impact village home. Designed to be our retired clients' forever home, the house is accessible, highly contemporary, low energy, sustainable and secure. The clients wanted it to be not too big for two, but big enough to accommodate village parties and wider family coming to stay.
Architecture firm
Chadwick Dryer Clarke Studio, Bartlow Barns
Location
Bartlow, South Cambridgeshire
Photography
Hufton and Crow
Principal architect
Robin and Delphine Dryer
Structural engineer
Michael Hadi Associates Mathai Mathew
Environmental & MEP
HoareLea JamesMack
Construction
Patrick B Doyle, James Robinson Henry Riley LLP
Material
Timber frame, woodwool insulation, concrete sheer walls
Typology
Residential › House
Located on the beautiful Dutch island of Texel, Holiday Home is unlike any other residential villa. Instead of dividing the house into different spaces by walls, Orange Architects decided to divide spaces according to the specific use at any moment in time. Escaping from routine is quite literally built-in.
Project name
Holiday Home
Architecture firm
Orange Architects
Location
De Koog, Texel, The Netherlands
Photography
Sebastian van Damme
Principal architect
Patrick Meijers and Jeroen Schipper
Design team
Patrick Meijers, Jeroen Schipper, Elena Staskute, Paul Kierkels, Eric Eisma, Panagiotis Seltsiotis
Construction
Cor Koper Bouwbedrijf
Material
Wood, Glass, Concrete
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
The White Pearl Villa's main concept is to create a shell which provides shading to the house with an opening to provide natural sunlight to the olive tree and the main entrance, linking the stairs with the shell in fluid design.
Project name
White Pearl Villa
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
Capricho is a beautiful housing project of 2712.51 ft² of construction on a lot of 4760.554 ft², the main idea of the design is to create an island-style concept within the enigmatic jungle where the construction is located.
Architecture firm
Houses Tulum
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Principal architect
Israel Pacheco
Structural engineer
Julio César Cahuich Tun
Supervision
Israel Pacheco
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Houses Tulum
Material
Tzalam wood, Steel structure, Aluminum series 80 in windows, LED luminaires with warm lighting, Chukum (typical material of the area) in the walls, Chukum in the pool
Typology
Residential › House
The project is located in a semi-urban neighborhood surrounded by a rural environment that continues having this type of constructions featuring materials such as adobe (mudbricks), exposed bricks, volcanic stone details, rustic wood, and clay roof tiles.
Architecture firm
And-Y Arquitectos
Photography
Andrea Gabriela Porquillo Cortes
Principal architect
Andrea Gabriela Porquillo Cortes, Enrique yocoyani Aguilar Licona
Design team
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Interior design
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Supervision
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Construction
Andrea Porquillo, Enrique Aguilar
Material
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Capture One
Typology
Residential › House
For exterior design, the client was personally interested in combining different volumes and materials. Due to the location of the project and being in an open environment, it has been tried that the constituent materials a combination of materials that are in harmony with the nature around them and instill a sense of freshness in the viewer.
Project name
Combination Villa
Interior design
Amir Abbas Habibi
Location
Roslyn Heights, New York, USA
Principal designer
Amir Abbas Habibi
Collaborators
Amir Abbas Habibi (Exterior & Interior Design)
Material
Concrete, Stone, Glass, Wood
Visualization
Amir Abbas Habibi
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
