Renovating an apartment presents many different challenges to renovating a house. Architect Kirby Roper, Director of Kirby Architects, reflects on a major apartment renovation in Melbourne’s Domain Road South Yarra. She offers some practical advice for renovating older apartments with a body corporate.
Project name
Domain Views
Architecture firm
Kirby Architects
Location
Domain Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Jacqui Henshaw
Principal architect
Kirby Roper
Design team
Annabelle Roper, Ankita Gurav
Interior design
Dana Goldberg Nido Design
Environmental & MEP engineering
Structural engineer
Stephen Dodd and Partners
Construction
Rami Grinblat Adept Construction Pty Ltd
Typology
Residential › Apartment
In a traditional site of Esfahan city in iran, a house located behind the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, which was built 400 years ago in the Safavid era. The project‘s design corresponds to how traditional spatial relationships in a conventional Isfahan House can be transformed into a modern house within an old urban block, whilst maintaining the same t...
Project name
Friend's House
Architecture firm
Negar Akhoundi (Negar Akd)
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Negar Akhoundi
Design team
Negar Akhoundi, Sepideh Sahebsara
Visualization
Negar Akhoundi (Negar Akd)
Typology
Residential › House
Javier Zubia from MORFA Architecture has been revealed as the big winner of the Next Top Metaverse Build competition, winning the top prize of a Decentraland land parcel, 3,500 SAND tokens, 2,000 RNVI tokens and a Threedium License.
Project name
MORFAVERSE Building
Architecture firm
MORFA Architecture
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Javier Zubia
Typology
Residential › House
CASA MATE, stands on a piece of land south of the city of Guadalajara, conceived as a country house in which geometry plays a key role in articulating the project through a corridor with a central walled garden that seeks to be a solid generator of privacy in each one of the interior spaces.
Architecture firm
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Location
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Photography
César Bejar Studio
Principal architect
Fernanda Galvan
Design team
Fernanda Galvan, Daniel Araujo, Antonio Jarquin
Interior design
Karen Ramos, Fernanda Galvan
Civil engineer
Kip Ingeniería
Structural engineer
Kip Ingeniería
Environmental & MEP
Kip Ingeniería
Landscape
Nakawe Paisajismo | Landscaping
Supervision
Daniel Araujo
Visualization
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion Pro, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Araujo Galvan Arquitectos
Material
Polished Concrete, Parota Wood, Masonry Walls, Walnut Wood, Aluminum, Concrete Paver, Santo Tomas Marble, Galaxy Gray Marble
Typology
Residential › House
Being a nature lover, the client opts to have a holiday home alike sculpture stalled in his farmland. The site is located amidst the coconut grove and paddy fields giving a scenic approach to the site from the main road. The design objective is to setup a complete leisure destiny for his family within a built envelope, as well as the utilization of...
Project name
The Grey Grotto
Architecture firm
Redwall Design Studio
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Photography
Durjoy Chowdhury
Principal architect
Sudeep Dev M, Kiran Kumar MR
Design team
Sivachidambaram, Suraj Achar
Interior design
Redwall Design Studio
Structural engineer
Edifice Structures
Environmental & MEP
Redwall Design Studio
Landscape
Redwall Design Studio
Construction
Redwall Design Studio
Material
Brick, Concrete, Steel, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
The environment in which the building is located was completely degraded (in the process of desertification, and with a very high level of erosion, due to the occasional torrents generated by rainwater. For this reason, in the first place, the project intends a complete ecological reforestation, carefully studying the most convenient location of th...
Project name
Casas Del Rio Luxury Eco-Restaurant
Architecture firm
Luis De Garrido Architects
Location
Casas del Rio (Requena, Valencia, Spain)
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Luis De Garrido
Client
Casas del Rio S.A.
Typology
Hospitality, Restarurant, semi-buried building
This hillside canyon adjacent to Griffith Park with expansive views, a large leveled landscape and mature trees are what drew the owners to the property. The existing house however, possessed a handful of conditions that required attention: there were two kitchens, a motorized bathroom wall opened to the living room, built-in cabinets were built to...
Project name
Canyon View House
Architecture firm
Jacobschang Architecture
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Photography
Sara Liggoria-Tramp
Design team
Mike Jacobs, Guillaume Lapointe, Zoe Goodman, Sam Winward
Collaborators
Emily Bowser (Stylist)
Structural engineer
Bricy Company
Construction
Hiteck Construction
Material
Wood, Brick, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
A single-family home in Pasadena received a thoughtful re-imagining when it was time for a remodel and addition. Medium Plenty updated and expanded the existing house and converted a detached garage into a stand-alone ADU. Careful orientation and shading devices provide relief from harsh summers, while maximizing natural light year-round.
Project name
South Pasadena House
Architecture firm
Medium Plenty
Location
South Pasadena, United States
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
