Ensamble Studio: Ca'n Terra is the house of the earth: first just that, earth; after quarry, voided from its Mares stone; then used by the military as ammunition dump during the Spanish Civil War and later abandoned, to be rediscovered decades later and come to be architecture.
Architecture firm
Ensamble Studio
Photography
Ensamble Studio
Principal architect
Antón García-Abril & Debora Mesa Molina
Design team
Javier Cuesta, Borja Soriano, Alvaro Catalan, Massimo Loia, Marco Antrodicchia, Sebastián Zapata, Arianna Sebastiani, Ekam Sahni, Yu-Ting Li, Joel Kim, Gonzalo Peña, Barbara Doroszuk, Yvonne Asiimwe, Mónica Acosta
Environmental & MEP
Urculo engineering
Construction
Ensamble Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Villa Z in Amsterdam by StudioHercules is a large modernist expansion of two storeys. Strong rectangular lines characterize the house that reminds of a luxury Ibiza villa.
Project name
StudioHercules
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Ayelt van Veen www.ayelt.nl and Jurrit van der Waal for TheArtOfLiving
Principal architect
Maarten Hercules
Interior design
Maarten Hercules www.studiohercules.nl
Typology
Residential › House
If you’ve had the misfortune of having a storm damage your home or business, you know how important the recovery process can be.
Photography
Jonathon Gruenke/Daily Press (Cover image), John Middelkoop
Cristián Romero Valente: The WV house is located on a gentle slope in the town of Los Molles, Chile. The volume of the house was worked horizontally and at the same time was rotated, in order to give all the spaces a leading view of the ocean and the Puquén biopark.
Architecture firm
Cristián Romero Valente
Location
Los Molles, Valparaíso region, Chile
Photography
Nicolás Saieh
Principal architect
Cristián Romero Valente
Structural engineer
Osvaldo Peñaloza Molfino
Construction
Sergio Wilson Porter
Material
Wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Jaco Booyens Architect together with SAOTA restores Buffelsdrift, an award-winning farm located west of Ladismith in the arid Klein Karoo region of South Africa. SAOTA specialises in contemporary architecture and has designed luxury homes around the world, however, when SAOTA Director, Greg Truen acquired the farm in 2016 it was important to him to...
Project name
Buffelsdrift
Architecture firm
Jaco Booyens Architect & SAOTA
Location
Ladismith, South Africa
Collaborators
OKHA, JNA Thatchers, Groen Karoo
Construction
Pro-Projects and De Kock Bouers
Material
Natural stone, clay, brick, wood, glass, metal
Typology
Residential › House
estled in these inlets are small terracotta homes, docks, and cafes. This project proposes a residential home that perfectly integrates with the surrounding ecosystem. It gives the resident panoramic views of the glistening, clear waters of the Calanques all while letting in the warm, bright Mediterranean sun.
Project name
Calanques Villa
Architecture firm
James Tralie Visualizations
Location
Calanques National Park, Marseille, France
Tools used
Blender 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
James Tralie
Visualization
James Tralie
Typology
Residential › House
Completed in 2018 by Colima-based architecture firm Di Frenna Arquitectos, Casa Hilca is a single-family home located in Colima City in Mexico.
Architecture firm
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Location
Av las Parotas 20, Fraccionamiento Residencial las Parotas. Villa de Alvarez, Colima, Mexico
Photography
Oscar Hernández
Principal architect
Matia Di Frenna Muller
Design team
Matia Di Frenna Müller, Mariana De la Mora
Collaborators
Juan Guardado Avila, Hugo saucedo
Civil engineer
Juan Guardado
Material
Steel, Glass, Concrete, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
About thirty years ago, German researcher Dr Feist developed a prototype that would later be known as the Passivhaus or "Passive House". Passivhaus architecture is an architectural style that meets the standard for energy efficiency while minimizing the building's ecological footprint.
Written by
Gerard Smithers
Photography
Castaño & Asociados Passivhaus
