314 Architecture Studio unveils butterfly-shaped residential proposal in Athens, Greece. Settling within the seaside suburb of Vouliagmeni, in Athens, Greece, the new residential proposal by 314 Architecture Studio adopts the distinct shape of a butterfly. A series of organic curves form the unique dwelling complex, comprised of four different inde...
Project name
The Butterfly
Architecture firm
314 Architecture Studio
Location
Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Pavlos. Chatziangelidis, Giota Chala
Design team
Antonis Sarris, Caterina Palantzi, Eleni Zygogianni, Anna Stagaki, Dimitris Panagiotou, Andrianna Triantafyllopoulou, Eirini Bouliou, Dimitra Stergiou, Alexandros Papadopoulos, Iro Dermitzaki, Eleni Palaiologou
Collaborators
Structural engineer: Fotini karagianni. MEP engineering: Stefanos Karagiannis. Developer: VNK capital
Visualization
314 Architecture Studio
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential, Private Residences
The Iranian Architect Milad Eshtiyaghi has designed "Landscape House" a contemporary single-family home to be built in the middle of a forest in Switzerland.
Project name
Landscape House
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential, Villa
Pine House, by recent M.Arch graduate of the AADRL, Andrew Friedenberg, was submitted to the Ryterna modul competition in the summer of 2020. The competition asked designers to conceive a vacation home in rural Lithuania where a middle-class couple could retreat to work and live in relative isolation for a portion of the year, a desire exacerbated...
Architecture firm
Andrew Friedenberg
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Twinmotion, Keyshot, Adobe Photoshop CC
Principal architect
Andrew Friedenberg
Collaborators
Ryterna modul team
Visualization
Andrew Friedenberg
Typology
Residential, Vacation home
The Iranian architecture firm Shomali Design Studio led by Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali has designed Aablako, a forest house planned to be built on outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Crazy House is known as one of the most strange buildings in the world. When you enter Crazy House, you will instantly feel a cool, fresh air as if you were in a forest. Visiting Crazy House is taking a journey in giant tree trunks with the small winding paths. The tree trunks are connected by the tree branches. You won’t know where these branches...
Project name
Biệt thự Hằng Nga (later called Crazy House)
Principal architect
Đặng Việt Nga
Location
03 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng, phường 4, Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam
Photography
All images courtesy of crazyhouse.vn
Didgah Design Architecture Studio: At first, the idea was to have a complete view of the pristine nature. This project aims to give the user a feeling of being suspended midair and a bird’s-eye view. The structure was inspired by a flying bird that holds the user in its wings. The user can then use the rails to move along the width of the valley an...
Project name
The Suspended cabin
Architecture firm
Didgah Design Architecture Studio
Location
Amazon Rain Forest, Manaus, Brazil
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Lumion 10.3, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammadreza Norouz
Design team
Sajad Motamedi, Mohammad Mahdi Faraji
Built area
Each cabin: 38 ㎡
Collaborators
Sajad Motamedi, Mohammad Mahdi Faraji
Visualization
Mohammadreza Norouz
Robbert de Goede has designed a new home in a former gymnasium in old city center Amsterdam, Netherlands. Imagine the possiblity to build a new home in a former gymnasium. A space everyone knows and many architects have fantasized about. First we brought in a flood of daylight with 10 skylights and a huge facade. The trusses were a gift from the bu...
Project name
The Gymnasium
Architecture firm
Robbert de Goede
Location
Old city center Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photography
Marcel van der Burg
Principal architect
Robbert de Goede
Interior design
Robbert de Goede
Collaborators
Houtwerk, Beverwijk. Hazewindus. van Eden Bouwconstructies.
Environmental & MEP engineering
Contractor
VKV Restaurations
Typology
Residential › Apartment
A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House