In response to Dubai's vision for a new Emirati living era, The Palm Residence seamlessly integrates tradition and innovation. Drawing inspiration from Old Town Dubai, the design honors Arabian villages with carefully articulated stepping volumes, contemporary mosque-inspired solar panel canopies, and 3D-printed mud walls.
Project name
Palm Residence
Architecture firm
D - K -D
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD. Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Derin Kinacigil
Design team
Derin Kinacigil
Visualization
Eleven - Inc
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the municipality of Whistler, BC, Alpenglow is a 7,300 sf home that serves as a “super natural” complement to the cacophonous, everyday life of its owners. Designed for art-collecting clients from New York City, the spaces act as lens pieces into the natural surroundings of British Columbia, providing a nourishing contrast that they woul...
Architecture firm
Openspace Architecture
Location
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Photography
Russell Dalby
Principal architect
Don Gurney
Design team
Eric Pettit, Shanon Dalby, Farnaz Golestan
Interior design
Openspace Architecture
Completion year
Summer 2021
Civil engineer
JRS Engineering
Structural engineer
Aspect Structural Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Eco Lighten
Landscape
Forma Design Inc.
Lighting
Openspace Architecture
Construction
EVR Fine Homes
Material
Stone, Cedar, Hemlock, Alucobond & Glass
Client
Peter & Victoria Smith
Typology
Residential › Resort Home
The “Casa Ponte” project was developed with the aim of integrating the house into the morphology of the land, with its narrow and extended configuration and ended up dictating the volumetric of the house in the same way.
Project name
Casa Ponte (Ponte House)
Architecture firm
stu.dere - Oficina de Arquitetura e Design, Lda
Location
Amarante, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Ulisses Costa
Construction
Habirobim – Construção e Reabilitação, Lda
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Appropriates the concept of a gallery. On the ground floor are the social spaces, whose route appears and is emphasized with lighting towards pieces of art. The combination of materials, colors, and textures in the different natural stones contrast with the light wood and neutral tones on the walls.
Architecture firm
Arista Cero
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Photography
Manolo R. Solis
Principal architect
Mario Gonzalez
Design team
Mario Gonzalez, André Borges, Vilma Chin
Interior design
Bernardo Negrete Studio
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Vray
Material
Concrete, Steel, Marble, Granite, Glass, Wood, Aluminum
Typology
Residential › House
Transformation is the opportunity to do more and better with what already exists. Demolishing is an easy and short-term decision. It is a waste of energy, material and identity.
Project name
Cervantes Building
Architecture firm
Grizzo Studio
Location
Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Federico Kulekdjian
Principal architect
Lucila Grizzo, Federico Grizzo
Design team
Lucila Grizzo, Federico Grizzo
Interior design
Lucila Grizzo
Collaborators
Juana Gabba
Civil engineer
Mariano Ventrice
Structural engineer
Mariano Ventrice
Environmental & MEP
Grizzostudio
Supervision
Lucila and Federico Grizzo
Material
Bricks Old Tiles And Black Sheet Metal
The cantilevered house is a 3000 sqft house situated on a one acre plot along the Muvattupuzha river in Kolenchery, Cochin, Kerala. The site is a seasonal flood plain that boasts a rich and diverse natural environment. The client had an emotional attachment to the land and envisioned a house that would be a symbol of hope and prosperity for his fut...
Project name
The Cantilever House, Kerala
Architecture firm
S Squared Architects
Location
Kolenchery, Kerala, India
Photography
Nathan Photography
Principal architect
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Design team
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji, Jobin Jaroniah, Annu Subhash
Interior design
Sumi Shaji, Annu Subhash
Structural engineer
Felix Varkeykunyu
Environmental & MEP
Shaw Sumanam
Landscape
S Squared Architects
Visualization
Rahul, S Squared Architects
Material
Concrete, Bricks, Ferrocement, Wood, Glass, Steel, Plywood, Multiwood, UPVC
Typology
Residential › House
The brief was for a house that was functional, integrated and in contact with nature, characteristics that are part of the DNA of the Truvian Arquitetura office, which is responsible for the project.
Project name
Pendulum House
Architecture firm
Truvian Arquitetura
Location
Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Landscape
Pendulum swing by Tidelli (Indoor garden)
Material
Façade: lead-colored metal beams and pergolas and Ecobrick Grezzo Castelatto cladding. Garage ceiling and wall: metal lath with corten finish. Washroom: Umbrella mirror by Léo Romano
Typology
Residential › House
Sanjay Puri Architects presents Zen Spaces, a 4-level, 27,000 sqft home located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Blurring the lines between the inside and the outside, Zen Spaces integrates with the existing landscape, screening and allowing filtered light in different ways within each space, infusing volumes with light and shadows to transform differe...
Architecture firm
Sanjay Puri Architects
Location
303, Avadh Queens Road, Vaishali Nagar, Rajasthan, Jaipur- 302021, India
Principal architect
Sanjay Puri
Design team
Arjun Gupta, Vibha Alat
Collaborators
Madhavi Belsare, Ishveen Bhasin
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
