Eden House is an ambitious and innovative project that is about to set a new standard for sustainable luxury country houses in the UK. The technologies and knowledge acquired during the process will be shared with the local and national communities, setting a new standard for sustainable luxury private residences.
Architecture firm
WindsorPatania Architects
Location
Green Belt, near London, UK
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Giovanni Patania
Visualization
Fares Issa, WindsorPatania Architects
Typology
Residential › House
Changping District is 30km to the north of Beijing, the scenery of which is completely different from that of an international city. KiKi ARCHi has completed a renovation project within 15 months there. Carrying the happy time of its owner’s childhood in the country, it seeks not the concrete object of memory, but the memory itself.
Architecture firm
KiKi ARCHi
Photography
Eiichi Kano, PRphoto
Principal architect
Yoshihiko Seki
Design team
Yoshihiko Seki, Saika Akiyoshi, Tianping Wang
Collaborators
Plant Design: WILD - SCAPE
Interior design
KiKi ARCHi
Civil engineer
Sun Corporation
Lighting
ChenYi Lighting. Co., Ltd.
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray
Construction
Sun Corporation
Material
Micro cement-Gobbetto, Diatom mud-Shikoku, Kitchen-TJM kitchenhouse
Typology
Residential › House
This french rustic stone house furnished without excess reveals the beauty of raw materials. In the heart of downtown Bordeaux, France, ‘Sacre Coeur, stone house’ by Theo Coutanceau Domini, takes shape as a restructured and redone ruin in which the main living space combines all the functions.
Project name
Sacré Coeur Stone House
Architecture firm
Theo DOMINI
Location
Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Photography
Theo C. DOMINI
Principal architect
Theo Coutanceau Domini
Design team
Theo Coutanceau Domini
Interior design
Theo C. DOMINI
Material
Stone, Steel, concrete, wood
Typology
Residential › House, Workshop
This mid-century home held promise, despite having endured a series of clumsy additions, including a 1980s sunroom addition and years of disrepair and neglect. The home takes its name from a family of starlings that nested in the home’s wall cavities, which were left open from previously abandoned repairs. Originally designed in 1952 by noted Seatt...
Project name
The Starling’s Nest
Architecture firm
Rerucha Studio
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider
Principal architect
Jill Rerucha
Interior design
Rerucha Studio
Design year
Originally designed in 1952
Construction
Caspers Built
Material
Large sliders: Fleetwood Windows and Doors. Windows: Sierra Pacific. Roof: Standing seam sheet metal. Exterior Siding: tight knot cedar with driftwood stain. Front door: custom steel with Rixon hinges. Roof deck: concrete pedestal pavers. Cabinets: custom rift cut walnut. Countertops: absolute black granite honed. Wood floor: original oak floor (refinished and replaced where needed).
Client
New Owner: Cole Morgan
Typology
Residential › House
With the precision and foresight of a sculptor, our project chips away at the stifling ‘nice to haves’ of homelife, leaving behind only the essentials of elegant, functional living — the result is Humble House. In designing Humble House we denote that scaling down need not be synonymous with sacrifice, rather Humble House offers a refined, though u...
Project name
Humble House
Architecture firm
R Architecture (https://rarchitecture.com.au)
Location
Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Principal architect
Fletcher Hawkins
Design team
Fletcher Hawkins, Diana Ruiz, Gaurav Rajadhyax
Collaborators
Blufern Projects
Interior design
R Architecture
Civil engineer
Wright Design
Structural engineer
Wright Design
Visualization
R Architecture
Construction
Blufern Projects
Material
Spanish Slate, Australian Timber, Colourcoated Steel
Typology
Residential › House
High ceilings, connection with the outside, privacy, connected spaces, natural lighting, garden space, were some of the key aspects to consider when designing Casa Cora.
Architecture firm
Ivana Rovira Arquitectura
Photography
Leonardo Mendez
Principal architect
Ivana Rovira
Material
Concrete, brick, glass
Typology
Residential › House
Monticolo porphyry and vineyards. P2 House is located at the foot of the Mendel mountain, amidst green linear rows and warm spring sunsets. It is a residential building in which three generations live together under one roof. If you fly over the area, you will notice the letter “T” drawing the landscape: there are in fact two parallel volumes on wh...
Architecture firm
monovolume architecture + design
Location
Eppan, South Tyrol, Italy
Photography
Giovanni de Sandre
Principal architect
Patrik Pedó, Jury Anton Pobitzer
Design team
Sergio Aguado Hernández,Astrid Hasler, Diego Preghenella
Visualization
monovolume architecture+design
Material
Monticolo porphyry
Typology
Residential › House
Impossible Homes is a conceptual art project with the aim of envisioning hyper-realistic homes built in impossible places. Designed using Midjourney by filmmaker Phillip Van, who is based in Los Angeles.
Project name
Impossible Homes
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Principal architect
Phillip Van
Visualization
Phillip Van
Typology
Residential › House