The house is built entirely of concrete with a deliberately indeterminate form with no clear geometric figure – powerful on the one hand but equally never challenging the centrality of the landscape. The platform led to a clear arrangement of program – private functions downstairs and to the rear, and the gathering spaces for the family on the upp...
Project name
Castle Cove House
Architecture firm
Terroir
Location
Castle Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Brett Boardman Photography
Principal architect
Scott Balmforth, Gerard Reinmuth
Interior design
TERROIR in collaboration with Pascale Gomes-McNabb Design
Structural engineer
Kevin Mongey Simpson Design Associates (SDA Structures)
Environmental & MEP
Steve Nee - CandSnee (Electrical), Innerwest Plumbing (Plumbing)
Lighting
TERROIR in collaboration with Pascale Gomes-McNabb Design
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre). Our design features and elements that are suitable to the desert climate and lifestyle, including large walls of concrete and glass that showcase views of the natural landscape and open up to outdoor living spaces and materials th...
Architecture firm
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Aaron Kohler, Marc Straumann
Design team
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Visualization
KOHLERSTRAUMANN
Typology
Residential › Villa, Spa, Commercial
The house derives its name from the video game of the 90s - Tetris and is designed as an interlocking composition of many smaller volumes. The house is situated in Greater Noida and is built on a plot size of 200 square meters.
Project name
Tetris House
Architecture firm
Chaukor Studio
Location
Greater Noida, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photography
Ekansh Goel (Studio Recall). Videography by Studio Sohaib
Principal architect
Nilesh Bansal
Design team
Tejeshwi Bansal, Ritu Singh
Interior design
Chaukor Studio
Civil engineer
Tariq Siddhiqui
Structural engineer
EBI India
Environmental & MEP
Chaukor Studio
Supervision
Chaukor Studio
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
The concept is located in a pine forest. The main idea of the design is to preserve as many trees as possible and let the trees play a significant role in the design processes and be a part of the design itself.
Project name
Forest House
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Lumion , Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House
The Ava house is an 84 sqm house located in Damavand. The owners are a young couple. Ava is a renovation project, aims to utilize in the wintertime holidays. They entrusted us with the design of the house. So we decided to create an eye-catching and calm atmosphere inspired by the winter season.
Architecture firm
Arash Saeidi, Parnaz Jafari
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Design team
Arash Saeidi, Parnaz Jafari
Visualization
Arash Saeidi
Typology
Residential › House, Renovation
Eye Contact with a Poplar, this project is located in Kordan, Karaj in an area of 900 Sq.m and it is being used by a family as a leisure villa.
The first step in designing this project after site analysis was to plant a poplar tree approximately at the middle of the area and then placing windows around it in order to be able to look at it, Then co...
Project name
Kaboodeh Villa
Architecture firm
Special Space Studio
Location
Aghasht, Kordan, Karaj, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hasan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Mojtaba Tasallot
Design team
Mahyar Tasallot, Nastran Hasani, Keivan Sadeghi, Hossein Namazi
Collaborators
Mehdi Lachini, Ahmad Mirjalalian, Parinaz Haghdoust, Bahareh Pezeshki, Mahshid Darabi
Structural engineer
Ebrahim Taheri
Supervision
Mojtaba Tasallot
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, AutoCAD
Construction
Mohammad Tasallot, Soroush Ameri, Omid Deilami, Mehrdad Aghel Nezhad
Typology
Residential › House
On the contrary of the fluid surface of the mountain, we tried to design a cubic concept. But not ordinary. separating the entrance by making a powerful cubic shape on one hand and full glass box at first floor (in order to make the sense of suspension) on the other hand, was the main goal of this concept.
Project name
Tataraj House
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Fuman, Gilan, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
A livable place always tells us a story, a gesture, a sense, just like nature, architecture is also capable of flourishing like a tiny seed among the undergrowth, inhabiting it is our instinct and basic need, this house shows this reverence for nature and respect towards her, appropriating landscapes and taking advantage of every visual moment towa...
Project name
Earth Caterpillar House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
All over the world
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
