Casa Amigo is located in a residential area of the city of Villa de Merlo, San Luis. It is a house for permanent residency which was designed for a friend who is passionate about gastronomy, folk music, and mountainous landscape.
Architecture firm
Estudio Mono
Location
Merlo, San Luis, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Ivan Baez, Alejandro Alaniz, Christian Barrera
Design team
Ivan Baez, Alejandro Alaniz, Christian Barrera, Patricio Cuello
Built area
126 m² covered and 66 m² semi-covered
Structural engineer
Sara Boccolini
Material
Brick, Wood, Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This digital building is an architectural ring supported by two mountains, the ring rises above a river, it has a circular pool on the upper floor, the bottom of the pool is transparent and allows you to see the vegetation and the river below the main ring. At night the warm lights contrast with the blue tones of the context.
Architecture firm
MORFA Architecture
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Javier Zubia
Visualization
MORFA Architecture
Typology
Residential › House
mwworks designed a small cabin called the Little House, a 1,140-square-foot retreat nestled into the forest overlooking Hood Canal on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. "The small footprint ultimately served as an effective tool to govern the design process," notes the architects. "Focus was placed on the essentials...extras were edited out...
Project name
Little House
Architecture firm
mwworks
Location
Seabeck, Washington, USA
Interior design
Avery Cox Design
Landscape
Johnson Southerland
Structural engineer
PCS Structural Solutions
Construction
E&H Construction
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Located on a rural site on Whidbey island, a local family sought a new home and retreat on their family farm. Out of respect for turn-of-the-century agricultural buildings on the property, the home tucks into the edge of a densely forested hillside, overlooking chicken sheds, a weathered red barn, cattle fields, and a fishing pond.
Project name
Whidbey Island Farm Retreat
Architecture firm
mwworks
Location
Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Steve Mongillo, Drew Shawver, Eric Walter, Briony Walker, Suzanne Stefan
Structural engineer
PCS Structural Solutions
Landscape
Kenneth Philp Landscape Architects
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Material
Wood, stone, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
The property is located in the municipality of San Pedro, Nuevo León, approximately in the valley of Monterrey. This starting point defines the configuration of the project. The privileged environment, with a slight slope that descends to the south and some main views that open in the same direction, allowed the project to adapt naturally.
Project name
Magnolia House
Architecture firm
Pablo Vazquez
Location
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Pablo Vazquez
Visualization
Pablo Vázquez
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Ranch Dressing in Mill Valley, California is a residential transformation by Oakland-based Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design. The remodel takes the form of a series of volumes that inserted at the perimeter of this '60s-era boomerang shaped home to remedy the staid quality of the previous interior geometry and make the landscape more tangible f...
Project name
Ranch Dressing
Architecture firm
Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design
Location
Mill Valley, California, USA
Collaborators
NRG (Energy Compliance)
Interior design
Gary Hutton Design
Structural engineer
FTF Engineering
Construction
Cuttle Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Originally built as a modest beachfront cabin in the 1960s, and subsequently modified through a series of piecemeal renovations, by the time our client acquired the house its design integrity had long ceased to exist. The forested property, however, was ideally suited to the creation of a quiet refuge with direct connections to nature.
Project name
Lakeside Residence
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Mercer Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Brett Baba, design principal. Francesco Borghesi, project team. Noreen Shinohara, project team
Collaborators
Geotech Consultants (geotechnical engineer)
Interior design
Terry Hunziker
Structural engineer
Carissa Farkas
Landscape
Rich Haag and Associates / Anne James Landscape Architect
Construction
Lockhart Suver
Material
Polished concrete and stone, cirussed rift white oak wood, fumed oak floors, and blackened steel
Typology
Residential › House
The brief was to create new Living spaces, relocate the kitchen and bathroom and improve access to natural light. The functional requirements of the client were simple. The only particular requirement was to find a place in the design for 3 tapestries that her mother had made.
Project name
Cross-Stitch House
Architecture firm
FMD Architects
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Peter Bennetts
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
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