Overlooking Queenstown’s Lake Wakatipu and boasting stunning views out to Cecil Peak and the nearby mountain ranges, Waiora is possibly New Zealand’s finest home. Peacefully nestled in an exclusive gated community surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature, the home is just a short 8-minute drive from the heart of Queenstown.
Location
Queenstown, New Zealand
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Peter Marment
Design team
B Group with Design Base Architecture
Built area
1245 m² including decks
Visualization
Walker & Co
Client
Early Ground Works
Typology
Residential › House
The Mountain Lodge by ANTIREALITY, is a conceptual project of a small resort situated at a rocky ledge. The design proposal is meant for a weekend getaway destination as well as a place to rest, intended for mountain climbers.
Project name
Mountain Lodge
Architecture firm
ANTIREALITY
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
ANTIREALITY
Award winning LaRue Architects designed a unique residence perched on a lakeside cliff with a 150 feet vertical drop, located on Austin’s beautiful Lake Travis.
Architecture firm
LaRue Architects
Location
Lake Travis. Texas, USA
Photography
Dror Baldinger
Principal architect
James LaRue
Design team
James LaRue; Richard Medina (Interior Design)
Collaborators
Gregory Deane (Owner’s suite). Butterflies, Shanny Lott (Fireplace)
Interior design
LaRue Architects and Karen Greiner Interiors
Landscape
Sitio Design, Curt Arnette
Material
Slab on grade, wood frame construction with stone, stucco, and metal panels and a metal roof
Typology
Residential › House
The Pildane project is a spacious villa for staying in the heart of the northern woodlands of Iran. Intertwined mountains inspire us.
Project name
Pildane House
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Renderer, 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
Designing a house on a cliff is one of the most challenging designs for architects. The villa form is inspired by origami. Folded white surfaces smoothly bend together to characterize this unique villa. An artificial waterfall has been added to create a fascinating atmosphere in the outdoor terraces around the infinity pool.
Project name
Diving Cliff House
Architecture firm
LYX arkitekter
Location
Calabria Cliffs, Italy
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Quixel Bridge, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Aftereffects
Typology
Residential › House
Minimal, yet elegant design with fluid translations from one object to the other is the main driving idea behind this architectural concept. The tranquillity of the space can be felt through every element from its fluid design and the combination of hard and soft volumes.
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Typology
Residential, Hospitality › House
The house respects the local conditions, therefore it offers a number of natural shading or ventilating systems.
First of all, the windows are pushed inside of the structure in order to create shading out of the concrete slabs.
Architecture firm
beef architekti, www.beef.sk
Photography
Tomeu Canyellas, www.tomeucanyellas.com
Principal architect
Radoslav Buzinkay, Andrej Ferenčík, Jakub Viskupič, Ján Šimko
Design team
Helena Kučerová
Collaborators
Local architect: 3de3arquitectes, www.3de3arquitectes.com Project manager: About Living, www.about-living.com Construction company: Grupo Ferrá, www.grupoferra.com Carpentry work: Nadal mobiliari, www.nadalmobiliari.com Garden: Mallorca Eden Jardin, www.mallorca-eden.com
Built area
266,96 m², 402,37 m² (Gross Floor Area), 304,42 m² (Usable Floor Area)
Material
wood – furniture, starcais, lamellas, parquet (rooms), false ceiling (accoya), side fence, shutters stainless steel – elevator, kitchen, exterior grill space. metal – street fence, exterior railings. local stone – facade. stone – floor, basin (master bathroom), bathroom. architecture concrete – attics.
Typology
Residential › House
Beyond is a contemporary setting for life and art, where the full comfort of a modern home is potently married to an elemental architecture drawn from its dramatic setting. Perched on the shoulders of Lion’s Head, the home, designed by SAOTA, springs from a steep hillside that drops off to the famous sequence of Clifton’s white beaches to the Twelv...
Location
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni
Collaborators
OKHA (Interior Decor)
Structural engineer
Moroff & Kühne
Landscape
Nicholas Whitehorn Landscape Design
Lighting
Martin Doller Design
Construction
Cape Island Construction
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
