Sitting on a tight plot in the heart of Kolhapur is the Brick Box, conceptualised by Ar. Dhanesh Gandhi. A four-storey family home spanning over 2500 sq.ft, this residence more than rises above its challenges. The plot was a linear, narrow rectangle of 16.5 ft x 40 ft, posing to be the main challenge for this project. Flanked by homes on either sid...
Project name
The Brick Box
Architecture firm
Dhanesh Gandhi Architects
Location
Shivaji Peth, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Principal architect
Dhanesh Gandhi
Design team
Dhanesh Gandhi, Sachin Lad
Collaborators
Dhanesh Gandhi & ID. Tanushree Oswal
Interior design
Dhanesh Gandhi & Sachin Lad
Civil engineer
Sachin Lad
Structural engineer
Nirag Parmar
Lighting
Dhanesh Gandhi & Sachin Lad
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The renovation of a historic building in Vila Nova de Foz Côa by the architect Filipe Pina, using slate and shale as the main elements, creates a new contemporary home that respects the history of the place.
Project name
Casa Caldeira / Caldeira House
Architecture firm
Filipe Pina
Location
Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Filipe Pina
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Slate and Shale
Typology
Residential › House
For Jin Tea Space, the designer utilized bamboo, which is a symbol of the spiritual core of traditional Chinese culture as well as tea, to create a modern tea retail store. She realized that the key for a retail space is not only product display, but also the space design and consumers' experiences
Architecture firm
Aurora Design
Photography
INSPACE: Yanyu, Naxin; Video: WM STUDIO
Principal architect
Yang Xuewan
The house is designed around a courtyard with the public spaces overlooking it. The varied scale of public and private spaces and their different interactions with the outdoors was a central idea of this project. The public spaces were expanded volumetrically to emphasize their importance as congregational spaces. The concept of cross-axes has been...
Project name
Residence 568
Architecture firm
Charged Voids
Location
Sector – 7, Panchkula, Haryana (Satellite Town Of Chandigarh), India
Photography
Javier Callejas Sevilla
Principal architect
Aman Aggarwal
Design team
Rahul Vig , Priya Gupta
Structural engineer
Pankaj Chopra
Environmental & MEP
Mr. Shamsher Ji (Electrical), Mitsubishi (HVAC), Mr Sham Lal Ji ( Plumber )
Lighting
Rohit Jindal ( Om Electric )
Visualization
Haneet Khanna
Construction
Mr. Shamsher Ji ( Contractor )
Typology
Residential › House
The public housing sector shelters from the front to live with privacy and allied with nature. The limit of the house is the horizon of the landscape that the lot poses.
The linear circulations are contained by their own exterior, the patios. They allow us to recreate the necessary privacy of each sector of the house.
Project name
Casa TERRA-91
Location
Terralagos, Canning, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Luciana Macias, Facundo Carrosso
Collaborators
Arq. Manuel Fernandez, Arq. Yanina Saracho
Structural engineer
Ing. Gustavo Carreira
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Located in a gated community in the southern part of the Province of Buenos Aires, house AC-47 is located on a corner lot surrounded by important vegetation. Its linear development prioritizes the visuals over the park and the optimal conditions of sunlight and ventilation. The project starts from a main volume that is ordered in relation to the di...
Location
Adrogué Chico, Malvinas Argentinas, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Luciana Macias, Facundo Carrosso
Collaborators
Yamila Graneros, Sofía Díaz, Rosario Galván, Arq. Guadalupe Arbarello, Yanina Saracho.
Interior design
MA Partners
Structural engineer
Ing. Gustavo Bianchi
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
A young Prague couple decided to extend their small attic apartment to better suit the needs of a family life. The apartment is located in a semi-detached house in a small neighborhood built in the early 1920s in a unique Czech Art Deco style. The neighborhood was named Liberty to celebrate newly established Czechoslovakia.
Project name
Liberty Loft
Architecture firm
System Recovery Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Principal architect
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Design team
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Interior design
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Civil engineer
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Structural engineer
TeAnau, s.r.o.
Environmental & MEP
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Supervision
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Visualization
System Recovery Architects
Construction
Design & Build, s.r.o.
Material
larch, perforated aluminium sheets, spruce
Typology
Residential › Apartment, Renovation, Refurbishment
The Les Pointes residence, a new construction recently completed by Ghoche architecte, is located at the end of a peninsula on the shores of Lake Archambault, in Saint-Donat, Quebec, Canada. In the context of scarce waterfront properties, the owners, who wanted to build a project adapted to their needs, and with a modern character, decided to demol...
Project name
Les Pointes Residence
Architecture firm
Ghoche architecte
Location
Saint-Donat, Québec, Canada
Photography
Maxime Brouillet
Structural engineer
Geniex
Construction
Nouvelle construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
