A bright apartment in a new building with large terraces and views of Prague. Where one cooks, eats, works, where children play, watch TV, read, create and sleep. As part of the overhaul of the layout, we first separated a chunk of the living room and made it into a study, playroom and guest room in one, to settle the overly monumental apartment in...
Project name
Welcome Home
Architecture firm
No Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Studio Flusser
Principal architect
Jakub Filip Novák, Daniela Baráčková, Veronika Amiridis Menichová
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Ceramic tiles. Oak floor. Lacquered mdf, oak and birch veneer and solid wood – joinery products
Construction
Truhlářství Fencl
Typology
Residential › House
Since the birth of architecture, humans have had containers to capture light. The brilliance of light makes the world pure, while its shadows flow in the pure space, with varying depths, twists and turns, and even swaying ripples or waves that trap the observer's mind. Such shadows give space a multidimensional overlay, creating worlds beyond the w...
Project name
Jihuayuan Crystal Valley
Photography
Lingjian Sheng
Design team
Jibing Liu, Guangwen Liao, Manling Chen, Zhiqiang Wang
Completion year
January 2023
Client
Wuhan Jihuanyuan Investment and Construction Co., Ltd.
Located in the heart of London’s Fitzrovia, this Georgian townhouse underwent extensive renovation to accommodate a new multi-purpose office. Originally built in the 1760s and grade II listed in 1989, the building’s historic fabric was compromised on a number of occasions. Outside of the refronting that occurred in the 1950s, the most notable loss...
Project name
Fitzrovia Office
Architecture firm
Studio XM
Principal architect
Timothee Mercier
Design team
Timothee Mercier
Interior design
Studio XM
Construction
Clements Limited
Typology
Commercial › Office Building (mixed-use) / Renovation
This building consists of Canopée Café and Sihai Club, and stands up and down along the mountainous area, integrating into the "ladder style" traditional mountain blocks in Chongqing. It adjoins Huguang Club and overlooks East Watergate. In Xie Ke's opinion, it is "the only place close to my childhood memory in Chongqing".
Project name
Sales office in Chongqing – Canopée Café and Sihai Club
Architecture firm
Signyan Design
Location
Huguang, Chongqing, China | Canopée
Interior design
Signyan Design
Client
China Airlines City Co.
Typology
Commercial › Office Building, Café, Clubhouse
The façade was with modifications, humidity and signs of deterioration.The conservation of some original moldings with detachments was observed, blacksmith elements in the oxidation state and non-original aggregate elements such as, an access gate to the garage and a fixed glass that blocks pedestrian access.
Project name
Casa Dos Sueños
Architecture firm
Park Estudio
Location
Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico
Principal architect
Jessica Park
Material
Suppliers: Tecnolite lamps, Comex paints, La Peninsular floors, Bayit Decore stove , Antique furniture of Furniture in transit, New Well Home furniture, Mármol Mido
Typology
Residential › House
The concept of the “Black Butterfly” is a unique architectural proposal that seeks the harmonious integration between the house and the surrounding nature. This cabin is built on a stream, allowing the house to blend organically into the natural landscape and benefit from the constant flow of water running through it. One of the most interesting a...
Project name
Black Butterfly Cabin
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
The museography and exhibition architecture project of the Panteão dos Almeida, in the Church of Santa Maria do Castelo in Abrantes, Portugal, aims the adaptation and interior requalification of an old church (a historic building in the city of Abrantes, built in 1215 by D. Afonso II, being later, in 1433, rebuilt by D. Diogo Fernandes de Almeida,...
Project name
Panteão dos Almeida
Architecture firm
Spaceworkers
Location
Abrantes, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
This townhouse in Shenzhen used to be a completely different look. The colonial-style and complicated decoration that was popular in a certain era in China, is no longer fit for current life. The owner of the house, a rational and logical lawyer, after experiencing the ‘past tense’ living experience for a short time, decided to invite KiKi ARCHi to...
Project name
Breathing House
Architecture firm
KiKi ARCHi
Photography
Eiichi Kano / Tony Tan
Principal architect
Yoshihiko Seki
Design team
Saika Akiyoshi, Tianping Wang
Design year
2021.08.01 – 2022.01.01
Completion year
2023.01.01
Material
Diatom mud-Shikoku / Tile-Terrazzo / Facade-stainless mes
Typology
Residential › House
