"Casa Brick," nestled in the town of Pilar, Buenos Aires, sits on a 1,100 square meter plot, embracing the corner with a northwest orientation. Its design, an elegant fusion of clean volumes, paired with its distinctive common brick cladding, defies the norms of traditional residential architecture, infusing a modern and distinctive vibe.
Architecture firm
LSA (Lattes Salinas arquitectos)
Location
Mayling C.C, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Martin Lattes, Alejo Salinas
Design team
Martin Lattes, Alejo Salinas
Collaborators
Julieta Lozada
Civil engineer
Jorge Prieto
Structural engineer
Jorge Prieto
Environmental & MEP
Belcarp
Landscape
Celina Sammartino
Visualization
Julieta Lozada
Material
Brick, Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Slender House is a private residential project designed for a family of five, nestled within a small and slender site measuring 6 meters by 18 meters. The vision for this home was to create a space that not only stood out within its locality but also contributed to the cityscape.
Project name
6 x 18 Slender House
Architecture firm
Spaces Architects@KA
Location
B-54, Derawal Nagar, New Delhi, India
Photography
Bharat Aggarwal
Principal architect
Kapil Aggarwal
Design team
Pankaj Khandelwal, Nishant Gaurav, Aruj Saxena, Vikrant Dhakrey
Interior design
Spaces Architects@KA
Civil engineer
Reliable Consulting Engineers
Structural engineer
Reliable Consulting Engineers
Landscape
Spaces Architects@KA
Visualization
Spaces Architects@KA
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp
Material
Laminum tiles, Aluminium Battens in wood finish, Corten Steel, Oak Veneer, Wallpapers, Italian Marbles, Indian Marbles, Engineered Wood, Glass, Laminates, Paint
Typology
Residential › House
In a world where space efficiency, sustainability, and versatility are paramount, the 24sqm A-frame pod stands out as a groundbreaking solution in modular living.
Project name
Tribuntu POD
Architecture firm
A4AC Architects
Location
Randburg Johannesburg, South Africa
Principal architect
Dirk Coetser
Design team
DirkCoetser, Rudolf Swanepoel, Micheal Mahlangu
Collaborators
Ashley Fransman
Interior design
A4AC Architects
Site area
800 m² roof top
Structural engineer
Innostruc Engineering
Supervision
A4AC Architects
Visualization
Micheal Mahlangu
Tools used
SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Innovators Interiors
Material
Light weight steel framing, staal cladding, plywood
Typology
Residential › Cabin, Tiny Home
Located in central Moscow, this elegant 180 sqm apartment is home to a Chinese businessman, his wife, and their two daughters. The family moved away from a stark, white interior to a richer and deeper color scheme with the help of interior designer Ekaterina Spinelli. They wanted their new home to feel like a luxury hotel, a place the designer desc...
Project name
Aesthetic interior with oriental details
Architecture firm
Art of Interiors Studio
Photography
Vyacheslav Fleor, Krasyuk Production
Principal architect
Ekaterina Spinelli
Interior design
Ekaterina Spinelli
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The spiral is one of the most frequent shapes in everything related to life, it conveys the idea of growth, evolution and expansion. It is a line that wraps itself in an open way and that as it advances, it gains volume and space, it grows. Its circular movement begins in the center and extends towards infinity.
Project name
Quantum Arena
Architecture firm
Grizzo Studio, Santiago Fernández Bender
Location
Bueno Aires, Argentina
Principal architect
Grizzo Studio, Santiago Fernández Bender
Design team
Grizzo Studio, Santiago Fernández Bender
Collaborators
Juana Gabba, Juan Dallochio, Fredy Luis, Civil engineer: Mariano Ventrice; Structural engineer: Mariano Ventrice
Typology
Sports Architecture › Stadium
The Orchard house is a weekend retreat for a family in Pune. It is set in a sprawling orchard flanked by hills on the southern side and a panoramic view of the backwater and distant hills on the northern side.
Project name
The Orchard House
Architecture firm
IPSA Design Consultants
Photography
Shoot My Space
Principal architect
Ajay Mane
Design team
Rutuparna Diwan, Pradnya Diwan
Interior design
IPSA Design Consultants
Civil engineer
Sandip Pawli
Structural engineer
Sandip Rangdal
Landscape
IPSA Design Consultants
Lighting
IPSA Design Consultants
Visualization
IPSA Design Consultants
Tools used
AutoCAD, Sketch-Up, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Load Bearing Brick/Stone Composite Masonry
Typology
Residential › House
Aurora Design has received a renovation project for an old residential building located in an old neighborhood in the center of Kunming, adjacent to a multi-story parking lot and a snack street. The complex surrounding environment, the tension between the new and old, makes the project more interesting. “Spring” are easily expected to blossom at an...
Project name
Chun Sheng Jewelry
Architecture firm
Aurora Design
Location
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
Photography
Na Xin from INSPACE
Principal architect
Yang Xuewan
Collaborators
Video: WM STUDIO
Construction
Rebuilding Space Lab
Typology
Commercial › Jewelry Store
A modern ground-floor wooden building in a wine-producing region is defined by the connection of its interior space with the surrounding countryside. The house with its flat, green roof, numerous glazed areas, terraces and atriums with trees and plants blends sensitively into the adjacent landscape.
Project name
Blue Mountains House
Architecture firm
Prodesi / Domesi
Location
South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Michal Kotlas, chief architect of the project
Design team
Václav Zahradníček, Jan Švarc
Collaborators
Implementation: Domesi
Built area
Built-up area 516 m²; Usable floor area 303 m²
Material
Foundations of the house – monolithic concrete foundation strips with slab, supplemented by deep piles. Perimeter walls – solid wooden CLT panels (NOVATOP), which are exposed in some parts of the interior. Structural insulation – combination of mineral wool and STEICO wood fibre insulation. Ceilings (inside and in the overhangs above the terraces): wooden structure lined with NOVATOP wooden acoustic panels. Façade – combination of monolithic concrete walls and larch cladding with gaps. Roof – flat extensive green roof. Flat roof attic – weathering steel sheet cladding. Windows – frameless triple-glazed windows (JANOŠÍK)
Typology
Residential › House
