Situated on a promontory jutting into the canyon below the hillside retreat boasts multiple vistas of the surrounding canyon and the Pacific Ocean beyond. However, local restrictions allowed for a single story above street level. Responding to these conditions, much of the home’s massing is located on a lower-level that daylights onto the downslope...
Project name
Sapire Residence
Architecture firm
Abramson Architects
Location
Pacific Palisades, United States
Principal architect
David Pascu, David@abramsonarchitects.com
Interior design
Clements Design, Kathleen Clements, info@clementsdesign.com
Civil engineer
ohn M. Cruikshank Consultants, John M. Cruikshank, jcruikshank@jmc-2.com
Structural engineer
Sigma Design, Hovik Khanjian, sigmadsgn@aol.com
Environmental & MEP
California Energy Designs, Gabriel Gagnon, gabriel2@californiaenergydesigns.com, VRG, Glen Vaughn, gvaughn@vrginc.net
Landscape
Pamela Burton & Co, Robin Carmichael, rcarmichael@pamelaburtonco.com
Lighting
Esquared Lighting Design, Erin Erdman, erin@esquaredlighting.com
Construction
AJ Engineering, Andrew Jagoda, ajagoda@sbcglobal.net
Material
French manor oak flooring, white oak shiplap wall cladding, oil rubbed bronze wall panels, painted steel, pebble and stone
Typology
Residential › House
Viktor Zeleniak: This is the concept of a house located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, the city of Bukovel. Futuristic shapes hanging in the air look like something alien and at the same time their own. This is the architecture of the future, which is now difficult for people to perceive, but later it will become part of their lives.
Project name
Holiday house in the mountains
Architecture firm
Viktor Zeleniak
Location
Bukovel, Ukraine
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Viktor Zeleniak
Visualization
Viktor Zeleniak
Typology
Residential › House
Tetro Arquitetura: The mountain house is set in the hillside, blades cut the terrain allowing an intense relationship with the materiality of the place rocks.
Project name
Mountain House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo and Matheus Rosendo
Typology
Residential › House
Miroslav Naskov: Located in the countryside of north Italy the Forest House provides to its visitors an unique experience and an immediate touch to nature. Vast endless views of mountains over the lake and virgin forest are to be seen from the lifted platform of the structure.
Project name
Forest House
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Visualization
Miroslav Naskov
A hotel under the barn: Its roots are underground, yet it boasts an amazing view: the hotel designed by noa* network of architecture in Fiè allo Sciliar was extended by embedding it in the terrain, offering guests a spectacular view and the feeling of being emerged in nature.
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Fiè allo Sciliar, South Tyrol (Italy)
Interior design
noa* network of architecture
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Wellness
Weekend house in the Ore Mountains is based on local nature and color, represented by an aerodynamic but angular figure, where classic elements, such as the roof and wall, give way to a clear shape and merge with each other.
Project name
Weekend House Nové Hamry
Architecture firm
NEW HOW architects
Location
Nové Hamry, the Ore Mountains (Karlovy Vary Region), Czech Republic
Photography
Petr Polák, polak@studiopetrohrad.cz, petrpolak.photo
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Principal architect
David Zámečník
Structural engineer
David Zámečník
Client
Petra Lehká & David Zámečník
Viktoria Nyerges Architect: Imagine a place in the middle of nowhere, on the top of everything. I was wondering if I would see the stars from my bed and the mountains from my bath, I would never leave this place. In the course of designing my aim was to reach the sense of complete isolation and tranquility inside the observer.
Project name
Mount Solitude
Architecture firm
Viktoria Nyerges Architect/3d artist (Hungary)
Location
Fictitious Icy Area
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Viktoria Nyerges
Visualization
Viktoria Nyerges
Typology
Residential › Shelter
The Istanbul-based Architectural visualiser/designer, Selami Bektaş envisioned a minimalist hotel room for winter holiday lovers.
Architecture firm
Selami Bektaş
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Selami Bektaş
Visualization
Selami Bektaş
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
