Turf Design Studio, Cox Architecture and Chada have collaborated to deliver a new eco-luxe retreat in one of Sydney’s most iconic destinations. Taronga Zoo Wildlife Retreat is part of a $164.5M development program between Taronga Zoo and the NSW Government to improve the famous tourist site over the next 10 years.
Project name
Taronga Zoo Wildlife Retreat
Architecture firm
Cox Architecture
Location
Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Mike Chorley, Guy Wilkinson, David Li
Collaborators
Green & Dale Associates (Exhibition Consultant)
Landscape
Turf Design Studio
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Retreat
A place immersed in lush Atlantic Rainforest nature. A terrain filled with large leafy trees, foliage, shrubs, birds and wild animals. A challenging topography with a steep slope, characteristic of the Nova Lima region in Minas Gerais. This is the place where Casa Açucena is inserted.
Project name
Açucena House (Casa Açucena)
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Rua dos Jacarandás, 1012 - Jardins de Petrópolis - Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Laura Georgia Rodrigues Layoun, Otávio, Daniele Meloni, Déborah Martins
Structural engineer
M Estruturas
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, wood, glass, steel
Typology
Residential › House
The Lofts Rugapampa building is located in Córdoba hills, in San Antonio de Arredondo town. It is composed by two mirrored Lofts, which make up a single and compact volume, in order to achieve the least impact in its implementation on the land.
Architecture firm
ESTUDIO MUTAA
Location
San Antonio de Arredondo, Cordoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Constanza García, Ian Gadea
Design team
Constanza García, Ian Gadea
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by T.K. Chu Design Group, the four-story villa named Greencore is located among hills, woods, and lakes. With angled cornices and floor-to-ceiling windows, it shows an integration of traditional Chinese garden and modern building, which combines people, nature, and architecture perfectly, and gives off a vague animist aura.
Project name
The Villa Greencore
Architecture firm
T.K. Chu Design Group
Location
Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Photography
Di Zhu Video: Peihua Li(Director), Yujia Zheng(Editor) and T.K. Chu Design(Producer)
Principal architect
T.K. Chu
Design team
Chiung-wen Liu,Huei-chun Chen, Chuen-shiuan Lin, Yu-jie Chang, Shu-han Chang, Shin-yu Tsai, Shu-yun Bai, Ma-ru Chiang, Ming Zhao and Yinan Zhu
Design year
October 2020-March 2021
Completion year
September 2021-December 2021
Collaborators
Project tyle: Residential interior design
Interior design
Decoration: Robert KUO, Kim Syberet, Tom Dixon, Gardeco, Gilles Caffier and Georg Jensen
Material
Special stone, wood veneer, stoving varnish, special wallpaper and stainless-steel Furniture and Lamp: T.K HOME, B&B, Reflex and Molteni & C
Typology
Residential › House
The Gara project started with the intention of making the client's opinion implemented, while considering minimal tendencies and modern life needs. creating a private space suitable for temporary residence and the one which satisfies the agent's need for Flaneur experience in a miscellaneous space but not so vast.
Architecture firm
4 Architecture Studio
Location
Kordan, Karaj, Iran
Principal architect
Mohammad Sadegh Afshar Taheri, Mohammad Yousef Salehi
Design team
Samin Heidari
Collaborators
Graphic: Sadaf Azizi, Mahya Amouei
Visualization
Mohamadjavad Kasaei
Typology
Residential › House
The Liangzhu civilization, which began in the Chalcolithic Period, flourished and left behind a legend to be admired and studied. Chinese civilization has left its mark on this land: folk culture, art and nature grow here, which form the inexhaustible local heritage. It is an ultimate carefree when wandering freely between the landscapes.
Project name
West County Club Sales Center at Vanke Hangzhou
Architecture firm
We Design
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Photography
Yan Ming Studio
Collaborators
Soft Decoration and Execution: We Design; Soft Decoration Team: Simon Cheng, Aaron Mok, He Yuqin, Liu Xiafeng, Liu Yuancheng
Interior design
LWM Architects + Shanghai Yuejie Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd.
Client
Fang Haifeng, Shi Mengting
Commonly called "Africa in miniature or all of Africa in one country", Cameroon is a Central African country that has enormous tourist wealth. Among the most important and arousing the interest of the Cameroonian State, is the coastal environment of the city of Mouanko more precisely in the locality of Yoyo.
Project name
YOYO'ECORESORT: When biomimicry and wellbeing become one
Location
Yoyo - Mouanko , Cameroon
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshooper, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, ArchiCAD
Principal architect
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Visualization
MEKEMTA Jodel Bismarc
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
Injecting a dose of mid-century California modernism to the Rocky Mountain West, Tengoku Residence embraces the natural terrain of Jackson Hole in an unexpectedly modern way. Diverging from the mountain modern style typical of the region, the design of the 4,739-square-foot vacation home was inspired by the owner couple’s shared love of Japanese Ze...
Project name
Tengoku Residence
Architecture firm
CLB Architects
Location
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Photography
Matthew Millman (winter), John Ellis (summer)
Principal architect
Bryan James
Design team
Kevin Burke, Partner. Eric Logan, Partner. Bryan James, Principal. Leo Naegele, Project Manager. Jen Mei, Interior Architecture. Cynthia Tibbitts, Interior Architecture
Environmental & MEP
Energy One
Lighting
Helius Lighting Group
Construction
Two Ocean Builders
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House