Alongside its historical significance as a station on the southern Silk Road, the city of Tengchong in Yunnan Province has, in recent times, frequently drawn upon the natural qualities of a region that, given its position amongst the foothills of the Himalayas.
Project name
Tengchong Observation Tower
Architecture firm
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA)
Location
Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China
Design team
Diogo Teixeira, Jurgis Gecys, Ernesto M. Mulch, Tom Peter-Hindelang, Ezgi Özkan
Structural engineer
Bollinger+Grohmann
Typology
Observation Tower
Breathing new life into an old building. From our first meeting with the owners, it was clear what conditions their future home should meet: “It should be fresh but also unpretentious.”
Project name
Reconstruction of mill, Central Bohemia
Architecture firm
Stempel & Tesar architekti
Photography
Filip Šlapal, Václav Šedý
Principal architect
Ján Stempel, Jan Jakub Tesař
Built area
147 m² (Building footprint), 241 m² (Usable area)
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Photographer Naser Nader Ibrahim recently photographed the fanciful home designed by the renowned architect Danilo Veras Godoy in conjunction with the owner and her young children, one of several nestled in the cloud forest on the outskirts of Xalapa, Veracruz.
Project name
Casa de Los Milagros (House of Miracles)
Architecture firm
Danilo Veras Godoy
Location
Zoncuantla, Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography
Naser Nader Ibrahim
Principal architect
Danilo Veras Godoy
Material
Ferrocement, earth-colored mosaic glass, wood, glass
Construction
Local workers
Typology
Residential › House
The owners purchased a small house on a secluded lakeside lot in La Malbaie. For its first three decades, the house was used as a hunting lodge, then it became the summer home for the Sisters of Charity.
Project name
Les sœurs (The Sisters)
Architecture firm
Anik Péloquin architecte
Location
Malcom Frazer Blvd, La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Photography
Louis Prud‘homme
Principal architect
Anik Péloquin
Collaborators
Ébénisterie Adélard Tremblay et fils (Cabinetry)
Interior design
done by the clients
Structural engineer
Donald Arseneault
Construction
Construction Éclair
Material
Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Mexican architecture studio GAS Architectures, Floatings points is located in Lagos de Zempoala, Morelos, Mexico. The concept of this particular hotel is arrive to the capsule rooms through a 81 ft.
Project name
Floatings Points
Architecture firm
GAS Architectures
Location
Lagos de Zempoala, Morelos, México
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshoper, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Germán Sandoval
Design team
Kesia Devallentier, Germán Sandoval
Visualization
GAS Architectures
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
A detached house is being desi- gned for a site on the Weser- hang in the town of Achim. Conceived as an integral part of the surrounding landscape, the house reacts to the local conditions: In order to minimise its impact upon this landscape.
Architecture firm
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA)
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper and Enscape
Principal architect
Ernesto M. Mulch
Design team
Ernesto M. Mulch
Visualization
Ernesto M. Mulch
Built area
226,53 m² (Gross floor area interior), 85,63 m² (Gross floor area terrace)
Typology
Residential › House
The economic conditions of Middle Eastern countries have made small-scale spaces less popular. The existence of these economic conditions in the profession of architecture has also been influential.
Architecture firm
Ev Design Office
Location
Deylaman, Gilan, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mojtaba Naghizadeh, Nastaran Tavakoli
Design team
Parisa Azizi, Mohammad Hosseini Baraftabi, Amin Malekzadeh
Visualization
Parisa Azizi
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
The Ethereum House is a conceptual mansion inspired by the global blockchain platform with the same name. The main motivation behind its volume was to reiterate the cryptocurrencies logo so that it would be visible and recognisable for any viewing direction, while also imposing a stricking silhouette across the landscape.
Project name
Ethereum House
Architecture firm
Atelier Monolit
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Popa Vlad-Andrei and Ralea-Toma Ioan
Visualization
Atelier Monolit
Status
Concept - Designcept - Designcept Design, Competition proposal
Typology
Residential › House
