The Cerrado House was built at the foothills of the Sierra da Moeda, a mountain range in the state of Minas Gerais. The three-bedroom house has a rooftop pool and a wide staircase that leads to the rooftop terrace.
Project name
Cerrado House
Architecture firm
Vazio S/A
Location
Moeda, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Leonardo Finotti
Principal architect
Carlos M Teixeira
Collaborators
Leonardo Rodrigues, Daila Coutinho
Interior design
Vazio S/A
Civil engineer
Eduardo Girão
Environmental & MEP
Matheus Elias
Landscape
Vazio S/A, Mariana Siqueira
Construction
Nova Engenharia
Material
Concrete, wood, glass
Typology
Residential › House
One of the main inspirations for this project is the «Horns of Consecration», a symbol of the Minoan civilization.
This geometry is translated through several elements of the design of the house. The plot is located 2,6 km west of Agia Galini village, in the southern coasts of Rethymno, Crete.
The plot offers unobstructed views to the southern...
Project name
Kéras Project
Architecture firm
Tzagkarakis + Associates
Location
Agia Galini, South Crete, Greece
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Principal architect
Τzagkarakis / Sora
Typology
Residential › House
Designing a house on a cliff is one of the most challenging designs for architects. The villa form is inspired by origami. Folded white surfaces smoothly bend together to characterize this unique villa. An artificial waterfall has been added to create a fascinating atmosphere in the outdoor terraces around the infinity pool.
Project name
Diving Cliff House
Architecture firm
LYX arkitekter
Location
Calabria Cliffs, Italy
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Quixel Bridge, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Aftereffects
Typology
Residential › House
Four autonomous summer houses will be constructed on a plot in the area of Oia on the island of Thira (Santorini) in Greece. Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean sea. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago, and it is the remnant of a volcanic caldera.
Project name
Arched Residences
Architecture firm
Iraisynn Attinom
Location
Oia, Santorini Island, Greece
Tools used
SketchUp, Blender, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Maggie Gkika
Visualization
Klavdios Sklivanitis
Status
Under Construction
Typology
residential / hospitality
Casa Houlpoch is an old Yucatecan house from the end of the last century that gets its name from a snake from the region that regularly “visited” the property's ruins.
Project name
Casa Huolpoch
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Artesano MX (Furniture), Galería Urbana Blanquis (Art)
Interior design
Workshop, Diseño y Construcción
Structural engineer
Alejandro Bargas Cicero
Material
Chukum, Stone, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
This project is located in the east-west part of the site and to design it, light material has been used to reduce the temperature inside.
Project name
A White House Between Hilloc
Architecture firm
Madineh Mohammadi
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Madineh Mohammadi
Visualization
Madineh Mohammadi
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Chabacano (A glass concept). The intention of this architectural project for a single-family house is to distribute the spaces on a single floor, except for a basement, which is dedicated to storage, service and garage areas.
Project name
Casa Chabacano
Architecture firm
HCE Office of Architecture
Location
Querétaro, Mexico
Photography
Fotográfica Mexicana
Principal architect
Eduardo Herrera Cantú
Design team
Eduardo Ángeles A., Juan Carlos Rodríguez García, Rafael Sandoval Lozano
Collaborators
Juan Carlos Sánchez
Interior design
HCE Office of Architecture
Structural engineer
Grupo IEESA
Supervision
Manuel Salmerón Muñoz
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit
Material
Concrete, steel framing and brickwork as structure. Porcelain floors, tempered glass and wood panel ceilings as finishes
Typology
Residential › House
Minimal, yet elegant design with fluid translations from one object to the other is the main driving idea behind this architectural concept. The tranquillity of the space can be felt through every element from its fluid design and the combination of hard and soft volumes.
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Typology
Residential, Hospitality › House
