The southern slopes of the first large suburb in the capital city of Prague have always attracted people to posh residential living. However, the romanticizing delirium of typical construction with steep roofs, ostentatious stone soffits and superfluous brick cladding used to be a laughing stock for modernist architects in their time, who dreamed o...
Project name
Under the Top
Architecture firm
No Architects
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
Photography
Studio Flusser
Principal architect
Jakub Filip Novák, Daniela Baráčková, Lenka Juračková
Collaborators
David Hromada, Joinery products: CZ interiéry
Built area
Built-up Area 173 m² Gross Floor Area 245 m² Usable Floor Area 175 m²
Landscape
Living in green
Material
Ceramic tiles, concrete screed, ash and oak floors. Joinery products – lacquered mdf, oak veneer and solid wood
Typology
Residential › House
Architecture that spans the history of multiple generations has always had a certain allure to it. Like that of the historic ‘Moarhof’, today known as Hotel Silena. Located at the far end of Valler Tal, the hotel has recently marked a new chapter in its history that bears the signature of noa*.
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Vals/Valles, Rio di Pusteria/Mühlbach, Italy
Completion year
June 2022
Interior design
noa* network of architecture
Client
Hotel Silena, Mair family
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Renovation
The Barrancas House is the result of the restoration of a house built in the seventies in Mexico City, which didn´t have any attract at first but had great spatial potential. It became a challenge for our office to create a home focusing on incredible attention to detail, modernity and discovery of the different spaces and levels to generate expect...
Project name
Barrancas House
Architecture firm
Ezequiel Farca Studio
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro, Roland Halbe
Principal architect
Ezequiel Farca
Interior design
Ezequiel Farca Studio
Material
Concrete, Marble, Stone, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
This project involved the revival and extension of a single level federation detached cottage. The scope involved refurbishing the street façade and retained lower level rooms, influenced by the original period detailing, and extending to the rear and above with a first floor and detached carport in a contrasting material aesthetic.
Project name
Modest Start Bold Finish
Architecture firm
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Location
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Principal architect
Adam Hobbs
Design team
Adam Hobbs, Viktoria Cummings
Interior design
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Civil engineer
NB Consulting
Structural engineer
NB Consulting
Environmental & MEP
Efficient Living
Lighting
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Supervision
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Visualization
Hobbs Jamieson Architecture
Tools used
Vectorworks, SketchUp
Construction
JTB Building
Material
Brickwork, Standing Seam Cladding
Typology
Residential › House › Renovation
It's no secret that a cluttered and chaotic office can lead to decreased productivity and increased stress levels. Studies show that simply seeing messes can make it difficult for the brain to focus on tasks. And when you're trying to focus on critical work-related tasks, anything that gets in the way can be incredibly frustrating.
This 27,000 SF office renovation for the Southern California Gas Company focused on creating an enhanced the user experience for the 160+ employees located here.
Project name
SoCalGas Anaheim Building A
Architecture firm
LOC Architects
Location
Anaheim, California, United States
Photography
Nicolas Marques / Photekt
Principal architect
Ali Jeevanjee
Design team
Ali Jeevanjee, Poonam Sharma, Tiffany Adler
Collaborators
Thinkbox (Technology Design)
Landscape
Landscape Dynamics
Structural engineer
Performance Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Alfatech
Construction
Carri Construction
Visualization
LOC Architects
Client
Southern California Gas Company
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
In the heart of the city of Madrid a small architecture called by its creators ‘Casa Olivar’ is born. The interior design has been conceived by the couple of designers Matteo Ferrari and Carlota Gallo in order to transform it into their home. Rescued from a ruined state and a turbulent past, the aim is to bring new life to the space; adding layers,...
Architecture firm
Matteo Ferrari Studio
Principal architect
Matteo Ferrari
Design team
Matteo Ferrari, Carlota Inés Rodríguez Gallo
Completion year
August 2022
Interior design
Matteo Ferrari, Carlota Inés Rodríguez Gallo
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Clay plaster, handmade terracotta, limestone, moquette, linen
Construction
Reforminthome
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D
Client
Carlota Inés Rodríguez Gallo
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This project is a renovation project for an apartment in La Condesa, the hip and trendy area of Mexico City. This apartment is located in a building from 1970. The original apartment looked very old, it did not have well-defined spaces, was kind of dark and somehow sad. With this redesign, the interior distribution of the space was changed and the...
Project name
Condesa Apartment
Architecture firm
Ricardo Vainer. Atelierd
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Ricardo Vainer
Interior design
Ricardo Vainer
Environmental & MEP engineering
Civil engineer
Alvaro Cortes
Material
Concrete, steel, glass, wood
Supervision
Alvaro Cortes
Typology
Residential › Apartment
