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Koohsar Apartment is located in front of a mountain and in close proximity
to its hillside. The building envelope conceals a portion of the mountain scene, and in order to
visually assimilate the mountain scene behind the building and the building façade, the design
team initiated an approach to blend in the proposed building.
Project name
Koohsar Residential Apartment
Architecture firm
AshariArchitects
Location
Jomhori blv., Shiraz, Iran
Photography
Khatereh Eshghi
Principal architect
AmirHossein Ashari
Design team
Ali Attaran, Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Zahra Rahimi
Collaborators
Ali Attaran, Zahra Jafari, Afshin Ashari, Ehsan Shabani, Zahra Rahimi
Civil engineer
Tachra Construction group
Structural engineer
Tachra Construction group
Environmental & MEP
Tachra Construction group
Construction
Tachra Construction group
Supervision
Amirhossein Ashari
Visualization
Ehsan Shabani
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
Material
Brick, Concrete, Steel, Glass
Client
Mohsen Khabaz, Koroush Kamali Sarvestani
Typology
Residential, Apartments
Tulipan 32 is the renovation project of a functionalist building from the 70s located in the city of Puebla, Mexico. This building has already undergone interventions, but only to change the interior configuration as it was originally conceived as a single residential house.
Architecture firm
DMA Arquitectura
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
David Montiel, Sofía Cortés
Design team
David Montiel, Sofia Cortés
Visualization
David Montiel
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Omniview Design presents Golf Apartments, a high-end residential development adjacent to a famous golf course in Glyfada, Greece. The articulate form of the building, with playful geometries of the street-facing façade, is derived from an interpretation of local planning regulations, creating a wireframe that engulfs the volume.
Project name
Golf Apartments
Architecture firm
Omniview Design
Photography
Panagiotis Voumvakis
Principal architect
Dimitri Tsigos
Design team
Ioanna Iliadi, Afroditi Maragkou, Danai Diou, Christina Tsakiri, Lina Kazolea, Katerina - Christina Anastasopoulou
Collaborators
Construction Architect: Thaleia Stergiou, Ioanna Iliadi, Afroditi Maragkou, Stelios Koukiasas. Project Architect: Thaleia Stergiou
Structural engineer
Paul M. Savvas
Environmental & MEP
George Karvounis (Mechanical Study)
Material
Concrete, Marble, Metal, Ceramic, Brick
Typology
Residential › Apartments
The project aims to balance architecture with the traditions and history of the site. Elements of traditional Mexican architecture are combined with a repeated structure that creates balconies that wrap around the building.
Project name
Laiva Artwalk
Location
San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Principal architect
Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra
Design team
Pedro Ramirez de Aguilar, Cristóbal Ramirez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra, Daniel Martinez, Alejandro Hernandez, Andres Rubin, Jose pablo Bermudez, Juan Pablo de Pedro
Collaborators
Daniel Manzanares, Antonio Villarreal
Status
Design Development
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Situated in the Nanyou district in central Nanshan area, the Zhongtai Residential Development consists of a 5-storey podium and above it a 33-storey residential building providing 238 units. On account of the site’s lack of pleasant greenery, the design’s primary objective is to inject vitality and improve the urban interface.
Project name
Zhongtai Residential Development
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
Cary Lau, Global Design Principal
Client
Shenzhen Zhong Lian Ye Trading Co. Ltd.
Typology
Residential › Apartments
Real de Los Reyes is a housing project designed by the architectural firm Miguel de la Torre mta+v. The spaces of the houses are designed to be versatile for daily life, meetings or rest. It offers the possibility of customizing the finishes according to the preferences and needs of its inhabitants. It has 13 houses, from 320 m2, distributed on thr...
Project name
Real de los Reyes
Architecture firm
Miguel de la Torre mta+v Diseño y Arquitectura
Location
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
Principal architect
Miguel de la Torre
Design team
Rodrigo Márquez, Perla Chávez
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Revit, Autodes 3ds Max, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › Houses
