A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House
The Belo Horizonte-based architecture firm Tetro Arquitetura has designed ''Linear house'' a contemporary single-family home to be built in Nova Lima, Brazil.
Project name
Linear house
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential, House
The Istanbul-based architecture practice Habif Architects has recently completed 400 square-meter mansion project on Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
Project name
The Mansion Bosphorus
Architecture firm
Habif Architects
Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Photography
Ibrahim Özbunar
Principal architect
Habif Architects
Design team
Hakan Habif, Setenay Erkul
Interior design
Habif Architects
Supervision
Habif Architects
Visualization
Habif Architects
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Construction
Habif Architects
Typology
Residential, Renovation
The Costa Rican architecture studio Instinto Estudio has designed Hotel Boutique Ostional, a sustainable hotel to be built in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Project name
Hotel Boutique Ostional
Architecture firm
Instinto Estudio
Location
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Tools used
SketchUp, Cinema 4D, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Alejandro Gonzalez & Laura Morelli
Design team
Alejandro Gonzalez & Laura Morelli
Visualization
Imminent Studio
Typology
Hospitality Architecture, Hotel
The Russian architecture firm Kerimov Architects led by Shamsudin Kerimov has designed House Okolitsa, a countryside home to be built on outskirts of Moscow, Russia.
Project name
House Okolitsa
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Shamsudin Kerimov
Design team
Shamsudin Kerimov, Ekaterina Kudinova
Visualization
Kerimov Architects
Typology
Residential › Private House
Square house in Nova Lima, Brazil designed by Belo Horizonte-based architecture firm Tetro Arquitetura
Project name
Square house
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential, houses
Hierarchy Towers concept in Singapore designed by Gennadiy Kraev
Project name
Hierarchy Towers
Architecture firm
Gennadiy Kraev
Location
Downtown Core, Singapore
Visualization
Yuriy Lutsik
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, SketchUp, QGIS, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Gennadiy Kraev
Design team
Gennadiy Kraev
Status
Competition, Concept Design
Typology
Residential, Housing
Nested in to tropical rainforest, The 'Xingú house designed by Belo Horizonte-based architecture firm Tetro Arquitetura, a contemporary single-family home to be built in Nova Lima, Brazil.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Tetro Arquitetura
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential, Houses
