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The new home increases in size and maintains scale by going vertical to seamlessly blend in with neighboring historic and eclectic homes. Montalba Architects completed construction on Founding Principal David Montalba’s personal residence thoughtfully designed around a vertical courtyard concept.
Project name
Vertical Courtyard House
Architecture firm
Montalba Architects
Location
Santa Monica, California, USA
Photography
Kevin Scott
This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head; with views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible.
Project name
KLOOF 119A
Architecture firm
SAOTA
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
This house is designed for a designer couple who want their working environment to be an integral part of their daily routine in this house. For that reason, the house is built upon 2 major functions. A home office is located on the first and semi‐basement floor, while residential area is placed on the level above it.
Project name
MP House
Architecture firm
TIES
Location
Tangerang, Indonesia
Photography
Arti Pictures
Project name
The Green Bathroom
Architecture firm
Mohsen Arabali
Location
Gilan, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Chaos Vantage, Adobe Photoshop
Maximising living space between rammed concrete and a cork roof.  A flexible residence by rundzwei Architekten.  The young office rundzwei Architekten has realised an unusual residence with a cork facade and roof. A base of rammed concrete lies below the ground level. Above, skilfully stacked split levels, which allow for flexible use, are accessed...
Project name
Cork Screw House
Architecture firm
rundzwei Architekten BDA
Location
Berlin, Germany
Photography
Gui Rebelo
I designed a penthouse planned to be built quite far from the city. The main purpose of the design is to create a loft apartment that can be preferred for those who want to retreat and promise a beautiful forest view in every corner of the house.
Project name
Loft House
Architecture firm
Selami Bektaş
Location
Turkey
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Marvelous Designer, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Symbiotic Jag is located in the noble area of Braga, whose morphology and topography are characterized by its pecoliar character.  The target of intervention has a very steep slope allowing a visual relationship of amplitude with the city in which the morphological structure of the subdivision based on a logic of "staircase" allowed an implantation...
Project name
Symbiotic Jag
Architecture firm
Office of feeling Architecture
Location
Braga, Portugal
Hugging House is based on a project that is mainly capable of fully respecting nature and establishing a connection with the building's environment (not to mention energy, sustainability, and ecology), and that through its impact and experience could generate in the visitor the same respect for the natural world. 
Project name
Hugging House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
United States
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop