Smart home upgrades are a savvy investment that can increase property value, while also promoting environmental sustainability. So, whether it's about making a home more energy-efficient, secure, or comfortable, smart home upgrades are a win-win, offering both immediate and long-term benefits.
Creating a smart home is a dynamic and ongoing process that requires careful planning, thoughtful selection of devices, and strategic integration to maximize its potential.
New technologies came with a quest of integrating them in every possible sphere of our lives and the construction of smart homes became quite a trend lately. Most people are trying to build their own version of the smart home and make the home functioning easier.
Photography
Freepik (cover image)
SMART HABITAT Unlimited Space. When the essence of the space is the movement that flows, the voids in height and the contraposition of the planes in the entire extension of the three coordinate axes, a new concept of habitability is generated and theme emerges the smart home design by architect Hector Ruiz Velázquez.
Project name
Alvic Smart Home
Architecture firm
Ruiz Velazquez Studio
Photography
Nacho Uribe Zalazar
Principal architect
Héctor Ruiz Velázquez
Design team
David Jabbour (architect) Almudena de Toledo (technical architect)
Interior design
Ruiz Velazquez
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Stone, wood, stucco, Coating lacqued wood panels (Alvic)
Construction
Proyectos y diseños
Typology
Residential › House
Recently, many companies and building owners have been taking an interest in smart buildings for offices. So what does this mean? Like other things that have become smart, smart buildings also mean the same thing. They focus on improving control over the building's operation and environment.
Written by
Genevieve Ebeb Barro
Photography
R ARCHITECTURE
Completed in 2018 by Russian architceture firm Snegiri Architects, the cottage was created as a “passive house”, with the ability to save 90 percent more energy than a regular home thanks to a little technical know-how.
Architecture firm
Snegiri Architects
Photography
Nikita Kapiturov
Principal architect
Nikita Kapiturov
Design team
Snegiri Architecture
Interior design
Nikita Kapiturov
Visualization
Victoria Dementieva
Material
Foundation with cold-proof Swedish plate, carcass with monolith, with cold-proof mineral wool covered with larix wood saturated in natural flax oil
Typology
Residential › House
