Casa Alegría is a vacation rental residence located in Zicatela, Oaxaca, on Mexico's southwest coast. This place is part of the conurbation of Puerto Escondido. With a population of 45,000 inhabitants, it's a calm location, ideal for resting or retiring.
Project name
Casa Alegría
Architecture firm
GARQUITEG
Location
Brisas de Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Principal architect
Enrique García Tinoco
Design team
José Antonio González
Interior design
Benjamin Lambert
Supervision
Ignacio Garcia
Tools used
ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › Residential Single-Family Home, Rental Home, Weekend Retreat, Vacation Home
Owning a vacation home in a wildfire-prone area requires diligent planning and proactive measures to ensure the safety of your property and loved ones.
Written by
Daniel Washington
Photography
Quang Nguyen Vinh
Be it for personal use or a rental home, designing a vacation home carefully can transform your vacation home into a dream come true that offers both enjoyment and financial benefits.
Written by
Margot Johansson
Photography
kroshka Nastya
This modern farmhouse is nestled amidst the lush landscapes of Vietnam and offers a blend of minimalism and enchanting charm of nature. Surrounded by verdant hills, the residence is a serene sanctuary that welcomes residents to escape the frenetic pace of city life.
Project name
Sylvan Serenity Residence: A Modern Haven in Harmony with Nature
Architecture firm
Mahna Momenzade
Location
Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mahna Momenzade
Visualization
Mahna Momenzade
Typology
Residential › Vacation House
Introducing "Oceanic Solitude: Brutalist Coastal Retreat," a visionary architectural marvel perched on the untamed coast of Iceland. This avant-garde residence transcends conventional notions of coastal living, embracing the elemental beauty of its surroundings in a minimalist embrace that captivates the senses.
Project name
Oceanic Solitude: Brutalist Coastal Retreat
Architecture firm
Monika Pancheva
Location
Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland
Tools used
Midjourney AI, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Monika Pancheva
Visualization
Monika Pancheva
Typology
Residential › Retreat, Vacation House
Designing of a dwelling for the family to enjoy holidays, surrounded around lush green mango sanctuary at Halol, near Vadodara. The site at Mango Orchard has fully grown mango trees in your plot, attracts immediately. Beauty of the location, gave an opportunity to evolve a volumetric mass that engages with its surroundings and provides plenty of s...
Project name
Colorful Vacation Home
Architecture firm
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Location
Halol, Vadodara, India
Photography
2613apertures
Principal architect
Manoj Patel
Design team
Manoj Patel, Pooja Jangid, Prajjwal Dave, Manasvi Sur, Priyal Jani, Mahima Bomb and Aishwarya Gupte
Interior design
Manoj Patel Design Studio
Civil engineer
Rohitbhai Prajapati
Structural engineer
Swati Consultant
Material
Brick, stone, rcc
Typology
Residential › Weekend Home
This Spanish vacation home is composed by simple rectangle volumes shifted in plan to create a dynamic aesthetic despite the limited space of the plot. Fluted concrete walls sliced by continuous window openings define this villa as a combination of horizontal stripes alternating solid and glass.
Architecture firm
NOMO STUDIO
Photography
Joan Guillamat
Principal architect
Alicia Casals
Design team
Karl Johan Nyqvist, Jennifer Mendez, Mira Botseva, Blanca Algarra
Collaborators
Windmill Structures, Technal
Structural engineer
Windmill
Environmental & MEP
NOMO STUDIO
Tools used
Revit, Enscape
Construction
Construcciones Fernández Nájera
Material
Concrete, Stone, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Mirror Houses are a pair of holiday homes, set in the marvellous surroundings of the South Tyrolean Dolomites, amidst a beautiful scenery of appletrees, just outside the city of Bolzano. They were designed by architect Peter Pichler.
Project name
The Mirror Houses
Architecture firm
Peter Pichler Architecture
Photography
Oskar Da Riz, Nicolò Degiorgis, Jasmine Deporta
Principal architect
Peter Pichler
Design team
Peter Pichler
Environmental & MEP
Johann Mayr
Client
Angela Sabine Staffler
Typology
Residential › House
