This restored four-bedroom villa in Galle welcomes its guests with curated design and an acre of lush greenery. Elegant, discreet, curatorial and historical are just a few of the adjectives commonly used to describe Doornberg. This member of The Aficionados —a leading travel resource for those seeking luxurious accommodations that combine design.
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Photography
Banuka Vithanage
The assignment (or our wish) was to find and renovate one of the Lanzarote houses while respecting the "national" colors of Lanzarote - i.e. white and green. On this Canary Island, there are very strict regulations regarding building height, building density and, above all, its color.
Project name
Villa Amonita Lanzarote
Location
Calle Tara 3, Tiagua, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Spain
Photography
Romana Ella Plaček
Principal architect
Radka Valová
Material
Concrete blocks - bed bases, partitions, screens against the wind. Cast concrete - counters under the sinks in the bathrooms, terrace dining table, barbecue kitchen. Natural lava stone - patio wall cladding, the largest piece used as a support for the bathroom sink counter. Plasterboard - shelves in the living room, false ceiling in the shower. Aluminum - stair railing. Solid wood - entrance and interior doors, dining table, chairs. Lacquered mdf - visible surfaces of the kitchen. Artificial stone - kitchen worktop. Ceramic tiles - bathrooms. Special waterproof paint - floors, showers, pool. Fabric - shading, upholstered headboards, furniture
Client
Radka Valova, Jakub Vala
Typology
Residential › Villa
At the suburbs of Thessaloniki, in Oreokastro , you can find Villa PieL, designed by the office Ark4lab of Architecture, based in Greece. The building is developed in two levels, astride a linear axus, in a way that the volume formation conveys the different functions of the space.
Architecture firm
Ark4lab of Architecture
Location
Thessaloniki, Greece
Photography
Giorgos Sfakianakis
Principal architect
George Tyrothoulakis
Design team
Giorgos Tyrothoulakis, Evdokia Voudouri, Giannis Papakostas, Dimitris Georgiou
Collaborators
Alexandros Theologou, EMDC
Interior design
Ark4lab of Architecture
Landscape
Ark4lab of Architecture
Structural engineer
Dimitris Georgiou
Civil engineer
Alexandros Theologou
Construction
Ark4lab of Architecture
Supervision
Ark4lab of Architecture
Visualization
Ark4lab of Architecture
Typology
Residential › Villa
Located on the Algarve west coast, this luxurious Villa enjoys a privileged seafront location. The land has a steeply sloping topography, which has contributed to an extraordinary sun exposure.
Project name
Villa Fortaleza
Architecture firm
Vieira de Moura Architects
Location
Budens, Vila do Bispo (Algarve), Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Hugo Moura
Collaborators
Acoustic Design: Ac+Coger, Lda Fluids Engineering: Savec, Lda.
Structural engineer
Savec, Lda.
Landscape
Jardíssimo, Unipessoal Lda.
Lighting
Protega, Eletrotecnia, Lda.
Supervision
Veritate – Projetos e Fiscalização de Engenharia
Visualization
Vieira de Moura Architects
Construction
Sereno & Perfeito – Sociedade de Construções, Lda.
Typology
Residential › House
This case is an exquisite villa built with the ancient construction regulations of the Suzhou-style. In this Chinese-style house, BDSD Boundless Design blends poetic grace and luxury and beauty, weaving a new dreamlike romantic tune between Shanghai-style and New Chinese-style.
Project name
Beautiful Season at HUI
Architecture firm
BDSD Boundless Design
Location
Huaibei, An’hui Province, China
Photography
Hanmo Vision,Yi Gao
Principal architect
Lin Wenke, Sun Zhengyuan
Design team
Wu Ruikang, Su Rixian, He Haiquan, Pan Meijia, Xu Zhaoyang. Soft Decoration Design: BDSD Boundless Design / Dong Hongqiong, Ye Jiaxin
Construction
An’hui Shanshui Decoration
Typology
Residential › House
This residence is connected to it like a layer of the mountain and as if it is a part of it, but with a different color from its surroundings, it stands out from a distance.
Architecture firm
Sajad Motamedi
Location
Alula, Saudi Arabia
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Sajad Motamedi
Visualization
Sajad Motamedi
Typology
Residential › House
Enzo Villa is located on one of the most beautiful beaches in the north of Iran, next to the sea of Mazandaran, around the city of Nowshahr. In this project, instead of always using the open area as a passive courtyard, special courtyards for residents are designed in all levels.
Architecture firm
TAASH Design & Construction Studio
Location
Mazandaran Province, Iran
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Revit, Lumion, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mehdi Mokhtari
Design team
Golrokh Heydarian, Alma Shahraki, Fariba Khalili, Ali Karimi, Soleimanifar, Jafari, Gasemzadeh
Visualization
TAASH Architecture Studio
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › Villa
Villa Avellana, by SARCO Architects Costa Rica is an award-winning modern tropical ultra-luxury residence with a vision of how to create an ultimate luxury destination which at the same time would feel like a casual home away from home for its owners and guests. I
Project name
Villa Avellana
Architecture firm
Sarco Architects Costa Rica
Location
Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Photography
Andrés García Lachner
Principal architect
Roderick Anderson
Design team
Roderick Anderson, Rebeca Montero
Interior design
Sens Interior Design
Structural engineer
Sismocon
Environmental & MEP
Circuito Engineering & Eco i Eco ecoconsultores
Lighting
Sarco Architects Costa Rica
Supervision
Sarco Architects Costa Rica
Visualization
Sarco Architects Costa Rica
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Twinmotion
Construction
Sarco Architects Costa Rica
Material
Concrete, aluminum frame windows, natural teak wood, natural local stone, porcelain tiles
Typology
Residential › House
