Selva Alegre was created to take inspiration from the surrounding environment, the Andes Mountains in Ecuador. The project was seen as a modern version of the historic Spanish hacienda that dominates the mountainous landscapes from Columbia to Peru.
Project name
Selva Alegre Residence
Architecture firm
Los Chillos, Leppanen Anker Arquitectura
Location
Andes Mountains, Ecuador
Photography
BICUBIK, JAG Studio
Design team
Aaron Leppanen, Gabriela Anker, Sofía Chávez, Ana Belén Acurio, Carolina Rodriguez, Janina Sánchez, Kevin Aragón, Gabriela Valdez, Caroline Dieden
Interior design
Insólito (Veronica Burbano, Camila Burbano)
Civil engineer
Miguel Ángel Salazar, Francisco Vélez, Fabian Miño, Milton Perugachi, Rodrigo Lalaguaña, Alberto Dionicio
Structural engineer
EDIMCA - Rubechi Wood Technology
Landscape
Mònica Bodenhorst
Construction
Miguel Ángel Salazar, Francisco Vélez, Fabian Miño, Milton Perugachi, Rodrigo Lalaguaña, Alberto Dionicio
Typology
Residential › House
I get in the car, turn the keys, listen to the noisy symphony coming from the engine and hit the road to reach my house in the town of Amieira, next to Marinha Grande, land of glass and the mold industry in Portugal.
Project name
Marinha-Grande House - Casa Marinha Grande
Architecture firm
Contaminar Arquitectos
Location
Amieira, Marinha-Grande, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Principal architect
Joel Esperança, Rúben Vaz, Eurico Sousa, Joaquim Duarte
Collaborators
Filipa Pimpão, Ana Carolina, Sara Fernandes. Channeling: Gamiclima
Interior design
Espaço Libris - Leiria
Structural engineer
Grupo Sosoares
Construction
J.A.F. Gameiro
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
"Seed Cabin" is based on the design of a set of modules that connect with nature in an organic way as if it were part of it, under the concept of nature tourism they are located in such a way that to have access to them You need to go through a large part of trails and hills that help to discover these residential areas and generate a different exp...
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Typology
Hospitality, Cabin Hotel
Stone Lodges - Private Residences are spread across a forested hillside. Built on sloping land on the side of a mountain, they are inspired by the grammar of Mountain Lodges and the native design aesthetic.
Project name
Plavu, Kanikonna
Architecture firm
Earthitects
Location
Wayanad, Kerala, India
Photography
Justin Sebastian
Principal architect
George E.Ramapuram
Design team
Irene Koshy, Muhammad Jamaal, Dhyana Priyadarshini, Meme Chauhan
Interior design
Earthitects
Civil engineer
Sarmas Vali
Supervision
Johnson Joseph
Material
Wood, Stone, Textured Plaster, Glass, Eucalyptus Poles
Typology
Residential › House
The villa of ‘The Little Much Farm’ straddles a remote hill side location overlooking the Sahyadri hills of Mulshi and its lake. This is home for a family and their friends to re-engage in the environs of the hills that surround Bombay. The spaces are planned as a series of potential happenings; layered, connected, scalar, with an element of discov...
Project name
The Little Much Farm
Architecture firm
Studio LAB (Language Architecture Body)
Location
Mulshi, Maharashtra, India
Principal architect
Shonan Purie Trehan
Interior design
Language Architecture Body
Structural engineer
Devang Sutaria
Environmental & MEP
Kapse
Material
Steel, Concrete, Slate, Wash crete
Typology
Residential › House
With its stunningly beautiful and balanced architecture, set in a tropical garden with a swimming pool, La Plage is a family‘s paradise. South-facing, absolutely quiet and yet within walking distance of downtown Portals Nous.
Architecture firm
Perlentaucher
Location
Portals Nous, Calviá, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Principal architect
AGC Arquitectura
Design team
Perlentaucher
Interior design
Perlentaucher
Structural engineer
Perlentaucher engineer
Civil engineer
Perlentaucher engineer
Environmental & MEP
Perlentaucher
Construction
Perlentaucher
Typology
Residential › House
The design strategy is formed based on solving two essential issue on the project site. The first issue is to deal with the Mazandaran high humidity, and the second one is to reach a nature-consistent architecture.
Project name
Villa Atlantis
Architecture firm
Artur Architecture Studio
Location
Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max
Principal architect
Artur Omid Azeri
Design team
Niloofar Sedighi Nouri, Amir Asgari, Pouya Bidar, Fatemeh Fatemi, Reza Mahmoudi
Collaborators
Iman Il Beigi, Mostafa Fereydoni, Danyal Azari (Presentation manager), Hadi Azari (Supervisor)
Visualization
Amir Asgari
Client
Ehsan Ravasian, Hamid Lotfi
Typology
Residential › House
This silky shining dwelling is located in a rural expansion area. At first glance this rustic laid back house does not stand out among the surrounding houses. The burnt wood subtly refers to black barns in this area.
Project name
Silky Black House
Architecture firm
Joris Verhoeven Architectuur
Location
Berkel-Enschot, The Netherlands
Photography
John van Groenedaal
Principal architect
Joris Verhoeven
Design team
Joris Verhoeven
Collaborators
casco | Isovlas Oisterwijk BV
Structural engineer
Bureau Simon van Boxtel
Supervision
Joris Verhoeven Architectuur
Construction
Cloïn totaalbouw
Typology
Residential › House
