The tourist attraction city of Sorkhrud, located by the waters of the Caspian Sea, has suffered from a lack of proper public places for many years. At Kalbod Design Studio, we decided to address this issue by creating a tourism center in this area to provide an awe-inspiring public space for entertainment and communication between the locals and to...
Project name
Tourist Center Sorkhrud
Architecture firm
Kalbod Design Studio
Location
Sorkhrud, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Twinmotion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Nasrin Eghtesadi, Yahya Bassam, Zahra Tavasoli, Parnian Hasanpor
Visualization
Ziba Baghban, Sara Rajabi
The brief was to design a residential space for a family of five member. Client is an business men and passionate about photography of wildlife animals. The brief was to design spaces giving adequate privacy along with openness to the built and considering context while designing the house. The site of 5614sq.ft. is located in Anand, Gujarat with w...
Project name
Vithalesh Residence
Architecture firm
Ace Associates
Location
Anand, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ashish Patel, Nikhil Patel, Nilesh Dalsania, Vasudev Sheta
Interior design
Ace Associates
Structural engineer
Ace Associates
Environmental & MEP
Ace Associates
Lighting
Aakar Consultant
Material
Concrete, Brick, Stone, Steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
G+D house is located in the area of Huentelauquen in Canela, Chile. A coastal desert area that is notable for its arid geography, powerful solar radiation, and predominant winds. The project seeks to transform these conditions into its main design element to provide a passive solution to these problems. In order to achieve this, a wooden skin is cr...
Architecture firm
Guimpert Atelier Architecture
Location
Huentelauquen, Canela, Chile
Photography
Aryeh Kornfeld
Principal architect
Eduardo Guimpert
Design team
Eduardo Guimpert, Katia Ivanovic-Zuvic
Structural engineer
Cubo Ingenieria, Timber
Supervision
Eduardo Guimpert
Visualization
Guimpert Atelier Architecture
Tools used
Mechanized wood
Construction
AMAS Arquitectura
Client
Andres Guimpert & Macarena Dippel
Typology
Residential › House
The Matutu House, It's the last house on the last street, It has “ma”, Japanese space-time, Interval, Way to turn off the city, And turn on the woods.
Project name
Matutu House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Brumadinho, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
Will the cities that we are building stand the test of time? Are we eluded by the fantasy of ‘novelty’, confusing it with ‘beauty’? If our metropolises are over-saturated and polluted due to our short sightseeing or how little we were informed, how does that speak to our current urban and architectural practices?
Project name
The Cities We Build
Architecture firm
Hassan Ragab
Tools used
Stable Diffusion
Principal architect
Hassan Ragab
Visualization
Hassan Ragab
Typology
AI Architecture, Futuristic
A weekend retreat in southern India that embraces nature and re-imagines living. Nestled in lush coconut and areca tree plantations with the mighty Savandurga Hill – one of the largest monolith hills in Asia – framing its backdrop, Ksaraah is a weekend retreat in rural Bengaluru, India, that reimagines living in the embrace of nature.
Architecture firm
Taliesyn Design & Architecture
Location
Bangalore Rural, India
Photography
Harshan Thomson
Principal architect
Shalini Chandrashekar, G.S. Mahaboob Basha
Design team
Siri, Yatheesh Kune, Vishnu Naidu
Civil engineer
SS Constructions
Structural engineer
Sigma Consultants
Environmental & MEP
Taliesyn, Deva Enterprises, Blue Star, Surendra Plumbing Works
Material
Concrete, wood, steel, stone, glass
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the San Francisco Potrero Hill neighborhood, the existing building had many opportunities to open up for a fantastic bay area view and to let natural light pour inside. The project included a major addition to the existing structure and a complete gut remodel of the entire property. A new three-story staircase with 40' high vertical cabl...
Project name
Carolina Residence
Architecture firm
Mahya Salehi Studio Architecture + Interiors
Location
898 Carolina street, San Francisco, USA
Photography
Suzanna Scott
Principal architect
Mahya Salehi
Design team
Mahya Salehi, Kim Fadardi, Mahram Akhavan
Collaborators
Previous Architects (Baran Studio Architecture)
Interior design
Mahya Salehi Studio Architecture + Interiors
Structural engineer
Seri N. Wattana
Construction
Type VB Wood frame
Material
Equitone exterior siding and horizontal cedar siding
Typology
Residential › House, Single family residence with in-law unit below
Estonia is a country of wetlands, lakes and forests. Pristine nature is apparently the purest force that connects us and ties our origins together. This Embassy is a small piece of Estonia in the centre of London, and the primaeval landscapes of the interior are like a letter from home. The peat bogs on the walls, chairs and carpets, the thicket, a...
Project name
Estonian Embassy in London
Architecture firm
Studio ARGUS
Location
44 Queens Gate Terrace, Kensington, SW7 5PJ London, United Kingdom
Principal architect
Margit Argus
Design team
Margit Argus, Margit Aule, Kaur Käärma
Collaborators
Architecture: Pelle-Sten Viiburg (Doomino Arhitektid); Chandeliers: Margus Triibmann, Kard Männil (Keha3); Nature photos: Arne Ader (Loodusmees Ltd); Renovation: MY Construction & Carpentry Ltd.
Lighting
Priit Tiimus, Tipriit Valgusdisain
Client
Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Located at No. 33 Wusi Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, the Japanese banquet restaurant was renovated from a 200-year-old building set up in the Republic of China and provides Japanese banquets with a history of 300 years, facing the Forbidden City, a 600-year-old imperial palace.
Architecture firm
LDH Architectural Design
Location
F2, No. 33 Wusi Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Photography
As you see - Wang Ting; Video: SheShiDu - Zhang Peng
Principal architect
Liu Daohua
Design team
Liu Daohua, Cheng Qianyuan, Guan Ji, Shi Naixin, Wang Xiaonuo, Xie Dafeng, Lan Pengzhen, Wang Shang
Collaborators
Brand Consultant: Beijing XinYu Brand Consultant Co., Ltd.
Lighting
Beijing Light-House Lighting Design Co. Ltd.
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant
Under the zenithal light that enters through the roof of the 4.5 meter high central space of the house, its inhabitants can enjoy the surrounding landscape through the large windows that end in two of its perimeter patios and a large terrace that extends into the terrain by means of vegetated platforms. The rooms and services located in three cells...
Project name
El Aguacate (Casa el aguacate)
Architecture firm
Práctica Arquitectura
Location
El Barrial, Nuevo León, Mexico
Photography
César Béjar, Dove Dope
Principal architect
David Martínez Ramos
Design team
José Flores Buzo, Eduardo Sosa, Andrés Dillon
Civil engineer
Federico Guerra
Landscape
Práctica Arquitectura
Lighting
Práctica Arquitectura
Construction
Federico Guerra
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
