Today, traditional dwellings, adapted to climate, culture, and context, are gradually replaced by dwellings informed by imported fashions and by an abstract knowledge, insensitive to the subtle knowledge achieved through a deep experience of nature and local climate, and its potential in terms of adaptation and manipulation.
Title
THE FUTURE IS A JOURNEY TO THE PAST Ten Stories About Architecture
Author
Mario Cucinella
Category
Architecture, Environment, Culture, Vernacular, Sustainability
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The proposal of the ZC family apartment, located in Bosques de las Lomas, is to generate spacious spaces, having a double height in the dining room, with wooden panels that surround and guide users through all spaces. A marble soffit that connects the common area and the private area stands out. The blacksmith lattice generates versatility and move...
Project name
Departamento ZC
Architecture firm
Concepto Taller de Arquitectura
Location
Bosques de las Lomas, Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Agustín Garza
A private outdoor space was also intended. However, instead of the common backyard, the approach was to provide a middleyard, in order to achieve some privacy in the outdoor space. The house was designed in a “C” shape, turning its back to the surroundings and facing an interior patio that opens only in an unobstructed area.
Project name
Middleyard
Architecture firm
LIMIT Studio
Location
Trofa, Portugal
Photography
Alexander Bogorodskiy
The Barrancas House is the result of the restoration of a house built in the seventies in Mexico City, which didn´t have any attract at first but had great spatial potential. It became a challenge for our office to create a home focusing on incredible attention to detail, modernity and discovery of the different spaces and levels to generate expect...
Project name
Barrancas House
Architecture firm
Ezequiel Farca Studio
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro, Roland Halbe
Cultivating elegance in the everyday. Located in the North Bund of Hongkou District, Hall of the Sun is a 180,000 square meter commercial hub with an emphasis of nature in the design, including its curvilinear facade and a 3-storey-high biophilic food hall under Shanghai’s largest skylight roof canopy. Informed by the organic architecture, Lukstudi...
Project name
Refining the Ordinary
Interior design
LUKSTUDIO
Location
No. 181 Rui Hong Road, Hong Kou District, Shanghai, China
Photography
Peter Dixie, Yui Zhang
The housing complex, located not far from the German border, develops three types of architecture that respond to different urban situations. Thus, the surrounding environment is an integral part of the project, and the landscape is integrated into it until it is transformed.
Project name
Jeanne D ́Arc Residence
Architecture firm
Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Location
2 avenue Pont de l’Europe, Strasbourg, France
Photography
Takuji Shimmura
Vacation Home is a perfect place for relaxing that the family belongs to during holiday or a place to live in retired life. For this reason, the design based on understanding of surrounding environment is important to enhance an incredible retreat for this place. This house is located along Nakhon Nayok River with many questions arises towards this...
Project name
Baan Nakhonnayok Riverside
Architecture firm
Sata Na Architects co.,ltd
Location
Nakhonnayok, Thailand
Photography
Rungkit Charoenwat
Our Narrabeen Relocatable Home involved the replacement of a relocatable home within Narrabeen Caravan Park, with a strong environmental focus on passive design and sustainable materials.
Project name
Narrabeen relocatable home
Architecture firm
buck&simple: doers of stuff
Location
Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia
Photography
Kurt Crisp
Nestled into a cliff and backing onto a forest, Ancient Cedars Residence turns its attention inward to a warm and inviting interior. A rich textured material pallet creates a sense of depth and history. Reclaimed timbers, Corten steel, and textured concrete are a few of the unique finishes in this home.
Project name
Ancient Cedars
Architecture firm
Openspace Architecture
Location
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Photography
Ema Peter

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