In harmony with its surroundings along the coast of Mexico, this vacation home embraces beauty as well as durability. Custom concrete walls matched to the color of local sand were poured in lifts to create a unique wavy texture that shifts as the light changes throughout the day. “As you approach the property,” notes Sharon Okada, Senior Project Ma...
Project name
Baja Beach House
Architecture firm
Walker Warner Architects
Location
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Photography
Douglas Friedman
Principal architect
Greg Warner
Design team
Senior Project Manager: Sharon Okada. Architectural Staff: Anja Hämäläinen
Collaborators
Cabo Development
Landscape
Lutsko Associates
Construction
Cabo Development
Typology
Residential › House
Xingyao Science and Innovation Park is located in Hangzhou Hi-Tech Zone, surrounded by many science and technology parks and industrial parks. Both sides of the Park are old industrial buildings built at the end of the last century and a small number of newly-emerging science and technology parks.
Project name
Xingyao Science and Innovation Park
Location
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
Yang Ming
Design team
Li Wei, Zhang Cheng, Xue Xubang, Xu Liping, Chen Xin, Yu Jianwei, Sun Li
Collaborators
Project Chief Designer: Li Wei
Design year
2018 Jan – 2020 March
Interior design
Matrix Design
Structural engineer
Ren Guangyong, Wang Xiaodi, Liu Bin, Xue Jinke, Li Songhai, Li Gen, Tang Xuchao, Sun Dianyu, Ye Wuqiang
Environmental & MEP
Water Supply and Drainage: Zhang Bin, Hong Lijing. HVAC: Tang Yonghui, Zhong Tianli. Electrical: Tong Xinhong, Gu Kaiwei, Pan Xiaoyan
Material
Glass (Qibin Glass), Aluminum Plate (Xingfa Aluminum)
Client
Xingyao Holding Group
Typology
Commercial › Office Building, Mixed-use Development
On the edge of John McLaren Park and adjacent to the Sunnydale and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods, the new Herz Recreation Center will connect people to the park and to each other.
Project name
Herz Recreation Center
Architecture firm
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Design team
Marsha Maytum, Gregg Novicoff, Corey Schnobrich, Sara Sepandar, Dominique Elie, Ian Ashcraft-Williams, Jasen Bohlander, Sally Lape, Aruna Bolisetty, Kirk Nelson, Chris Longman, Lindsey Trogdon
Visualization
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Client
City of San Francisco Recreation and Park Development with Mercy California and Related
Typology
Recreation Center
Entries for The Architecture Drawing Prize 2023 are now open and with just over a month left to submit your work!
Organizer
The Architecture Drawing Prize
Category
Hand-drawn, Digital and Hybrid (combining the two)
Eligibility
Entries are welcomed from architects, designers and students from around the world
Register
https://worldarchitecturefestival.com/live/en/page/drawing-prize
Awards & Prizes
Category winners will receive complimentary tickets to the Festival, which will include a panel discussion featuring a number of award judges and a gala dinner award presentation ceremony
Entries deadline
8 September 2023
Venue
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Price
Standard submission entry for the prize is £99 with a reduced rate of £49 for all entries by students and under-30s
In the heart of Brisbane, Britt White Studio has crafted a luxurious modern home, for a global executive who wanted to create a peaceful haven for his family. Occupying the penthouse level of Le Bain, a luxurious 15-story award-winning development in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead, sits a modern family retreat. Splitting their time between San Fra...
Project name
Le Bain Penthouse, Brisbane
Architecture firm
Cavcorp
Location
Newstead, Brisbane, Australia
Design team
Britt White Studio
Interior design
Britt Howard, Design Principal, Britt White Studio
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
Britt White Studio
Status
Completed and Inhabited
Typology
Residential › House, Family home featuring Jungle Oasis children's bedroom
With the rise of women's independence in the new era, words such as “ease and confidence”, “undefined” and “live sparkling” are increasingly emphasized in the process of self-pursuit. Besides, the economy with self-pleasing as its demand has all the more contributed to the rapid rise of the beauty industry.
Interior design
MOSOM DESIGN
Principal designer
Zhongchen Jin
Design team
Ting Xiu, Shihao Guo, Fengxian Zhao
Completion year
March 2023
Typology
Commercial › Store
Casa L13, situated in Mexico City, exemplifies spatial organization and structural dynamics. The architectural match arises from a keen interest in maximizing the inflow of natural light into the interior.
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Photography
Jaime Navarro
Principal architect
Benjamín Romano
Material
Concrete, Steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
“Casa Seba” is a summer housing project, located in Tafí del Valle, a holiday villa located at Tucumán, at the northwest of Argentina.
Architecture firm
Etéreo Arquitectos
Location
Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Santiago Vittar, Diego Madrid, Daniel Tello
Design team
Emilia Martos, Isolda Elias, Franco Veneziano
Collaborators
Salvador Ingrao
Landscape
Lolo Nagore Landscape Architect
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, SketchUp, Corel Draw Graphic Suites, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Stone, Steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
“Casa Piedra” is a summer housing project, located in Tafí del Valle, a holiday villa located at Tucumán, at the northwest of Argentina. The area present a desert climate with great thermal range, which allows warm temperatures during the day and cool temperatures during the night.
Project name
(Casa Piedra) Stone House
Architecture firm
Etéreo Arquitectos
Location
Las Siringuillas Private Neighborhood, Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Santiago Vittar, Diego Madrid, Daniel Tello
Design team
Natalia Gimenez, Isolda Elías, Angie Martin, Facundo Tapia, Santiago Robledo Salas
Structural engineer
Fundamenta Engineering
Landscape
Lolo Nagore Landscape Architect
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, SketchUp, Corel Draw Graphic Suites, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Studio PPBA: A report published by NITI Aayog, (Government of India) mentioned that
India was undergoing the worst water crisis in its history; that nearly 600 million people were
facing high to extreme water stress.
Project name
Women Empowerment Shelter
Architecture firm
Studio PPBA
Location
Loni BK, Dist : Bijapur, Karnataka, India
Design team
Shubhankar J, Sakshi C, Priyank B, Dhara N, Pankaj B, Pallavi A
Civil engineer
Sanjay Padwal
Structural engineer
Swapnil Bhawsar
Client
Misereor, Indienhilfe e.V
Typology
Residential › Shelter
