Los Altos House, located at the heart of Silicon Valley, one of the most creative valleys in the world where imagination drives reality and fiction becomes fact. while large-scale projects have started to revitalize the architectural scene, On a smaller scale, this house seeks to claim its share from this innovative culture and aims to explore and...
Project name
Los Altos House
Architecture firm
Ramin Shirdel Studio
Location
Los Altos, California, United States
Principal architect
Ramin Shirdel
Design team
Ramin Shirdel Studio
Interior design
Ramin Shirdel Studio
Structural engineer
M.SAABER
Landscape
Ramin Shirdel Studio
Visualization
Ramin Shirdel Studio
Tools used
Autodesk , Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Set in a forbidding and spectacular landscape in central Victoria, this house is built from Core Ten Steel, ICF blocks and SIPS panels to provide a high level of thermal insulation. The owner/builder approached Robert Harwood Architects in 2013.
Architecture firm
Robert Harwood Architects
Location
Euroa, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Armelle Habib, Robert Harwood
Principal architect
Robert Harwood
Design team
Robert Harwood (Architect)
Collaborators
Phillip Johnson Landscapes
Interior design
Resident Avenue
Civil engineer
BM Civil Engineers
Structural engineer
BM Structural and Civil
Environmental & MEP
Alex Rentsch
Landscape
Phillip Johnson Landscapes
Construction
Owner Builder
Material
Corten Steel, Zego Insulated Concrete, SIPS Wall Panels
Client
Eddie and Dot Spain
Typology
Residential › House
The project aims to balance architecture with the traditions and history of the site. Elements of traditional Mexican architecture are combined with a repeated structure that creates balconies that wrap around the building.
Project name
Laiva Artwalk
Location
San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Principal architect
Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra
Design team
Pedro Ramirez de Aguilar, Cristóbal Ramirez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra, Daniel Martinez, Alejandro Hernandez, Andres Rubin, Jose pablo Bermudez, Juan Pablo de Pedro
Collaborators
Daniel Manzanares, Antonio Villarreal
Status
Design Development
Typology
Residential › Apartments
We were asked to redesign an existing building which was built during the Venetian period at the aqueduct square of Splantzia, in the old town of Chania. Part of the building is located over the arcade of Roussou Vourdoubas which is an important archaeological site of the Venetian period. However, the place had extensive damages and stability probl...
Project name
Orenda House
Architecture firm
Zeropixel Architects
Location
Chania Old Town, Splantzia, Greece
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Dimitris Koudounakis
Design team
Dimitris Koudounakis, Εvelina Koutsoupaki, Maria Drempela, Eugenia Hatziioannou, Mairy Skounaki
Visualization
Zeropixel Architects
Typology
Residential › House
Through a system of film reels leading the film in a projector, the design transforms into the forms of individual objects, where in place of a film strip, the wheels control the ropes of the roof. The tarp of the roof, a subtle steel construction, and a sheet of corrugated steel create an illusion of light, seemingly provisional “summer” objects.
Project name
Open-Air Cinema Prachatice
Architecture firm
Mimosa Architects
Location
Na Sadech, 383 01 Prachatice, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Petr Moráček, Jana Zoubková, Pavel Matyska
Built area
Built-up Area 218 m²; Usable Floor Area 164 m²
Collaborators
Roofing membrane supplier: Kontis Praha
Material
Steel – supporting structure. Steel sheet – facade. Concrete – stage, auditorium. Textile – roofing. Metal – chairs. Stone – paved areas
Client
Town of Prachatice
The high mountain grassland is an ecosystem that develops forming grassy steppes, locally called "pampas", on more or less flat surfaces that contrast strongly with the surrounding steep landscape, forming a whole floristic mixture that dots the landscape with true phytogeographic islands, those that bring together features of the humid puna.
Project name
Little House in the Pastizal
Architecture firm
Pablo Senmartin Arquitectos
Location
Villa Santa Cruz del Lago, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Andrés Domínguez
Principal architect
Pablo Senmartin
Design team
Giovanna Rimoldi, Estefano Allovero, Juan Ignacio Negri
Structural engineer
Andrés Mole
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Aedas, Shenzhen Capol International & Associates and MLA+B.V. joined hands to win the Shenzhen Construction Industry Ecological & Intelligent Valley Headquarters design competition. The design is set to be a low-carbon smart hub embraced by a lush landscape in Longgang district.
Project name
Shenzhen Construction Industry Ecological & Intelligent Valley Headquarters Phase 1 Urban Planning and Architectural Design
Principal architect
Kelvin Hu, Executive Director; Keith Griffiths, Founder and Global Principal Designer
Design team
Joint venture of Shenzhen Capol International & Associates Co., Ltd, Aedas and MLA+B.V.
Client
Shenzhen Longgang District Urban Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
Casa Cinco, located in the city of Pachuca, seeks to integrate harmoniously into the urban fabric of a city that has adapted to the needs and expectations of contemporary lifestyle, taking advantage of its dynamism and connectivity with the capital of the country.
Architecture firm
SAVE Arquitectos
Location
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
Design team
Agustín Vera Valencia, Israel San Román de la Torre, Juan Carlos Blanco Silva, Eduardo Valencia Alamilla, Juan Arrieta Marín, Fernanda Ventura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Architect Klaudio Muca has combined Midjourney and Photoshop to visualize his idea for Cloudscape: a speculative concept that transcends the boundaries of conventional hot air balloons.
Architecture firm
Klaudio Muca
Tools used
Midjourney, Photoshop AI
Principal architect
Klaudio Muca
Visualization
Klaudio Muca
Typology
Futuristic, AI Architecture
I designed this bungalow that we are planning to build in Ankara, Turkey for me and my wife Ümran Sezgin. I plan to implement and complete the project that I designed in March 2023 in September.
Project name
Ankara Bungalow House
Architecture firm
M.Serhat Sezgin
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
M.Serhat Sezgin
Visualization
M.Serhat Sezgin
Client
M.Serhat Sezgin and Ümran Sezgin
Typology
Residential › House
