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
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
Location
Fictional
Tools used
Stable Diffusion
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.
Project name
Ksaraah
Architecture firm
Taliesyn Design & Architecture
Location
Bangalore Rural, India
Photography
Harshan Thomson
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
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
Photography
Terje Ugandi
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.
Project name
SUSHI ZEN
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
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
With Midjourney's latest version 5 model, I embarked on a journey to rediscover the silk and stone tectonics that I had previously explored. The software bridges the gap between the creative flair of the version 3 model and the realism of the version 4 model, enabling me to create a refined and cohesive output.
Student
Mohammad Qasim Iqbal
University
Nottingham Trent University
Tools used
Midjourney
This project emerged from the need to provide high-quality lodging in an area where most Airbnbs have failed to capture the true essence of the context. Instead of building a generic house that could be anywhere, the team of architects decided to design a structure that reflected the rich local culture and provided guests with a unique and unforget...
Project name
Sierra Madre House
Architecture firm
JALO
Location
Zacatecas, Mexico
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Ecotec, Morpholio, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Just one hour south of Mexico City, the town of Tepoztlán is located within a valley with a pleasant, temperate climate and nestled within three rock formations, including El Tepozteco. These geographic and climatic conditions produce constant and abundant vegetation; it brims with a diversity of flora, and shelters both mountain and subtropical sp...
Project name
La Hacienda Jardín
Architecture firm
Práctica Arquitectura
Location
Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico
Photography
César Béjar, Oscar Hernández

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Zoncuantla Apartments in Coatepec, Mexico by Rafael Pardo Arquitectos