Strong Arm House is the bold response to a demanding brief to suit a busy family of seven who requested a flexible and practical home to suit their evolving needs. A modest bungalow is reconfigured and extended via a contemporary addition to create a sense of place for the young family.
Project name
Strong Arm House
Architecture firm
MCK Architects
Location
Middle Park, Australia
Photography
Felix Mooneeram
Principal architect
Mark Cashman
Design team
Dominic Levene, Jacobo Smeke Levy, Greg Bachmayer, Judith Dechert, Rowena Marsh
Collaborators
ITM Design (Hydraulic engineer)
Interior design
K.P.D.O (Interior Decoration)
Civil engineer
Van der Meer Consulting
Structural engineer
Van der Meer Consulting
Environmental & MEP
Hampton Sustainability
Landscape
The Spectrum Group
Visualization
MCK Architects
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
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Photography
Capri23auto (cover image)
Designing an apartment for an artist may seem like a real challenge, but Aga Kobus and Grzegorz Goworek from Studio Organic accepted it without hesitation. The more so because the client wanted to live in accordance with the idea of „less is more”, which is also close to architects.
Architecture firm
Studio Organic
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Aga Kobus
Design team
Aga Kobus, Grzegorz Goworek
Visualization
Michał Nowak Visualizations
Typology
Residential/ Appartment
Overlooking Queenstown’s Lake Wakatipu and boasting stunning views out to Cecil Peak and the nearby mountain ranges, Waiora is possibly New Zealand’s finest home. Peacefully nestled in an exclusive gated community surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature, the home is just a short 8-minute drive from the heart of Queenstown.
Location
Queenstown, New Zealand
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Peter Marment
Design team
B Group with Design Base Architecture
Built area
1245 m² including decks
Visualization
Walker & Co
Client
Early Ground Works
Typology
Residential › House
The building earned the name, "Tessalace" owing to its tessellated façade design. Oxford dictionary defines, tessellate – as a pattern of repeated shapes, especially polygons that fit together closely without gaps or overlapping. Visibly, the structure of the building is enveloped in a membrane of tessellated polygons, an array of solid and voids i...
Architecture firm
Studio Ardete Pvt Ltd.
Location
Plot no 1563 , sector 82 JLPL industiral Estate, Mohali (Punjab) India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna Aggarwal
Collaborators
R S Builders
Structural engineer
Continental Foundations
Construction
Ravijeet Singh
Material
Reinforcement bars, Cement, Paints, Glass
Typology
Commercial › Office Space
Our challenge in this project, according to the demands of the employer, has been to find an answer to link all the demands in the form of a single answer. Each element of the design is responsible for several parts of the problem at the same time. The best solution for a set of needs from the outside, the building seems to be formed by the invisib...
Project name
Driveway Bank
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Design team
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio, Amirhosein Nourbakhsh
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
An architect who has defied gravity with stunning neo-Futurist buildings and bridges. This is how one will describe Santiago Calatrava if one is an aspiring architect with dreams of soaring buildings. Calatrava is an iconic figure in postmodern architecture.
Photography
Wokandapix (cover image)
Located southeast of the city of Morelia immersed in a residential area located a few steps from one of the main avenues that connect the city, the DRD house is located. The house arises as a result of the need of the clients, dentists by profession, to project, to build and inhabit a residence totally adjusted to their needs.
Architecture firm
Dehonor Arquitectos
Principal architect
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Design team
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Collaborators
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Interior design
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Civil engineer
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Structural engineer
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Environmental & MEP
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Landscape
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Lighting
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Supervision
Roberto Nuñez Dehonor
Visualization
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Cristian Roberto Nuñez Avila
Material
Concrete, Wood, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Everyone’s living room should be a place where you can totally unwind & relax after a long day. Not everyone’s space, however, is set up for relaxation - perhaps you need a revamp, or you’re in a bit of a home style rut... Whatever you need, let us talk you through 5 ways to bring a sense of relaxation, well being and general cosiness into your liv...
Written by
Liliana Alvarez
Photography
Ney Architects
The challenge of the project was to design "... a studio that does not see the house, and a house that does not see the studio." The house is immersed in a country context, where a piece of land is located, among beech trees. The design is conceived from the premise of not touching any tree.
Project name
Black House (Casa Negra)
Architecture firm
ArquitectónicA
Location
Consolapan, Coatepec, Veracruz
Photography
Raúl Meza Yarmuch, Valentina Aguilera Yarmuch
Principal architect
Cecilia Yarmuch, Alejandro Aguilera
Design team
Cecilia Yarmuch + Alejandro Aguilera
Collaborators
Reynaldo Martínez, Sergio Amante
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
