Ascending with the natural rock formations the heavy mass attempts to exemplify the significance of the desert landscape in comparison to human form insignificant by terms of scale. Using forced perspective with both void and shape, the user is directed through an artificial canyon designed to build tension before the release of entry into the home...
Architecture firm
Zyme Studios
Location
Yucca Valley, California, USA
Principal architect
Cody Hall, Kaylin Hall
Visualization
Zyme Studios
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Electric window openers can offer a number of benefits. Should they be installed on commercial buildings? Let’s find out.
Written by
Mildred Austria
Our proposal for the Shenzhen Bay Super Head-quarters Base is a radical departure from more traditional and increasingly outmoded models of urban design.
Project name
Shenzhen Headquarters Super Bay
Architecture firm
Leeser Architecture
Principal architect
Thomas Leeser, Leeser Architecture
Design team
Associate: Alican Taylan
Collaborators
Arup (Structure)
Landscape
Leeser Architecture
Structural engineer
ARUP, New York
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
A lot of outdoor lighting can be seen as gimmicky, and many people don’t know how to pick it out. But the truth is, there are factors to consider when looking for outdoor lighting that will complement your home’s designs. This blog post will offer a few tips to get you started finding the right lighting for your home.
Written by
Liliana Alvarez
Photography
Alexandre Zveiger
Facing east towards the iconic skyline of Seattle, this refined and sophisticated beach house occupies a double waterfront lot on Bainbridge Island’s Rockaway Beach. Views capture the life of the Salish Sea—ships, ferries, and sailboats—a kaleidoscope of twinkling lights and colors.
Project name
Rockaway Beach Residence
Architecture firm
Eerkes Architects
Location
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
Principal architect
Les Eerkes
Design team
Lauren Rist (Project Manager)
Collaborators
Allworth Design (landscape architecture), Quantum Consulting Engineers (structural engineering), Toth Construction (general contractor)
Visualization
Notion Workshop
Typology
Residential › House
The Property is designed under the concept of the combination of industrial elements that contrast with the apparent luxury, three elements that generate energy through waterfalls that create an energy cycle capable of sustaining the house as a functional machine that, as a visual purpose, creates the appearance of being suspended on the hill
Project name
Mansion of the Waters
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
The Hudson Yards project has attracted criticism and love in almost equal measure. Many consider its design a classic case of uninspired architectural plagiarism, with Oliver Wainwright, a Guardian writer, calling it “an architectural fiasco.” Others hate the Hudson Yards project for its funding sources.
Photography
Budgeron Bach
Accessibility is an important factor when it comes to the home. People should have homes that are easily accessible and comfortable for those that have mobility issues, especially at a time when many are living to be a lot older.
Written by
Liliana Alvarez
Photography
LUZ Architecture Photography
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
Category
Architecture, Environment, Culture, Vernacular, Sustainability
Buy
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Language
English translation from original Italian - Sylvia Adrian Notini
Size
Pocket (5 by 7 inches)
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
Principal architect
Alberto Dana, Daniel Dana, Karen Goldberg
Collaborators
Furniture: Cattelanitalia, Minotti, Poliform
Interior design
Concepto Taller de Arquitectura
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Marble, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › Apartment
