A Mid-Century Modern and Wabi-Sabi influenced contemporary office in Erode, Tamil Nadu that houses an heirloom textiles operation. The balmy city of Erode is the nucleus of Tamil Nadu’s thriving textile industry and is cloaked in a riot of sound and colour. The location celebrates the harmonious binary coexistence of the old and new, both tingeing...
Project name
The Mill Project
Architecture firm
Quirk Studio
Location
Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Principal architect
Disha Bhavsar and Shivani Ajmera
Completion year
March 2021
Landscape
Surabhi Nursery
Civil engineer
K.K. Interior
Structural engineer
K.K. Interior
Environmental & MEP
K.K. Interior (Electrical & Plumbing)
Lighting
Lightique concept
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
House K Project started with the idea of renovating all infrastructure systems according to today's needs and giving the house’s historical story a modern and valuable new look. It aims to establish a strong and remarkable connection between the old and the new, light and dark, plain and bold.
Architecture firm
Habif Architects
Location
Arnavutköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Principal architect
Setenay Erkul
Design team
Setenay Erkul, Hakan Habif, Ela Bora
Typology
Residential › House
The process of remodeling a kitchen can be frustrating and overwhelming without the right planning. You want to create a cooking space that fits your needs and has modern features to make your culinary experiences more enjoyable. Even if you're looking for easy upgrade ideas on a tight budget, features like pull-out shelves and an eye-catching back...
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
Located in the London Borough of Tottenham, N17, Greyhound Road consists of a ground floor extension, interior refurbishment and loft conversion transforming a rundown, badly converted Victorian terrace property into a light and spacious open plan living space with three double bedrooms, two bathrooms and landscaped garden.
Project name
Greyhound Road
Architecture firm
Mark Fairhurst Architects
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Photography
Mark Fairhurst Architects
Principal architect
Mark Fairhurst
Collaborators
GKR Associates (Party Wall Surveyor)
Interior design
Mark Fairhurst Architects
Structural engineer
Daniel Wallington
Material
Brick, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
Rooted Home is a 2 story apartment for a family of 6. A root evolves under ground, and functions as an anchor. Roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.
Architecture firm
Jacobs-Yaniv Architects
Location
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Principal architect
Tamar Jacobs, Oshri Yaniv
Design team
Tamar Jacobs, Ravit Elia
Collaborators
Ophir Kleiman (Project management), HeziBank (Wooden flooring), Yoav Ovadia (Steel Work)
Interior design
Jacobs-Yaniv Architects
Structural engineer
Buki Snir
Lighting
S.T Or, Beam Design, Edition, Habitat
Material
Concrete, Steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
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Written by
Natalie Crawford
Photography
Delft University of Technology
Located in Jiayiwan plate of Dongguan Binhaiwan New Area, this project occupies the prime lot in the eastern coast of the Pearl River. It is also adjacent to Shenzhen Airport and the International Convention Center, giving it an advantageous geographical location.
Project name
GENZON Binhaiwan Bay Area Industrial Park
Architecture firm
PH Alpha Design
Location
Guangdong, China
Principal architect
Dr. Ping Xu
Design team
Frank Xu, Wilson Wong, Ryan Tong, Lijuan Huang
Client
Genzon Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Typology
Commercial › Mixed-use Development
This is the mausoleum belonging to the founder of the centralized imperial system in China that lasted more than 2,000 years - the First Emperor of Qin, Ying Zheng. The ambience of the mausoleum survived from the rapid urban development in modern China, and providentially keeps the landscape structure of mountains and plains as it was before the co...
Project name
The Bronze Chariots Museum of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum in Xi’an
Architecture firm
ZSA - Atelier Diameter
Location
Inside Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, China
Photography
Trimont Image, Yang Chen
Principal architect
Nan Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zhang
Design team
Lu Gan, Qian Xu, Long Chen, Yaqi Yu, Xiao Sun, Yu Su, Jiling Zhang, Ruonan Chen, Lu Zou, Lingyi Qi (Architectural Design); Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei (Landscape Design); Caimin Zhong, Lijuan Sang (Structural Engineering); Rubo Zhang (Plumbing Engineering); Jiangwei Wang (HVAC Engineering); Chun Gao (Electrical Engineering); Li Wang, Benchi Yan (General Layout Design
Collaborators
Curatorial Consultant & Exhibition Design: Nanjing Baihui Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. Curtain Wall Design: Shanghai Geometry Archi-Design Consulting Co., Ltd.; Signage Design: 2x4 Acoustic Design: ECADI Acoustic and Theatre Special Design & Research Studio Intelligent Design: ECADI UD Architectural Design Institute; Contractor of Main Structure: Shaanxi Construction Engineering No.1 Construction Group Co., Ltd. Exhibition Development & Contractor of Exhibition: Shanghai BroadMesse International Address: 925 Tongpu Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200062 Tel: 021-62120181 Fax: 021-62122022 2 Creative & Technology Co., Ltd.; Translation: Yining Su; Consultants: Tongbin Chen, Kai Cui, Ying Qin
Built area
7998.98 ㎡ (main structure), 565.29 ㎡ (underground supplementary facilities)
Structural engineer
Lijuan Sang, Caimin Zhong
Landscape
Runze Chang, Renwei Ou, Huijie Zhang, Qingxiu Li, Yaya Wei
Lighting
Ning Field Lighting Design Co., Ltd.
Construction
Xi’an Qujiang Daming Palace Investment Group Co., Ltd.
Client
Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Typology
Cultural Architecture › Museum
When the work was commissioned, it was established by request to execute a "habitable module" whose main purpose is to control the entrance to a young and incipient Urbanization to be developed in the South sector of the City of Córdoba, Argentina, a peripheral type territory that It gives on one of the old rural accesses to the Capital, "El Camino...
Project name
Mansos Del Sur Entry
Architecture firm
Grupo Edisur
Location
Cordoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Agustin Aguirre Caudana, Alejandro Mur
Design team
Agustin Aguirre Caudana, Alejandro Mur
Collaborators
Catalina Parodi
Structural engineer
Luciano Quinteros
Landscape
Marcelo Calsina
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Life Tree, Tulum represents an architectural project of 10 apartments and 20 hotel lounges, developed for the Environment of great tourist and landscape value, in a location of natural character in the Yucatan region next to the Atlantic Ocean.
Project name
Life Tree Tulum, Mexico
Architecture firm
DNA Barcelona Architects
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion
Principal architect
Aryanour Djalali
Typology
Hospitality › Eco Hotel & Resort
