Four individual lookouts on the top of the mountain Stráž above Rokytnice nad Jizerou inspired by the characters from the town's coat of arms. The Miner, the Fox, the Sheep, and the Bear provide a view not only of the surrounding landscape, but also from one to another. They are a reference to the past, when smoke signals were sent from the local h...
Project name
The Guard Patrol
Architecture firm
Mjölk architekti
Location
Rokytnice nad Jizerou, Czech Republic
Collaborators
Architecture: Pavlína Müllerová; General contractor: Strix; Statics: Recoc
Built area
Built-up Area 17 m² The Fox 14 m²; The Bear 9 m²; The Sheep 10 m²; The Miner
Client
The Municipality of Rokytnice nad Jizerou
Inspired by the vast wilderness of the Teton Mountain range, Dynia Architects designed this private residence to reflects both the intimacy and openness that one can only experience in the great outdoors. By leaning into the western landscape, they used locally sourced timber and incorporated natural elements in the interior design to help emphasiz...
Project name
Stone Creek Residence
Architecture firm
Dynia Architects
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, USA
Photography
David Agnello
Interior design
Dynia Architects
Civil engineer
Nelson Engineering
Lighting
Helius Lighting Group
Construction
Peak Builders
Typology
Residential › House
In a forest, the ground is never hard. Shoes sink into a soft layer of plant material, a fertile mixture of organic matter that helps the forest flourish. The trees nourish the humus, and the humus nourishes the trees. Why not believe that architecture too can be fertile?
Project name
Satellite Stations
Architecture firm
AMDL CIRCLE
Location
Misc - Expermintal
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3d, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, V-ray, Adobe Aftereffects, Adobe Premiere
Principal architect
Emilio Mossa
Design team
Michele De Lucchi, Emilio Mossa
Typology
Fictional, Animation
It's that time of year again when the leaves start to change color, the air becomes a little crisper, and pumpkin spice everything starts popping up everywhere. Yes, it's almost Halloween!
Nestled in the hills of the Fryman Canyon Estates area in Studio City, California, the Oakdell Residence is a remodel and addition to an existing 1960’s mid-century home. Originally built in 1957, the one-story, 3,900 square feet property remained a kind of a midcentury time capsule until rejuvenated by Assembledge+.
Project name
Oakdell Residence
Architecture firm
Assembledge+
Location
Studio City, California, USA
Photography
Lisa Romerein
Principal architect
David Thompson
Design team
David Thompson (Principal in Charge), Gregory Marin
Interior design
Lisa Strong Design, Susan Mitnick Design Studio
Landscape
Fiore Landscape Design
Construction
Dobkin Construction
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Situated on land that was bought by her great-grandparents, this house is where Carolina, one of the architects of Angá Arquitetura, spent all of her childhood holidays. She went for both summer and winter vacations with her brother and grandmother and stayed for the entire month.
Project name
Araucária Greenhouse | Estufa Araucária
Architecture firm
Angá Arquitetura
Location
Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Carolina Lacaz
Design team
Carolina Gurgel, Gabriela Panico and Camila Caiuby
Collaborators
Móveis de Campos (Carpentry), Serralheria Pinheiro (Sawmill)
Interior design
Angá Arquitetura
Civil engineer
Abitante Engenharia e Arquitetura
Visualization
Angá Arquitetura
Construction
Abitante Engenharia e Arquitetura
Material
Stone, Steel, Glass
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) seem to have been mediated as interdisciplinary tools in most fields, and architecture and design have not failed to join this wave of progress. Professionals in the field have strived to utilize the utmost of this exciting technology by incorporating it into every phase of the project, starting from...
Photography
CarrierJohnson + CULTURE
Block Chain Building is a concept based on the correlation of different technologies, a project that is based on the idea of regeneration through new technologies combined with natural fibers through the growth of programmed plants to be able to regenerate and grow in spaces, also achieving the reconstruction of the same.
Project name
Block Chain Building
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Future Architecture
The project is a new school designed for the town of Birmenstorf in Switzerland. The building has been conceived as a public building where the educational program takes place, selected as part of an invited competition. It is Focketyn Del Rio’s first realized school, challenging the traditional idea of an educational building.
Project name
School Neumatt: School extension of a small town in Switzerland
Architecture firm
Focketyn del Rio Studio GmbH, Basel, Miquel del Rio + Hans Focketyn
Location
Gemeindehausstrasse 17, 5413 Birmenstorf, Switzerland
Photography
Piotr Hraptovich
Design team
Letizia Fürer, Anna Kuhli, Iris Carratala, Juan Pablo Pineda Vergara, Tomas Guerra
Collaborators
Site supervision: Martini Schäfer Baumanagement GmbH; Building energy: GS Bauphysik & Akustik GmbH MVP: Vadea AG Electrical systems: Sepa Elektro Engineering
Structural engineer
Suisseplan Ingenieure AG
Budget
CHF 5.000.000 (including taxes)
Client
Town of Birmenstorf
Typology
Educational, School
Mural wallpaper is the best way to decorate a home, whether you own it or rent it. It's durable and inexpensive, and you can choose from many styles to make your place look classy. Mural wallpaper can make a boring room into a cool one.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych