El Torón Reserve is located on the coast of Oaxaca, at the southernmost point of the Mexican Pacific coastline and a few kilometers from Mazunte, between Mermejita and Ventanilla beaches. It is a protected 30-hectare area characterized by mixed vegetation and rugged topography, with steep cliffs and hilltops creating hard-to-reach spots and a uniqu...
Project name
Casa en El Torón
Architecture firm
IUA Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos
Location
Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico
Principal architect
Ignacio Urquiza Seoane
Design team
Michela Lostia di Santa Sofía, Anaís Casas, Paulina Buenrostro, María del Mar Carballo
Collaborators
Alonso García Cano & Santiago Gaxiola (Development)
Interior design
APDA (Ana Paula De Alba) Ana Paula De Alba, Sacha Bourgarel
Civil engineer
Bio-e, Alejandro Lirusso
Structural engineer
Ricardo Camacho
Material
Stone, wood, glass
Typology
Residential › House
Architecture is a dream career for many people – and why wouldn’t it be? It’s high-paid, very creative, and fulfilling. It’s the art of designing a building from scratch. This makes the field magical to those that study it, though getting your degree in it is certainly not easy.
Written by
Clifford Cullens
Photography
CME Center at 10+30 S. Wacker in Chicago, IL by Krueck Sexton Partners
In the town of Bacalar, situated in the state of Quintana Roo, one of the rarest and most beautiful gems of the Caribbean is kept, Casa Málaga. Málaga is a living space located in a centric neighborhood, surrounded by life and that familiar flavor of home.
Architecture firm
Manuel Aguilar Arquitecto
Location
Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photography
Francisco Moreno
Principal architect
Manuel Aguilar
Design team
Manuel Aguilar
Collaborators
Guillermo Reyes (Text Editor)
Interior design
Jesús Ortiz
Structural engineer
Eldad Villanueva
Supervision
Manuel Aguilar
Construction
Manuel Aguilar
Material
Chukum, Pucté wood
Typology
Residential › House
Many people focus on their home’s interior design, but are they doing enough outside? Here are some different ways to decorate your home’s exterior.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
Photography
CORPUS ARCHITECTS
CityVibes is an Indian ethnic menswear brand in India that sells menswear for all festivities and their flagship store’s entrance facade is designed by newness, an architecture firm based out of the city of Jaipur, India. It is located on the busy Tonk Road.
Architecture firm
Newness Architecture
Photography
Bharat Aggarwal
Principal architect
Rajat Upadhyaya
Design team
Rajat Upadhyaya & Kaushal Jain
Tools used
AutoCAD, Sketchup
Typology
Commercial, Retail, Façade Design
A client wanted to have a contrast yet calm-colored interior. The space should be functional, laconic, and versatile. The functional program consists of a living room with a dining area and a kitchen, a master bedroom & master bathroom, 2 rooms for kids, a kids’ bathroom, a guest bedroom & guest bathroom. The total area is 240 sq. m.
Project name
Interiors of a house in Novogorsk
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Location
Novogorsk, Russia
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Render, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Shamsudin Kerimov
Visualization
Kerimov Architects
Typology
Residential › House
The Aldeia house was inspired by the lifestyle of the residents, who just hang out in a bunch, with friends and family. Facing the lake, life takes place around the large central yard, as in a hollow.
Project name
Aldeia House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Esmeraldas, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
This project was based on the concept of dynamics and its local origins- Michelangelo on his search for dynamics and his highest form of expression in the Painting of the "universal justice" where two fingers (of God and man) both in motion, come together but never touch, the maintain the small void between them as the "moment", the instant of what...
Project name
The monument of all motions - Florence Rifredi train station
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Moshe Katz
Visualization
Moshe Katz Architect
Status
Unbuilt, preliminary design, proposal
Typology
Transportation › Train Station,
Our new design and development for a private investor- a beach hotel resort & spa for nudist tourism in the southern beach of the Crete island, where architecture "peels its layers off" , revealing its pure, naked spaces. A radial Resort complex of independent 50sqm villas, with shade skin surfaces, pools, hanging restaurants, overlooking the infin...
Project name
Nudist Beach Resort & Spa, Crete
Architecture firm
Moshe Katz Architect
Location
Diskos Beach, South Crete Island
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Moshe Katz
Visualization
Moshe Katz Architect
Status
Preliminary design/ Permits
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Resort, Spa
Over the past few years, there has been a growing trend of people choosing to live in container homes, made out of shipping containers. The rising popularity of the ‘tiny house’ movement means that there is plenty of inspiration out there for making the most of limited space, and they are usually cheaper and faster to build than traditional homes.
