The Forte House is a 12,075 sqft residence located on a 3 acre land that is set in the midst of a sub urban context on the outskirts of Cochin, Kerala.
Project name
The Forte House
Architecture firm
S Squared Architects
Location
Cochin, Kerala, India
Photography
Khan and Baker
Principal architect
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Design team
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Interior design
S Squared Architects
Structural engineer
Abhilash Joy, Vipin Sivadasan
Visualization
S Squared Architects
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Ferrocement, Metal I sections, Marble, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Built on a lush hillside, Islita offers residents and visitors a unique, eco-friendly and thoughtful way of life in harmony with nature. The Islita Villas embody the idea of emphasizing authenticity and identity to recreate the symbiosis of man and environment, while maintaining the balance between privacy and socialization.
Project name
The Islita, Costa Rica
Architecture firm
APD Arquitectos
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Unreal Engine, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Collaborators
Anna Sheikina
Visualization
Alena Valyavko
Client
The Islita, Costa Rica
Typology
Residential › House
The main concept of the build was to accomplish spaces where the boundaries between inside and outside blur: where the ranges and colors of the environment integrate into the shades of the building, and where the inhabitants can walk barefoot across the considered choice of the same natural stone floor without distinguishing whether they’ve come ou...
Project name
Espacio Kaab
Architecture firm
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Location
Nogueras, Comala, Colima, Mexico
Photography
Lorena Darquea
Principal architect
Matia Di Frenna Müller
Design team
Matia Di Frenna Müller, Mariana de la Mora Padilla, Juan Gerardo Guardado Ávila
Collaborators
Juan Gerardo Guardado Avila
Interior design
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Civil engineer
Juan Gerardo Guardado Avila
Structural engineer
Hugo Saucedo Acosta
Landscape
Di Frenna arquitectos
Lighting
Di Frenna arquitectos
Supervision
Di Frenna arquitectos
Visualization
Di Frenna arquitectos
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, V-ray
Construction
Di Frenna Arquitectos
Material
Concrete, Stone, Wood, Glass, Steel, Soil, Eggshell-colored Chukum stucco
Typology
Residential › House
Located at Mariner’s Mile in Newport Beach, 3101 West Coast Highway is a renovation and adaptive reuse of a 4-story Cape Cod-style building from the 1980s into a modern articulation of the marine coastal aesthetic.
Project name
3101 West Coast Highway
Architecture firm
ShubinDonaldson
Location
Newport Beach, California, United States
Photography
Fotoworks / Benny Chan
Principal architect
Mark Hershman
Design team
Emily Balas, Christiane Dussa
Interior design
ShubinDonaldson
Civil engineer
Joseph C. Truxaw and Associates, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
AMA Group
Lighting
Oculus Light Studio
Construction
Slater Builders
Material
Steel, Wood, Glass
Client
Jakosky Properties Inc.
Typology
Commercial › Office, Adaptive Re-use, Renovation
Dasht-e-chehel villa is an experience to reach an external-internal life in a cold climate. It is about how to stay out of the building and experience snow and rain but still remain in a safe zone. And how to be inside without losing sensory, visual and psychological connection with the outside. And also, how to blur the boundary line between insid...
Project name
Dasht-e-Chehel Villa
Architecture firm
35-51 Architecture Office
Location
Mosha, Damavand, Iran
Photography
Arash Akhtaran, Abbas Yaghooti
Principal architect
Hamid Abbasloo, Abbas Yaghooti, Neda Adiban Rad
Design team
Mohammad Reza Aghai
Interior design
Hamid Abbasloo, Abbas Yaghooti
Landscape
Neda Adiban Rad
Structural engineer
Majid Koolivand
Environmental & MEP
Hamid Abbasloo, Abbas Yaghooti
Construction
35-51 Architecture Office (Hamzeh Jalambadani)
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
The “urban Ideogram” is a 5310 sqft café building located on one of the main streets in Trivandrum city. Since the commercial sustainability of such ventures is of high relevance, the challenge here was to address the question, “How can the architect bring success for a business through design?” Two factors were considered as the answer to this.
Project name
The Urban Ideogram
Architecture firm
S Squared Architects
Location
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Photography
Khan and Baker
Principal architect
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Design team
S Squared Architects
Interior design
S Squared Architects
Structural engineer
Vipin Sivadasan
Environmental & MEP
Jacob
Visualization
S Squared Architects
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Bakery, Café cum restaurant
Designing interiors of healthcare facilities is far more complicated than most people realize. It's not simply a case of choosing pretty furniture and paintings to brighten up the place – there's a lot more to it than that. Every design element must be carefully considered to create an aesthetically pleasing and functional environment.
Photography
Ketsiree Wongwan
The brief was to construct a party hideout space for the client along with his family and friends, providing adequate privacy from the adjacent plots.
The site is located in a gated community of 200 plots in Karamsad, Gujrat. The site is 50 feet by 83 feet plot with south facing approach road and adjacent plots on the east and west. The site is co...
Project name
Desert Villa
Architecture firm
Ace Associates
Location
Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ashish Patel, Nikhil Patel, Nilesh Dalsania, Vasudev Sheta
Typology
Residential › House
In KOŁO contest, students of architecture and young architects can take part. Their competition task is creating of conception of functional pavilion, located next to Orangery of Palace in Wilanów, including the historical context of the place (residence and royal gardens).
Organizer
Geberit sp. z o.o., ul. Postępu 1, 02-676 Warsaw
Category
The conceptual design of the facility with public toilet function
Eligibility
This is an open contest, and any adult natural persons with full legal capacity and place of residence in Poland, in another Member State of the European Union, or in Ukraine or Belarus shall be eligible to participate, provided that their submitted works will not be related to their business activity and will not be produced as part of their business. Employees, associates, and representatives of the Organizer and the Partner, individuals involved in the organization of the Contest, as well as their close family members shall not be eligible for the Contest. The close family member shall be understood as: the spouse, ascendants, descendants, siblings, relatives in the same line or degree, adoptive persons and their spouses, as well as cohabitants. The Organizer reserves the right to request written statements from the Contest Participants to confirm that the aforesaid conditions have been met.
Register
www.konkurskolo.pl
Awards & Prizes
Grand Prix 19 000 PLN, Honours: 7 000 PLN, 3 000 PLN, 1 000 PLN Special Prizes: 3 000 PLN, 2 000 PLN, Debut of the year
Entries deadline
Queries may be sent to the Organizer via the electronic registration form by 7 June 2021 (subject: "2021 Koło Contest"). Participants may upload their Works at www.konkurskolo.pl Website until 11 October 2021, 23:59.
Venue
Huciska Glade, in Chochołowska Valley, Tatra National Park
Price
Registration free of charge
Located at Cais das Pedras, near the Porto Customs House, this old building, in an advanced state of degradation, was once part of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro's wine warehouse. Due to its relevance in the design of Porto's waterfront, the proposal respects the original layout, enhanced by the creation of a central sq...
Project name
Hotel Cais Novo
Architecture firm
Paulo Merlini Architects
Tools used
Autodesk Revit
Principal architect
Paulo Merlini
Visualization
Yury Shurinov
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
