A new family home was built in place of an old cherished childhood holiday hut, acknowledging the hut's influence on the new design. Given the area's shift toward family home construction and the sentimental value attached to the old hut, preserving its appearance was deemed fitting for the new project.
Project name
Hut-Inspired House
Architecture firm
Atelier Hajný
Location
Říčany, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Martin Hajný
Design team
Alex Yeloyeva
Collaborators
Project documentation and construction: 3AE
Built area
Built-up area 116 m², Gross floor area 216 m², Usable floor area 180 m²
Material
CLT panels – structure. Charred wood – facade. Cement floor, bathroom wall surfaces. 1 Oak veneer – light wood furniture, interior doors. Birch veneer – dark wood furniture
Typology
Residential › House
Modern cottage in the Krkonoše Mountains with a simple, archetypal form and modest material composition. ADR designed the house itself, the basic layout, and the concept of furniture placement, while Formafatal provided specific interior solutions, including internal surfaces, furniture, and finishing elements.
Architecture firm
ADR [architecture], Formafatal [interior design]
Location
Krkonoše, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Aleš Lapka, Petr Kolář [ADR] Katarína Varsová, Petra Dagan [Formafatal]
Design team
Anna Vildová, Ondřej Krajdl [ADR]
Collaborators
Chief engineer: RVA architects [Ing. Roman Vejmelka]. Construction: 3K stavby. 1 Management – interior realization: Tomáš Kalhous. Atypical furniture: Jaroslav Bernt. Metalwork: Ivo Vrátil. Epoxy screed realization: Tomáš Šomšág
Built area
Built-up area 214 m²; Gross floor area 344 m²; Usable floor area 242 m²
Material
Rolled steel – wall cladding. Massive wood – kitchen table, floor, tailor-made furniture. Cement screed – surfaces of bathrooms. Concrete – wash basins Uncolored perforated metal sheet – panel wall of stairs
Typology
Hospitality › Cottage
Verse Design has won 20 design awards for Thirty 75 Tech, a high-end office building located in Silicon Valley.
Project name
Thirty75 Tech
Architecture firm
Verse Design
Location
3075 Olcott St. Santa Clara, California 95054, USA
Principal architect
Paul R. Tang
Collaborators
Acoustical: Salter. Geotechnical Engineer: Langan. Curtainwall Subcontractor: Architectural Glass & Aluminum
Civil engineer
MacLeod & Associates
Structural engineer
Walter P. Moore
Environmental & MEP
Glumac
Lighting
HLB Lighting Design
Construction
Truebeck Construction
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
Casa Nato is a single villa that stands out for its innovative and functional architecture. The structure consists of three distinct volumes, each designed to fulfill specific functions, thus creating a well-organized and harmonious living environment.
Architecture firm
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Location
Azzano Mella, Brescia, Italy
Photography
Matteo Sturla
Principal architect
Ezio Zupelli, Carlo Zupelli
Design team
Ezio Zupelli, Carlo Zupelli
Collaborators
Matteo Sturla, Ottavia Zuccotti, Marco Bettera, Francesca Salvoni
Typology
Residential › House
The second edition of the Smart Building Summit has begun at Light + Intelligent Building Middle East, the region’s largest exhibition for lighting and building technology, with insights from a range of experts highlighting the potential growth of the industry and the path to creating sustainable smart buildings.
Photography
Light + Intelligent Building Middle East
Interior designer Svetlana Li crafted a multifaceted yet unified 130 m2 apartment within a contemporary urban setting. The design focuses on fusing the living, kitchen, and home office areas into one fluid space, beautifully lit by natural light from dual-sided windows.
Project name
Elegant apartment in dark tones in Moscow
Architecture firm
Attic Studio
Photography
Mikhail Loskutov
Principal architect
Interior designer Svetlana Li
Design team
Style by Yes We May
Collaborators
Elena Grabar (text)
Interior design
Svetlana Li
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Natural materials like wood, metal, and stone, with luxurious touches of silk, wool, and leather
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Undone, a name given to this project after its [in]completion, refers to the late-phase decision to stop the work on the building’s facade and finishings. This choice was a reaction to the worsening socio-economic conditions in Iran at that time
Architecture firm
Ontic Works Inc.
Location
Bumehen, Tehran, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Babak Abnar
Collaborators
Sharif Shakeri Raad, Shafa Shakeri Raad
Supervision
Sharif Shakeri Raad, Shafa Shakeri Raad
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Client
Sharif Shakeri Raad, Shafa Shakeri Raad
Typology
Residential › Single Family House, Renovation
BRLOOTE Headquarters is situated in Shaoxing, nestled between the elevated road of the industrial zone and the city's waterways. The Greater Dog Architects handled the overall planning, architectural design, and interior design for the project.
Project name
BRLOOTE Headquarters
Architecture firm
Greater Dog Architects
Location
No.16, East Sanjiang Road, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China
Photography
Metaviz Studio
Principal architect
Jin XIN, Zhihong HU
Design team
Abigale Gu，Zoe Zhang，Qi Zhang， Qun He， Keith Guo, Ray Wang，Francis Ren，Manyan He, Longlin Gong
Interior design
Greater Dog Architects
Landscape
Greater Dog Architects
Civil engineer
Tongchuang Engineering Design Co.,Ltd
Structural engineer
Tongchuang Engineering Design Co.,Ltd
Environmental & MEP
Tongchuang Engineering Design Co.,Ltd
Construction
Hangzhou Shenming Construction
Supervision
BRLOOTE Fashion Group
Visualization
Greater Dog Architects
Tools used
SketchUp, V-ray, Lumion
Material
Tempered laminated glass，aluminum profile，black mirrored metal, asphalt surface material，Tiles, paint,.etc
Client
BRLOOTE Fashion Group
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
This project — O's Villa is one of the houses, in which WEN DESIGN integrates humanity and nature through its interior decoration. It is a place where spring remains eternal, surrounded by greenery combined with the pastoral. The amber glass curtain wall and staggered log shutters coverage in perfect symmetry. The designers created a dwelling envir...
Project name
Singapore O's Villa
Architecture firm
WOHA Architects
Location
Singapore Meyer house
Photography
YANMING STUDIO
Collaborators
WEN DESIGN (Interior Decoration Design)
Interior design
Yabu Pushelberg
Typology
Residential › House
