The Hotel Nudibranch is a key part of the Nanji international tourism island development in Zhejiang, in the East China Sea. The site is called Dashaao, which means ‘grand sandy bay’. The design is inspired by sea creatures, which the island is famous for, such as nudibranch and other shellfish.
Project name
Hotel Nudibranch
Architecture firm
SpActrum
Location
Dashaao, Dongping, Dongtou District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, P.R.China
Principal architect
Yan Pan
Design team
Zhen Li, Yu Zheng, Hao Chen, ShAil Paragkum Patel, Nan Sun, and Yuchen Qiu
Client
Pingyang (Nanji Island) Tourism Investment Co.
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Urban Facility, Playground, Restaurants, Bars, Spa and swimming pool
At the far end of Fish Hoek, perched under the rock face of Elsies Peak, is the unique location for this unique project.
Challenged by the incredible beauty on offer from the highest point on the site, we took the bold decision to raise the building as high as possible and to set it back as deep as possible where the breath-taking panoramic view...
Architecture firm
Wright Architects
Location
Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Blender
Principal architect
Greg Wright
Design team
Greg Wright, Christian Cook, Suzaan De Kock
Visualization
Simon Abrahams
Typology
Residential › House
Envisioned for a growing family, the house proposes a form of dwelling organized around a continuous dialogue with the landscape in which it is located. The dark exterior grants it a solid stature, while simultaneously evoking the possibility of a home carved in the interior of a rock formation.
Project name
House in Xalapa
Architecture firm
López González Studio
Location
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography
César Béjar Studio, Rodrigo Chapa (Models)
Principal architect
Jose Pedro López González
Design team
Jose Pedro López González, Jesús Arturo López González, Ricardo Alejandro Sanchez Hernandez, Ivan Benitez Posadas
Collaborators
Taller Cuatro Cuartos (Model)
Interior design
López González Studio
Structural engineer
Juan Hernandez del Carmen
Environmental & MEP
López González Studio
Landscape
López González Studio
Lighting
López González Studio
Visualization
López González Studio
Tools used
Auto CAD, SketchUp, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Canon
Material
Brick, steel, wood, glass, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Light Space Life is the first monograph from internationally recognised South African architecture studio SAOTA, known for crafting exceptional modern buildings that forgepowerful connections to their extraordinary settings.
Title
Light Space Life Houses by SAOTA
Buy
Amazon - https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/light- space-life-houses-by-saota-hardcover
Size
9.8 in x 11.8 in x 1.13 in
You can find construction companies that are available for hire on various different platforms like the internet, offline, and even some magazines. They all claim to be worthy of their services but after hiring it might turn out that they're not what you expected them to be.
Photography
Gordon Johnson (cover image), Ümit Yıldırım
The concept is to focus on the views of the Dzukou Valley. The entry hallway staircase leads to the full view of the valleys. Each room has a complete view of the surrounding nature and acts as a connecting space.
Project name
The Dzukou Valley Residence
Architecture firm
Inverse Studio18
Location
Dzukou Valley, Kohima, Nagaland, India
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Karamba3D, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Chubakumla Pongen, Imlinochet Walling and Chumrenthung Ngullie
Design team
Chubakumla Pongen, Imlinochet Walling and Chumrenthung Ngullie
Visualization
Inverse Studio18
Typology
Residential › House
This large family residence is composed of two masonry and tiled gable roof structures, a contemporary but contextual response to the more traditional homes in the leafy hillside street.
Project name
Hawthorn by InForm
Architecture firm
Pleysier Perkins in collaboration with InForm
Location
Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
Principal architect
Simon Perkins
Design team
InForm in coloration with Pleysier Perkins
Structural engineer
BDD Engineering
Landscape
Matt Walsham Landscape Architecture
Tools used
AutoCad, SketchUp
Material
Steel, Wood, Glass, Concrete
Typology
Residential › House
Reptile House is a project located on the shores of a lake in an environment outside the chaos of the city, where the main objective is to camouflage itself in the environment and create an organic form that adapts to the forms of the landscape.
Project name
Reptile House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Reptile House
Typology
Residential › House
In Architecture Unbound, noted architecture critic Joseph Giovannini takes us to architecture’s wilder shores as he traces a century of the avant-garde to transgressive and progressive art movements that roiled Europe before and after World War I, and to the social unrest and cultural disruption of the 1960s.
Title
Architecture Unbound: A Century of the Disruptive Avant-Garde
Author
Joseph Giovannini © Rizzoli New York, 2021
Category
Architecture - History - Contemporary (1945-)
Buy
https://www.rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/9780847858798
As a typical picturesque Chinese Jiangnan town, the village of Jijiadun locates about 1.5-hour drive from the central city of Shanghai. With the rapid development of urbanization in China, the problem of rural hollowing-out is becoming increasingly serious
Architecture firm
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location
Jijiadun Village, Kunshan City, China
Principal architect
Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Yixin Yang, Yu Cao, Lu Chen
Material
(exterior) laminated bamboo, white stucco, matte white metal roofing, galvanized steel sheet / (interior) terrazzo, exposed aggregate concrete, wood, stucco
Typology
Residential › Boutique Guesthouse
