If you're like most people, your HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) is probably something that you don't think about much.
Photography
Danist Soh (cover image), Taylor Vick, Sigmund
RMJM RED’s scheme was selected from amongst more than a dozen proposals by various leading firms. The design, inspired by the project’s penultimate significance for the precinct, refers to a blossoming and bearing fruit for the precinct’s development.
The Iranian architecture practice Polsheer Architects led by Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ardesheer Ghaneei and Nariman Pirasteh have recently completed Dalan Jahan Boutique Hotel located in Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Sadat Alley, Isfahan, Iran.
Project name
Dalan Jahan Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
Polsheer Architects
Location
Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Sadat Alley, Isfahan, Iran
Photography
Mehdi Ghale Beigi, Azadeh Khoshab
Principal architect
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ardesheer Ghaneei, Nariman Pirasteh
Design team
Mohamadreza Ghaneei, Ardesheer Ghaneei, Nariman Pirasteh, Farzad Pakdel
Collaborators
Farzad Pakdel
Landscape
Ardesheer Ghaneei
Interior design
Ardesheer Ghaneei
Material
Thatch, Brick, Wood, Glass
Client
Etehad Miras Company
Typology
Hospitality › Boutique Hotel
Pisqal is a small cabin with 70 square meters area. It has an A-frame style with a cubic form in order to have more space than A-frame. It's a two-story building. each floor is 35 square meters. The kitchen and living area are on the first floor and two master bedrooms are on the second.
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
Situated on an urban infill site, this house builds on Buffalo’s rich architectural heritage, with works by Frank Lloyd Wright and H.H. Richardson only steps away. But rather than looking only to the past, the house offers a model for twenty-first century urban life, with a soaring interior space organized around views, nature and daylight.
Project name
Black Diamond House
Architecture firm
asap/adam sokol architecture practice
Location
Buffalo, New York
Principal architect
Adam Sokol
Design team
Adam Sokol, AIA, principal, Boris Morin-Defoy, principal designer
Interior design
Adam Sokol
Structural engineer
Tredo Engineers
Material
Polished concrete, birch plywood, plaster, and glass tile
Typology
Residential › House
As you start thinking about hiring a roofing contractor, you're probably wondering if this is something that's worth your time to do personally or if it would be better to find someone who specializes in replacing roofs.
Photography
Ron Porter (cover image), Gabrielle Henderson, Jordan Merrick
In this project, located in a quiet street in Jardins, city of São Paulo, we created a contemporary space for contemplation and shelter from the client's private collection of works of art.
Project name
Oboé Art Gallery
Architecture firm
BZP Arquitetura
Location
Jardins, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Ricardo Bassetti
Principal architect
Bia Prado
Interior design
BZP Arquitetura
Civil engineer
All’e Engenharia
Construction
Pagliotto (Stones of Masonry), Grau Engenharia (hydraulic and electrical projects), Assistec (air conditioning)
Material
Cement, Wood, Metal, Stone, White aluminum profiles and Glass
The concept and name of the project El Nido stands for nest and comes from the Latin word nidus. The term refers to the shelter that birds build with branches, straws and other elements. Just as they make their nests, the goal of this house was to achieve a refuge to be inhabited and enjoyed without major complications, creating a project of great...
Project name
Casa El Nido
Architecture firm
Taller Estilo Arquitectura
Location
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Principal architect
Víctor Alejandro Cruz Domínguez, Iván Atahualpa Hernández Salazar, Luís Armando Estrada Aguilar
Collaborators
Silvia Cuitún Coronado, Ana Karen Domínguez Peniche, Zahid Quintal Polanco
Structural engineer
Juan Diaz Cab
Construction
Juan Diaz Cab, Luis Esteban Alonso Carrillo
Material
The walls and ceilings are covered with grey burnished cement, leaving the ground floor with white burnished and polished cement, while a bamboo floor covering was used upstairs
Typology
Residential › House
Rico villa in Spain in the pleasant climate of the hills of San Sebastian which is designed for a family of five. This villa is designed based on the organic forms of the site.
Architecture firm
Didformat Studio
Location
Donostia-San Sebastian (San Sebastián), Spain
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Amirhossein Nourbakhsh & Mohammadreza Norouz
Visualization
Amirhossein Nourbakhsh & Mohammadreza Norouz
Typology
Residential › House
Sustainability is a commitment. Ingenhoven Architects celebrate important milestone in their Düsseldorf project.
Project name
Kö-Bogen II (KII)
Architecture firm
Ingenhoven Architects
Location
Düsseldorf, Germany
Photography
Ingenhoven Architects / HGEsch
Principal architect
Christoph Ingenhoven
Landscape
Ingenhoven Architects and Prof. Dr. Strauch, Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
Lighting
Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh
Construction
CENTRUM Gruppe
Material
Concrete and Hornbeam
Typology
Mixed-use building