A remodeling project can take much of your time, money, and energy. If you’re doing many things by yourself, it can feel like a second full-time job, and it’s only natural that you’re exhausted all the time. As the project goes on, you can encounter many problems, such as budget changes or the inability to stick to deadlines.
Written by
Maria Brendel
Photography
Vladimir Vladimirov
For its 2020 edition, the “Hut Festival / Le Festival des cabanes”, an international architectural competition, awarded a prize to the“Exercice” collective. The festival aims at the construction of twelve ephemeral wooden structures in the Lake Annecy region (Savoy, France), selected upon the dialog and relation they create with both their surround...
Project name
La Charbonnière
Architecture firm
Collectif Exercice
Location
Chevaline, Haute Savoie, France
Photography
David Foessel, Yannick Perrin, Collectif Exercice
Veliz Arquitecto: INZETA House Project is mainly intended to take advantage of the full potential of its spaces and integrate into the environment, it has a covered garden that uses the space as a viewpoint towards the entire meadow that is in front of the house, inspired by the forms of Japanese temples such as  a sacred space to inhabit and medit...
Project name
Inzeta House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Location
Cuba
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
In Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis), near Paris, the site was exemplary of the franchised city made up of hangars and warehouses, often regarded as disparaging urban elements. The project led by Atelier WOA (Wood Oriented Architecture), with architectural and urban as well as social and societal objectives, transformed a neglected parcel of land into a d...
Project name
L'INDUSTREET IN STAINS (FRANCE)
Architecture firm
Atelier WOA (Wood Oriented Architecture)
Location
Foncière Atland, Stains, France
Photography
Camille Gharbi
If you are living in an urban area where traffic is always bumper-to-bumper or there are industrial parks where fumes and smoke pollute the air, then you are well within your rights to invest in the best air purifiers for your home. It could also be that the summer month isn’t favoring you.
Written by
Allen Brown
Photography
Thrasher Group (Cover image), Annie Spratt
Nestled on the serene landscape of La Barra de Colotepec, facing the golden sands of the Pacific Coast, Casona Sforza presents a unique architecture inspired by the vernacular tradition and an experience of sustainable luxury, offering personal attention, exclusivity and privacy. Its concept places center-stage the value of being aware, contemplati...
Project name
Casona Sforza
Architecture firm
TAX / Taller de arquitectura X
Location
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Alex Krotkov
Amin Moazzen: This is a bath in the heart of nature! A place to get a new soul and clean out the dirt of the past and be ready for the future. I mixed some curved forms with these plants so it can represent "Home" beside "Nature " . This project is in two versions .
Project name
Spring Bath
Architecture firm
Amin Moazzen
Location
Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Amos Goldreich Architecture: A much-loved garden was central to our design of this side and rear extension for a Victorian mid-terrace house in the Stroud Green Conservation Area of Haringey. The project for a couple, both in property development and one a keen gardener, arranges a sequence of living spaces around the garden and an internal courtya...
Project name
A House For A Gardener
Architecture firm
Amos Goldreich Architecture
Location
London , United Kingdom
Photography
Ollie Hammick
DNA Barcelona Architects: “Amira District, Tulum, Mexico”, represents a Residential Complex, mostly surrounded by vegetation and nature which provide with unique sensations throughout different available experiences.
Project name
Amira District, Tulum
Architecture firm
DNA Barcelona Architects
Location
Selvazama, Tulum, Mexico
Photography
DNA Barcelona Architects

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