The project is located in one of the nearby valleys of Quito, with constant annual temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius on average. It is generated from two lines that open into the natural slope of the valley, which ends in two important volcanoes of the Ecuadorian Andes, Cotopaxi and Pasochoa. The project is on the slopes of Ilaló volcano that generate a very strong immediate landscape along with an artificial reservoir We began with the division of the program into three volumes that intersect and...
Modified: September 19, 2023The building plot is situated in a typical Flemish residential development with detached single-family houses that almost monotonously follow the building regulations of rectangular building volumes in reddish brick and gabled roofs of ceramic roof tiles. In order to give the house character within this context, the building volume touches the limits of the regulations concerning volume and roof shape. This free interpretation leads to a sculptural volumetric composition with unexpected sloping surfaces...
Modified: September 18, 2023... slope, looking out over Herne Bay towards the Waitemata harbour. The site is zoned 'Residential 2', which recognises the significant heritage and character of the area. An empty site presented a rare opportunity for a contemporary re-conception of the Villa archetype which typifies the surrounds. The house in Herne Bay integrates contemporary New Zealand ideals, design and construction, whilst maintaining much of the language and posture of the well mannered Villa. This contemporary concrete construct ...
Modified: September 15, 2023The villa is located in a forest in Karuizawa, Nagano prefecture of Japan. The privately owned villa is designed to accommodate its owner and their friends in the rich natural environment at a mountain retreat 150km away from Tokyo. In order to acquire specific ...
Modified: September 13, 2023The house is located on a steep slope at the Lipno Reservoir with an unfavourable north-east orientation, high above sea level (745 metres). The whole body of the house is divided into two masses. The bottom concrete base contains bedrooms connected with the exterior by a terrace, in the basement there is a small wellness room and a technical room. A glassed-in rectangular prism rests across the concrete base, projecting out 8 metres on both sides, thus it seems to levitate among trees over the lake...
Modified: September 08, 2023A natural landscape is the world's grand style. The villa has been situated in a fabulous location near Niepołomice Forest and the legendary Benedictine monastery in Staniątki. On the one side there is an awe-inspiring forest, and an open flat landscape with a wide exposure of Wieliczka Foothills on ...
Modified: September 07, 2023The guiding design principle was to create a house that combines transparency with sustainability, forging a strong relationship between the villa and the landscape. The harmony between landscape and interior, architecture and nature, was a key design determinant, particularly regarding sight lines, materials, colours, and lighting. The house is designed from inside out, creating uninterrupted ...
Modified: September 05, 2023The L shaped plan of each villa encloses within it a spacious garden, which is directly accessible from the main reception space through large sliding doors. The second arm houses are the dining space. Just off the dining area is the elevator, staircase, and eat-in kitchen. The ...
Modified: September 03, 2023Bakkum is a small village close to the coast just north of Amsterdam. At the edge of a large natural reserve and in between the trees Villa Bakkum was built. Villa Bakkum a minimalistic house with 3 wings that emerge in the surrounding nature. Chalets In 2010 the municipality ...
Modified: August 31, 2023... simple palette, the whites of the pebbles, the beiges of the rocks, from the external cladding until the tiniest detail.” “A project where everything became an opportunity to design, from the landscape to the doorknob.” El Khalil Beach House (Villa Kali), delivered just in time for the summer of 2016, is a major 2,000sqm, 11 bedroom seaside mansion, designed as a full commission from the architectural scale to interior and furniture design and selection. It is a four-year effort that involved ...
Modified: August 30, 2023This project started with the intention to harmonise the existing volumes in a contemporary key, with particular focus on the enhancement of the external areas. A prior study of the orientation and the solar path and a geometric analysis of the existing structure allowed the maximum employment of the daylight and its dark shades. From an architectonic point of view, the existing volumes, resulting from a “spontaneous” growth of the construction system, have been brought back to a unitary vision through...
Modified: August 14, 2023TRIF House - a minimalist energy efficient villa in Porto Heli Greece designed by Sergey Fedotov The plot is situated on the hills outside Porto Heli in Argolis region of Peloponnese in Greece. With a slope facing south, overlooking the Aegean sea and the island of Spetses, and the access road ...
Modified: August 11, 2023Situated in the pine woods, Villa Zeist 2 adds a strong horizontal line to the vertical nature of its surroundings. A concrete canopy connects the different brick volumes of the villa, which reflect the wishes of the family. HofmanDujardin conceived their house as a series of interconnected ...
Modified: August 08, 2023Residence Villa Drei Birken is located on a hillside at the end of a residential area in the Dolomites. The Villa, built in 1960 andrenovated in the 80’s, originally consisted of asimple and low volume with owner’s apartment and four holiday flats. The new ...
Modified: July 24, 2023It is a villa built in the mountains of Kirishima famous as a summer resort with rich natural hot springs. A spectacular view over Kinko Bay and Sakurajima spreads beyond the south slope. In order to make use of the superb view, we adopted a structure in which ...
Modified: July 15, 2023The project of this villa began with the understanding of the client, his taste, and his needs. In an initial phase of the proposal was carried out a mood board that reflects the feeling of the project and suggests materials for lining and pavement. In this case, the house ...
Modified: July 11, 2023Villa Yarze started with an existing eclectic house in a large landscape. The project was approached by keeping certain characteristic sections of the existing house and adding new programs and spaces to it. Attention was given to large lit openings, ...
Modified: July 03, 2023On a self-build plot on IJburg, Rieteiland Oost, Cynthia Sombogaard had the unique opportunity to realize her own house. She already envisioned the interior in detail. That is why she has taken on the challenge of designing the exterior so that they match up to each other. The starting point: a very light house with open structure, unity and connection to the outside. On the street side, the house has a fairly subdued image. However, the garden side provides a surprising contrast: a completely transparent...
Modified: June 11, 2023New private house with 550 square meters of luxury in the dunes of Bergen aan Zee, a town build on the dunes next to the North Sea.
Modified: May 17, 2023... is characteristic for the area. An offshoot from the ‘Utrechtse Heuvelrug’ dune lays on the north side of the plot, which results in the six meter height difference. We strictly followed the division in three parts. The different volumes of the villa are situated on the north and east border of the open space, in and on the dune. The garage and the long garden walls enclose a cultivated courtyard, the only area on the plot where nature is directed by man. The main areas of the residence, such ...
Modified: May 14, 2023Villa Stamerbos offers a new window on living and working Private and public. Two apparently contradictory domains that in these times of working from home, social media and ‘outdoor becomes indoor’-architecture, increasingly intermingle. Is there ...
Modified: April 22, 2023Located near Saveh, 70 km from Tehran-the capital city of Iran-, shams Villa sits on a 6015 square meter land in a village. The client is a journalist who requested a recreational house close to the family farm. The intention was to design a modern building reflecting the Iranian identity. Pursuing the client needs and desires ...
Modified: April 21, 2023Located directly adjacent to the Rainberg, the oldest historic area of settlement in Salzburg, this project is a five minute walk from Salzburg’s Festival district. Formerly a quarry for the Salzburg Palace and city churches, the rocky site subsequently became the Stern Brewery, which ceased operation some 50 years ago. It is from the rocky cliffs facing the site to the south, where this project gets its conceptual inspiration, and which provides a striking backdrop to the new structures. This project...
Modified: March 24, 2023The Initial idea of this project was to design a 330 m2 villa in a 3 hectares private yard facing a lake. One of the main criteria was to create spaces that are closely engaged with the surrounding landscape, an uninterrupted connection between the interior and the exterior to form a structure which becomes ...
Modified: March 23, 2023Located on the edge of Roero Woods of the Piedmont region in Italy, Villa Rambo rises from a gently sloping hills, offering a stunning view of the Alps and Monviso. The client, a botanical expert, established as main requirement to keep all the plants untouched and an house “hidden” in the woods. To fulfill his request ...
Modified: March 22, 2023This villa for a married couple with child is built on the original location of a dated bungalow from the 60s in Haelen, The Netherlands. The villa, designed by architect Loek Stijnen from Lab32 architects, meets the residence preferences for country living....
Modified: March 11, 2023This spacious villa is situated in Tremelo (BE), on a large terrain surrounded by pines. The house was designed for a couple with two children, who wanted something “special”. In other occasions OOA is very conceptual in the approach of a design, here we just let ...
Modified: December 16, 2022This spacious contemporary villa designed in a warm modern style was built in the ‘Lyceumkwartier’ in Zeist, the Netherlands. The typology refers to the history of the town and its surroundings while remaining modern in appearance. DENOLDERVLEUGELS designed the villa and surrounding ...
Modified: December 07, 2022This house is located in a clearing among the trees, at an altitude of 700 meters, near the "Passo del Cavallo", where you can see a place near but at the same time far from the urban area just below. The relationship with the ground and the landscape are the materials that construct the project: with the ground it operates a principle of rooting towards the slope to the north, where the house seems to bite the mountain, while it "emancipates" to the south, with an overhang that...
Modified: December 06, 2022Situated in southern Israel, in the city of Ashdod, steps away from the beach. The house overlooks the Mediterranean waves, sand and wind. The design aims to accentuate this connection with the sights and sounds of the sea. The structure expresses function, maximizing viewpoints and airflow. A wide entrance door leads to the house composed of two wings, one public and one private. The public area includes a living room that soars to a height of two stories. The blue waters of the sea and pool are...
Modified: December 02, 2022The house is centrally positioned on the building plot at the edge of a residential neighbourhood and opposite a small forest. An explicit orientation to the sun shapes the tripartite composition of the house. Three gardens formally complement the composition, each garden intended for a specific time of day: morning, afternoon, evening. A symmetric spatial configuration of three cubes around an equilateral triangle, together with an asymmetric articulation at the carport, defines the building geometry...
Modified: December 01, 2022Attracted by the large garden and the tranquil environment of this house located a few kilometres away from Brussels, the new owners wished to carry out works to make it brighter and to open it up on the outside. As they were ambivalent about the aesthetics of the existing house, part of the project was also to redesign the architectural expression, outside as well as inside, while keeping the original spirit. One of the childhood friends of the new owner put him in contact with architect François...
Modified: November 26, 2022... consists of the entrance, parking, storage, bathroom and a workspace which looks out over the pond, while the living area is situated in the floating glass box above ground. More from the architect: During a festive award ceremony in Rotterdam (NL), Villa Kogelhof was awarded with the ARC13 Architecture prize. The award is given to projects wherein the usage and the technology are aligned in an innovative manner, aiming to strengthen sustainability as an integral part of architecture. Villa Kogelhof ...
Modified: November 12, 2022High above Lake Lugano in Ticino, Switzerland, this Villa is set in fantastic surroundings with a stunning view. The house consists of four levels, which all have to be crossed before reaching the top located residential area. The aim was to gain the best benefit of the unique panoramic view and bring ...
Modified: October 29, 2022The house is situated in a residential allotment with “bungalow” houses from the early sixties, surrounded by dunes, not far from the Belgian seaside. To bring the house into accordance with the surrounding houses and the enviroment and to answer to the building regulations, the design of the house was inspired by the bungalow typology. At first glance it looks like a single storey house. Next to the strict building regulations the residents had very specific demands; they wanted to live on the same...
Modified: October 28, 2022The villa is situated on the northern edge of a southward sloping plot with an area of approx. 6,500 square meters. In the lower part of the plot there is a full-grown forest. The plot is part of a natural, long and gradually sloping land form – a gorge,...
Modified: October 09, 2022Breaking away from the past and building the possible without getting lost in the multitude of options. An extraordinary villa with a spectacular view and clear architecture has been created here, inspired by numerous travels. Premium villa with a unique panoramic view Normally, Alpine chalets are built crouching on the mountainside. This way they provide ideal protection ...
Modified: September 27, 2022Kordan Family Villa with 850m2 area located in a 1500m2 garden and adjacent to the river on Kordan foothills. Some specified points were considered from the begining as the fundamentals of design according to the general demands of the client and general conditions: ...
Modified: August 09, 2022On a gently sloping corner lot in a grown residential area in Frankfurt, Germany, a house was to be designed, offering the owners both a maximum of privacy as well as a high degree of openness. The clients described their dream of the desired living environment as " Los Angeles loft feeling" coupled with the desire for a maximum room experience. On this background a radical and uncompromising game between opening and closing was generated. The minimalist building shows a consequent closed...
Modified: July 31, 2022Villa with modern and volumetric design located in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is a modern Villa with features seductive modern lines, with a beautiful lake view and a lounge area, this house is ideal for a young couple with two children. Clever design with ...
Modified: July 24, 2022Malouna villa is an exclusive private residential project located on the North Coast of KohSamui Island in Bang Po, Thailand. Lying on a quiet part of beautiful LaemNoi Beach along KohSamui’s northern shore, Villa Malouna boasts 45m of pristine beach frontage,...
Modified: July 22, 2022This villa located in Seminyak, a bustling residential area in the heart of Bali , Indonesia. Standing on an approximatelly 750 sqm land, the site bordered on the North by 6 meter public road, and by a pangkung (dried, old river in Balinese) on the South. ...
Modified: July 16, 2022Due to the steep sloping terrain, the view and the direction of the sun special attention was required with regard to the alignment of living rooms and sleeping rooms. The villa has three levels adapted to the line of sight and staggered towards each other on top of a basement garage. The main living floor is west-aligned and built at the slope opening up onto a garden and summer kitchen. In order to offer a free view of ...
Modified: July 12, 2022The villa is a renewal and extension of the original bungalow designed by Dutch architect Van der Woerd in the late 50s in Bilthoven, The Netherlands. The house is set in an exclusive residential area with large plots, dense vegetation and an open pine forest ...
Modified: July 10, 2022'Jestico + Whiles have completed the design and construction of a luxury private villa in the heart of a prestigious village, near Prague. The client’s vision was to create a highly contemporary and comfortable family home which fuses clear lines and minimalist spaces with a maximum visual and physical connection with the external ...
Modified: June 22, 2022The Villa is articulated as a "Vertical Overlap" as the main entry into the house is from the lower level garage. The stairs from the garage emerge through the pool at the garden level and enable the Owner to experience a sense of purification and ...
Modified: June 14, 2022Situated nearby an ex-Soviet military town, which housed a nuclear submarine training base, Villa Locator deliberately advances the theme of its desolate surroundings. Starting point was an old army barrack made of calcium silicate bricks. The client’s brief was to reinterpret the surrounding military environment and keep the bulky 65-cm-thick ...
Modified: June 12, 2022... the preservation of the trees and surrounding nature; secondly, all houses must face the sea. In order to ensure that these two factors were achieved, the Architects had to visit the site for a second consultation after planning. 3.3 Crucial factors Villa Noi is large and dispersed. The distances between individual pavilions might discourages walking in the hot sun during the day but the large timber pool deck comes into its own, as the sun sets gloriously over the horizon, for large family parties ...
Modified: May 30, 2022This remarkable residential property is a prime example of how the Dutch landscape is being transformed. The open landscape either side of an ancient country lane forms the backdrop to this house. Like the surrounding historic farmhouses, the house has a linear layout. The contours of the sections, which are linked one behind the other, come together to form a unified, statuesque whole. The house is lengthened by the formation of the upper floor in two separate elements that are offset towards the...
Modified: May 20, 2022Replacing a dilapidated 1950’s brick built 2 storey Villa, Couin de Vacque is the reinterpretation of the vernacular Guernsey Longhouse, providing a 5-bedroom family home, which sits on top of the escarpment on the south coast cliffs of the island overlooking the sister islands of Herm and Sark to the ...
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