... grew up in that place? How it would be if to know the reality of a friend since I was a little kid? A generously sized field that included a wall, two staircases and granite columns, between the constructed that would serve the future, an imaginary house in their intentions, were the starting point to realize that it would have to develop housing on two platforms. Superior, as a point of arrival able to be showed to the square, leaving it breathing before a permeable seal in sight. Another Inferior,...
Modified: June 04, 2023The property is located in Wellington, New Zealand. It sits justbelow the road facing east, looking over the botanical gardens outto Wellington Harbour. A neighbouring house sits much higher tothe north with another lower to the south. The site loses sun directlyto the north, but receives both generous morning and afternoon sunand being set down from the road the prevailing northwesterlywinds blow over the top. The ...
Modified: May 31, 2023This duplex is located on a lake south of Vienna. The customers want a house that will mainly serve as a vacation residence for use in the summer. The design is marked by a wooden deck as a foundation and the roof enclosed by glass surfaces that allow direct access to the outside areas and a view of the lake. Separated by ...
Modified: May 28, 2023A Augusta House foi projetada pelo atelier Risco Singular - Arquitectura, Lda. e assenta toda a sua singularidade num rochedo que, aqui e acolá, “brota” da terra e, por isso, foi convidado a entrar no projeto. A equipa do escritório sedeado em Barcelos, Paulo ...
Modified: May 22, 2023Our single story extension and renovation of the existing house replaced an out-‐ dated shabby and poorly constructed two-‐storey extension, which blocked out much of the south light to the existing courtyard garden. Our intervention was conceived as a single storey narrow longroom, glazed on two sides ...
Modified: May 20, 2023This house sits on high ground, and the rear of the site has wonderful views overlooking the greener and more affluent residential addresses in Singapore. Our client’s brief was to design a home of two stories, with an attic, and importantly a roof terrace ...
Modified: May 19, 2023The house is located on Uplands Road, on the eastern edge of the village of Totland. Totland was developed during the nineteenth century as a residential and seaside resort following the formation of the Totland Bay Estate Company in the 1870s. Until then,...
Modified: May 18, 2023The main idea for this house was to create a concavity to get a controlled view inside the lot. It is a small tribute to the pursuit of Mies Van der Rohe, where the transparency and the inner courtyards were held. The building has one floor at ground level to lighten the presence ...
Modified: May 16, 2023The house is located in Vilamoura, municipality of Loulé, one of the most touristic places in Algarve and one of the top vacation destinations of the Portuguese. Set in a neighbourhood of single-family houses, the project focused on an existing building ...
Modified: May 15, 2023The Main House, the largest of three structures on a family coastal compound, is a U-shaped courtyard structure elevated on piles to meet FEMA requirements. The central garden space, "the largest room in the house", is located where 117 non- native, ...
Modified: May 13, 2023... constructor to place a maximal volume on the plot. with the method of the hollowing out the room program and the sculptural building body became incorporated. the sketch development was a work of lining up the demanded areas to a movement going through the house: stretch, widths, narrowing, grinding out from mass to a coherent sequence of space according to the principle of the enfilade. each area remains its completely specific character in size and form (conical entry area with clothes and guest wc.,large ...
Modified: May 12, 2023"Eriso House" Text by Ana Guerrero Santos Named this way due to a game of words based on the names of its dwellers, Eriso (Hedgehog) House is different from others of Agraz Arquitectos due to a pair of circumstances. It is, for starters, one of the first ...
Modified: May 11, 2023The house with the name of "shell" is located a short distance away from the Fukuoka city. Traffic volume of the road on the north side a lot, surrounding areas, Store and housing disarray, site is surrounded by other houses. "Shell house" ...
Modified: May 10, 2023... ‘homebody’ that is capable of supporting the modern day complexities of a large family. The importance of this development is that it achieves both an independence and interconnection between neighbouring properties, and as the number of shared households within our cities continue to decline, and whilst cities continue to densify, a successful balance in this relationship will become increasingly important to achieve.
Modified: May 09, 2023This is a house for a family of four, situated on one of the lots for sale at a newly developed area in "satoyama" or semi-natural woodlands. The land is too large for a simple program requested by the client: a private house with a garage for two cars....
Modified: May 08, 2023Located in Marbella, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, the Jellyfish House’s neighboring buildings block its view onto the nearby sea. Appropriately, it was chosen to cantilever the house’s pool from its roof, so that the beach and sea can always be seen while sunbathing or swimming. The house is organized around two ...
Modified: May 07, 2023The house is on a large estate located in Comporta, Portugal. The site is completely clear, defined only by sandy soil, with spontaneous undergrowth vegetation and heavily punctuated by the vertical lines of many pines. Against this backdrop, the main objective ...
Modified: May 06, 2023The house is located on a residential block overlooking the Edogawa river in the city of Noda,Chiba. It is a scenic environment with views in the west that opens through a green park and a riverbed that expands beyond. The site is a relatively large section ...
Modified: May 05, 2023A discreet and reduced architecture with hidden openings based on a compact and pure volume. One of the main intentions of the project consists in the insertion of a residential building with 7 living units in its direct surroundings, marked by detached and solitary buildings in an suburban context. The use of a single light coloured material (fibre-cement panels) for the façade gives the building a monolithic aspect and preserves the quiet appearance. The composition of the different volumes merged...
Modified: May 04, 2023... of central Nanjing city, China International Practical Exhibition of Architecture (CIPEA) began in 2003 to bring twenty-four renowned international & domestic architects together onto one site. CIPEA consist of four public buildings and twenty small houses, in accordance with the brief, the houses should have at least five bedrooms, public spaces, and hospitality accommodations on 500 square meters. The Number Four “Blockhouse” sits on a particularly valley site, nestling the house into the landscape....
Modified: May 01, 2023The house is located in “Los Monasterios”residential area, by the Calderonamountains, in Valencia, Spain. The plot is placed in a high position and there are sea views everywhere. The plot faces houses to the north and west sides, the mountain to the ...
Modified: April 30, 2023The sharp slope from street level to the back of the site made it vital to conceive of two floors. The presence of granite throughout prompted the design conceit of dual structures floating above the stone itself. In order to emulate the geometry of the stone, the base of the swimming pool is uneven and mirrors the shapes etched out by the granite over which it is built. The ground floor was designed to interact closely with the outside so that the garden is perceived as an extension of the interior...
Modified: April 29, 2023... intervention there were 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a tiny balcony. The new intervention included the design of the balcony added to the bedrooms making the entire upper floor bigger. The new construction generated a corbel which is used as a garden porch. The house stands on a big site in the outskirts of Madrid with secluded outdoor spaces and beautiful views. It’s been designed to have full privacy from the neighbours. The swimming pool is located at the end of the lot, at a different level which makes ...
Modified: April 28, 2023The house under the oaks is a low budget passive house concept developed for a small Austrian family. With a minimum footprint and a wide outstretching wooden box on six columns it offers a living area of about 100 m2 on a plot of 913m2. The whole structure ...
Modified: April 27, 2023... of Omura Bay in Nagasaki. Main concept is to harmonize buildings and surrounding natural environment without destroying original natural landscape. In order not to destroy sloping land, I made basis protrude from flat terrain and designed one part of house floating from ground and extending in air. Also I spread a planting net and performed planting of a lawn. By this way, I harmonize the house and surrounding natural environment with floating house in natural terrain. To make the facade a sharp 3D ...
Modified: April 25, 2023... Ottawa River is to enjoy a carefully orchestrated sequence of encounters with its picturesque natural setting. Views and light penetrate the spatial composition throughout its interlocking interior volumes. The starting point for the planning of this house was to identify a place on the site which afforded a view of Parliament Hill, and to locate the principal living spaces there. An elongated entry with a natural cedar planked ceiling brings visitors by way of the southerly courtyard to the very ...
Modified: April 23, 2023This stunning family cottage is primed for entertaining large parties and impressing guests with a 2 storey mezzanine, indoor sports court, golf simulator, sunken living room and generous dining and kitchen space.
Modified: April 13, 2023The house is located in Torre en Conill, Bétera, it is a house completely open to east orientation, where the fields of the golf club are located, on the ground floor the house is distributed in two areas, on the one hand two rooms with their respective ...
Modified: April 11, 2023House in steel structure with integrated environments designed for a young couple in the city of Goiânia-Goias Brazil.
Modified: April 09, 2023The brief from the client was quite simple: to design a compact house for a small family of three on a 450 sm site in Surabaya. The client wished for lots of spaces for recreational activities, both exterior and interior, to be used by the whole family and close relatives. From the street, the house is perceived as ...
Modified: April 06, 2023The project talks about setting limits and their permeability. The first border is established between the street and the free space of the house, in Burriana, as in many municipalities the regulations establish a maximum dimension for the opaque fence and the rest of the height with a permeable materiality. We decided, perhaps influenced by the gate that Andreu Alfaro together with Emilio ...
Modified: April 04, 2023House J is situated on top of a high hill, on the edge of a single-family housing area. The architectural concept is based on the site: the building has a closed rear towards the North and East where the neighboring houses are, and it opens to the South ...
Modified: April 03, 2023In the middle of bustling Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur House is a place of retreat from the city. The landscape, architecture and interiors keep the environment, culture and climate of the site well into consideration throughout the design process. Each component of the design is broken down to volume, line ...
Modified: April 01, 2023The task was to transform the ground floor of a 70’s office building, used as a kindergarten, into a clean and contemporary house for a collector. Some 16 tons of concrete were cut away, to enlarge the windows overlooking the two level garden. Remaining were three concrete pillars, which were integrated in the floor plan of the apartment using them for the fireplace, the closet ...
Modified: March 28, 2023Amazing view,still just nearby a city/town centre in a quiet residential area First impressions: ideal site yet still empty. Despite the low price of steep slope of the terrain does not allow a usual house and repels potential buyers. This particular site was selected by a man, who looks forward to any kind of challenges and who as a client fully relied on our expertiese. Despite out affirmation, he still believed he will have a house without compromises ...
Modified: March 27, 2023Located near Sao Paulo, this 560 square meters country house fits perfectly into the 9 meters slope that culminates to a preserved Mata Atlantica patch of forest. The house is comprised of three volumes that are united by a wide concrete wall that marks the entrance and leads the sight to the grove crossing ...
Modified: March 25, 2023... ideas. The clients wished for a modern home steeped in the cultural essence of glorious Chettinad past. The fundamental elements entailed massing, accommodating an open plan and hierarchy of spaces connected through corridors and projected eaves to house indoor-outdoor spaces. To combat solar radiation and facilitate cross ventilation, the architects developed a façade skin of terracotta jaalis, that thermally insulates and keeps the spaces ventilated with natural light. Two major light-wells, ...
Modified: March 21, 2023Located in Singapore's luxury seaside residential enclave of Sentosa Cove, the clean lines of the exterior facade of this home belie the air of casual sophistication inside this family home. Commissioned by an industrialist based in China, the house is designed to capture the natural elements and provide a resort-like yet homely holiday retreat for a multi-generational family.
Modified: March 17, 2023Casa Triangulos - BAC Barrio Arquitectura Ciudad
Modified: March 16, 2023An award-winning addition to a modernist home in Sumner, Christchurch, originally designed in 1965 by Austrian architect, Ernst Killnan. Commanding spectacular views over the Pacific Ocean and Christchurch city, the house had previously been used only for holidays. The brief was to convert it into a comfortable and contemporary, permanent home. The project encountered hurdles along the way, not least the two Christchurch earthquakes, but the challenges, coupled with ...
Modified: March 15, 2023Situated in the prestigious Zimbali Coastal Forest resort 45 minutes north of Durban, located on the east coast of South Africa, this three level structure is home to a young family of four. With the architecture being subject to stringent estate design guidelines, dictating traditional roof forms, the design sought to create a vision that was in harmony with the neighbouring properties yet represented the individual taste and aspirations of the new home owner and desire for a progressive and dynamic...
Modified: March 13, 2023Tinderwood is located on a gentle hilltop that overlooks the Indian Ocean, in Zimbali Coastal forest Estate, Ballito, South Africa. An existing home faced the possibility of demolition to make way for a more contemporary interpretation of the governing design guidelines of the estate. A thorough investigation of the original design revealed a strong platform for the end goal, as such the decision was made to retain, yet strip down the existing structure to the point of completely reimagining what...
Modified: March 12, 2023Just off Stevens Road is this Zen-inspired dwelling with strong architectural lines and shapes that are further accentuated by the materials used. Comprising two main volumes, the front block houses the social spots, such as the living and formal dining areas, whilst service functions are relegated to the back, along with the kitchen. Although visually similar, the blocks are distinguished by texture – the social activity block is clad in ...
Modified: March 10, 2023... Eco-Estate. The client’s brief called for a home with an overriding sense of simplicity but with a high degree of sophistication. All the living areas and bedroom suites face onto a panoramic vista, which includes a dense forest down-slope from the house. The palette of natural materials including timber screens, decking and cladding, off-shutter concrete and stone cladding juxtapose with the aggressive architectural form making, creating a home that is not only visually and spatially exciting, ...
Modified: March 09, 2023Ralph Germann architectes designed this alpine house for a couple who wished to live in a harmonious environment, but there was a prerequisite that it could also comfortably handle gatherings of 20 persons. The architects approached the brief by visiting the surroundings, observing the vernacular ...
Modified: March 08, 2023It is a building consisting of two distinct adjacent and interrelated volumes, the housing itself - consisting of two storeys plus a penthouse – and a garage. Although the volume, apparently, is being treated as a solid monolith, it is fully traversed, with vertical and horizontal voids, with the purpose of creating strong visual relations with its contiguous exterior spaces, and allowing ...
Modified: March 07, 2023... site facilitating a wide ocean frontage, the design was able to respond with a "Wingspread" type architecture that appears to float over the indigenous dune vegetation, taking full advantage of the panoramic beach and sea views. The Reserve house is a fusion of Tropical Modern Architecture with a number of bold Futurist elements, including a 4.3m high angled offshutter concrete wall that penetrates through the entrance hall, a splayed "T" shaped feature concrete column that supports ...
Modified: March 06, 2023The program called for the development of the primary residence for a family with young children on an in-fill waterfront lot. The setting is a modernist town developed in the 1950s on two islands off of the South Florida Intra-coastal Waterway. The home was designed at the height of the economic boom in the earlier part of 2007. In contrast to the pervading trend at the time in South Florida--to capitalize on the increasing cost of land and real estate--the owners and design team set goals that...
Modified: March 05, 2023... activity and specially enjoy the contact with nature in peaceful surroundings. Their family includes 3 children and 2 grandchildren who do not live with them but make regular visits, information that was relevant for the assembly of the program needs. The house is used permanently by two people but have to be prepared to host their children with their spouses and grandchildren. The idea of the project is the result of the combination of an extensive functional program, the appropriation of a long narrow ...
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