New 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 ...
Modified: April 30, 2022Naman Residences project locates on the famous Non Nuoc Beach in Danang, Vietnam. The Project contains 40 Villas which is categorized into for type of A, B, C, D. We would like to introduce the architecture and interior of Naman Residence – Naman Residences - B type – Garden Villa The project is located on the beach but lack of view and direct vision ...
Modified: April 26, 2022Like the water of the sea Being surrounded by water. A stunning view of the Mediterranean Sea. The residents of this villa enjoy a maximum holiday experience in their holiday villa. In the long-term they could even transform their holiday home into a place to settle down and grow old happily ever after. To guarantee a certain level of privacy for the owners, the street ...
Modified: April 16, 2022... aluminium for side facades and roof, and a solid, one piece, rolled steel plate for the front façade. The flames that characterises rolled steel have a certain natural beauty, relating to its natural surrounding. A high level of detailing characterizes the villa. Studio PROTOTYPE achieved this refinement by partly taking over the role of the contractors and subcontractors with, for instance,initiating the development of a transparent coating to preserve the characteristic natural marking of rolled steel ...
Modified: April 03, 2022The villa is settled in a strictly planned residential zone hanging over the Diesse plateau, in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Contrasting with its heteroclite neighbours, the contemporary design revisits the typical gable roof houses. Encased in the rock mass,...
Modified: March 31, 2022Starting from the privileged position of the land with a spectacular view, the design and the chosen materials of the residence should have been able to highlight this advatage. The access to the house is from the eastern side of the plot while the path intersects with the water, which surrounds the building ending up in the swimming pool. The interior of the house looks like being exposed and the residents have the impression of living in a building from glass. This is enhanced with the choice of...
Modified: March 30, 2022GRAFT’s design for a private villa in Berlin’s venerable Grunewald quarter presents a striking, modern interpretation of comfortable living in the city. It’s trapezoidal, sculptural form and modern architectural language symbolizes a boulder in a glacial landscape and differentiates ...
Modified: March 09, 2022Residence 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: February 17, 2022This villa is a good example of a successful combination of Swisspearl panels with stone. A dialogue occurs here between the two interlocking materials, contrasting textures, and corresponding color tones. When undertaken carefully, combining traditional and ...
Modified: February 14, 2022... having their own private spaces and at the same time gather in a bigger group called family. There are various characteristics attributed to the project, the most significant of which are taking into consideration the dense texture of the site as a villa complex on one hand, and the culture, Religious beliefs and life style practiced by the people of Isfahan on the other. The facets have considered to give birth to a new prototype, offering a solution to the paradoxical issue of an introvert villa....
Modified: February 06, 2022... topography of the site to provide an elegant yet neutral insertion to the LA landscape. Wrapped in stone, stucco and glass, the residence is afforded exclusive panoramic views of the city. What was the brief? The design brief called for a contemporary villa to be designed and built to European standards of style, detail and quality. The speculative development required the highest possible level of finish within a modest commercial budget. One of the main challenges of the brief was the sloping site,...
Modified: January 05, 2022In the center of P. Psychiko, a typical two-flat residence of 1955, is transformed into a 3-residences contemporary building. The reinterpretation of its functional and geometrical rules, results into the transformation of both the building and its surrounding area. Τhe intervention is crucial. Only the structure of the building, as well as part of the external walls are preserved, while all internal walls are demolished. The existing flat division and the existing entrances are also cancelled. The...
Modified: December 31, 2021Villa 13 is a private residence placed on a corner plot in one of the northern suburbs of Athens (Greece), Kifissia. Its volumes are the result of three consecutive foldings, which embrace the main spaces of the Villa and assist the composition both in ...
Modified: December 22, 2021This Fresnaye villa is 1400 square meters of carefully designed luxury living – a 4-bedroom home with a separate housekeeper’s suite, cinema room, wine cellar, and gym. A broadly collaborative design team ran a series of design workshops to define the specifications ...
Modified: November 30, 2021... was of a younger generation than Alvar Aalto, he worked with Aalto in the 1930s,” says Lassila, “and he had a strong influence on the functionalist style of architecture in Finland.” Lassila was thrilled when his firm was asked to renovate the Villa Koivikko in 2017, a landmarked residence that Ervi designed in 1958, on a forested lakeside hill just outside Helsinki. (Koivikko means “birch grove.”) The villa’s new owner told Lassila he planned to use the 2,700-square-foot house on weekends ...
Modified: October 28, 2021Villa Cardo is a 3 bedroom house designed by Studio Andrew Trotter, who designed Masseria Moroseta. Like the masseria, Villa Cardo has been built with local materials and using traditional methods of building, to ensure the Pugliese vernacular shines ...
Modified: October 15, 2021Where the land meets the sea the blue expanse of ocean and sky is a magnet for humanity, the Blue Planet Dwellers; this home, created for a family reaching maturity, with adult children and parents deeply passionate about good design, expressed through their creation and manufacture of accessories for daily life, aimed to remove barriers to that irresistible attraction. They craved the ability to live their lives intimately connected to the nearby Bronte Beach and the Pacific Ocean horizon beyond;...
Modified: October 09, 2021A delicate seaside retreat on the water’s edge. Utilising sliding screen panels, the house can cocoon itself. Indoor-outdoor living includes garden courtyards and a protected garden.
Modified: September 25, 2021... specific place where I build. For me, it was a privilege to be able to design a home for such a strong family. The appreciation and trust placed in me from the very beginning was extraordinary and gave me my inspirational wings." The place where Villa Fröschle was conceived is certainly not a location that deserves the triple A title. This does not mean that the property has no attractive attributes; however, these were severely affected by a commercial enterprise directly adjacent to the south ...
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