The term ferrocement usually refers to a mixture of Portland cement and sand which has been applied to layers of steel bars and metal mesh, which act as reinforcements. Sometimes referred to as reinforced concrete, it was first created by Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi in 1940.
Written by
Madeline Miller
Photography
Naser Nader Ibrahim
Located on a rural site on Whidbey island, a local family sought a new home and retreat on their family farm. Out of respect for turn-of-the-century agricultural buildings on the property, the home tucks into the edge of a densely forested hillside, overlooking chicken sheds, a weathered red barn, cattle fields, and a fishing pond.
Project name
Whidbey Island Farm Retreat
Architecture firm
mwworks
Location
Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Steve Mongillo, Drew Shawver, Eric Walter, Briony Walker, Suzanne Stefan
Structural engineer
PCS Structural Solutions
Landscape
Kenneth Philp Landscape Architects
Construction
Dovetail General Contractors
Material
Wood, stone, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
The property is located in the municipality of San Pedro, Nuevo León, approximately in the valley of Monterrey. This starting point defines the configuration of the project. The privileged environment, with a slight slope that descends to the south and some main views that open in the same direction, allowed the project to adapt naturally.
Project name
Magnolia House
Architecture firm
Pablo Vazquez
Location
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Blender, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Pablo Vazquez
Visualization
Pablo Vázquez
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Ranch Dressing in Mill Valley, California is a residential transformation by Oakland-based Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design. The remodel takes the form of a series of volumes that inserted at the perimeter of this '60s-era boomerang shaped home to remedy the staid quality of the previous interior geometry and make the landscape more tangible f...
Project name
Ranch Dressing
Architecture firm
Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design
Location
Mill Valley, California, USA
Collaborators
NRG (Energy Compliance)
Interior design
Gary Hutton Design
Structural engineer
FTF Engineering
Construction
Cuttle Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Originally built as a modest beachfront cabin in the 1960s, and subsequently modified through a series of piecemeal renovations, by the time our client acquired the house its design integrity had long ceased to exist. The forested property, however, was ideally suited to the creation of a quiet refuge with direct connections to nature.
Project name
Lakeside Residence
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Mercer Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Brett Baba, design principal. Francesco Borghesi, project team. Noreen Shinohara, project team
Collaborators
Geotech Consultants (geotechnical engineer)
Interior design
Terry Hunziker
Structural engineer
Carissa Farkas
Landscape
Rich Haag and Associates / Anne James Landscape Architect
Construction
Lockhart Suver
Material
Polished concrete and stone, cirussed rift white oak wood, fumed oak floors, and blackened steel
Typology
Residential › House
Named for its butterfly-inspired angular canopies that adorn the project’s exterior, Folded Wings is a speculative office campus designed by Form4 Architecture in the technology epicenter of Palo Alto, California.
Project name
Folded Wings
Architecture firm
Form4 Architecture
Location
Palo Alto, California, USA
Principal architect
John Marx, AIA
Design team
John Marx, AIA, James Tefend, Form4 Architecture
Built area
New 10,736 m² (115,425 ft²) building, update to existing 6,751 m² (72,662 ft²) building
Site area
4 hectares (10 acres)
Landscape
Studio Five Design
Construction
Truebeck Construction
Tools used
form·Z, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Revit
Material
Accoya wood, glass, aluminum, steel
Client
Sand Hill Property Company
Typology
Commercial › Office Park
The project is located nearby the “The Skyline Coast”, a popular tourist attraction in Sanya, Hainan, enjoying vast and open seascape and surrounded by the lovely sound of crashing waves, which can relieve people’s spirits in the immersive blue natural ambience.
Project name
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
Architecture firm
GS Design
Location
Tianya Dristrict, Sanya, Hainan, China
Design team
Chao Li, Zigeng Luo
Collaborators
Furnishing Director: Yu Feng. Design Directors: Liangchao Li, Yuanman Huang
Interior design
GS Design
Client
Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, Sanya
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
If natural occurrences could change the climate easily, how should we control it?
Taal volcano in the Philippines is one of the most dangerous active volcanoes in the world. It has erupted many times, and people are always threatened, but the Taal volcano has more geothermal energy than others.
Project name
TRANS-Nature
Architecture firm
Zhiyi Zhang
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, UE, V-ray
Principal architect
Zhiyi Zhang
Visualization
Zhiyi Zhang, Qian Yu
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Photography
Taylor Simpson
The brief was to create new Living spaces, relocate the kitchen and bathroom and improve access to natural light. The functional requirements of the client were simple. The only particular requirement was to find a place in the design for 3 tapestries that her mother had made.
Project name
Cross-Stitch House
Architecture firm
FMD Architects
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photography
Peter Bennetts
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
