The living room became the heart of the home in lockdown. It’s a space to relax and hang out with the family – whether you’re playing a board game or binge-watching Netflix. You can have fun with the interior design of the living room. It needs to be a cosy, comfortable and relaxing space to spend time in.
Photography
Vanitjan (cover image)
The concept of unity villa is mainly designed based on the golden ratio. The achieved from is created with consideration of the site conditions such as the slope, form and orientation of the site. One of the main elements of this design is the triangular balcony facing south.
Project name
Damavand Villa
Architecture firm
Plk21 Studio
Location
Damavand, Tehran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Ava Emamifard
Design team
Ava Emamifard
Visualization
Leyla Asgari
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
SAOTA's project Kloof House took home Gold at the 43rd Annual Loeries Awards, in the Design category for Architecture. Winners were announced during Loeries Creative Week (21 - 22 October 2021) in Cape Town, which welcomed hundreds of creatives from across Africa and the Middle East.
Photography
Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle
The Rome and Tehran-based architecture practice uc21 architects led by Amin Haghighat Gou have recently completed Cantilever House, a contemporary single-family home located in Mosha, Damavand, Iran.
Project name
Cantilever House
Architecture firm
uc21 architects
Location
Mosha, Damavand, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Amin Haghighat Gou
Design team
Amin Haghighat Gou
Interior design
Amin Haghighat Gou
Environmental & MEP
Mehdi Safe, Amir Hossein Borji
Landscape
Amin Haghighat Gou
Lighting
Mehdi Safe, Amin Haghighat Gou
Supervision
Amin Haghighat Gou, Milad Ahmadian
Visualization
Amin Haghighat Gou
Construction
Milad Ahmadian, Amin Haghighat Gou
Material
Concrete, Steel structure, cement plaster
Typology
Residential › House
Many people spend a lot of money on utility bills every month, and they don't even know it. It's not surprising that the leading cause of home foreclosures is unpaid utility bills. This blog post will teach you about some energy-saving solutions that can help you save money now and down the road!
Photography
Vanitjan (cover image), jcomp, freepik
We are proud to announce that RMJM Dubai’s Thakher Gardens won the Best Future Project of the Year by Design Middle East Awards 2021.
The idea was to create a prototype of a precast modular modern house. Concrete finish contrasting with the reddish rocks of Wadi Rum in Jordan forms an iconic house with a simple structure.
Architecture firm
LYX arkitekter
Location
Canyons Of Utah, United States
Tools used
SketchUp, Autodesk 3ds Max, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
A bid for the architectural concept of the National Space Center was announced in 2019. UNK was awarded the contract. The complex of the Center buildings is located in Moscow on the site of one of the leading enterprises of the Russian rocket and space industry developing and producing space launch vehicles, rocket upper stages to them, as well a...
Project name
The National Space Center
Construction
Institut Mosinzhproyekt OOO
Status
Under construction
As an important component of Zhengdong New District’s public amenities, the Dragon Lake Public Art Center will be used to showcase urban planning initiatives and exhibitions in the short term, and as a public art center in the long run.
Project name
Dragon Lake Public Art Center
Architecture firm
STUDIO A+
Location
Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
Photography
Su Chen, Chun Fang, Zhendong Jiang, Arch-exist photography
Principal architect
Min Wang（STUDIO A+)
Design team
Min Wang, Mei Ding, Hui Li, Yuliang Wang, Ye Miao, Shizhuang Zhu, Dahua Liu, Chongshuo Wang, Kefeng Liu, Yufeng Zhao, Rui Li, Jiale Ge, Yiyang Song, Mingyan Zhang
Collaborators
BIM: Hao Jiang, Yiting Gao, Xiaoqiang Zhou, Yan Liu, Heng Jin. Curtainwall Design: Bing Qu, Chi Gao. Partner: The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT (Harbin Institute of Technology), China Academy of Building Research Co., Ltd.
Interior design
Ge Zhang, Wuting Li, Hongyu Wang
Structural engineer
Congzhen Xiao
Environmental & MEP
Chaohong Mi, Gang Chen, Peijiang Zhao, Shouyong Liu, Hong Li, Peng Zhang, Liying Zhang, Zhenyu Sun, Bin Sun, Baolong Shen, Shuwei Wang
Landscape
Wenwen Zhang, Puqi Liu, Kai Shen
Lighting
Dongning Wang, Lihua Zhou, Jinlong Liang, Qiang Chen
Construction
The Second Construction Limited Company of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division
Material
Smooth fair-faced concrete, ultra-clear glass, white and wooden color coated aluminum panels/grilles
Client
Zhengdong New District Construction Development Investment Co.,Ltd.
Typology
Cultural › Arts Center
Insulating your home helps reduce heat loss and, in turn, saves on monthly energy costs. Read on to learn how you can choose the right insulation material.
Photography
Clinton Murray Architects - Michael Thorpe (cover image)
