The apartment with an area of over 300 square metres favors the atmosphere of creative thinking and living in the spirit of slow life. The unique characteristics of the interior is created by references to Japanese aesthetics, which are interwined with the best European design.
Architecture firm
Studio Organic
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Aga Kobus
Design team
Aga Kobus, Grzegorz Goworek
Visualization
Michał Nowak Visualizations
Typology
Residential › Apartment
In the atmospheric vernacular architecture of the colonial mansion that houses Casa Hoyos, combining all the heritage of San Miguel de Allende with a chic and eclectic character, saying ‘Yes, I do’ becomes an even more memorable moment.The hotel honors the significance of the marriage vows with an original concept that extols love and joy.
Photography
Diego Padilla Magallanes
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has announced the opening of the Cloudscape of Haikou on the southern tip of China. A unique urban public and cultural space for citizens and visitors to Haikou, this flowing, sculptural concrete form was named as one of the “most anticipated architecture projects of 2021” by The Times of London.
Project name
The Cloudscape of Haikou
Architecture firm
MAD Architects
Location
Haikou, Hainan Province, China
Photography
Arch-Exist, CreatAR Images, Aogvision
Principal architect
Ma Yansong, Dang Qun, Yosuke Hayano
Design team
Qiang Siyang, Shang Li, Sun Feifei, Dayie Wu, Alan Rodríguez Carrillo, Xie Qilin, Beatrice Bavuso
Collaborators
Fu Changrui (Associate in Charge), East China Architectural Design and Research Institute (Executive Architect), RFR Shanghai (Façade Consultant), 2x4 Beijing (Signage Design)
Interior design
Beijing Ling & BuYao Interior design
Lighting
Beijing Ning Field Lighting Design Corp., Ltd.
Material
Fair-faced concrete
Construction
Yihuida Shimizu Concrete
Client
Haikou Tourism & Culture Investment Holding Group
Typology
Educational › Library
This community consists of habitable modules that are assembled and disassembled in different places to learn about the environment and its different ways of life, a concept that is based on forms interpreted by the work of surrealism.
Project name
Habitable Modules 33
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
MVRDV has begun construction on Shenzhen Terraces, a mixed-use project that forms the core of the thriving university neighbourhood in Shenzhen’s Longgang District. The project comprises a stack of accessible plates containing the buildings’ programme, where all communication takes place on the shaded terraces to maximise public life.
Project name
Shenzhen Terraces
Photography
© Atchain, Copyright: MVRDV 2018 – (Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries)
Principal architect
Winy Maas (Founding Partner in charge)
Design team
Sanne van Manen, Irgen Salianji, Shengjie Zhan, Luca Beltrame, Katarzyna Maria Ephraim, Cas Esbach, Hengwei Ji, DongMin Lee, Yannick Macken, Giuseppe Mazzaglia, Siyi Pan, Sen Yang, Jiani You, Daan Zandbergen
Built area
95,000 m² mixed-use
Collaborators
Gideon Maasland (Director)
Construction
hanghai Xinyuan Construction Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd (Cost Calculation)
Visualization
Atchain, Light Studio, Antonio Luca Coco, Kirill Emelianov
Client
Shenzhen Shimao Xin Li Cheng Industry Co.,Ltd.
Typology
Mixed-use building, Educational, Offices, Retail, Cultural
Overlooking the water in Bay Harbor this home was designed as a sequence of experiences that frame the beautiful views and lead to a seamless transition between interior and exterior architecture, filled with natural light. The tropical foliage was key on this residence due to the plenty of windows that help create the transition.
Project name
99 Residence
Architecture firm
SDH Studio Architecture + Design
Location
Bay Harbor, Florida, United States
Photography
David Hernandez
Principal architect
Stephanie Halfen
Material
White Wood Marble and metal louvers
Typology
Residential › House
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation has partnered with Southern California building materials company Eso Surfaces to create iconic textile blocks and 3D cement tiles from the Frank Lloyd Wright archive.
Written by
www.esosurfaces.com
Photography
On-Site Product Photography (Photographed at Taliesin West). All historical photos: courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (the museum of modern art | avery architectural & fine arts library, Columbia University, New York) all rights reserved. ®/©/tm Frank Lloyd Wright foundation. all rights reserved.
Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów by Nizio Design International officially opened on July 12th.
Project name
Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of Polish Villages in Michniów
Architecture firm
Nizio Design International
Location
Michniów, Poland
Photography
Marcin Czechowicz https://mcmproduction.pl/
Principal architect
Mirosław Nizio
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood
Typology
Mausoleum, Monuments, Memorial Spaces
Ananda is the name set by Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura for its new house project in Eldorado do Sul (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). Ananda means supreme bliss, a common term widely used in Hinduism. The choice directly refers to the owner’s wish of transforming her house into a bright space to live in and to receive students for yoga and meditation c...
Project name
Ananda House
Architecture firm
Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura
Location
Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Photography
Lucas Franck/NMLSS
Principal architect
Paulo Henrique Rodrigues, Roberto Stemmer, Ingrid Stemmer
Material
Concrete, Glass, Wood, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
As an international design firm, AEC is active across the broadest field of architecture, engineering and design. Design plays and important role in keeping people safe, connected and engaged in their community. The pandemic has made clear how valuable human interaction is and how impactful the spaces in which we gather have become.
Written by
Architectural Engineering Consultants
Photography
Courtesy of AEC
