Two SAOTA designed projects – DDS in São Paulo, Brazil and La Reserve in Dakar, Senegal – have been shortlisted as finalists for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards 2021.
Gables’ is a striking low impact village home. Designed to be our retired clients' forever home, the house is accessible, highly contemporary, low energy, sustainable and secure. The clients wanted it to be not too big for two, but big enough to accommodate village parties and wider family coming to stay.
Architecture firm
Chadwick Dryer Clarke Studio, Bartlow Barns
Location
Bartlow, South Cambridgeshire
Photography
Hufton and Crow
Principal architect
Robin and Delphine Dryer
Structural engineer
Michael Hadi Associates Mathai Mathew
Environmental & MEP
HoareLea JamesMack
Construction
Patrick B Doyle, James Robinson Henry Riley LLP
Material
Timber frame, woodwool insulation, concrete sheer walls
Typology
Residential › House
Conceptual project. In the Wabi Sabi style. Natural shapes and colors emphasize the identity of this style. The main natural material is wood. The project is conceived as a place for a short getaway. Feel the lightness and atmosphere of this place!
Architecture firm
Alena Valyavko
Location
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Alena Valyavko
Visualization
Alena Valyavko
Typology
Residential › House
A shower door is a must-have for your bathrooms but keeping it clean and other maintenance may draw you away from this option. Try these daily life hacks.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych (Cover image)
The program is one of the most highly anticipated acknowledgments in the Hospitality Architectural Design and Interior Design industry. The renowned Farmani Group, along with 3C Awards, is pleased to formally announce the winners of its first edition of the LIV Hospitality Design Awards.
Photography
LIV Hospitality Design Award
Located on the beautiful Dutch island of Texel, Holiday Home is unlike any other residential villa. Instead of dividing the house into different spaces by walls, Orange Architects decided to divide spaces according to the specific use at any moment in time. Escaping from routine is quite literally built-in.
Project name
Holiday Home
Architecture firm
Orange Architects
Location
De Koog, Texel, The Netherlands
Photography
Sebastian van Damme
Principal architect
Patrick Meijers and Jeroen Schipper
Design team
Patrick Meijers, Jeroen Schipper, Elena Staskute, Paul Kierkels, Eric Eisma, Panagiotis Seltsiotis
Construction
Cor Koper Bouwbedrijf
Material
Wood, Glass, Concrete
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
Designed by Indian architecture and interior design firm Loop Design Studio Playground is a restaurant and lounge located in the main commercial hub of Chandigarh, India. It is an energetic injection of multiple textures, color and materiality that comes together on a beautiful canvas.
Project name
Playground Restaurant
Architecture firm
Loop Design Studio
Location
Chandigarh, India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Suvrita Bhardwaj, Nikhil Pratap Singh
Interior design
Loop Design Studio
Material
Brick, mud plaster and hand-made tiles, concrete, wood, steel, glass
Typology
Restaurant, Lounge
The design concept was formed based on the form of available land and surrounding rocks. In addition, the main idea for usage of the bridge that is between two sides of the site is the residential.
Project name
Valley Residential Bridge
Architecture firm
Didformat Studio
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, ZBrush, Lumion, Corona Renderer, Quixel Mixer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Amirhossein Nourbakhsh
Visualization
Amirhossein Nourbakhsh
Typology
Residential › Apartments
There are various reasons why it proves to be beneficial to hire an architect. Apart from having a better understanding of your needs, an architect will also help you acquire a better overall design of your home.
Photography
Elf-Moondance (cover image), Haer Briezh
The White Pearl Villa's main concept is to create a shell which provides shading to the house with an opening to provide natural sunlight to the olive tree and the main entrance, linking the stairs with the shell in fluid design.
Project name
White Pearl Villa
Architecture firm
Omar Hakim
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omar Hakim
Typology
Residential › House