Inspired by the verticality of the forest, the São Paulo-based architecture firm Atelier Marko Brajovic has recently completed Monkey House located in Paraty, Brazil.
Architect's statement: A few years ago the monkeys that lived at the foot of Serra in Paraty disappeared. It was said that it was due to the yellow fever that supposedly spread amon...
Project name
Monkey House
Architecture firm
Atelier Marko Brajovic
Location
Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photography
Rafael Medeiros, Gustavo Uemura
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Marko Brajovic
Design team
Marko Brajovic, Bruno Bezerra, Vitoria Mendes, Maira Shinzato
Collaborators
Docol, Mekal, Souza LTDA.
Landscape
Atelier Marko Brajovic
Structural engineer
Atelier Marko Brajovic
Construction
Hybrida Production
Fatma Çetin: I designed a calm area on the facade that dominates the view. The processed part of 55 m² area is a bedroom. I kept the glass windows as wide as possible in order to have the whole view. The design with dark colors was enlivened by lighting and accessories.
Project name
The Winter House
Architecture firm
Fatma Çetin
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Fatma Çetin
Typology
Residential, House
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) was announced as the winner of the design competition to build Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base.
Project name
Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects
Visualization
Brick Visual, Slashcube
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Xiaoyu Zhang, Lida Zhang, Bogdan Zaha, Gaoqi Lou, Huiyuan Li, Jiaxing Lu, Leyuan Jiang, Mariana Custodio dos Santos, Martin Gsandtner, Nastasja Mitrovic, Rui Zhao, Sebastian Andia, Xiangfan Chen, Yuan Feng, Zhiming Wang, Boyan Hristov, John Kanakas, Enoch Kolo, Karina Linsen
Collaborators
Satoshi Ohashi, Paulo Flores, Jingwen Yang, Karoly Markos, Michail Desyllas, Xuexin Duan
Typology
Commercial, Offices, Hotel
The first-place winner for the Rifat Chadirji Prize 2020 and the People’s Choice Award is a team of five from Cairo, Egypt: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla and Ebtisam Elgizawy. The winning team was selected out of 177 submissions from 42 countries received this year.
Project name
Living pedestrian bridge over the Nile
Architecture firm
Five Egyptian Architects: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy
Location
Over the Nile River, Linking El Tahrir district to El zamalek district, Cairo, Egypt
Principal architect
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Visualization
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, V-ray
Status
1st prize winner - Tamayouz Excellence Award - The Rifat Chadirji Prize
Typology
Pedestrian Bridge
Natural bathroom idea by Omid Merkan: This 33 square-meters bathroom is designed in a modern style, and as much as possible tried to maintain the connection between indoor and outdoor space.
Project name
Green Bathroom
Architecture firm
Omid Merkan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Omid Merkan
Visualization
Omid Merkan
Didformat Studio: This villa is designed for a family in northern Iran in the city of Ramsar. The main idea of this design is related to the boat that was seen near the site. Due to the proper location of the boat, the main design and concept process was formed. One of the main demands of the employer was the close connection of the ground floor...
Project name
Villa Sculler
Architecture firm
Didformat Studio
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Amirhossein Nourbakhsh & Mohammadreza Norouz
Visualization
Mohammadreza Norouz & Amirhossein Nourbakhsh
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential, Villa
Clayton Korte: Eberly, inspired by sources both humble and lofty, marries a former 1970s print shop building with a salvaged bar from the storied Cedar Tavern in New York’s Greenwich Village to create a sophisticated bar, cafe and restaurant in central Austin.
Architecture firm
Clayton Korte
Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Photography
Merrick Ales and Chloe Gilstrap
Principal architect
Paul Clayton
Design team
Paul Clayton, Sam Manning
Interior design
Mickie Spencer
Collaborators
Kitchen Designer: N. Wasserstrom & Sons. Permit Expediter: McClendon and Associates. Steel Work in Study: Steel House MFG
Civil engineer
Longaro & Clarke Consulting
Structural engineer
JM Structural Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Bay & Associates
Construction
ICON Design + Build
Typology
Restaurant, Cafe, Bar
Oppenheim Architecture: Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse takes inspiration from the natural dunescapes and mountains of the surrounding desert as well as the architectural heritage of the ancient Bedouin. The innovative and organic design of the building forms the iconic core of the Ayla Oasis mixed-use resort development.
Project name
Ayla Golf Academy & Clubhouse
Architecture firm
Oppenheim Architecture
Photography
Rory Gardiner, Moh’d Musa, Rasem Kamal
Principal architect
Chad Oppenheim, Beat Huesler
Design team
Oppenheim Architecture
Collaborators
Anthony Cerasoli, Aleksandra Melion, Tom McKeogh, Ana Guedes Lebre, Eugenie Guon, Rasem Kamal, and Darb Architects and Engineers (Local Architect)
Built area
5,800 m². Golfclub Built-up Area: 4,100 m². Golf Academy Built-up Area: 1,200 m². Comfort Stations Built-up Area: 500 m²
Interior design
Oppenheim Architecture
Landscape
Form Landscape Architects
Structural engineer
WMM Engineers AG, Greuter AG (Shotcrete Consultant)
Construction
Modern Tech. Construction (General Contractor), Nino Construction Engineers (Shotcrete Contractor)
Supervision
General Contractor: Modern Tech. Construction
Visualization
MIR (Renderings), Luxigon (Renderings)
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete (local stone, clay mixture), steel, glass
Client
Ayla Oasis Development Company
Typology
Sport › Sports Center
The architects from the ARCHWERK studio are behind the architectural concept of Coco Villa and Wing. The architects from Refuel works designed the architectural concept of the concrete Art Villa. The author of Atelier Villa is Formafatal studio headed by Dagmar Štěpánová. In addition to interior design, Formafatal imprinted the final form of each v...
Project name
COCO | Art Villas Costa Rica
Architecture firm
ARCHWERK [concept and architectural design] Formafatal [interior design, exterior finishing]
Location
Bahia Ballena, Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica
Photography
BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com
Principal architect
Martin Kloda [ARCHWERK] Hana Procházková [ARCHWERK] Dagmar Štěpánová [Formafatal]
Design team
Martin Kloda [ARCHWERK] Hana Procházková [ARCHWERK] Dagmar Štěpánová [Formafatal]
Built area
interiors area: 140 m², terraces area: 204 m²
Interior design
Formafatal
Landscape
Atelier Flera, www.flera.cz
Material
Teak, Steel, PTFE canvas, Cement paving Granada Tiles Nicaragua, MDF boards, linen
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Client
Filip Žák, www.artvillas.com
Typology
Hospitality, Resort Villas
The architecture student Alessandro Pagliuca from university of Accademia Architettura Mendrisio - Switzerland has envisioned a cave villa inside an old abandoned quarry in island of Ponza, Italy.
Student
Alessandro Pagliuca
University
Accademia Architettura Mendrisio - Switzerland
Teacher
Architects Manuel and Francisco Aires Mateus
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Cinema 4D, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Project name
A villa in a cave
Semester
Autumn (September - December)
Location
Ponza Island, Italy
Typology
Residential, House
