A glass house in the Mexican desert, twenty minutes from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Casa Etérea sits on the slope of an extinct volcano. The sustainably-built dwelling is encased in mirrored panels, reflecting the changing light that illuminates its rugged landscape.
Location
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Photography
Kevin Scott, Prashant Ashoka, Estudio Mavix
Principal architect
Prashant Ashoka
Design team
Prashant Ashoka
Collaborators
Oskar Chertudi Maya, Gabriel Lopategui, Octavio Cambron Munguia, Mario Gonzalez, Antonio Santana
Interior design
Prashant Ashoka + Namuh
Civil engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Structural engineer
Prashant Ashoka
Environmental & MEP
Prashant Ashoka
Landscape
Octavio Cambron Munguia
Supervision
Prashant Ashoka
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD
Construction
Workers in Mexico
Typology
Residential › House
The Czech architecture firm Kuba & Pilař architekti has recently completed a family house on the waterfront with a green roof, located in Znojmo Town, Czech Republic. The plot is situated in a gap between family houses that form the banks of the Dyje River. Steep terrain of the plot has the original terrace landscaping with stonewalls.
Architecture firm
Kuba & Pilař architekti
Location
Znojmo, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com
Principal architect
Tomáš Pilař, Ladislav Kuba, Norbert Walter
Typology
Residential › Houses
The Tehran-based architecture studio ZAV Architects has recently completed Presence in Hormuz 2, a community of Superadobe earthbag domes that empowers its residents. Built with earth-based materials, these colorful domes were constructed with the help of local residents looking to revive their local economy.
Project name
Presence in Hormuz 2
Architecture firm
ZAV Architects
Location
Hormuz Island, Iran
Photography
Payman Barkhordari, Tahmineh Monzavi, Soroush Majidi, DJI
Principal architect
Mohamadreza Ghodousi, Fatemeh Rezaei, Golnaz Bahrami, Soroush Majidi
Design team
Sheila Ehsaei,Sara Jafari, Payman Barkhordari, Mohsen Safshekan, Kaveh Rashidzadeh, Hossein Panjehpour
Collaborators
Fereshteh Assadzadeh, Somayeh Saeidi, Arshia Hashemipour, Dorsa Tavakoli, Sara Fallahzadeh, Nasim Mosavar
Interior design
Sara Jafari, Taraneh Behboud, Sara Nikkar, Mohsen Dehghan
Civil engineer
Farhad Beigi
Structural engineer
Behrang Baniadam, Rouhi Touski
Environmental & MEP
Pejman Moradian, Saeid Afsharian, Salman Rasouli, Roya Yazdizadeh
Landscape
Maryam Yousefi, Morteza Adib
Supervision
Soroush Majidi, Payman Barkhordari, Sheila Ehsaei
Visualization
Somayeh Saeidi
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Dji Mavic Pro
Construction
Amir Tehrani Nobahari
Client
Ehsan Rasoulof, Ali Rezvani
Typology
Residential › Multipurpose cultural residence › Housing
Alexandre-de-Sève Town House: When Heritage and Contemporary Meet. Restoring a 19th-century house while retaining the heritage and creating a contemporary addition is quite a challenge. The original 60 m² building has been fully restored and converted into two apartments: a two-floor 4 ½ and a 3 ½ on the second floor.
Project name
Alexandre-de-Sève town house
Architecture firm
Guillaume Lévesque architecte
Location
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Photography
Charles Lanteigne photo
Principal architect
Guillaume Lévesque
Design team
Matisse Aubin Thuot
Collaborators
Matisse Aubin Thuot
Structural engineer
GENIEX
Environmental & MEP
Group Cémec Inc,
Landscape
L’espace paysage, Martine Boudreault
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk AutoCAD
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Canela designed by Workshop Diseño y Construcción aims to respect and honor the historic values of colonial architecture of Yucatan, in a pure and sober way, combining with contemporary details and comfort of current lifestyle in order to create a small oasis in the middle of the city.
Project name
Canela House
Architecture firm
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Location
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Principal architect
Francisco Bernés Aranda and Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina
Design team
Francisco Bernés Aranda, Fabián Gutiérrez Cetina, Alejandro Bargas Cicero, Isabel Bargas Cicero
Collaborators
Artesano MX, Galería Urbana Blanquis
Interior design
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Tools used
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Construction
Workshop Diseño y Construcción
Typology
Residential › House
The key for a unique house? IdealPark car lift, Exploring a Bauhaus villa in Germany by UUR Bau GmbH
Project name
Bauhaus Villa
Architecture firm
UR Bau GmbH
Photography
Betulla Studio
Collaborators
Peter Bodenmüller
Interior design
Davide Conti
Civil engineer
Ulrich Geiger
Typology
Residential, Villa
The Cape Town-based architectural practice Wright Architects recently completed Cranberry Pavilion, a private residence located in Camps Bay, Cape Town.
Project name
Cranberry Pavilion
Architecture firm
Wright Architects
Location
Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
Photography
Christian Cooke
Principal architect
Greg Wright, Suzaan De Kock & Gert Coetzee
Design team
Greg Wright, Suzaan De Kock & Gert Coetzee
Interior design
Mazel Interior Design
Structural engineer
Poise Design
Environmental & MEP
Wright Architects
Landscape
Wright Architects
Lighting
Wright Architects
Supervision
Wright Architects
Visualization
Gert Coetzee
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Adobe Photoshop
We designed this house for a family who decided to move out of the city to be closer to nature. The building is located in the Vinnitsa region of Ukraine on the bank of the Southern Bug river. The aesthetic concept of the project was dictated by the picturesque landscape. We decided to integrate the building into the surroundings as much as possibl...
Architecture firm
Bogdanova Bureau
Location
Vinnytsia region, Ukraine
Photography
Andrey Bezuglov
Principal architect
Olga Bogdanova
Design team
Oleg Matuschenko, Irina Buzova
Collaborators
Manezh.ua - sun protection systems, Woodmart - terrace boards, Prostir20 - porcelain tiles, Domio - kitchen by Poliform, Windows by Reynaers.
Interior design
Bogdanova Bureau
Structural engineer
Aleksey Pryimachenko
Environmental & MEP
Proectum
Landscape
Amaizing Gardening
Supervision
Bogdanova Bureau, Irina Kostenko, Artem Volochaev
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential, Houses
