Mezze Residence #2 is part of a set of four private houses located in Quito, Ecuador, on the Tumbaco Valley, on the northwestern foothills of the Ilaló inactive Volcano. The preexistence of many avocado and lemon trees on the site, and the direct views of the volcano where the precursors of many design decisions which had to be weaved with the owne...
Project name
Mezze Residence #2
Architecture firm
Najas Arquitectos
Location
Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador
Principal architect
Esteban Najas
Collaborators
Andrés Lucero, Sebastián Montenegro, Martín Antelo, Rommel Antamba, Andrés Córdova / Dyconel (Consultant)
Structural engineer
Nicolás Morabowen, José Salvador
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Ecuador-based architecture and design studio CYAN ARQ+DIS has recently completed house in gray a single-family home inspired by the purity of materials and the creativity of its owners, that is located in Puembo, Quito, Ecuador.
Project description by architect:
A house inspired by the pu...
Child Studio has designed an imaginary secluded house named ‘Casa Plenaire’, a fantasy summer hideaway for quiet contemplation.
The project plays with the ideas of wellness, escapism, and connection with nature. A series of cinematic images depict the dreamy sunlit rooms, presenting a lifestyle c...
Portuguese architect and interior designer Joana Marcelino Studio has designed Casa Matias Alves rehabilitation and expansion of a building in the historic center of Leiria, Portugal.
Project description by architect:
This is the rehabilitation and expansion of a building in the historic cente...
The Nijmegen-based architecture firms BRUIS Architectuur & IHC Architects has recently designed Shifted House a futuristic home in Hilversum, Netherlands.
Project description by architect:
This futuristic home owes its scenography to the shifted forms that respond to nature. Because the two m...
Oak-covered house in Poland designed by Wrasaw-based architecture & interior design studio Kando Architects.
Project description by architect:
The main factors that determined choice of the houses location by our clients was their dream of proximity to the nature and their will to escape the u...
Inspired by the beauty of free-flowing curves, Stiletto House is a fusion of sculpture and building, a blending of form and function to create living spaces that inspire. It embraces traditional concepts of tropical architecture while reinterpreting them in contemporary forms. It explores what a house could be like for an avid collector of antiques...
Project name
Stiletto House
Architecture firm
EHKA Studio
Location
50 Jalan Seaview, Singapore
Photography
Studio Periphery
Design team
Hsu Hsia Pin, Eunice Khoo, Amoz Boon
Collaborators
Consultants : E-Lume Pte Limited
Structural engineer
DWB CS-Engineering Consultants
Construction
Poh Sia Construction and Engineering
Typology
Residential › House
The León-based architecture firm Taller5 Arquitectos has recently completed Casa LL a single family home that is located in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Project description by architect:
Located within an upward steep slope and considering a wide program of necessities, the project required a dia...
