This mid-century home held promise, despite having endured a series of clumsy additions, including a 1980s sunroom addition and years of disrepair and neglect. The home takes its name from a family of starlings that nested in the home’s wall cavities, which were left open from previously abandoned repairs. Originally designed in 1952 by noted Seatt...
Project name
The Starling’s Nest
Architecture firm
Rerucha Studio
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider
Principal architect
Jill Rerucha
Interior design
Rerucha Studio
Design year
Originally designed in 1952
Construction
Caspers Built
Material
Large sliders: Fleetwood Windows and Doors. Windows: Sierra Pacific. Roof: Standing seam sheet metal. Exterior Siding: tight knot cedar with driftwood stain. Front door: custom steel with Rixon hinges. Roof deck: concrete pedestal pavers. Cabinets: custom rift cut walnut. Countertops: absolute black granite honed. Wood floor: original oak floor (refinished and replaced where needed).
Client
New Owner: Cole Morgan
Typology
Residential › House
This is the apartment for a young man, located in an old house built in 1874, in the historic district of Kyiv. The owner leads an active social life, admires the ideas of Bauhaus school, connects with artists and painters. We wanted to make an unique apartment, with its individual features and character. It was to reflect the preferences and ideas...
Architecture firm
Anastasia Mirzoyan Bureau
Photography
Yevhenii Avramenko
Principal architect
Anastasia Mirzoyan
Design team
Anastasia Mirzoyan
Collaborators
Local manufacturers such as UA Makers, Nesusvet
Interior design
Anastasia Mirzoyan
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
TRADITION, MUUTO
Material
Brick, Metal, Glass, Stone
Visualization
Anastasia Mirzoyan
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Torres Blancas, the building designed by Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oíza for the Huarte company, was built between 1964 and 1972. Its powerful sculptural form, the expressive use of bare concrete and its experimental nature make it an iconic example of Madrid’s architecture.
Project name
Torres Blancas
Architecture firm
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Photography
Ana Amado, Manolo Yllera
Principal architect
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Built area
31, 500 m² aprox.
Interior design
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Structural engineer
Leonardo Fernández Troyano and Carlos Fernández Casado
Landscape
Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
Construction
Huarte Construction Company
Material
Concrete, glass, steel
Typology
Residential › Apartments, Mixed-use
With the precision and foresight of a sculptor, our project chips away at the stifling ‘nice to haves’ of homelife, leaving behind only the essentials of elegant, functional living — the result is Humble House. In designing Humble House we denote that scaling down need not be synonymous with sacrifice, rather Humble House offers a refined, though u...
Project name
Humble House
Architecture firm
R Architecture (https://rarchitecture.com.au)
Location
Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Principal architect
Fletcher Hawkins
Design team
Fletcher Hawkins, Diana Ruiz, Gaurav Rajadhyax
Collaborators
Blufern Projects
Interior design
R Architecture
Civil engineer
Wright Design
Structural engineer
Wright Design
Visualization
R Architecture
Construction
Blufern Projects
Material
Spanish Slate, Australian Timber, Colourcoated Steel
Typology
Residential › House
Our clients bought a small house on a beautiful lot with many large boulders and live oak trees in the Berkeley hills with the idea to capture unused views and make space for three generations. The house, which melds influences from the clients European and Japanese heritages, is nestled between the natural features of the site so as to preserve as...
Project name
Thousand Oaks Residential Addition and Remodel
Architecture firm
Sogno Design Group
Location
Berkeley, California, USA
Photography
Michele Lee Willson
Principal architect
Kathryn A. Rogers
Interior design
Sogno Design Group
Civil engineer
Geotecnia, Luis Moura
Structural engineer
Berkeley Structural Design, William Lynch
Landscape
Farallon Gardens, Inc.
Lighting
Sogno Design Group
Visualization
Sogno Design Group
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Construction
Wood frame with structural steel
Material
Exterior siding- James Hardie Artisan siding. Exterior soffits- Paneltek Cedar. Interior ceilings- cedar, sheetrock. Flooring- wide plank white oak. Windows- Weathershield wood windows. Kitchen Counters- Quartzite. Refrig/freezer- Bosch Benchmark. Dishwasher- Meile. Exhaust Hood- Vent-a-hood hood liner with custom wood cover. Cooktop- Miele Induction. Oven- Miele Convection. Microwave drawer- Bosch. Kitchen Sink- Blanco Quatrus. Kitchen Faucet- Axor Citterio. Cabinetry- Rift Oak. Bathroom faucets- Hansgrohe. Bathroom countertops- Krion. Door Hardware- Baldwin L023 Estate
Client
Gabor Cselle and Erica Kochi
Typology
Residential › House
High ceilings, connection with the outside, privacy, connected spaces, natural lighting, garden space, were some of the key aspects to consider when designing Casa Cora.
Architecture firm
Ivana Rovira Arquitectura
Photography
Leonardo Mendez
Principal architect
Ivana Rovira
Material
Concrete, brick, glass
Typology
Residential › House
El Nido de Quetzalcóatl is an architectural project created by architect Javier Senosiain. The creation of this space was a challenge at the construction level due to the irregular terrain of 5,000 square meters in which it is located, however with time it was possible to create a residential complex of 10 apartments, surrounded by gardens, water m...
Project name
El Nido de Quetzalcóatl
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain
Location
Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain Aguilar
Collaborators
Luis Raúl Enríquez
Structural engineer
Structural design: Alfonso Olvera Montés, José Eduardo Gutiérrez. Structuring consulting: Porfirio Ballesteros, Andrés García
Construction
José Juan Romo, Fernando Acre
Typology
Residential Complex
Monticolo porphyry and vineyards. P2 House is located at the foot of the Mendel mountain, amidst green linear rows and warm spring sunsets. It is a residential building in which three generations live together under one roof. If you fly over the area, you will notice the letter “T” drawing the landscape: there are in fact two parallel volumes on wh...
Architecture firm
monovolume architecture + design
Location
Eppan, South Tyrol, Italy
Photography
Giovanni de Sandre
Principal architect
Patrik Pedó, Jury Anton Pobitzer
Design team
Sergio Aguado Hernández,Astrid Hasler, Diego Preghenella
Visualization
monovolume architecture+design
Material
Monticolo porphyry
Typology
Residential › House
