Florianópolis is an island located on the southern coast of Brazil, where nature manifests itself exuberantly, especially through the sea and mountains. Its beaches with crystal clear waters and white sand stand out from others in the country due to the striking presence of rocks in the middle of the sea.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Cacupé, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Bruno Bontempo, Bianca Carvalho, Bruna Maciel, Saulo Saraiva, Sabrina Freitas. Windows and Glasses: Lohn Esquadrias. Cladding, finishing, floors and countertops: Cosentino. Woodwork: Bontempo. Marblework: MG superfícies. Air conditioning: I9 climatização. Skylights: Continente inox. Brises: Lfs soluções metálicas. Metal structure: CLW. Pools Installation: Nardi Piscina
Structural engineer
MV estruturas
Environmental & MEP
CA engenharia (Hydraulic; Electric)
Landscape
Jardim e Cia; Terraço Paisagismo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Steel, Stone, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Considering the typology of the plot, we inserted the stairwell in the central area of the volume, freeing up the façades and thus optimizing the capture of natural light inside the apartments. A recurring distribution logic in this type of plot in Porto city.
Project name
Boavista 339
Architecture firm
Paulo Merlini Architects
Location
Rua de Agramonte, 339, Porto, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Paulo Merlini, André Silva
Collaborators
Inês Silva, Maria Tavares, Rita Pinho
Structural engineer
Marilia Pinto arq/eng & construção
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Elevated entertaining with sublime views over the Palm Jumeirah. Located on the Shoreline of the Palm Jumeirah, offering sunset views over West Beach, this impressive space has been entirely re-imagined by Mercury Projects.
Project name
The Viola Penthouse
Architecture firm
Mercury Projects
Location
Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE
Photography
John Gulingan
Design team
Mercury Projects, Armelle Lamont Interior Design
Collaborators
Lead and developed by Mercury Projects
Interior design
Armelle Lamont Interior Design
Environmental & MEP engineering
Mercury Projects
Lighting
Mercury Projects
Material
Interior design team and Development team
Construction
We Shape Spaces
Supervision
Mercury Projects
Visualization
Armelle Lamont Interior Design
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › Penthouse, Renovations & Additions
Shayona Consultants: The USP of our practice is to deliver the end result exactly same which we have proposed in the initial stages to our client. This 2650 sq.ft. South facing plot is located in the densely populated area of Maninagar, Ahmedabad.
Project name
Terracotta Screen House
Architecture firm
Prashant Parmar Architect | Shayona Consultants
Location
Maninagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Photography
Studio 16mm by Sahaj Smrut
Principal architect
Prashant Parmar
Design team
Hemang Mistry, Ashish Rathod, Vasavi Mehta, Nidhi Patel, Nensi Patel
Budget
INR 5500/sq. ft. (Excluding architect’s fees & electronic items)
Typology
Residential › House
Situated in the heart of the bustling city center of Mumbai, this high-floor duplex caters to a young family, blending contemporary elegance with the whimsy of daily life and travel, akin to their renowned fashion label. Does the residence be on the 45th floor overlooking the sea through the city skyline, provide the setting for the entire abode to...
Project name
The Coastal Harmony
Architecture firm
Mind Manifestation Design
Location
Lower Parel, Mumbai, India
Photography
Saurabh Suryan
Principal architect
Anand Deshmukh, Chetan Lahoti
Design team
Akshata Ranadive , Vidhisha Paltewar
Environmental & MEP engineering
Lighting
Lighting Consultant – What’s this studio
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Budget
8000 rs/- per sq.m
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The house is located diagonally towards the bay, a premise based on taking advantage of the views. It has an unambiguous structural language: a concrete base that generates containment. The volume of the architectural program occupies only half of the space; the rest is descending terrain and fill. A perimeter concrete plinth supports a wooden roof...
Project name
KUPURI House
Architecture firm
Modica Ledezma, Central De Arquitectura
Location
Punta Mita, Nayarit, Mexico
Principal architect
Hector Modica, Carlos Ledezma, Jose Sanchez
Collaborators
Paola Andonegui Cuellar, Fernanda Soriano, Oscar Torres Alfonzo, Emmanuel Ortiz, Cristian Romero, Alfredo Romero; SUPPLIERS: Venster, Habitacion 116, Perilbagno y Bali
Construction
ADC Agrupacion
Typology
Residential › House
Under the cliffs of Tepozteco emerges LL House, where its monoliths settle as if the weathered stones of the hill had been sculpted to inhabit them. The geometric composition of the house responds to a fragmentation of prisms that join and separate to shape its internal spaces. They come together to create amplitude and disperse to retreat into sol...
Location
Tepoztlán, Morelos, México
Photography
Mariana Achach
Design team
RA! (Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar, Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar, Santiago Sierra, Daniel Martínez, Lourdes Gamez.)
Collaborators
Daniel Martinez, Lourdes Gamez
Built area
481m² interior + 719m² exterior
Civil engineer
Daniel Manzanares
Structural engineer
Daniel Manzanares
Environmental & MEP
Antonio Villarreal
Lighting
Eduardo Martinez
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
Casa Tuti is located in the Terralagos neighborhood, in front of a large lagoon. It is a pure and white volume that plays with its wings on the upper and lower floors, where its flight is the skeleton that intervenes throughout the entire route of the house.
Architecture firm
Leone Loray Arquitectos
Location
Terralagos, Argentina
Photography
Alejandro Peral
Principal architect
Justina Leone, Gastón Loray
Design team
Nadia Navarrete
Collaborators
Gustavo Ciancio
Interior design
Juliana Virla
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
