An inner city hideaway. The complex was born from a project to recover and enhance the heritage of a vacant building with an extensive curtilage area. In this latter area, a single independent family housing unit was built, which we present here as Casa Prazeres 37. One of the main concerns of the design was to develop a volume as an anonymous elem...
Architecture firm
Fragmentos
Location
Lisboa, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Structural engineer
Fragmentos GLFV
Landscape
Polen Land Design
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The lot for this new development presented us with a couple of interesting characteristics that helped shape the house plan. The elongated property, organized along the natural slope and abutting a heavily wooded area, provides broad views of Lake Washington, unobstructed by other houses.
Project name
Carillon Woods
Architecture firm
ALCOVA architecture
Location
Washington, United States
Photography
Pietro Potestà
Principal architect
Pietro Potestà
Design team
Pietro Potestà
Collaborators
Wendy Morrison
Interior design
Pietro Potestà
Civil engineer
ALCOVA architecture
Structural engineer
Swenson Say Faget
Environmental & MEP
ALCOVA architecture
Supervision
Travis Gaylord - ALCHEMY Building Company
Visualization
ALCOVA architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Corel Draw, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
ALCHEMY Building Company
Material
Exteriors - Aluminum Composite Panels (Dibond); Painted Hardie Boards; High density timber face panels (Parklex); Powder coat steel
Typology
Residential › House
The project is located in an old-timey ordnance factory park, where the heritage building blocks and youth culture attracted the founder of ALUMNI to choose one of the high-ceilinged spaces as the brand's first brick-and-mortar store in China.
Project name
A Lab Under Vintage Roof_ ALUMNI Chengdu Space Design
Architecture firm
FON Studio
Location
A3-1 1906park, Wuhou District, Chengdu, China
Photography
FON Studio; Video: C-Blast (ALUMNI)
Design team
Jin Boan, Li Hongzhen, Luo Shuanghua, Zhang Jingyi，Li Yeying，Lu Yiqi
Collaborators
Main Brand: Canhao Wood, Yi Shu Da Shi Painting, Yuanlin Stone Lt,d
Material
birch multilayer board, Terrazo, sandstone, stainless steel
Light, intimacy, balance and contemplation of the outdoor spaces are some of RCR House striking features - a haven located in a residential area of Anadia, in central Portugal.
Architecture firm
VISIOARQ Arquitectos
Location
Anadia, Portugal
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Principal architect
Vicente Gouveia, Pedro Afonso, Nuno Poiarez
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
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Written by
Elijah Senolos
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
We approached the reconstruction of the 130-year-old cottage in Jizera Mountains as a preparation. We searched for different qualities, materials and places in the old building, we made everything accessible and visible. Behind the cottage, where the annex used to be, we added a glass mass that extends the living space of the lower floor. The contr...
Project name
The Glass Cabin
Architecture firm
Mjölk architekti
Location
Polubný, Kořenov, Liberecký kraj, Czech Republic
Collaborators
Aron house; Interior supplier: Sollus nábytek.
Built area
Built-up Area: 189 m², Gross Floor Area 239 m², Usable Floor Area 121 m²
Material
Brick, concrete, glass, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Nature’s exuberant presence throughout Minho was a structuring axis for the conceptual development of these stables. The project, in a traditional Minho property, is marked by a strong natural component in the region where the expression of vegetation, natural and with human intervention, is visually predominant.
Project name
Coudelaria MG
Architecture firm
VISIOARQ Arquitectos
Location
Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, Portugal
Photography
Maria João Gala
Principal architect
Vicente Gouveia, Pedro Afonso, Nuno Poiarez
Landscape
VISIOARQ Arquitectos
Construction
Telhabel Construções S.A.
Typology
Education › Stud Farm
Shanghai-based y.ad studio transformed an architectural complex consisting of a former hospital and several old factory dormitories into a bed & breakfast. The project is located in the Rural Future Community in Xikou Town, Zhejiang Province.
Project name
Pushe · Xikou Homestay
Architecture firm
y.ad studio
Location
Xikou Town, Longyou County, Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China
Principal architect
Yan Yang
Design year
March 2020 – June 2020
Completion year
December 2021
Collaborators
Shanghai Times Architecture Design Co., Ltd.; Architectural design collaboration: Shanghai Times Architecture Design Co., Ltd. Construction drawings: Hangzhou Zhongya Architectural Design Co., Ltd. Design & construction management: Zhu Zhen, Gao Chengkai, Jia Yidong; Development organization: People's Government of Xikou Town, Longyou County Commissioner: Xband
Construction
Zhu Zhen, Gao Chengkai, Jia Yidong
Material
Red brick, glass brick, weathering steel, aluminum panel, paint, laminated bamboo panel
Typology
Hospitality, Hotel
In Domingo house, the main concept is the duality between opposing personalities, which perhaps complement each other. The straight lines and the fluidity of curves. Rationality and dream together.
Project name
Domingo House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
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Written by
Clifford Cullens
