A San Francisco family of four asked us to create a retreat from their urban lifestyle, reusing the footprint of an existing 1950s ranch house in Glen Ellen, California, while building in a consistent way with the area’s rolling hills and agricultural structures.
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Glen Ellen, California, USA
Photography
Joe Fletcher Photography (exterior and dining room photos). Ken Fulk (all other interior images)
Principal architect
Gregory Faulkner
Collaborators
NV5 (Geotechnical Engineer), SoundVision (Theatrical/AV), Terracon (Pool Engineer), Blue Revolution (Pool Consultant), Walker Construction Management (Construction Project Manager), PJC & Associates (Special Inspections), Gilleran Energy Management (CALGreen), Dickson & Associates (Irrigation Design), Bartlett Trees (Arborist)
Civil engineer
Adobe Associates
Structural engineer
CFBR Structural Group
Environmental & MEP
Sugarpine Engineering (Mechanical Engineer & Electrical Engineer)
Landscape
Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture
Construction
Redhorse Constructors
Typology
Residential › House
If you are thinking about making some construction changes to your home, then be sure to keep these seven tips in mind. Start with the windows, roof and exterior design. This will all help with the curb appeal of your home. Then look at the interior. Moreover, you can landscape if you have a lawn and take care of all the last little touches to comp...
Photography
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An important aspect of the Christian Community Centre of the Brethren Church in Kladno is not only spiritual programmes but also leisure activities for children, youth and adults, care for the people in need, support for people with serious illnesses, the physically disabled or people in crisis situations. The original multi-storey building in a te...
Project name
Brethren Church Christian Community Centre
Architecture firm
QARTA Architektura
Location
Václava Pázdrala 3469, 272 01 Kladno, Czech Republic
Principal architect
David Wittassek, Jiří Řezák
Collaborators
Architecture: Jarin Krouz [QARTA Architektura]. Statics: 4StatiX
Built area
Built-up Area 470 m² Gross Floor Area 470 m² Usable Floor Area 360 m²
Site area
Site area 1 400 m²
Material
Profilit glass – skylight. Brick cladding, 3D brick cladding and brick strips – parts of exterior walls, hall walls. Rough plaster – parts of exterior walls. Precast concrete – hall lintels, portico. Coloured smooth plaster – classrooms. Epoxy screed – floors of the whole building. Mineral bonded wood wool boards – acoustic ceiling in the hall. MDF – wooden ceiling in the hall.
Client
Brethren Church in Kladno
Typology
Religious Architecture, Church
The Meet11 Huayang Restaurant is located in Phase II of Qingguo Lane, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Meet 11 is a place to eat, meet friends, and pass the time in a refined, contemporary interior.
Project name
M11 Huayang Restaurant
Architecture firm
Linkchance Architects
Location
Qing Guo Xiang, Changzhou, China
Photography
Jin Weiqi, Linkchance Architects
Principal architect
An Zhaoxue
Design team
Yan Xinxiu, Wei Zetong, Chang Mengya, Li Jiaqi, Du Fangfang
Interior design
Linkchance Architects
Completion year
October 2022
Construction
Construction team: Hangzhou Tangyao Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd/ Chengchang Hongzhi Building Materials (Beijing) Co., Ltd. PanDOMO Studio(Beijing)/Jiangsu Changzhou Hengfeng Weiye FRP Co., Ltd
Material
PanDOMO, micro cement, perforated aluminum plate, light guide plate, teak, mirror stainless steel plate
Client
Changzhou Dacheng Xiaoai Catering Management Co., Ltd
This project is one of our sloped house series projects, the client asked us for one of the previous designs of this project series (Slope House 1) and we presented him with a new design according to his needs.
Project name
Slope House 5
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Location
George Washington National Forest, USA
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Typology
Residential › House
This competition fosters the use of artificial intelligence as a medium of creativity by allowing entrants to generate images using AI tools such as Midjourney and Dall-E.
Organizer
Archi Hacks & Arch Hive
Register
https://archihacks.com/ai-architecture-competition-2022/
Awards & Prizes
$3,000 Total Prize Fund. 1st Place: $1,500 Prize award + Publication on partner pages. 2nd Place: $1,000 Prize award + Publication on partner pages. 3rd Place: $500 Prize award + Publication on partner pages. +25 Honorable Mentions. +1 Readers Choice
Entries deadline
January 9th, 2023
Price
Early bird registration: $10 (ends November 21st). Regular registration: $30 (ends December 19th). Last minute registration: $50 (until January 9th)
There is a direct relationship between quality of life and sleep. Waking up tired is a sign that you did not sleep well, which might affect your mood for the day. It may be due to your lifestyle and activity, but should not follow you to bed. Your bedroom is a safe and relaxing place.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych
A waterfront house opens to big mountain views and creates seamless indoor-outdoor connections on multiple levels. This new house is located in Western Washington on the Key Peninsula in a small township named Home. The waterfront site is located on the south end of Puget Sound and angles towards an incredible view of Mount Rainier beyond.
Location
Home, Washington, USA
Design team
Jon Gentry, AIA / Aimée O’Carroll, ARB. Ben Kruse
Civil engineer
Harriott Valentine Engineers
Structural engineer
Harriott Valentine Engineers
Material
Wood, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Believe it or not, drapes and curtains are different, despite the fact that people use the terms interchangeably. Here’s the difference between them.
Written by
Felicia Priedel
The Park Reception Hall was jointly designed by the design team jointly led by Feng Weimo, the MOD Architecture founder and Song Zhen, Vice General Manager of Wanhua Decoration Center. The tough, restrained, and open temperament of Chongqing was showed from the three lines, namely, time, space, and people, which form a spatial logic. The ups and do...
Project name
Park Reception Hall of LUXERIVERS
Architecture firm
MOD Architecture
Location
Chongqing, China
Photography
AsYouSee (Wang Ting), HereSpace
Principal architect
Song Zhen (Wanhua Decoration Center); Feng Weimo (MOD Architecture)
Collaborators
Hard Decoration Design: MOD Architecture; Zhang Feng, Xie Hangcheng, & Jiang Yan (Wanhua Decoration Center) Soft Decoration Design & Artwork Planning: Zhou Huayuan, Sun Weiqi (Soft Decoration Team of Wanhua Decoration Center) Deepening & Implementation of Soft Decoration: Minyue Soft Decoration, VanDerRohe Soft Decoration, Art Craftsman Design, Noah Art, MOD Architecture Appliances and Video Creation: Shi Jindian, Wu Kuan, Song Zhen, Lai Jiafa, Shi Lu, Li Min
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Client
Wanhua Investment & Liangjiang Real Estate
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
