The customer purchased a house under construction with an area of 800 sq. m in Marbella (Spain), but he didn’t like either color or shape and asked Kerimov Architects to reconstruct the building. Here came a difficult task to transform a typical white box into a unique object that meets the customer’s taste and the natural context of the area.
Project name
Villa in Marbella
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Tools used
AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp
Principal architect
Shamsudin Kerimov
Design team
Shamsudin Kerimov, Ekaterina Kudinova
Visualization
Kerimov Architects
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
An abstract composition of contrasting textural elements, this design responds to a very inspiring client brief for a building that ‘should not look like a house’.
Project name
Brighton East 3
Architecture firm
Pleysier Perkins in collaboration with InForm
Location
Brighton East, Melbourne, Australia
Principal architect
Simon Perkins
Design team
InForm in coloration with Pleysier Perkins
Structural engineer
BDD Engineering
Landscape
Matt Walsham Landscape Architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
The Pildane project is a spacious villa for staying in the heart of the northern woodlands of Iran. Intertwined mountains inspire us.
Project name
Pildane House
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop, Lumion, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Design team
Yaser Rashid Shomali & Yasin Rashid Shomali
Visualization
Shomali Design Studio
Typology
Residential › House
The Mountain Penthouse is a bold open layout proposal for a high-end design dwelling. As part of the evolving nature of human beings, the home definition must evolve as well. It becomes a more hybrid space where people live, play, work, meet, tweet.
Project name
Mountain Penthouse
Architecture firm
Mind Design
Tools used
Autodesk Maya, V-Ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Miroslav Naskov
Visualization
Miroslav Naskov
Typology
residential / hospitality
Every person has their style, and it is important to honor that when designing your home. There are many different architectural styles to choose from, but they can often be classified into just a few categories.
A House: A Village. All architecture carries implicitly its vocation of ruin, and such condition is the final form with which architecture enters in communion with nature and returns to it.
Architecture firm
Nanzer | Vitas
Location
Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Cristián Nanzer, Carolina Vitas
Design team
Cristián Nanzer, Carolina Vitas, María Laura Herrera
Interior design
María Laura Herrera
Material
Concrete, glass, wood, steel, stone
Typology
Residential › House
Elemental Home: An approach to envisioning a home that is essential in its form and program necessity. Situated as a rendezvous location in Joshua Tree, home to the spark of a new creative AirBnB architectural oasis, the Elemental Home synthesizes all aspects of living into a pristine and proportionally divine living quarter.
Project name
Elemental Home
Location
Joshua Tree, California, USA
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, V-Ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Abe Salman
Typology
Residential › House
The economic conditions of Middle Eastern countries have made small-scale spaces less popular. The existence of these economic conditions in the profession of architecture has also been influential.
Architecture firm
Ev Design Office
Location
Deylaman, Gilan, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mojtaba Naghizadeh, Nastaran Tavakoli
Design team
Parisa Azizi, Mohammad Hosseini Baraftabi, Amin Malekzadeh
Visualization
Parisa Azizi
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential › House
The defining characteristic of this house is its contextual responsiveness. While contemporary in expression, it relates to its location in Chicago's leafy Lincoln Square neighborhood. in a number of ways. Its scale aligns with the surrounding century-old houses.
Project name
Eastwood Residence
Architecture firm
Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Principal architect
Greg Howe, Pam Lamaster
Design team
Greg Howe, Pam Lamaster
Interior design
Homeowner
Structural engineer
Robert Darvas and Associates
Environmental & MEP
Searl Lamaster Howe
Lighting
Searl Lamaster Howe
Visualization
Searl Lamaster Howe
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD
Material
Brick, Cement Board
Typology
Residential › House
Recently, many companies and building owners have been taking an interest in smart buildings for offices. So what does this mean? Like other things that have become smart, smart buildings also mean the same thing. They focus on improving control over the building's operation and environment.
Written by
Genevieve Ebeb Barro
Photography
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