The original Peacock Farm home designed by Walter Pierce is a well-known home from the mid-century modern period, with many examples throughout the west-Boston suburbs. And yet as lovely as these homes are, they suffer from cramped entries, a shortage of storage, lack good home-office options.
Project name
Peacock Farm House
Architecture firm
Hisel Flynn Architects
Location
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Photography
Eric Roth Photography
Principal architect
Dan Hisel, Katie Flynn
Collaborators
Porter Builders, G2Colaborative
Construction
Porter Builders
Typology
Residential › House
The prefabricated house is located on the urban boundary of the municipality of Chella. This corner plot adjoins one of the main roads in the area and the surrounding natural environment. Therefore, the mission of the prefabricated dwelling is to close itself off from the noise and direct views from the road, opening up to the large long views that...
Project name
Prefabricated Housing (Vivienda Prefabricada)
Architecture firm
La Caseta Arquitectura
Location
Chella, Valencia, Spain
Principal architect
Alberto Facundo Tarazona
Collaborators
David Tortosa Bravo (Technical architect)
Construction
EDE3 Gestión de Proyectos Urbanísticos, S.L.
Typology
Residential › House
Lying on a pleasant wine cellar lane, SENAA architekti designed a weekend house that uses every bit of its steep sloping plot. Conceptually divided into several layouts and structural parts, the house has a traditional morphology and combines modern details with historical technologies.
Project name
Weekend House in Bukovany
Architecture firm
SENAA architekti
Location
Bukovany, Czech Republic
Photography
Alex Shoots Buildings
Principal architect
Václav Navrátil, Jan Sedláček
Design team
Kateřina Zabadalová, Jan Gadziala
Collaborators
Garden: Jana Zuntychová
Built area
Built-up Area: 98 m². Gross Floor Area: 142 m². Usable Floor Area: 115 m²
Material
Ceramic blocks Porotherm, interior plaster, exterior plaster Profi with limestone
Typology
Residential › House
My idea for this design was to use a monochrome palette. And I combined these soft colors with the warm light inside the villa that was directed outwards. The blue light inside the pool has made the color combination attractive to the viewer.
Project name
Mystic Villa
Architecture firm
Arash Kashkooli
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Quixel Bridge, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Arash Kashkooli
Visualization
Arash Kashkooli
Typology
Residential › House
Selling a house can be a complicated process. There are many things you need to take into consideration before putting your house on the market. From understanding your local real estate market to preparing your home for sale, there are a lot of steps involved in the selling process. Here are six important things you need to know before selling you...
Photography
Muntzir Mehdi (cover image)
Metamansion Concept 5 is based on the collection of metamansion nft keys under the concept of a futuristic and immaterial architecture destined for the new world of the metaverse, its form based on the experience between mixing nature and a futuristic building that creates a great contrast between the two.
Project name
Metamansion Concept 5
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Collaborators
Company Keys
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
A home that defines ‘long awaited’ arrival - a home where one yearns to be - a home which is a subsistent part of someone’s memories - a home which signals ‘always’ the coming back - ‘Om Winter Retreat’ is a vacation home for a Non-Resident Indian client. Crafted in the envelope of brick cladded walls, it is a one bedroom home of 950 sq.ft serving...
Project name
OM Winter Retreat
Architecture firm
Studio 2+2
Location
Rancharda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Janki Vyas, Sneha Suthar
Material
Brick, Wood, Stone, Concrete, Glass, Metal
Client
Vacation House For A Non-Resident Indian Client
Typology
Residential › House
In July of 1972, on the heels of the revolutionary 1960s, an era of social unrest interwoven with radical shifts in our collective cultural, scientific, and artistic imagination, a group of rebels and idealists dared to imagine a new kind of architecture institution—a school without walls—and SCI-Arc was born.
Photography
Top left to right: Bernard Tschumi, Anupama Kundoo, Catherine Opie. Middle left to right: Erin Besler, Héctor Esrawe, Ana María León. Bottom left to right: Mario Gooden, Sekou Cooke, Liam Young
Supporting an unconventional office ecosystem inspired by nature, the Nest Art Center in Shenzhen, China is designed by M Moser Associates, and developed by Q-Plex. For art centers, their design aspirations – rooted as it is within its locale - is of equal importance to its attention to practical considerations.
Project name
The Nest Art Center
Architecture firm
M Moser Design and Architecture (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Location
Q-Plex, 4080 Qiao Xiang Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Photography
Zheng Yan. Video: Huasheng Studio
Principal architect
Ramesh Subramaniam
Built area
2280 m² (Interior Area)
Material
Steel, Glass, Wood, etc.
Typology
Cultural › Art Center
You might find different bedroom designs as you go through lifestyle magazines and websites. It's also tempting to give them a shot, especially because of how they look in photos. Design experts may explain certain trends and why they're worth doing. If you intend to redecorate your bedroom, should you follow these trends?
Written by
PragathaCchristine
Photography
Roberto Nickson (Cover image)
