The Egyptian architecture firm Almena won an Honorable mention prize in the international architecture competition "Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center."
Architects statement:
The design concept for Al “Wathba Wetland Reserve visitor center” aims to enhance and demonstrate the reserve’s unique...
SAOTA’s Hillside home in Los Angeles is located immediately above Sunset Boulevard on a promontory just one over from Pierre Koenig’s landmark Stahl House.
The site is a 20 000 square foot estate, featuring 300-degree views over the LA skyline and the city basin below, and the design was conceive...
A functional piece of art, Fluid Bench is designed by Indian contemporary artist Bandana Jain. it represents energy akin to the wave of adolescence. A wave which rises high and finds peace as it simmers down. Along the way it portrays the beauty at the centre of it all, a mermaid who allures, entice...
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed “Gardenhouse,” the first project completed by MAD in the USA.
Architects statement:
Located at 8600 Wilshire Boulevard in California’s Beverly Hills, “Gardenhouse” is a mixed-use scheme consisting of 18 residential units above ground floor comm...
The Takamatsu-based architecture firm Keita Nagata & Architelements has designed Usagi-an (rabbit hermitage) a restaurant for local production and consumption, located in Ayauta town kurikumahigashi, Marugame city, Kagawa pref., Japan.
Architects statement:
Rabbit’s dwelling. Mud Dumpling ma...
The Iranian architect & interior designer Milad Eshtiyaghi envisioned "Bridge House a concept for a single-family home located on a cliff outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Architects statement:
Bridge House is a concept of a cliff house that is formed in two floors as a separa...
The Nijmegen-based architecture firms BRUIS Architectuur & IHC Architects has recently designed Seven Series House a single-family home located in Huizen, The Netherlands.
Architects statement:
"This futuristic home is the definition of the purity of lines. Based on the floating and continuo...
Petrjanda/Brainwork won an international architecture competition for the Abu Dhabi Flamingo Visitor Center in the protected area of the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve.
The building blends into the landscape through materials and shape mimicry, working with the natural connection between the organic a...
The Belo Horizonte-based architecture firm Tetro Arquitetura has designed The Ecuador House nested into the nature, this single-family home located in a tropical forest outside of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Architects statement:
The Ecuador house, in Guayaquil, rises from the ground to allow the pas...
Project name
The Ecuador House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential › House
Place Blanche is a luxury Chalet located at Verbier village in Switzerland’s Valais Canton, completed in 2013 by Les Trois Rocs. Arguably the most sought-after address in Verbier, Place Blanche is a stunning property in the heart of the resort. Overlooking the newly-built village square at Place Blanche and the W Hotel, the location could not be an...
Project name
Place Blanche
Architecture firm
Concrete Architectural Associates
Photography
Yves Garneau courtesy of Ski Verbier Exclusive
Construction
Les Trois Rocs
Client
Ski Verbier Exclusive
Typology
Hospitality › Chalet
