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Photography
Amazing Architecture
An attractive view of the Botanical Park and the city distinguishes this flat in the residential complex ‘House on Botanicheskiy’. There is no such panorama in any house in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.
Project name
Flat with panoramic views of the Botanical Garden
Architecture firm
Kvadrat Architects
Location
Astana, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Sergey Bekmukhanbetov, Rustam Minnekhanov
Design team
Kvadrat Architects
Collaborators
Loro Piana, Poliform
Visualization
Kvadrat Architects
Typology
Residential › Private Apartment
This project is born from the mansards rehabilitation of a 19th century building, with patrimonial value, located at the top of 8 de Maio Square, in the heart of Figueira da Foz.
Project name
Mansardas da Praça 8 de Maio
Location
Figueira da Foz, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Diana Bizarro
Interior design
Susana Pires
Collaborators
Project Manager: Miguel Jordão. Safety: Genialmed - Vasco Parente. Acoustic Design: Tisem – Daniela Nicolau. Fluids Engineering : Tisem – Daniela Nicolau. Thermal Engineering: Atelier-42 - Cristina Pires
Structural engineer
SILVAS - Rui Rodrigues, Tisem - Emanuel Lopes, Fernando Ferreira
Lighting
Albano Gonçalves
Construction
APmanos, Barrôconstroi
Supervision
Estimativa Curiosa - Patrícia Silva
Typology
Residential Architecture › Apartments
The owners of this space are a family of four. The husband is a founder of a closed fund and wife a PHD scholar ably assists him in his venture. The couple has two grown up kids doing their advance studies in foreign countries.
Project name
Vaulted B/W Haus
Architecture firm
DIG Architects
Photography
Ishita Sitwala
Principal architect
Amir Khanolkar, Advait Potnis
Design team
Fenil Gala, Esha Indulkar, Manasi Pawar
Collaborators
Laxman interiors
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Ceppo De Gre, granite, lime plaster, Avacado leather finish
Visualization
Mrunit Churi
Typology
Residential › Apartment
This is not the first time owner Lisa has worked with the interior designer Fu Xia. When it came to renovating this 250m² luxury apartment. Compared to the formal French style of Lisa’s previous home, designer Fu Xia hoped to infuse more relaxation into the space this time, creating a sense of effortless elegance within the refined urban lifestyle.
Location
Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Principal architect
Fu Xia Chief Designer at Shangceng Design Institute
Design team
Dou Qiannan, Zhang Wenling
Collaborators
Furniture: Roche Bobois, BD Barcelona, Qeeboo
Interior design
Fu Xia, Fu Xia Design Studio
Environmental & MEP engineering
Kang Zheng
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment, with an area of 120 m², is located in a club village, for a family with a child. The intimacy of the village sets the atmosphere of a calm, relaxed life. What is important for customers is that they come from the capital to the sea in the summer.
Project name
Interior design project in Vladivostok
Architecture firm
o.lisovetchenko interiors
Location
Vladivostok, Russia
Photography
Alexander Khom
Principal architect
Oksana Lisovetchenko
Design team
Oksana Lisovetchenko, Ksenia Vinokurova
Interior design
Oksana Lisovetchenko
Environmental & MEP engineering
Civil engineer
Ivan Romadanov
Lighting
ligne roset, SWG
Material
Wood, stone, paint
Supervision
Oksana Lisovetchenko
Visualization
Ksenia Vinokurova
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Typology
Residential Architecture › Apartment
Casa Miga represents a refined example of a transformation of a raw apartment into a unique and sophisticated living space. ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura meticulously crafted every detail of the apartment’s interior design,
Architecture firm
ZDA | Zupelli Design Architettura
Location
Pievedizio, Italy
Photography
Matteo Sturla
Principal architect
Carlo Zupelli, Ezio Zupelli
Collaborators
Matteo Sturla, Ottavia Zuccotti, Marco Bettera, Francesca Salvoni
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment, built in the 1930s, is located in a family house within the greater city centre of Košice, Slovakia.
Location
Košice, Slovakia
Photography
Tomas Lazorik
Principal architect
Zoran Trpcevski
Interior design
Zoran Trpcevski
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Wooden veneer, stainless steel, terrazzo, parquet, tiles, MDF
Tools used
ArchiCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom
Typology
Residential › Apartment
