Arya Apartments provides 87 affordable apartments in a gateway building to downtown San Jose’s SoFA (South of First Area) Arts and Entertainment District. The 95,000-square-foot project’s design, amenities, and outreach strategies were developed to serve San Jose’s working artist community.
Project name
Arya Apartments
Architecture firm
LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects
Location
San Jose, California, USA
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Design team
Richard Stacy, Vanna Whitney, Sara Sepandar, Yung Chang, Enrique Sanchez, Eddie Kopleson, Kirk Nelson, Howie Russel, LJ Bryant
Collaborators
GC: Branagh Construction; Low Voltage: E Design C; Waterproofing: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates; Acoustical: Salter
Interior design
LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Emerald City Engineers
Civil engineer
Luk and Associates
Client
Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA)
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Unplanned Domestic Prototype [PROT/USRBL/SE08] critically explores the transformative potential of a 60 m² apartment in a building constructed in 1966, as part of Spain's post-war 1959 Stabilization Plan.
Project name
Unplanned Domestic Prototype: PROT/USRBL/SE08
Architecture firm
Ismael Medina Manzano
Location
San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Principal architect
Ismael Medina Manzano
Collaborators
Sofía Larumbe, Pablo Vives; Stonemason: La espiga Planting Consultant: Viveros Endanea Garden
Environmental & MEP engineering
Landscape
Stonemason: La espiga; Planting Consultant: Viveros Endanea Garden
Material
1. Handcrafted Glazed Ceramic Tile / Relief / Green 2. Relocated Local Granite Stone / Crystal White / 4cm 3. San Sebastián Sandstone Quarry Stone / 4cm 4. Glass Block Pavés / Doric / Neutral Transparent UNPLANNED DOMESTICP ROTOTYPE: PROT/USRBL/SE08 5. Translucent Polycarbonate / Double Panel / Anodized Aluminum Structure + Methacrylate 6. Glass Pool Coating / Blue 7. Glass Pool Coating / White 8. Steel Beams / Sanded and Painted / Matte Green 9. Oak Wood Flooring / XL 10. Two-component Lime-based Microcement / Natture / Grey 11. Steel Profile Doors + Trans. Polycarbonate Paneling / Green 12. Local Lacquered Alum. Profile Windows / Black / Tilt-and-turn 13. Exposed and Troweled Concrete Columns
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment is located on the 11th floor of Tatlin Apartments, an elite residential complex in the Basmanny district of Moscow. The complex was built on the site of a former Soviet-era telephone exchange building.
Project name
Tatlin Apartments
Architecture firm
Simple Forms Interiors
Photography
Mikhail Chekalin
Principal architect
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
Collaborators
Styling: Svetlana Nosova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Sepehr 11 Building is situated on a 300-square-meter plot in the Marzdaran area of Tehran. Designed as a five-story residential structure, each floor accommodates a single residential unit. The overall design concept revolves around variations in floor plans
Architecture firm
Mohamadreza Samavati, Maryam Karimian
Location
No. 98, Sepehr 11th Alley, Sepehr Street, Marzdaran Boulevard, Tehran, Iran
Photography
Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh
Principal architect
Mohamadreza Samavati, Maryam Karimian
Design team
Mohamadreza Samavati, Maryam Karimian, Yasaman Hesari
Interior design
Mohamadreza Samavati, Maryam Karimian, Yasaman Hesari
Collaborators
Seyed Mahmoud Dibaj( Project Manager)- Amin Farajzadeh, Reza Taheri ( Executive Manager)
Civil engineer
Ista Tarh Parto Andish Consulting Engineers
Structural engineer
Ista Tarh Parto Andish Consulting Engineers
Environmental & MEP
Ista Tarh Parto Andish Consulting Engineers
Construction
Kiasaze Construction Group
Supervision
Kiasaze Construction Group
Visualization
Yasaman Hesari
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Brick, Stone and Glass
Client
Kiasaze Construction Group
Typology
Residential › Apartments
A young businessman approached interior designer Marina Mirasova to create a unique design for his apartment on the 22nd floor of a new residential building in Moscow. His main request was an interior that would stand out from the rest of the apartments in the complex.
Project name
Modern 70 m² apartment with bright accents in Moscow
Photography
Sergey Ananiev
Collaborators
Milena Morozova
Interior design
Marina Mirasova
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Quartzite with a leathered finish, granite, four types of marble, wood veneer
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Four-meter-high ceiling, huge windows facing an amazing view of the blue Mediterranean Sea. On Every single time I visited the construction site, I framed the view, capturing images and feelings of the environment and the landscape in my mind.
Project name
Briga Blue Bay
Architecture firm
Dudu Cohen
Principal architect
Briga Blue Bay
Design team
Dudu Cohen and Briga team
Interior design
Dudu Cohen
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
All natural materials. Stone cladding for the walls specially ordered from Italy. All bathrooms are covered in light stone as well. The carpentry of the cabinet is made of walnut veneer with beautiful details of brass and smoked glass
Supervision
Ronen Briga, yair Kahlon, Tomer Alfasi
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The apartment, located opposite Moscow City, had a triangular shape that complicated the designer's work. The redesign focused on creating a more open and functional space, including a spacious bedroom, large kitchen-living room, small study, bathroom, and separate laundry and storage rooms.
Project name
Apartment in Moscow City
Design team
Malafeeva Tatyana
Interior design
Malafeeva Tatyana
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
Designed for a young couple, this 110-square-meter apartment in Moscow exemplifies a thoughtful blend of minimalist aesthetics and practical functionality. The brief was clear: create a contemporary, welcoming space equally suited to daily living and entertaining. The result is a refined interior in warm grey tones—restrained, balanced, and deeply...
Project name
Apartment in Moscow
Architecture firm
Jeanne Denisheva
Photography
Michael Chekalov
Design team
Michael Chekalov, Svetlana Nosova, Jeanne Denisheva
Interior design
Jeanne Denisheva
Environmental & MEP engineering
Typology
Residential › Apartment
