Summer Patio is situated in “Zapovedniy Bor” village estate in a natural reserve on former hunting grounds, close to Nerskaya river. The village is surrounded by a pine forest with clean air. All of the houses are built of wood, which correlates with lovely ecological environment of the location. Picturesque landscape with tall pines and the client...
Project name
A Sail, Pine Trees and Sea-Salted Boards Under the Moon
Architecture firm
Bureau A4
Location
Moscow Region, "Zapovedniy Bor" village estate
Principal architect
Sergey Markov, Alexey Afonichkin
Design team
Sergey Markov, Alexey Afonichkin, Margarita Selkova, Anastasia Medvedeva, Ekaterina Mezentseva, Ksenia Maksimova, Anton Larionov, Valeria Pchelina
Typology
Residential › House
The house was designed for a couple seeking a weekend getaway in the woods to balance their busy everyday lives in the Czech capital. The site is located near Žloukovice village in a protected landscape area Křivoklátsko. Decades ago, a community of „tramps“, young people influenced by E. T. Seton’s woodcraft movement, used to build small cabins in...
Project name
Weekend House in the Woods
Architecture firm
System Recovery Architects
Location
Žloukovice, Czech Republic
Photography
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Principal architect
Helena Línová + Vítězslav Kůstka
Design team
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Interior design
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Civil engineer
Pila Martinice
Structural engineer
Pila Martinice
Environmental & MEP
Pila Martinice
Supervision
Helena Línová, Vítězslav Kůstka
Construction
Pila Martinice
Material
Larch, perforated aluminium sheets, spruce
Typology
Residential › House
Perched on a forest cliff overlook in Rhinebeck, NY, Cabana is everything but just enough. This modernist wooded retreat is the perfect cantilevered respite. Rustic materials combine with masculine and minimal interiors.
Architecture firm
S3 Architecture
Location
Rhinebeck, New York, United States
Material
Black stained cedar clad, White oak rough sawn, UV oiled wood flooring, Porcelain wood grain tile
Typology
Residential › House
Considering the roughness and the remoteness of this plot it would be difficult (and extremely expensive) to assemble construction yards for a traditional building. Thus, in this case, resorting to prefabricated structures was not just a choice, but the only efficient option we had to simplify the building process within such conditions.
Project name
Paradinha 11 Cabins in the Woods
Architecture firm
SUMMARY
Location
Aldeia da Paradinha, Alvarenga – Arouca [Coord: 40°56'03.8"N 8°10'22.0"W]
Photography
Fernando Guerra | FG + SG
Principal architect
Samuel Gonçalves
Design team
Samuel Gonçalves, João Meira, Inês Vieira Rodrigues, Stelios Polyviou
Collaborators
Farcimar, Soluções em Pré-Fabricados de Betão (Prefabrication And Assembly)
Structural engineer
FTS Technical Solutions
Environmental & MEP
ARproj (Electricity And Communications)
Material
Wood, Concrete, Stone, Glass
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel, Tourist facilities; BnB
Located on the south edge of the Rybí village, Moravian-Silesian Region, the building site is marked out by the edge of the access road, the local stream and neighbouring property fencing. It is a sizeable plot of land, but with a significantly reduced buildable area.
Project name
House with In-law Suite
Location
Rybí 424, 742 65 Rybí, Czech Republic
Principal architect
Václav Kocián, Zdeněk Liška
Collaborators
Fire safety engineering: Pavla Tvrdá. EPC: Tomáš Brückner
Built area
Built-up Area 145 m²; Usable Floor Area 124 m²
Structural engineer
Martin Wünsche
Construction
Richard Kovář
Material
Steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
The Iranian design studio Shomali Design Studio, led by Yaser and Yasin Rashid Shomali, recently designed a 3-story villa, with 4 bedrooms. Their aim was follow their specific design language (sharp sloping roofs with stroke edge lines) and at the same time meet customer needs. Eventually, these characteristics fit perfectly with the climate, desig...
Architecture firm
Shomali Design Studio
Location
Motelghoo, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, 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
In the heart of the Rocky Mountains, amidst one of Colorado's most unspoilt landscapes, a villa for three generations takes shape. For this project, noa* network of architecture reinterprets the iconic A- frame typology and turns it into a sophisticated sequence of private and communal spaces, where the whole family's needs can be accommodated.
Project name
Colorado Villa
Architecture firm
noa* network of architecture
Location
Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA
Visualization
Dima Visualization, noa*
Typology
Residential › House
Approached initially to consult on site-selection, the firm encouraged the clients to focus on features that are unique to the San Juans such as grassy basalt rock outcroppings set within a Douglas fir and pacific madrone forest. The owners later purchased a hillside parcel possessing these features, the rock outcroppings forming a small clearing.
Project name
Buck Mountain Cabin
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Orcas Island, Washington, USA
Photography
Taj Howe, Sean Airhart
Principal architect
Mike Mora
Collaborators
Space Theory (Cabinetry)
Interior design
Heliotrope Architects
Landscape
Native Landscapes
Construction
Tye Contracting Inc.
Material
Wood, Glass, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
