About thirty years ago, German researcher Dr Feist developed a prototype that would later be known as the Passivhaus or "Passive House". Passivhaus architecture is an architectural style that meets the standard for energy efficiency while minimizing the building's ecological footprint.
Written by
Gerard Smithers
Photography
Castaño & Asociados Passivhaus
Located at Costa Brava, about 10km from Barcelona, the exuberant city of Saint Feliu de Guixols is the setting for this new project. Amid native vegetation, the land occupies a slope overlooking the Mediterranean. The house project was implemented transversely in a horizontal plan with two main volumes. In this region, harmony is a premise, which d...
Architecture firm
Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura
Location
Saint Feliu de Guixols, Costa Brava, Barcelona, Spain
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Roberto Stemmer
Design team
Roberto Stemmer, Paulo Henrique Rodrigues, Ingrid Stemmer, Arthur Mendes
Visualization
Arthur Mendes
Typology
Residential › House
MJARC Arquitetos completed the project of a Vineyard Hotel at Douro Valley in Portugal. The project intends to capture the essence of a place that aims to create an atmosphere of harmony between nature and people. All rooms have a clear view of the vineyard and Douro Valley. The sitting room and dining room offers not only beautiful views, but also...
Project name
Vineyard Douro Hotel
Architecture firm
MJARC Arquitetos Associados Lda
Location
Douro Valley, Portugal
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Maria João Andrade, Ricardo Cordeiro
Design team
Maria João Andrade, Ricardo Cordeiro
Collaborators
Barbara Bernardo, Raquel Saraiva
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel and wine cellar
Veliz Arquitecto: Rest house. One way to get away from the bustle of the city and its environmental pollution are the so-called rest houses. This house is characterized by being located in a place where tranquility is the main element with which people are going to live.
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Design team
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Suitcase Architect
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Iranian architect Madineh Mohammadi, this project is a modern house located in a hot and dry climate area, in the design of this project, rectangular forms have been used together.
Project name
Landscape House
Architecture firm
Madineh Mohammadi
Location
Kish Island, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Madineh Mohammadi
Visualization
Madineh Mohammadi
Typology
Residential › House
Veliz Arquitecto: INZETA House Project is mainly intended to take advantage of the full potential of its spaces and integrate into the environment, it has a covered garden that uses the space as a viewpoint towards the entire meadow that is in front of the house, inspired by the forms of Japanese temples such as a sacred space to inhabit and medit...
Project name
Inzeta House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
The Czech architecture studio Ateliér Lina Bellovičová designed an ecological house in the woods, built from hempcrete and covered by a green roof. House LO is defined by three elements: a thin wooden sheet covering two perforated stones that enclose the living space of the house.
Architecture firm
Ateliér Lina Bellovičová
Location
Chřiby, Czech Republic
Photography
BoysPlayNice, www.boysplaynice.com
Principal architect
Lina Koníček Bellovičová
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › House
The Iranian Architect Milad Eshtiyaghi has designed "Landscape House" a contemporary single-family home to be built in the middle of a forest in Switzerland.
Project name
Landscape House
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, V-Ray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Status
Under construction
Typology
Residential, Villa
