A San Francisco family asked us to help them expand an existing property near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The site sits on a north facing slope and looks down to the Martis Valley and up to Lookout Mountain through a natural screen of 100-year-old Jeffrey pine trees.
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Lake Tahoe, California, USA
Principal architect
Gregory Faulkner
Design team
Gregory Faulkner, AIA, Principal. Christian Carpenter, LA, Project Architect. Jenna Shropshire, Project Manager. Ann Darby, AIA, Architect
Collaborators
Surveyor: Webb Land Surveying, Inc. Geotechnical: Nortech Geotechnical Consultants. Title 24: Monterey Energy Group
Interior design
NICOLEHOLLIS
Civil engineer
Shaw Engineering
Structural engineer
CFBR Structural Group
Environmental & MEP
Sugarpine Engineering
Construction
Jim Morrison Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Easily the most challenging property Heliotrope has encountered, the developable portion of this unique west-facing waterfront property in the San Juan Islands fell within a coastal geological buffer, aquatic wildlife buffer, class II wetland buffer, and is situated less than 100 feet from an active bald eagle nest.
Project name
Lopez Lookout
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Lopez Island, Washington, USA
Design team
Joe Herrin, Mazohra Thami
Interior design
Heliotrope Architects
Construction
Thomas Fragnoli Construction
Material
Wood, Metal, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Mosseum is an enchanting Scandinavian Forest Retreat featuring 10 uniquely shaped cabins that elegantly intertwine modern architecture with the ethereal charm of moss and nature inspired forms. This visionary project seeks to immerse guests in the tranquil beauty of nature, where Wood and Moss take center stage as a symbol of life, rejuvenation, an...
Architecture firm
Studio 7.83
Tools used
SDXL, Midjourney, Prome AI, Adobe Gen. Fill
Principal architect
Yani Ernst
Typology
Residential › Housing
Some times I see very beautiful and weird things in my dreams. In this series I tried to create visualizations of one of my dream. These are some house which have a kind of surrealistic landscapes and these landscapes are giving an otherworldly vibe and remind me of a bedtime story that my mother always used to say me before good night.
Project name
Surreal Landscape
Architecture firm
J’s Archistry
Location
An imaginary cliff place near the jungle and sea
Tools used
Midjourney 5.2 , Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jenifer Haider Chowdhury
Visualization
Jenifer Haider Chowdhury
Typology
Futuristic Architecture , AI Architecture
The El Torón Reserve is located on the coast of Oaxaca on a 30-hectare site that was voluntarily designated for conservation. The care of this territory, its flora and fauna, as well as the understanding of how to intervene in it, is what allows us to call it a "reserve" and what establishes the basis for the projects that are proposed within it.
Architecture firm
IUA Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos
Location
Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico
Photography
Estudio Urquiza – Ignacio Urquiza
Principal architect
Ignacio Urquiza Seoane
Design team
Ignacio Urquiza Seoane, Michela Lostia di Santa Sofía, Anaís Casas
Interior design
Ana Paula De Alba (apda), Sacha Bourgarel
Completion year
June, 2021
Civil engineer
Bio-e, Alejandro Lirusso
Structural engineer
Ricardo Camacho
Construction
Alonso García Cano, Santiago Gaxiola
Material
Stone, Brick, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Bruma is a four-unit housing complex within the jungle of Tulum. Each of the units has its own outdoor space, where the main concept is to create a sanctuary of comfort and disconnection, with spaces that provide privacy and contact with nature.
Architecture firm
Jaque Studio
Principal architect
Jesus Acosta
Design team
Everardo Castro, Miguel Carrillo
Interior design
Jaque Studio
Construction
Jaque Studio
Material
Concrete block, concrete, chukum, wood
Typology
Residential › Housing Complex
It goes without saying that to make a soulful connect with nature’s sublimity, Kashmir in India, is the one paradise to head for. Perched on the northern tip of the country amidst the higher altitudes of the gigantic and majestic Himalayan ranges, she does complete justice to Jahangir- the fourth Moghul Emperor’s observation, “If there is a heaven...
Photography
Hazratbal Mosque (Photo- Mir Aasif)
This series expertly combines the rules and ideals of the Renaissance with nature's wonderful unpredictability. Similar to my previous explorations, I possess a fascination with the blurred zone, the in-between, and the transitional space. Bearing this in mind, we can identify the two ideas that collide and transition within this series.
Student
Mohammad Qasim Iqbal
University
Nottingham Trent University
Project name
Natures Renaissance
Typology
Futuristic, AI Architecture