Located within a lush tapestry of mango trees in the coastal town of Alibag near Mumbai, 'Asmalay' is a biophilic home that embraces the harmonious interplay of architecture and nature. Through a thoughtful fusion of form and function, the design seeks to create immersive experiences where spatial arrangement, materials, lighting, and colors synerg...
Architecture firm
Blurring Boundaries
Location
Alibag, Maharashtra, India
Photography
Prashant Dupare
Principal architect
Prashant Dupare, Shriya Parasrampuria
Design team
Prashant Dupare, Shriya Parasrampuria, Archiit Chatterjee
Collaborators
Amit Thanekar (Fabricator)
Civil engineer
Mahesh Patil
Structural engineer
Himanshu Tulpule
Environmental & MEP
Dinesh Lahangi (Electrical)
Construction
Sunil Gade (Ferrocement Contractor)
Material
Bricks, stone, concrete, metal, recycled glass bottles, glass
Typology
Residential › House
El Nido de Quetzalcóatl is an architectural project created by architect Javier Senosiain. The creation of this space was a challenge at the construction level due to the irregular terrain of 5,000 square meters in which it is located, however with time it was possible to create a residential complex of 10 apartments, surrounded by gardens, water m...
Project name
El Nido de Quetzalcóatl
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain
Location
Naucalpan de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain Aguilar
Collaborators
Luis Raúl Enríquez
Structural engineer
Structural design: Alfonso Olvera Montés, José Eduardo Gutiérrez. Structuring consulting: Porfirio Ballesteros, Andrés García
Construction
José Juan Romo, Fernando Acre
Typology
Residential Complex
Photographer Naser Nader Ibrahim recently photographed the fanciful home designed by the renowned architect Danilo Veras Godoy in conjunction with the owner and her young children, one of several nestled in the cloud forest on the outskirts of Xalapa, Veracruz.
Project name
Casa de Los Milagros (House of Miracles)
Architecture firm
Danilo Veras Godoy
Location
Zoncuantla, Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico
Photography
Naser Nader Ibrahim
Principal architect
Danilo Veras Godoy
Material
Ferrocement, earth-colored mosaic glass, wood, glass
Construction
Local workers
Typology
Residential › House
Reptile House is a project located on the shores of a lake in an environment outside the chaos of the city, where the main objective is to camouflage itself in the environment and create an organic form that adapts to the forms of the landscape.
Project name
Reptile House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Reptile House
Typology
Residential › House
mrk office: In this project, due to the special position of the site in terms of topography and surrounding landscape, it has been tried not to place the building as an added object on the ground, but to be able to establish a harmonious relationship with the surrounding environment inside the ground.
Project name
House under the hill
Architecture firm
mrk office
Location
Nashtarud, Tonekabon County, Mazandaran Province, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammad Reza Kohzadi
Design team
Mohammad Reza Kohzadi, Mohammad Aghajani
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Veliz Arquitecto: The facade on the right drives ventilation through the pulmonary valve into the pulmonary artery and the lungs. The house is oxygenated as it passes through its interior and returns to the individual through the pulmonary veins located on the roof, entering the left atrium and thus a whole continuous shekel.
Project name
Heart Retreat House
Architecture firm
Veliz Arquitecto
Tools used
SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Jorge Luis Veliz Quintana
Visualization
Veliz Arquitecto
Typology
Residential › House
The Odessa-based architecture & interior design firm K&B Partners led by Kovtun Yuri and Burakov Egor have designed Shell House, a modern family recreation center planned to be built near the sea in Koblevo, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine.
Architecture firm
K&B Partners
Location
Koblevo, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Kovtun Yuri
Design team
Kovtun Yuri, Burakov Egor
Visualization
K&B partners
Status
Project, plan to begin building in autumn 2021
Typology
Recreation Center
Completed in 2012 by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, The Tree House located in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. This house was built on a 15m X 15m area. Once the work was finished, it could be merged with another adjacent land having the same measures which allowed us to have a larger garden. A particular feature of the property was that w...
Project name
The Tree House
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain / Arquitectura Organica
Location
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Photography
Francisco Lubbert
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain Aguilar
Typology
Residential › House
