In Prazeres's serene landscape, an architect-client collaboration gave rise to a distinctive vacation home that defies the conventional volumes that surround it. Tasked with creating a unique retreat by an investor with a taste for development opportunities, creativity was put to use to navigate challenges to deliver a standout residence that refle...
Project name
Casa Prazeres
Architecture firm
Atelier Ornelas
Location
Prazeres, Madeira, Portugal
Photography
Woodland Studio
Principal architect
André Ornelas Gonçalves
Collaborators
Juvenal Gonçalves
Construction
Vicente Vieira Construção Civil, Lda.
Typology
Residential › House
In Hindu tradition, Maya is the goddess of illusion. Based on this concept, Mareines Arquitetura developed Grass Farm, a project that integrates into the landscape in a chameleon-like way, generating different perspectives depending on the point of observation.
Architecture firm
Mareines Arquitetura
Location
São Paulo, Brazil
Principal architect
Ivo Mareines, Matthieu Van Beneden
Visualization
Mareines Arquitetura
Typology
Residential › House
On the outskirts of the urban area of Canals and surrounded by olive and citrus groves, a house is designed based on the principles of a traditional typology that respects the place where it is located.
Project name
Casa De Los Vientos (Wind House)
Architecture firm
Ruben Muedra Estudio De Arquitectura
Location
46650 Canals, Valencia, Spain
Photography
Adrián Mora Maroto
Principal architect
Rubén Muedra
Collaborators
Emilio Belda
Interior design
Rubén Muedra Estudio de Arquitectura
Civil engineer
Rubén Clavijo
Structural engineer
Emilio Belda
Construction
Industrias Montesa Parra 2015 SL
Typology
Residential › House
Welcome to the new home of a couple with 6 children, located in a quiet and pleasant neighborhood in one of the coveted and vibrant central cities. Over the years, the family lived on a nearby street, in a rented house that did not quite match their taste and needs. They purchased a corner plot of about half a dunam and approached Dan and Hila Isra...
Project name
A Modern Villa for a Family with 6 Children
Architecture firm
Israelevitz Architects
Location
One of the central cities in Israel
Principal architect
Hila Israelevitz
Site area
About half a dunam
Structural engineer
Orly Arma
Typology
Residential › House
Modern minimalist design characterised by simplicity, clean lines, and a monochromatic palette with color used as an accent. It usually combines an open floor plan, lots of light, and functional furniture, and it focuses on the shape, color and texture of just a handful of essential elements is one of the many art concepts that describes a form of...
Architecture firm
Arash Saeidi, Parnaz Jafari
Location
Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray
Principal architect
Arash Saeidi, Parnaz Jafari
Visualization
Arash Saeidi
Typology
Residential › House
Above a natural environment with unique topography, placing a flexible shell with an organic shape derived from the natural surroundings, which sits like dough on the slope of the land, can shape the entirety of the project. This cohesive and malleable shell rises in sections such as public spaces and has a lesser rise in other areas. Connecting th...
Project name
Koomeh Villa
Architecture firm
Mrk Office
Location
Peymod, Mazandaran, Iran
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Mohammadreza Kohzadi
Collaborators
Narges Sefidabi
Visualization
Armin Saraei , Ghazal Aliyan
Typology
Residential › House
The house wants to model its own place on the outskirts of Romeira, in Santarém. It builds the existential, humanized and concrete place, because it is inhabited, structured with meaning and purpose.
Project name
Casa Na Romeira (House in Romeira)
Architecture firm
dp arquitectos
Location
Romeira, Santarém, Portugal
Photography
Ivo Tavares Studio
Principal architect
Diamantino Maia Pinho
Structural engineer
Pitta Soares & Partners
Construction
Construções Saldanha Alves, Lda
Typology
Residential › House
Emerging on a monolithic plinth from the craggy slopes of Park City, Utah, the 18,000-square-foot home offers moments of respite for an active, outdoors-oriented family. Constructed within the award-winning development The Colony at White Pine Canyon with CLB and The Iluminus Group, Monitor’s Rest is an elegant outcropping set apart by its high-alt...
Project name
Monitor’s Rest
Architecture firm
CLB Architects
Location
Park City, Utah, USA
Photography
Kevin Scott, Engel & Völkers Park City
Design team
Architecture: Eric Logan, Andy Ankeny, Brent Sikora, Jake Ostlind, Cassidy Stickney. Interior Design: Sarah Kennedy, Jaye Infanger, Erica Hawley
Collaborators
Developer: The Iluminus Group
Interior design
CLB Architects and The Iluminus Group
Civil engineer
Sherwood Design Engineers
Structural engineer
KL&A, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
Energy 1
Landscape
Design Workshop
Construction
Magelby Construction
Material
Brick, concrete, marble, glass, wood, stone, etc.
Typology
Residential › House
