Twin Peaks Residence is a mid-century San Francisco 1964 house that was remodeled by Feldman Architecture. The house was originally designed by San Francisco architect Albert Lanier (husband of renowned sculptor Ruth Asawa). The house has expansive views of San Francisco and features a fantastic rear garden. This most recent remodel takes the house...
Project name
Twin Peaks Residence
Architecture firm
Feldman Architecture
Location
San Francisco, California
Collaborators
Cabinetmaker: Eby Construction
Interior design
Feldman Architecture
Structural engineer
Strandberg Engineering
Landscape
Ground Studio; Landscape Contractor: Frank & Grossman
Lighting
Kim Cladas Lighting Design
Construction
Upscale Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Built in 1914, Smith Tower was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi upon its completion. No expense was spared in the construction of this ambitious 462-foot-tall building, with interiors finished in rich materials and ornate detailing. Today, this iconic figure in the Seattle skyline houses offices and commercial spaces topped by an obser...
Project name
The Penthouse at Smith Tower
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Tim Van Asselt
Design team
Jim Graham, Principal in charge. Jeff King, Project Manager
Collaborators
Agent: Moira Holley Presents for Realogics Sotheby's International Realty
Interior design
Graham Baba Architects
Environmental & MEP engineering
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Construction
Valor Builds Collaborative
Typology
Residential › Apartment
The STS residence was designed for a couple who wanted an integrated home, which proved to be a great challenge in face of the original plan, full of levels and isolated environments. Located inside a condominium of townhouses with standardized facades in a classic style, in the São Lourenço neighborhood, in Curitiba.
Project name
Residência STS
Architecture firm
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Location
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Photography
Eduardo Macarios
Principal architect
Eliza Schuchovski
Design team
Eliza Schuchovski, Isabella Borsato, Juliana Freitas
Interior design
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Supervision
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Visualization
Schuchovski Arquitetura
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Lumion
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The Sam Colachis Sr. Residence in the southern foothills of Camelback Mountain is one of five custom single-family homes designed by Phoenix’s midcentury master and fellow design-builder Alfred Newman Beadle. Only three of these iconic homes remain today.
Architecture firm
180 Degrees Design + Build (original architect - Al Beadle)
Location
Poenix, Arizona, USA
Photography
Matt Winquist
Principal architect
180 Degrees Design + Build (original architect - Al Beadle)
Design team
James Trahan AIA, John Anderson AIA
Design year
Original, 1966. (Renovation, 2014)
Civil engineer
Keogh Engineering
Structural engineer
BC Engineering
Landscape
Trueform Landscape Architecture Studio
Lighting
Habermann Electrical Designs, Inc.
Supervision
180 Degrees Design + Build
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp
Construction
180 Degrees Design + Build
Typology
Residential › House › Renovation
Bushehr project; Is in order to answer the constant questions of its architects about explaining the impact of architects to recognize and understand the project and promote principles and respect to the context of the design.
Project name
Green Mansion
Architecture firm
Ev Design Office
Principal architect
Mojtaba Naghizadeh, Nastaran Tavakoli
Interior design
Mojtaba Naghizadeh, Nastaran Tavakoli
Supervision
Ev Design Office
Visualization
Parisa Azizi - Mohammad Hosseini Baraftabi - Zahra Aslani - Fatemeh Pourramezan
Construction
Ev Design Office
Material
Stone, Wood, Plaster, Metal
Typology
Residential › House › Renovation
This project consists of a single-story addition and renovation to an existing mid-century ranch house in Menlo Park, California. Conceived for a retired couple, the open and accessible design integrates the living space with the rear garden to create a well-lit domestic extension.
Architecture firm
Terry & Terry Architecture
Location
Menlo Park, California, United States
Photography
Bruce Damonte
Principal architect
Alex Terry, Ivan Terry
Design team
Alex Terry, Ivan Terry, Matt Bisset
Structural engineer
Santos Urrutia Structural Engineers Inc. San Francisco
Lighting
Tobias Grau, Contrast Recessed Lighting, Lumiere Lighting
Construction
Timberline Construction
Material
Cast in place Concrete, Wood/steel frame, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Located at Mariner’s Mile in Newport Beach, 3101 West Coast Highway is a renovation and adaptive reuse of a 4-story Cape Cod-style building from the 1980s into a modern articulation of the marine coastal aesthetic.
Project name
3101 West Coast Highway
Architecture firm
ShubinDonaldson
Location
Newport Beach, California, United States
Photography
Fotoworks / Benny Chan
Principal architect
Mark Hershman
Design team
Emily Balas, Christiane Dussa
Interior design
ShubinDonaldson
Civil engineer
Joseph C. Truxaw and Associates, Inc.
Environmental & MEP
AMA Group
Lighting
Oculus Light Studio
Construction
Slater Builders
Material
Steel, Wood, Glass
Client
Jakosky Properties Inc.
Typology
Commercial › Office, Adaptive Re-use, Renovation
Chuanzihe Cave Dwellings is located at Shanxi Province, in between two large historic cities: Xi'an & Yan'an. The site used to be a village and now is abandoned. It is surrounded by different tourists attractions, such as Huangdi Mausoleum, Fudi Lake, and National Park. The beautiful landscape and natural resource are the significant characters of...
Project name
Chuanzihe Renovation
Architecture firm
Office ZHU
Location
Chuanzihe, Shanxi Province, China
Principal architect
Zhuoer Wang
Design team
Zhuoer Wang, Begoña Masiá, Wissam M. Sader, Jiajun Wang, Fan Zhang
Visualization
Wissam M. Sader
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
