The Upstate NY House of Courtyards is a villa in Austerlitz, Columbia County. Nestled in a forested, gently sloping 12-acre plot, the house overlooks a naturally-fed pond with panoramic views of Harvey Mountain State reserve in the background. The architecture creates a sense of connection with the forest and landscape while providing a feeling of...
Project name
House of Courtyards
Architecture firm
Alepreda Architecture
Location
Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York, USA
Photography
James John Jetel
Principal architect
Alessandro Preda, AIA
Design team
Alessandro Preda, Nicola Brasetti
Collaborators
Silent Koala Inc (General Contractor)
Interior design
Alepreda Architecture
Civil engineer
Patrick Prendergast P.E.
Structural engineer
Ian Pendleton P.E.
Landscape
Alepreda Architecture
Lighting
Alepreda Architecture
Visualization
Alepreda Architecture
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, V-ray
Construction
Silent Koala Inc
Material
Exterior: Shou sugi ban boards-and-batten facade, cedar, custom-made concrete pavers, gravel, standing seam metal roof; Interior: stained oak wood floor, painted custom MDF panelling, white oak millwork, soapstone (kitchen, fireplace), teak (vanities), Carrara marble (secondary bathrooms), penny tiles (secondary bath), Bardiglio marble (primary bath)
Typology
Residential › Single-family home
The Ark's 2025 project vision is the creation of an ultimate place with the mission of researching and archiving DNA data. The ark's crew consists of representatives of the worldwide scientific community, which has set itself the goal of using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to explain disease pathology, to cure diseases, to reverse injuries...
Architecture firm
Peter Stasek Architects - Corporate Architecture
Location
Amarillo, Texas, USA
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Grasshopper, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Peter Stasek
Visualization
South Visuals
In the land of Khour, where the sun shines bright, There lies a garden, a paradise of delight nestled in the mountains, to explore, its stories to be told.
Project name
Bagh-e-Khour
Architecture firm
Babak Abdolghafari Atelier
Location
Hashtgerd, Karaj, Iran
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Babak Abdolghafari
Design team
Natalie Ishoonejadian, Kiyanoush Sheydaie, Roujan Abdoli
Collaborators
Mona Afrazi (Interior design), Peyman Yadollahi (Structural engineer)
Visualization
Forough Seyedi, Aryan Namdar Banaderi
Client
Mr. Parviz Falahatkar
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
The wine glasses move to clink and then merge into one. This is the inspiration for the design of the Napa 1 wine pavilion. The resulting structure hovers over the vineyard like an airstream and invites every wine lover to a wine tasting.
Project name
Wine Pavilion Napa 1
Architecture firm
Peter Stasek Architects - Corporate Architecture
Location
Napa Valley, USA
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Grasshopper, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Peter Stasek
Visualization
South Visuals
A house for Pablo Picasso, an imaginary concept of creation, statement of art by Peter Stasek. The geometry of the house consists of two axes crossing each other. The horizontal axis as a source of creative energy obtained through the protruding strands at the back of the house from the surrounding nature, and the vertical axis as an imaginary arti...
Project name
A House for Pablo Picasso
Architecture firm
Peter Stasek Architects - Corporate Architecture
Location
Cup d´Antibes, France
Tools used
ArchiCAD, Grasshopper, Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Peter Stasek
Design team
Peter Donders – furniture design
Visualization
South Visuals
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the district-based developed city of Toronto, the Media and innovation center is carefully sited close to similar culture and entertainment-based districts to be able to make a connection with the existing buildings both in functional and physical ways.
Project name
Toronto Media & Innovation District
Architecture firm
Kalbod Design Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Twinmotion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohamad Rahimizadeh
Design team
Mohamad Rahimizadeh, Shaghayegh Nemati, Zahra Tavasoli, Ziba Baghban, Mahdi Jam, Hadi Koohi, Pardis Ahmadi
Visualization
Shaghayegh Nemati
Typology
Media & Innovation Center
The Ñ House is located in the Nuevo Quilmes neighborhood, on a plot that borders both on its sides and on the opposite front with other houses, while in front, street and houses through, there is a canal. This condition led us to think of the work in two apparently contradictory ways but that respond to the particularities of the terrain. On the g...
Architecture firm
Berardi - Grasso - Berardi
Location
Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Photography
Daniela Mac Adden
Principal architect
Federico Berardi
Design team
Federico Berardi, Maria Fernanda Grasso, Thomas Berardi
Collaborators
Javier Orlando Silvera, Miguel Ángel Romero
Civil engineer
Leonardo Van Kemenade
Structural engineer
Leonardo Van Kemenade
Visualization
Miguel Angel Romero
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Luchetta Srl
Typology
Residential › House
The Hípico Piedra Grande Equestrian Clubhouse is located on eight hectares of land surrounded by forest in the State of Mexico. The project seeks to alter the site as little as possible, using the materials it offers such as stone and wood, looking for a contemporary language that in turn was appropriate for the context. The layout of the clubhouse...
Project name
Hipico Piedra Grande
Architecture firm
Studio rc
Location
Salazar Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, Mexico
Principal architect
Juan Pablo Ramirez Capdevielle
Design team
Pablo Germenos, Juan pablo Ramirez
Collaborators
Pablo Germenos
Interior design
Juan Pablo Ramirez
Built area
Club House 700 m², Horse stalls 1,080 m²
Civil engineer
Gabriel Alvarez
Structural engineer
Gabriel Alvarez
Supervision
Alfredo Ramirez
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD
Material
Stone, concrete, wood, steel, marble
Typology
Stable › Equestrian Development
