In this design, the open area of the project has been tried to be used in hot and humid climates in all hours of the day and night, using light shade coatings. The presence of a pool in the center of the backyard helps to balance the surrounding climate.
Project name
Rancho Mirage House
Architecture firm
Yvonne O Designs
Location
Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere
Design team
Mohammad Hossein Rabbani Zade, Mohammad Mahmoodiye, Yvonne O Designs
Visualization
Mohammad Hossein Rabbani Zade, Mohammad Mahmoodiye
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Residential › House
Black Butte Ranch – an iconic resort community located near Sisters, Oregon – sits at the gateway to Oregon’s high desert. First planned in the early 1970s, the Ranch is a vacation destination for many, and a year-round home for some.
Project name
Lakeside at Black Butte Ranch
Architecture firm
Hacker Architects
Location
Sisters, Oregon, USA
Photography
Jeremy Bittermann
Design team
Corey Martin – Design Principal Jennie Fowler – Interior Design Principal. Becca Cavell – Project Manager. Amelie Reynaud – Project Architect. Scott Mannhard – Project Designer. Matt Leavitt – Project Designer. Shawn Glad – Project Designer
Interior design
Hacker Architects
Civil engineer
Harper Houf Peterson Righellis (HHPR)
Structural engineer
Madden & Baughman
Environmental & MEP
Electrical Engineer: PAE; Aquatics: Water Tech
Construction
Kirby Nagelhout Construction
Typology
Hospitality › Resort
On a narrow strip fronting a protected bay in Tulum, Mexico, this self-sufficient villa hotel merges home and nature. A path runs from a mangrove marsh through a palm grove and into the main living space, which can be fully opened. The path then continues to the beach beyond.
Architecture firm
Specht Architects
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Photography
Taggart Sorensen
Principal architect
Scott Specht
Interior design
Matthew Finalson
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, SketchUp, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Building materials are all locally-sourced, such as the louvered wood sliding doors and hand-painted “pasta tiles.”
Client
Jenny and Dave Blizard
Typology
Residential › House
The project for this house is located in Carlos Paz, Argentina, on the shores of Lake San Roque.
It was a great opportunity for the studio to explore the relationship between architecture and nature and go further, which characterizes Siuk Studio, no matter where or how.
Architecture firm
Siuk Studio
Location
Cordoba, Argentina
Photography
Gonzalo Viramonte
Principal architect
Geraldine Misiuk, Gabriela Forciniti
Material
Brick, Wood, Glass, Porcelain Grani Artico Natural
Typology
Residential › House
A 1250 sq. m house is located on a hill, on the southern coast of Portugal. The architecture, characterized by squatness and the predominance of horizontal lines, harmoniously fits into the environment, almost mimicking it.
Project name
Casa do Cabo
Architecture firm
Kerimov Architects
Tools used
SketchUp, AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds max, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Shamsudin Kerimov
Visualization
Kerimov Architects
Typology
Residential › House
5 Fin Whale Way is located in a tranquil coastal village called Kommetjie about 40km south of Cape Town, South Africa. It is halfway down the mountainous Cape Peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent.
Project name
5 Fin Whale Way
Architecture firm
SALT Architects
Location
Kommetjie, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Photography
Lindsay Rae Michael
Principal architect
Gustav Roberts
Collaborators
Stainless steel specialist: Steve and Oliver Matthews, KVS. Joinery: Daniel Grobbelaar, Prowell Kitchens
Structural engineer
Brendan Botha, BJB Consulting
Construction
Clive Lovejoy, Lovejoy Building
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
Afshar villa is designed for a land with an area of 5255 square meters located in Saghez, Iran, the total area of this villa is 185 square meters with two floors.
This villa is designed with a combination of modern and rustic architecture, the use of local materials is considered in the design and makes the villa in harmony with its surroundin...
Project name
Afshar Villa
Architecture firm
Aran Architecture
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Reza Javadzadeh
Design team
Aran Architecture Group
Visualization
Mostafa Hajizade, Hanieh Saeidi
Typology
Residential › House
Faulkner Architects reveals Viewfinder House in Truckee, California, a home designed to capture dramatic mountain views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Project name
Viewfinder House
Architecture firm
Faulkner Architects
Location
Truckee, California, USA
Principal architect
Gregory Faulkner
Design team
Gregory Faulkner, Principal, Breanne Penrod, Project Manager
Collaborators
Geotechnical Engineer: NV5
Interior design
Rory Torrigiani, Natalie Zirbel
Civil engineer
Shaw Engineering
Structural engineer
Linchpin Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Sugarpine Engineering
Lighting
Faulkner Architects
Construction
Glennwood Mountain Homes
Material
Wood, Glass, Stone, Metal
Typology
Residential › House
