Surrounded by 80-year-old olive trees on a ½ acre site, this 2,800 square foot single-family residence is comprised of three linear volumes offset from each other and connected by light-filled corridors. The layout of each volume offers a distinct program, allowing the owners to move from public, semi-public and private spaces freely through the op...
Project name
Wheeler Residence
Location
Carmichael, California, United States
Interior design
NAR Design Group
Structural engineer
Cornerstone Structural Consultants
Material
Caviar black stucco, Cor-Ten steel roofs, facia
Typology
Residential › House
Understory at The Spheres is a multifunctional exhibit and visitor center designed to tell the story of The Spheres, Amazon’s iconic and wholly unique insertion into the heart of Seattle. The exhibit unravels the complexity of the architecture and engineering and the very idea behind bringing people closer to nature on a daily basis in the heart of...
Project name
Understory at The Spheres
Architecture firm
Graham Baba Architects
Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Photography
Benjamin Benschneider
Design team
Graham Baba Architects project team: Jim Graham, Ellen Cecil, Susan Tillack, Connor Davidge, Katie Moeller. Exhibit design team: Jill Randerson Exhibit Management (project & content management), Studio Matthews (exhibition design), Belle & Wissell (multi-media design), Niteo (lighting design), Jesse Solomon Clark (composer), Olivia Knapp (illustrator), Dillon Works (exhibit fabrica-tion), Whitlock (AV integration)
Collaborators
Okano Picard Studio (architectural team members), Spearhead (pre-fabrication for custom wood ceiling and vestibule)
Interior design
Charlie Hellstern Interior Design
Typology
Commercial › Multifunctional Exhibit, Visitor Center
The ancient construction techniques are the most innovative, with awesome building designs. In this article, you will provide the best ancient techniques for the new constructions.
Photography
Wikimedia Images
The Cottage, a self build eco barn which used materials from the existing yard setting and contrasted them with a refined design detail, inspired by the agricultural utilitarian construction methods of the surrounds. The Cottage is a replacement dwelling within an existing equestrian facility and farmyard.
Architecture firm
Artel31
Location
Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Principal architect
Robert Elkins
Design team
Richard Charles Jones (Project Architect)
Interior design
Annalise Nicholas - Artel31
Civil engineer
Giraffe Engineering
Structural engineer
Giraffe Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Ellendale Environmental
Visualization
Fred Palmer - Artel31
Tools used
Vectorworks, Blender, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Mixed - Steel Frame, Masonry and Timber Frame.
Material
Stone, reclaimed brick, Cedar
Client
Mr and Mrs Gyle Thompson
Typology
Residential › House, New Bucolic
It is а very friendly, cozy and pleasant place in the center of Tehran. Creating the interior of this coffee shop, I was inspired by retro images and shapes. "Ccafe" is not just a cafe, but some kind of a social club.
Architecture firm
Pouria Vahidi
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Visualization
Pouria Vahidi
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
The seemingly random scattering of barns was carefully defined by the surrounding landscape, the position of the sun and the function of the building. The first barn, which is a garage, acts as a massive buffer separating the house from the road. The fifth and final barn accommodates the living area and bedroom with the wooden deck leading to the s...
Project name
The Polish Farmhouse
Architecture firm
BXB Studio Bogusław Barnaś
Location
Bulowice, Poland (Polska)
Photography
Rafał Barnaś, Piotr Krajewski, Bogusław Barnaś
Principal architect
Bogusław Barnaś, Rafał Barnaś
Design team
Bogusław Barnaś, Bartosz Styrna, Anna Mędrala, Kamil Makowiec, Mateusz Zima, Magdalena Moska, Valentin Lepley, Aleksander De Mott, Maroš Mitro, Paula Wróblewska, Marzia Tocca, Magdalena Fuchs
Construction
Ostafin Budownictwo
Material
Wood, Steel, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
When you are looking for a great plumbing service provider to do the work in your home efficiently, expertly, and fairly, remember not to settle for the closest or cheapest service in your area. This will likely lead to poor quality work, unreliable or unprofessional technicians, and extra costs incurred down the line.
Photography
Max Vakhtbovych (Cover image), Pressfoto
The proposal of this project in Ville de Cranves-Sales, France, is to maximize the use of the double slope of the land by building "two schools" developed on two different terraces, both in a vantage point over their surroundings.
Project name
Groupe Scolaire Cranves-Sales
Architecture firm
Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Location
Rue du college, Cranves-Sales, France
Photography
Takuji Shimmura
Principal architect
Christophe Rousselle
Design team
ean-Philippe Marre (chef de projet) / Flavien Faussurier (chantier) / TPFI (bureau d’études) / BEGC (cuisiniste) / Verdance (paysagiste)
Collaborators
TPFI (Technical Studies)
Construction
Ville de Cranves-Sales
Material
Concrete, glass, steel
Client
Ville de Cranves-Sales
Typology
Educational › School
There was a big industrial shed that many years holding religious ceremonies there. But there was no architects symbols. So, we were asked to add many nostalgic symbols and convert to a hall with cultural signs. The project was in Esfahan, a historical city with rich architecture and the people like their historic buildings
Interior design
No.68 atelier
Principal designer
Mohamad Tafazoli, Mohamad Fayazi
Design team
Milad Oshaghi, Saeed Rashidianfar, Sahar Ghafari
Collaborators
Farzad Sheikhbahaei, Nader Alavi, Akbar Torkan, M. Kimiaei (Civil engineer), Mohamad Najafi (Lighting)
Architecture firm
No.68 atelier
Visualization
Saeed Rashidianfar, Nastaran Ghasemi
Energy use is becoming an increasingly pertinent issue for the world around us. And while the recent work-from-home revolution has brought with it a lot of benefits, some might overlook the environmental costs. There was as much as an 8.9% rise in domestic energy consumption in the first quarter of 2021 alone, as a direct result of these new workin...
Photography
Soroush Majidi (cover image)
