Geneva studio Clavienrossier created this home in the Swiss Alps by adding two tinted concrete volumes atop the remains of a stone house and adjacent barn. The project is located in Charrat in the Valais canton of Switzerland and involved demolishing much of the existing structure while retaining the original cellars and floors. The two concrete additions have faceted walls, angled inwards towar..
Teget Architectural Office designed the Ardesco Houses in Yalikavak, Mugla, Turkey. from contemporist
Architects: Marcio Kogan Location: Salvador, Brazil Co-authors: Suzana glogowski, Samanta Cafardo, Interior Design Co-authors, Diana Radomysler Collaborators: Henrique Bustamante, Sergio Ekerman Team: Beatriz Meyer, Carolina Castroviejo, Eduardo Chalabi, Eduardo Glycerio, Gabriel Kogan, Lair Reis, Maria Cristina Motta, Mariana Simas, Oswaldo pessano, Renata furlanetto Project area: 2,165 sqm Pro..
This mountainside house by G2 Estudio in Argentine Patagonia is wrapped in a stone and wood facade. Called Ribbon House, the single-family home is criss-crossed internally by diagonal columns and windows. Here’s a bit of text from the architects: The juxtaposition of the different volumes between the public and private spaces of the house, the social and family life, gives place to a dynamic wal..
Architects: Architectural Bureau G.Natkevicius & Partners Location: Pučkorių st., Vilnius, Lithuania Sculptor: A.Šlapikas Structural Engineering: JSC KONSTRUKTORIŲ CECHAS, J. Vašeikienė Lightning: PROMODUS IO and sculptor A. Šlapikas Landscape Architects: E.Nomeikienė, I.Čepurienė Project area: 1,647 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographs: R.Urbakavičius The custumer is a banker and antique book col..
Architects: Wizja Architects Location: Burów, Poland Lead Designer: Stanisław Deńko Project Team: Łukasz Pióro, Ewa Idzikowska, Robert Koprowski Interior Design: Maria Łukasiewicz — Rudkowska Project area: 233 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographs: Wojciech Kryński The house is situated in Burow, a village that lies in vicinity of Krakow, Poland. The site is placed on a south slope that is gently d..
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us photos of the Star House in Bnaider, Kuwait, that has been designed by AGi Architects. Nestled into the landscape, this beach house blends with the natural topography of the coastline of Kuwait. It slowly unfolds itself to the visitor, as it is approached from the desert. Upon entry, one gets glimpses of the sea whilst going down to the public space of the..
Arquitectura en Movimiento have completed the Cubo House in Juárez, Mexico. from contemporist
Canadian interior designer René Desjardins has completed the interior design of a penthouse apartment in downtown Montreal, Quebec. “The client, after spending many years in a large home on Ile-des-Sœurs, had taken an apartment with a panoramic view of downtown Montreal, Mount Royal and the St. Lawrence River. From the start, it seemed to me that this magnificent view – one of the best in Montre..
Check out this project by London based firm, Haworth Tompkins. The firm renovated a dilapidated old building situated on the Dovecote Studio campus – an internationally renowned music campus at Snape Maltings, founded by Benjamin Britten which is currently undergoing an expansion. Nestleed within the shell of an abandoned building, the firm responded to the existing conditions with a touch of se..
