Russian design studio Decolieu have completed the renovation of an apartment in Moscow by adding a low curved ceiling made of lime and wax. Called Wabi-Sabi the project involved dividing the existing space with a mezzanine to create two new children’s bedrooms and a bathroom. The walls are covered in thin layers of marble and a wooden staircase leads to the upper level. Here are some more detail..
Architects: Vandeventer + Carlander Architects Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Structural Engineer: Swenson Say Faget Marine Engineer: Headway Marine Residence Contractor: dBoone Construction Float Contractor: Trend Construction Floor Area: 2,824 SF Interior / 887 SF Exterior Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Ben Benschneider Continuing a long and distinguished history of floating homes in Seat..
With the combination of design, quality and functionality arises this new A-cero´s work: a house of 1.500m2 defined by a set of clean lines and perfect volumes. The grey colour of the concrete that make up the whole building and an architectural wide black pergola, there are the elements that, at first sight, stand out in the house exterior. Furthermore, huge windows have been included in the fa..
Douglas Fredrikson Architects have sent us some photos of the Rusnak Residence they designed in Scottsdale, Arizona. from contemporist
Young architect William O’Brien Jr was one of the practices invited to this years P.S.1 competition (awarded to SO-IL). He shared with us this cabin project based on an extruded A-frame. Interesting wall configuration, take a look at the section. Allandale House is an A-frame(s) house for an idiosyncratic connoisseur and her family. Along with its occupants, the Allandale House also provides spa..
Villa Bussum is situated in a lush, leafy neighbourhood in Bussum; a small town near Amsterdam. The design for the villa by GROUP A appears both modern and sculptural, and interacts in a natural way with its surroundings. By using slanting walls and roofs the abstract building volume feels comfortably embedded in the landscape. A cut-out corner facing the street in front of the house, clearly in..
Programmatically the home is split into two zones, one a 4300 sf. residence for the owners, a couple requiring a very low maintenance lifestyle, and another zone for their extensive family and friends who visit the Arizona sunshine often. While much of the surrounding homes echo themes from distant European cultures of centuries past this home speaks to its specific place in the Sonoran Desert. ..
Architects: SPBR Arquitetos Location: Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Director in Charge: Angelo Bucci Project Team: Ciro Miguel, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Juliana Braga, Suzana Jeque, Tatiana Ozzetti Structural Engineer: Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian Landscape Architect: Fernando Magalhães Chacel Lighting: Ricardo Heder Services: Alberto Chagas Barreto Site Area: 4,488.65 sqm Constructed Area..
Architects: GLR Arquitectos Location: Monterrey, Mexico Project Team: Bernardo Chapa, Joaquín Jenis, Tomas Güereña, Diana Guerra, Eduardo Fuentes Project Area: 5,942 sq ft Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Jorge Taboada Set high in the Sierra Madre mountain range, the Torres House seeks to establish an intimate contact with the natural environment in which it is located. Discreetly open towards th..
Architects: Caramel Architekten Location: Pöstlingberg, Linz, Austria Project Area: 112 sqm Project Year: 2007 Photographs: Otto Hainzl Sitting on the slope of pöstlingberg in linz, the 12 x 12 meter cube takes full advantage of the lot by establishing itself as far into the north-eastern corner of the site as building codes permit. These two sides have a very hermetic appearance, thus preventin..
