Architects: Plan B Arquitectos (Felipe Mesa) + Giancarlo Mazzanti Location: Urbanización Aposentos, Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia Collaborators: Viviana Peña, Jose Orozco, Jaime Borbón, Andrés Sarmiento, Juan Pablo Buitrago Contractor: Jaime Pizarro Structural Engineer: Nicolás Parra Design Year: 2006-2007 Construction Year: 2008-2009 Photographs: Rodrigo Davila House to enjoy a native garden and t..
A-cero Architects have designed the Sotogrande House in Cadiz, Spain. from contemporist
A new house, guesthouse, and garage form a community of buildings on a rural hilltop site, evoking a rural homestead. The buildings define a formal courtyard that opens to specific views of the Berkshire and Catskill Mountains. Copper, wood, and bluestone are the primary materials, deployed to affect a minimal and sculptural vocabulary. The buildings are embedded to varying degree within the roc..
Australian studio b.e. Architecture have completed a house in Melbourne clad in basalt slabs of varying size and thickness. The house, 57 Tivoli Road, is located on a sloping corner plot and has internal courtyards. A six metre-long window in the living room slides open over views of the city. The interior is primarily fitted out in wood, with a staircase twisting through the space and guest bed..
Architects: IwamotoScott Location: North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA Principals in Charge: Lisa Iwamoto & Craig Scott Collaborators: Dan Sullivan & Blake Altshuler Diagrams: Ryan Gollenberg Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Craig Scott PS House offers a way of densifying the inner block of an already fairly dense San Francisco neighborhood (North Beach), while bringing an unexpected degree of sp..
California-based Forward Design Office shared with us their design for a Monterey Residence in California. More images and architect’s description after the break. The Monterey Residence reinterprets traditional hacienda architecture to create a contemporary design focused around an inner courtyard. The client’s concern for privacy, desire for an ocean view and performance requirements drive the..
Architects: Felber Szélpal Architekten ag, Solothurn Location: Solothurn, Switzerland Contractor: Galli AG, Surface and Civil Construction Structural Engineering: BSB+Partners, Engineers and Planners Furniture: Theo Jakob AG, Berne Project Year: 2006 Photographs: Bruno Helbling, Zurich The narrow form of the property together with its descending topography has amazing architectural consequences ..
‘Orb House’ adopts a minimalist aesthetic as a counterpoint to the heavy handed, utilitarian architectural fabric that makes up it’s streetscape tapestry. Located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course, it is less a protest statement than an exploration of contrasts through purity of form – a simple transparent circle in a congested patchwork quilt..
Architects: Suppose design office Location: Hiro, Kure city, Hiroshima, Japan Site Area: 78.34 sqm Building Area: 37.39 sqm Total Floor Area: 66.46 sqm Project Year: 2009 Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano The site is located in a shopping district alongside the main highway, a harsh place to satisfy the demands of a client desiring a home with bright gardens. There are no outdoor gardens here, so we d..
Envisioned as a home that will accommodate a family as it grows, and play host to friends and extended family, the ideas that inform the design of the house were developed through an unusual process — The family, including their children, all actively participated in design meetings with the team from Dick Clark Architecture. Critical decisions were vetted among the group and decided by vote, wi..
