Cocoon House, Resort in Jeju, Korea by Planning Korea
Seoul-based architectural practice, Planning Korea, completed their design for the Cocoon House, an amazing project of inhabitation for the volcanic island of Jeju. Inspired by the cocoon organisms, the team chose to organize the house around a spheric volume with round windows.
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Fobe Residence in Marrakech, Morocco by Guilhem Eustache Studio
Guilhem Eustache – a Belgian studio built the ‘Forbes Residence’in Marrakech, Marocco. The architect aim was to create a dynamic equilibrium despite the difference of scale. Eustache played with light and shadow to enhance and strengthen the volumes and used local materials and techniques like clay for the exterior walls, tadelack for the baths and stones from the Ourika valley for the floors.
The architect has preserved the wildness of the land although they have planted more than 500 trees. The walls have been doubled to help deal with the climate creating high-rise rooms and sun protection. Read More…
Family House in Kraluv Dvur by OV-a
Built by OV-A architects, this great family house is based in Kraluv Dvur. The main distinction of this house are the wooden shutters of the terrace that surrounds the perimeter of the house. The Wooden shutters let in light but at the same time provides intimacy and can be open to enjoy a full view of nature and let the daylight penetrate the house. Read More…
Kona Residence by Belzberg Architects
Kona residence is another fantastic realization from the really innovative architects Belzberg. The residence is located Kona, Hawaii.
Belzberg’s description:
Nestled between cooled lava flows, the Kona residence situates its axis not with the linearity of the property but rather with the axiality of predominant views available to the site. Within the dichotomy of natural elements and geometric hardscape the residence attempts to integrate both the surrounding views of volcanic mountain ranges to the east and ocean horizons westward.
The program is arranged as a series of pods distributed throughout the property, each having its own unique features and view opportunities. The pods are programmatically assigned as two sleeping pods with common areas, media, master suite and main living space.
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Mirror House by MLRP
Mirror House by MLRP is a transformation of an existing Playground Structure to an Inviting and Reflective Pavilion
Funhouse mirrors which is mounted on the gabled ends of this playground pavilion in Copenhagen.
Instead of a typical closed gable facade, the mirrored gables creates a sympathetic transition between built and landscape and reflects the surrounding park, playground and activity. Windows and doors are integrated in the wood-clad facade behind facade shutters with varied bent mirror panel effects. At night the shutters are closed making the building anonymous. During the day the building opens up, attracting the children who enjoy seeing themselves transformed in all directions.
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Cube Tube by Sako Architect
Developed by Sako Architects “Cube Tube” office and restaurant is a nine storey building with square structure, intersected with a vertical succession of criss-crossed corridors which terminate as open-air terraces overlooking the landscape. Contrasting the style of the existing context, a fenestration pattern of varied squares surfaces the main cubic volume and adjacent linear block, generating their respective names, “cube” and “tube”. The configuration introduces light and breezes into the internal core while allowing a divided working space with an airy atmosphere.
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The Small House by Unemori Architects
Unemori Architects were commissioned to build this home in a 112 square foot plot. Unemori decided to place the “Small House” in the center of the property, which permits plenty of light and wind to encircle the tower.
“The small house which the married couple and their child live stands at the densely populated area in Tokyo. Though the neighboring houses is very close, I aimed to design the house which exceed the physical narrowness living at the city.
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Brick Kiln House by SPASM Design Architects
Based in a small the small village Munavali,the favorite getaway, for affluent Bombay citizens as a place to build their dream country home, the ‘Brick Kiln House’built by SPASM Design Architects was partly a grove of Tamarind and Mango trees, with the odd , Champa, Vad tree.
Brick Kiln House by SPASM Design ArchitectsThe lighting is exuberant and the materials of the interior and furnishings are modern once more, with a saturation of wood and metal especially. The main aspect of the interior however, is the swimming pool.
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TBONE House by Coast Office Architecture
TBONE House built by Coast Office Architecture based in Stuttgart, Germany is a house that features Ecological Aspects such as Geothermal Heat Pump, Vertical Earth Connection Loop, Floor and Wall heating system, Cooling system through activation of thermal mass and the use of rainwater as valuable natural resource for water supply in the house and reduce water bills costs. The house has a very minimalist style thanks to large windows connecting the indoor and outdoor and a purity of lines. Read More…
Apartment Building in Luxembourg by Metaform Architects
Luxembourg City-based studio Metaform designed a contemporary 4,000 square foot apartment building in Luxembourg.
The sculptural project stands out and contrasts the surrounding neighborhood buildings. The architects developed a 4-storey apartment block combining elements of dynamic and vibrant art with discrete and geometrical architecture.
Live Work Home by Cook+Fox Architects
Cook + Fox Architects’s ‘Live Work Home’ in Syracuse, New York is an innovative sustainable structure designed to suit various needs that change over time. The project was recently presented with a LEED Platinum Certificate and won the From the Ground Up Competition.This 1,400 square foot project reconsiders the understood definition of ‘home’ for a new, urban context- and demonstrates how small-scale sustainable architecture can be delivered at the highest level.
Cook+Fox Architects inserted a custom-made perforated screen system onto the western and northern sides of the building to filter light into a dappled pattern reminiscent of the sun’s rays through a tree canopy. This screen also incorporates a large, garage-style front door which can be folded down to create an indoor/outdoor space similar to a front porch. Light also enters the volume through skylight tubes which penetrate the roof and the entire building unit is specifically angled to maximise solar exposure.
‘Illoiha Omotesando,’ Climbing Wall by Nendo Nendo
Designers Nendo have sent us some images of their climbing wal from the new Illoiha Omotesando club in Tokyo.They used mirrors, picture frames, a birdcage, and other items found on walls in a home re-purposed as climbing hand holds.
They used mirrors, frames, birdcage, and other objects of decoration that can be found in a house instead of the usual rock-shaped holds.
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Brooks Avenue House by Bricault Design
For the house located on Brooks Avenue House in Venice, California, the clients asked more space to accommodate the needs of a growing family, but they were reluctant to leave their location in Venice – one of the few walkable neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The solution was to maintain and remodel their existing 2000 square foot home, while creating a 1700 square foot addition and courtyard on the rear lane side.
With an ideal climate for much of the year, a primary design driver was to create a seamless connection between inside and outside, while eliminating the need for air conditioning. To this end, a central sculptural staircase links the ground floor with the rooftop deck, while doubling as a chimney to draw cooling breezes through the house. On the main floor, a sequence of pivoting doors opens the house to the courtyard, while on the second floor, windows fold back and full-height exterior panels slide into walls. A system of cedar battens serve as a shading device along much of the addition.
Casa Ponce, Mexico by Coutiño & Ponce Arquitectos
Mexican Coutiño & Ponce Arquitectos have sent us photographs of their lastest project in Tabasco, México.
At night, from outside the house is colored by the rooms that are illuminated from different color and with the facade that is illuminated by colored LEDs.
Bamboo that grows near the facade through the roof allowing the bamboos to rise and let in light. Inside the room it gives the impression that the house is an integral part of the landscape.
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Beekman Tower, 8 Spruce Street in New York by Frank Gehry
8 Spruce Street, originally known as Beekman Tower and currently marketed as New York by Gehry, is a 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry in the New York City borough of Manhattan at 8 Spruce Street, just south of City Hall Plaza and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Gehry has accomplished: the finest skyscraper to rise in New York since Eero Saarinen’s CBS building went up 46 years ago. At 870 feet tall, New York by Gehry is the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere and a singular addition to the iconic Manhattan skyline. For his first residential commission in New York City, master architect Frank Gehry has reinterpreted the design language of the classic Manhattan high-rise with undulating waves of stainless steel that reflect the changing light, transforming the appearance of the building throughout the day.
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‘Panteón Nube’ in Murcia, Spain by Studio Clavel Arquitectos
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The Panteón Nube located in Murcia, Spain and built by studio Clavel Arquitectos is a modern tomb, which features an asymmetrical design and ambient and an ambient light provided by the onyx stone. The tomb’s entrance can only be opened by turning its four doors in a certain way.
Clavel Arquitectos say:
‘In this project we worked with two images.The first one was the medieval unfoldable boards, which used to work as removable façades or altarpieces, and now get remade in the zigzag façade. Death inspires human beings with something between mystery and fear. To die means a transition between this world and others that nobody knows. The tomb is where this transition takes place. In this project we worked with two images.
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O House by Philippe Stuebi & Eberhard Tröger
O House located in Vierwaldstättersee, Switzerland is designed by architect Philippe Stuebi with Eberhard Tröger. On both, the front and the lake side, this sculptural villa shows very expressive and ornamental facades.
Facing mount pilatus the white concrete elements are dotted with circular openings that allow glimpses into the two-levelled orangery with its exotic plants, as well as the lounge, the guest tract and the staircase accessed through one of the openings at the ground floor. The lake side with superb mountain views of the rigi and the bürgenstock shows off a protruding, glistering loggia made of round glass bricks. Very decorative, such elements are a strong contrast to the rough renderings of the side facades.
Villa Welpeloo, Holland by 2012Architects
Created by 2012Architects, Villa Welpeloo was designed for clients Tjibbe Knol and Ingrid Blans. “Reused materials account for 60 percent of the structure,” says Jongert. “And that goes up to as much as 90 percent when it comes to the interior.” The benefit of this approach, which Jongert and Bergsma like to call “recyclicity” or “superuse,” is, of course, a greatly reduced construction carbon footprint, due to material recycling and lower transportation costs. But it’s also, insists Jongert, “a way to reach a very high level of lively aesthetics.”
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