Tokyo Apartment by Sou Fujimoto Architects
Architects Sou Fujimoto have designed this building in the center of Tokyo that looks like traditional house with sloping roofs, superimposed one above the other.Each apartment comprises two or three rooms connected over different levels by ladders and stairs both inside and outside the building.The architecture and configuration of the external staircase was created to give the impression to the resident that tEvery time he goes from a room to the another, it’s like going house to another. Read More…
Ranger Cabin Vatnajokull National Park by Arkis Architects
The Pavilion built by Arkis Architects is in fact the work residence of three rangers working in the National Park. The building consists of three modules including a unit with bedroom and bathroom, the living room and kitchen with and the last being a workshop storage.The main objective of the design was to get a robust and simple building that will endure the harsh and ever changing weather. The building design, is based on a simple form and choice of materials, which fits well with the local authorities and create a pleasant environment to live in. The building is a wooden building covered with Corten steel.
The interior walls are covered with birch plywood white red white red interior floors as plywood birch oil birch raised floor.
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Dacha’s Origami by Peter Kostelov
Dacha is a Russian word for seasonal or year-round second homes often located in the exurbs of Russian and post-Soviet cities. Architect Peter Kostelov has met the clients’ only to exchange ideas before the architect takes the project through to completion. The clients’s request was that their dacha, or summer house has to be a place for sport and exercise as well as sunbathing, barbecues and parties. As architects had free rein to design this house, they have created this friendly Dacha without any door or window, a little bit like a playground. Despite this house has a playground and relaxation area open to the outside, it also provides space for more privacy.
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Villa Rieteiland-Oost by Egeon Architecten
Villa Rieteiland-Oost has a facade entirely covered of wood paneling, on one side of the facade, they are applied horizontally while on the other side of the facade they are applied vertically. The spiral staircase on the outside fits entirely with the exterior of the facade and allows to access to the first floor from the outside of the house without having to go inside, which allows have some privacy.
The three levels of the residence accommodate the open plan living room on the bottom floor, the private areas in the middle, and an office space to literally top it all.The house is built from fair and sustainable materials and features a heat pump and low temperature underfloor heating, natural ventilation, high insulation values of roof walls and floor, special heat-resistant glass, a sedum roof, attention to thermal bridging details and orientation. Read More…
Westcliff Pavilion by GASS Architecture Studios
GASS Architecture Studios completed the Westcliff Pavilion based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The facade of the house is just incredible, it combines modernity with roughness of the stones.
GASS Architecture Studios say:
The cottage at 28A Pallinghurst is a steel-framed pavilion structure located on the Westcliff Ridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. This 2 bedroom dwelling, nestled away in its wooded surroundings, is positioned just before the inception of a major sheer face of the Westcliff Ridge. This affords the building a private, tranquil hiding place in the trees juxtaposed with a feeling of floating above the ridge combined with magnificent views of Johannesburg.
Steel framing was a natural choice of construction method, as it married the environmental and access requirements to the desired architectural aesthetic. Simply put, we wanted a structure that would touch the Ridge as lightly as possible combined with an elegant, timeless aesthetic that would allow us to use the steel elements not only as primary structural elements, but also as the primary architectural motif. From an environmental perspective, access to the site is quite complex, having to traverse down a very long, narrow driveway through several people’s private properties, and half way down to the ridge to the site itself over an existing garden. Because of this, we wanted to bring in as few construction vehicles as possible, especially large concrete trucks. Read More…
Schlump ONE by J. MAYER H. Architects
Schlump ONE’s facade has been entirely renovated and redesigned J. MAYER H. Architects to form a single unit that freely interprets the original building’s 1950s linear design.
The project “Schlump ONE” is located directly at the underground station Schlump in Eimsbüttel district in Hamburg. The original administration building from the 1950s and 90s was gutted, renovated and expanded, and has now been converted into an office building with four possible rental units per floor. The existing data processing center in the courtyard has been transformed into a private university and expanded to include a new building.
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KRTMRG 0611 by Steinmetzdemeyer Architects
This single family house was built to replace an old barn in Dalheim, a village 20 km from Luxembourg.
Working in the volume of the original barn which butted up against another house, the design aims to remain modest and complementary to the ‘art-deco-rural’ style of the neighboring house. The basement of the barn with its vaulted cellar was maintained as a platform for the new house. This was also dictated by the presence of Roman relics in the local ground.
The house is developed on 3 levels.The ground floor is a very open space gathering the social living places, from the street to the garden: kitchen, dining and living room with a fireplace.
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Orb House in Melbourne by Bojan Simic
The‘Orb House’ built by Bojan Simic architects is located on a unique site descending rapidly towards the Yarra River and Yarra Bend Golf Course in Melbourne, Australia.
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V4 House in Sao Paulo by Marcio Kogan
House V4, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil is the latest house realized by Brazilian Marcio Kogan architect. Most of the Marcio Kogans’ architectures have amazing structures proportions. This house was once again, has pure and modern lines.
The architects enjoy the concrete flat roof, to covered it with a wooden floor, plant on the back side some tall plants to give privacy and on the front side left on open view to the area. This gives a superb private terrace overlooking the surroundings.
Maison Escalier by Moussafir Architects
‘Maison Escalier’ which means staircase house by Moussafir Architects is built on the site of an old house in the heart of the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Maison escalier is delimited on three sides by the original walls as a tree-like structure imitating art-deco style of the thirties. The south façade is entirely glazed and outfitted with electronically controlled patterned steel shades that paint shadows on the interior when the sun filters through.
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Bluff House, Australia by Inarc Architects
Bluff House base in Australia is the latest realisation fron Inarc Architects is a medium size architectural and interiors practice based in Melbourne.The two principal directors are Reno Rizzo, Architect and Christopher Hansson, Interior Designer. Bluff house responds to the challenges of a dual interface with both the Victorian coast and the neighbouring country side. The cantilevered building sits on the top of an escarpment to give a feeling of detachment, a feeling of leaning over the edge.
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SI.House by VuA
SL.House is dotted with small holes that serve as skylights. Small holes allow natural light to enter from outside and from the outside the beautiful it let in the light of the inside lighting.
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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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