Futuristic House by Xenian
The futuristic house by Xenian is on display in Sydney, Australia at a public exhibition for sustainable house design. This environmentally responsible design features modern technologies that trend towards a life of consuming less, wasting less, and relying on alternate forms of energy to create comfort at home. Aptly named the “House of the Future” this modern design was prefabricated – a popular construction method for the eco-conscious requiring less resources and resulting in less site disruption during development.
The warm, wooden design boasts low-power LED lighting which gives the home an ultra-modern appeal. Green features include a rainwater harvesting system, passive ventilation, and solar cells embedded in the expansive panes of glass making up the front facade. Outside, a sustainable garden completes the modern residential design. Read More…
Music Studio in the Netherlands by Piet Hein Eek
It is stealth, flexible and simultaneously warm and modern, located in Hilversum, Netherlands, this music studio belongs to entertainer Hans Liberg and has been designed by Piet Hein Eek. Put together by his pal, an established furniture designer by the name of Piet Hein Eek, the structure features an absolutely fabulous facade of stacked logs. Even a row of clerestory windows get the full log treatment, and when opened they fill the compact interior with natural light…
Besturenraad/BKO Office by COEN!
COEN! created a new working environment and identity layer for the ‘Besturenraad / BKO’ Office. You see stained glass patterns, metal grids based on the golden section and special text prints with a message. The relation between faith and education is also subtly made clear by DNA patterns and golden ‘office altars’.
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House in Leiria, Portugal by Manuel Aires Mateus
The architect Manuel Aires Mateus has finished this house in Leiria, Portugal with unique and creative design of architecture. By exploring not too large space for the building, the architect explored the underground floor more creatively. However, the smart arrangement of the architecture makes the castle at the center of the city gets much natural light.
RRA Wins Church Design Competition in Knarvik, Norway
RRA has been announced the winner of the limited competition for Knarvik kirke; a new church for the local municipality of Knarvik, near Bergen on behalf of Commissioner; The Lindås Ecumenical council. The building is designed to respect and blend harmoniously into the landscape’s vegetation and topography. The church and its outdoors are developed to the place and the soon to come central square in Knarvik. The church of Knarvik will become a local venue for visitation and faith through the whole week.
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Nobis Hotel by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Claesson Koivisto Rune has recently designed the interior of the Nobis Hotel located in two historic late 19th-century buildings on Norrmalmstorg square in the heart of downtown Stockholm, Sweden. Designed with a holistic attitude, together with a certain amount of eccentricity, Nobis Hotel is a contemporary 5-star hotel.
The extravagant Gold Bar, the French-inspired 24/7 bistro, the generous lounge, the Italian trattoria Caina on the floor below, the relax area clad entirely in marble and the conference section with its original wooden paneling preserved have each been given a distinctly different character. Despite this, each space flows into the next so that the spatial context is strong.
The colour scheme and lighting design is also warm and subdued throughout. We call it Scandinavian dark blond. Another recurring theme is subtle patterns, in many cases derived from our own abstracted architectural drawings. Like the corridor carpeting and the wallpaper in the conference section. Read More…
“Roji,” House, Hokkaido, Japan by Nadamoto Yukiko Architects
Nadamoto Yukiko architects has completed their new project “Roji,” a residence and cafe designed for a couple in their 30s in Hokkaido, Japan. “Roji”, which means alley in Japanese, organizes its internal spaces around a central passageway that runs through the house. To create an authentic atmosphere of an alleyway, the diagonally-running corridor features faceted edges that compress and expand the width of the hallway.
Rooms on the upper level feature small windows that overlook the circulatory spine, offering sight lines to visually connect the living space. simple, decorative arches break up the double-height void while simultaneously serving as an abstract reference to European alleys. Read More…
Whitepod Resort, Eco Swiss Igloos
The Whitepod Resort is a village of 15 igloos where comfort and nature joins together in the Swiss Alps at 1700 meters above sea level, at the foot of the Dents-du-Midi (“The Teeth of Mid-day”).
With the use of the pods (dome shaped tents), pitched on wooden platforms, Whitepod offers low impact accommodation in an untouched and pristine alpine environment. Isolated from all urban pollution, the mountain region lends itself beautifully to such an eco-tourism development. After a night in a “pod” geodesic igloo snow so the cozy interior (with king-size bed), you can enjoy massages, sauna and winter sport activities like snowshoeing rides or dogsled. Member of « The Luxury Camps & Lodges of the World » and rewarded with the World Prize for Sustainable Tourism in 2005, the Whitepod Resort aims to be a model for sustainable tourism by using a number of measures to limit its impact on nature.
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Haines House by Christopher Polly Architect
Australian architect Christopher Polly has completed the Haines House in Sydney, Australia. The immediate context is comprised of predominantly single storey attached and semi-detached residences with intermittent 2 storey dwellings and 3 to 4 storey apartment blocks.
The proposal involved the complete refurbishment of an existing single storey semi-detached dwelling with the addition of an open plan volume beyond the original rear existing roof plane, to improve the physical and visual relationships to the new rear garden, while harnessing improved access to sunlight, natural ventilation and views to borrowed landscapes and sky beyond. Read More…
Villa 3S by LOVE Architecture
The Villa 3S is situated on a picturesque site on the outskirts of Gaydorf in Graz. The design blurred the boundaries between house and garden creating fluid transitions and an extended exterior living space. The relatively strict land-use plan, which stipulated a saddle roof with a designated inclination, presented a further challenge.
The roof form begins by folding on the southern terrace continues up and over the building structure and thereby forms an abstract saddle roof. This folding spatially differentiates the individual areas providing excitement. This also creates unique views from every angle of the home. The interior of the house is centered on one main room for cooking, eating and living. Read More…
Fogo Island Studios, Newfoundland, Canada by Saunders Architecture
The Shorefast Foundation works with the people of Fogo Island to find ways to preserve this special place and this special culture. This project is the basis for an Arts Residency Program started in 2010. Read More…
Aichinger House, Austria by Hertl Architekten
Called ‘Aichinger House,’ this two storey apartment building reinvented by Hertl Architekten was a restaurant with two bars but the challenge for the architects was to renovate one of the bars into two flats. The most intriguing element of the project is the light grey curtain covering the external walls: a decorative object, normally used indoor, is building a fascinating facade.”
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House In Vale Bem, Portugal by Espaço a3
Espaço a3 created this modern house located in Almada, Portugal between the city and the beach. The project is the work of architects Espaco a3, under the supervision of Carlos Pinto Velosa with collaboration by Fernando Pires and Angela Aguiar. This house appears to be quite conventional, in line with the type of home in the neighbourhood. On entering however, one can find a highly original use of space. Limited by size, the project area, a mere 820 sq.m, the architects were challenged to provide the feel of openness and yet maintain the privacy which, the client desired.
The irregular shaped living area with its high ceilings leads to an open plan kitchen overlooking the garden and pool. The bedrooms are also to be found on the same floor but with lower ceilings which provide a more intimate feel to the rooms. Natural light floods in from picture windows which lead onto patios and gardens. Read More…
Meera House by Guz Architects
The Meera House was designed by Guz Architects and is located on the island of Sentosa in Singapore.
This house is located on a new housing estate on the island of Sentosa adjacent to Singapore. The plots are not large and neighbouring buildings are built close to the sides of each house.
Thus our strategy was to build a solid wall to each side neighbor to provide privacy where possible, while creating a central light and stair well which would funnel the sea breeze through the centre of the building. The front and rear of the building meanwhile, terrace back allowing each storey to have visual or actual access to greenery.
The intention was to try to allow each roof garden provided a base for the storey above allowing the layered effect to make each storey feel like it was a single storey dwelling sitting in a garden…..as much as we could do in the close confines of sentosa island and with such a large building!!
Cerveira House, Portugal by dEMM Architects
Located in the Portugal Northwest border, Nova de Cerveira House by dEMM architect was designed for weekend use, promoting the relationship between interior and exterior, integrating the astonishing surroundings on a glass interior. Emphasizing the equilibrium with the surrounding morphology, the horizontal volumes contrast with the stone coating of the basement floor, on a material and chromatic counterpoint dialogue. Read More…
House Carqueija by Bento & Azevedo Arquitetos Associados
House Carqueija designed by Bento + Azevedo Arquitetos Associados is a modern house built 1.400,00 sqm site area in Camaçari,Bahia – Brazil.
The house is intended to be more site sensitive, emphasize the outside life, and provide functional and comfortable living spaces. With a simple and efficient plan, it is a ground floor house with 2 rooms, a chapel and a large and flexible social area, which integrate living, dining and tv room in a open space, linked to the outside area through a porch.
The B (h) uis Pavilion by Hoogte Twee Architecten
Netherlands-based Hoogte Twee Architecten have build B(h)uis pavilion built with PVC tubes. Made entirely of short lengths of PVC pipe Dutch based Hoogte Twee Architect Studio’s cube shaped pavilion makes for a sweet place to kick back.
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Meadowbrook House in Phoenix, Arizona by Atherton | Keene
The talented design duo’s firm Atherton, Keener landed a spot on the cover of DWELL, a drool-worthy national architecture publication. Atherton and Keener opened the door of their Meadowbrook house in downtown Phoenix for a tour and a discussion on their history and future in architecture. Their house, a cool concrete block-like structure, stands out in their neighborhood, but keeps a low(ish) profile behind tall oleander bushes.
We’re interested in working with things that are complex enough that they require a lot of planning and thought in their design,” Keener says, “but that are also not totally in our control, so that there’s an aspect of the unexpected in there somewhere.”
Atherton grew up here; Keener is from Seattle. They met while studying architecture at ASU. They love the desert and say they’re inspired by the desert sunlight.
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