The Twisted “Villa” by Studio Daniel Libeskind
“Like a crystal growing from rock, a dramatic structure emerges from the ground.”
The Villa is Daniel Libeskind’s first signature series home. Part of what is called twisted architecture, its unexpected angles and creative approaches meet with the highest standards in design and sustainability.
For example, the elegant standing-seam zinc façade enables the use of green technologies such as a solar thermal system and a rain water harvesting system. Also, the Villa is largely constructed of wood, offering a maximized thermal insulation.
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March 15, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Delphine - Comments: 0
Casa no Geres, Portugal by Correia & Ragazzi Architectos
Graça Correia and Roberto Ragazzi architects have created a stunning minimalist box house with sustainable material. The house called “Casa no Geres,” is based in the middle of a National Park in Portugal.
Correia and Ragazzi were given a qualified carte blanche: they were allowed to do anything, providing they didn’t cut down any of the trees on site and managed the tricky balancing act of building the house in concrete while not isolating its inhabitants from their surroundings. The structure also had to house the couple and their grown-up child, although the planning permission allowed for a maximum size of just 60 sq m.
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March 9, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Pavillion - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Maison NW by Nathalie Wolberg
Maison NW located in Saint-Ouen, near Paris is a work studio but also a private colorful home. The huge workshop spreads over an area of 1,937 square feet and has three levels.
Architect Nathalie Wolberg is the owner of this place which is said to carry “her own personality, own desires, passions. The project is based on three scales designed to match needs for intimacy, autonomy and/or sharing. Through similar actions, it will be possible to adopt behaviors, attitudes, various postures and to initiate numerous relationships.
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March 4, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Interior, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
The Moving Mini House, by Stephanie Bellanger
Travellers will love this outstanding idea. The Moving Mini House by Stephanie Bellanger is a 252° living area that fans out of its trailer. It offers a bathroom, living room, bedroom, kitchen and an office. One person is enough to pull the area out of to its external shelf. The support feet will spread automatically as the floor is opened.
Bierings House by Rocha Tombal Architecten
Bierings House was designed by Rocha Tombal Architecten, Located in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The form and orientation of the building avoid visual contact with the adjacent houses: at the ground floor the angled ceiling of the kitchen accentuates the intensive contact with the garden. On the first floor, the different shaped openings in the roof and façade offer, like “fingers of light”, varied daylight experiences.
The routing through the house starts in the hall, a section of the ground floor volume. After experiencing the entrance area and passing the gigantic pivoted door, the visitor arrives at the “heart of the house”, the kitchen. Here he looks through the big glass wall straight into the garden, which suggests being outside again. Behind him, the stair cuts a wooden wall inviting to follow the route towards the first floor.
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February 11, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 1
Solar-powered House Arc by Joseph Bellomo
Inspired by a bike rack, Palo Alto Architect, Joseph Bellomo, has designed a sustainable, off-grid prefab home called the House Arc. This curvaceous modular home by Palo Alto architect, Joseph Bellomo, is joining the ranks of affordable, modular housing. The house is expected to withstand tropical winds and weather. Going by the renderings we see, the roof of the house has solar panels so it would be able to generate a good part of the juice it would require.
Enclosed Open House by Wallflower Architecture
Singapore based architect, Wallflower Architecture has created innovative architectural spaces amidst urban density for a homeowner in Singapore East Coast area.
The owners wanted a spacious, contemporary house that would be as open as possible but without compromising security and privacy at the same time. Surrounded by neighbours on four sides, the solution was a fully fenced compound with a spatial programme that internalised spaces such as pools and gardens, which are normally regarded as external to the envelope of the house.
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January 18, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Residence - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 7
Split-Level House, Pennsylvania by Qb Design
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this Split_Level House has been constructed by Qb Design.
Curved brick corners negotiate the irregular street grid, while the cadence of typical row houses and a palette of brick volumes and stone bases are translated into a new vocabulary. I might have to do a drive-by, since it’s so close to me.
January 12, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Interior, Latest - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 1
Courtyard House on a Steep Site by Hutchison & Maul Architecture
The architects were asked to design two conflicting elements, guest/retreat space and family/active space, as close to the lake as code would allow. There was also a desire for lake access from the main residence located up the hillside, and to integrate water-sports storage and a changing/bathing room as part of the family/active space. Finally, it was important that the guest/retreat spaces feel private even when people occupy the family/active space, and of course taking advantage of the view wherever possible was an obvious choice.
January 4, 2010 - Category: Architecture, Beach House, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Wooden Chunk House Project, Poland by plus48 Group
Karol Szparkowski from plus48 Group, Poland has send us their last project that will be build in the city of Sekocin near Warsaw, Poland. Construction works are planned to start in march 2010.
Front garden elevation will be covered with pieces of wood mounted on a support structure in steel.
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December 11, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Facade, Latest - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 0
Chimney House, São Paulo by Marcio Kogan
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan has presented us his latest project his latest production the Coser House. Based in Sao Paolo, Brazil, the chimney house defines modern architecture. The chimneys on the rooftop are of varied shapes, inspired in the chimneys on the rows of houses in the city of São Paulo.
The chimneys on the rooftop are of varied shapes, inspired in the chimneys on the rows of houses in the city of São Paulo.
December 7, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
NG House by Arquitectos Anónimos
The NG House, Portugal was designed by Arquitectos Anónimos. The house is finished in wooden skin and full glass at both sides, creating a beautiful contrast on the materials.
Celluloid Jam House in Yokohama, Japan by Norisada Maeda
Entitled Celluloid Jam, this house created by Norisada Maeda features walls that aim to flow continuously around the exterior, from inside to outside and back again like a Moebius strip.
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November 27, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Restaurant - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
House H, Tokyo by Sou Fujimoto Architects
House H is the latest project by Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo.
Fujimoto seized the opportunity to extend his research into the potential of primitive forms to create complex responses to contemporary needs. It’s new experiment was to find a balance between volumes, spaces and light.
Dealing innovatively with Japan’s strict plot ratio regulations, Fujimoto has avoided the conventions of creating a courtyard or of setting a house as an isolated object within the site boundary. Instead it is a hybrid; a series of boxes in boxes that define domestic realm, enclosure and interior.
Case House by John Pardey Architects
Case House created by John Pardey Architects is a holiday home in the Cotswolds, the Case house assumes a simple, linear box-like form – when closed, only a single opening onto an open courtyard space hints at domesticity – but once occupied, a series of hydraulically operated shutters hinge down to open up the house to the sun and views.
November 2, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Pavillion - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Balmoral House by ARKHEFIELD
The Balmoral House by ARKHEFIELD is located in the suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. The house set out to create a dynamic and contemporary addition + renovation to an existing “Queenslander.” With an ongoing interest in room making, they questioned how the new facade may conceal or reveal the arrangement of rooms and the building’s cross section, and conversely, how the nature of rooms directly behind the facade may inform its elevational composition.
October 27, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Residence - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
L House, Poland by Moomoo Architects
Polish architecture practice moomoo have designed a house that is entirely clad in a plastic insulating material normally used for roofing. It is the first house that the elevation has been made entirely of a plastic insulating material namely – Thermopian. This plastic has good thermal, acoustic and insulating properties. It can be acquired in many different colours and looks very cool.
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October 16, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Tech - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 1
House in Wakaura by Archivi Architects & Associates
The wooden house designed by Archivi Architects & Associates, is built around two small courtyard gardens.
The Japan cedar from Kumano and the Japanese cypress are used for the main structure material, the floor material, the siding, and the lattice material.
In addition, it is promoted that nature is naturally taken into all the life scenes by two residence spaces’ tying in the corridor of the open-hearted glass.
September 28, 2009 - Category: Architecture, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
