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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Japan, Japanese architecture, Landscape architecture, Minimalism, Stair, Takashi Yamaguchi, White
Japanese architect Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates has designed a house in Ise, Japan. The building is composed of two volumes arranged in parallel. A vertical void links the rooftop terrace and the light court on the first floor, drawing nature into the interior. Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates + Project description by Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Brazil, Progetto arquitetura, Stair, Swimming pool, Timber, White
This house, project by Progetto Arquitetura, is situated in a rich neighbourhood in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Its construction has been finished in 2010. The house is developed in an “L” shape, divided in 2 blocks, the smallest one housing only leisure activities, and support for outside activities, (swimming pool’s showers, barbecue, SPA, [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Refurbishment / Extension, Sweden, Visiondivision
Sweden-based architectural firm Visiondivision has designed an extension to an old house on the Swedish countryside. + Description by Visiondivision Visiondivision was commissioned to design an extension to an old house on the Swedish countryside. The house should include a master bedroom, a room for clothing care, a work space and a space for coffee [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Residential, Selected Tags: Landscape architecture, OFIS, Slovenia, Timber
Slovenian architectural practice OFIS Arhitekti designed the contemporary yet affordable 3 bedroom housing development with private garden located in Podpec, Slovenia. The main proposal was a condensation of village cores with branching – a traditional and historical rural layout of condensed longitudinal buildings along a road with kept green area around it. OFIS Arhitekti + [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Contemporary architecture, Courtyard architecture, Ecuador, Landscape architecture, South American architecture, WE Architecture
The Triangular House by WE architecture was designed and developed based on the characteristics from both colonial and original housing in Ecuador. The house seeks to join these two building styles into a contemporary house. A house which is organized around a triangulated green patio always giving you the sense of being close to nature [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Contemporary architecture, Ecuador, Landscape architecture, South American architecture, WE Architecture
Denmark-based studio WE Architecture has designed the +House located in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador. The house is composed of two linear volumes intersecting each others, one of the volumes is placed perpendicular on the coast line, following the terrain down the slope and the other is places along the same high of the hill crossing the [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: dom arquitectura, Pablo Serrano Elorduy, Spain, Swimming pool, White
Spanish architect Pablo Serrano Elorduy has designed a private house in Menorca. + Architect’s statement by Pablo Serrano Elorduy Being a summer house, the main idea is not only creating the interior spaces of the house, but distribute all outer space. The interior spaces seek good relations with the outside world, colonizing their surroundings and [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Landscape architecture, Sweden, Visiondivision
Nature’s Choice, is one of the latest project Sweden-based architectural firm Visiondivision designed to to blend in with the surrounding nature in the north of Sweden. On the site lies also an old bunker which was constructed to prevent a potential invasion from the Russians. The bunker also had to be discreet when built, but [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Fluid form, Japan, Japanese architecture, Studio Velocity, White
Japanese architectural firm Studio Velocity designed a curved building located in Nagoya city, Japan. The shape of the building is something like the volume of the entrance door stretched, and the section at the entrance is only the size of the door. However, the section becomes larger both vertically and horizontally, as one walks into [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: D.I.G Architects, Japan, Japanese architecture
M House, a small house was built on a narrow site designed by D.I.G Architects. The width of the site is 5m, just the same as the street in front, and the house is even narrowed down into 3m width tubular space. This tubular space separates into two branches, one protrudes straight in the air [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Interior Tags: Courtyard architecture, Kitchen appliances, Refurbishment / Extension, Tamir Addadi Architecture, UK, White
London-based studio Tamir Addadi Architecture recently has completed the extension and alterations to a private house. The main aim of the project was to create a sense of unity between the back garden and the house, allowing nature to play a significant part in the daily activities of the family. The site of the project [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Interior Tags: Alchemy, Egypt, Stair, Swimming pool
Egypt-based Alchemy design studio recently has completed the interior project for Katameya Heights Residence in Cairo, Egypt. Located in Katameya Heights, this residence stands out amongst its fellow homes in more ways than one, as the architecture and interior design are made unique by their altered nature. Alchemy’s Mohamed Fares began his transition from ordinary [...]
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