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→ October 3, 2009
Spanish architect Francisco J. del Corral del Campo recently has completed the semi-detached house – House Zafiro located in Huetor – Vega, Granada, Spain.
Next to the low-lands (Vega) of Granada, still a rural zone with spread constructions, we propose a volumetric disintegration as an answer to the compact volumes of the new housing placed on [...]
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Tags: Concrete, Francisco J. del Corral & Federico Wulff, Spain, Swimming pool, Timber
→ September 29, 2009
Argentina-based Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos has designed the Mine Hotel Boutique located in Argentina.
+ Project description courtesy of Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos
The job assignment for this Boutique Hotel started off from the search of the location where the architecture and decoration project would be settled. The building is located on a quite unusual site in [...]
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Tags: Argentina, Concrete, Courtyard architecture, Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos, Swimming pool
→ September 9, 2009
Argentina-based Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos has designed a house in Nordelta, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
+ Project description courtesy of Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos
Far from the predesigned and homogeneous models, the architects decided to put the accent in the surroundings, joining the functionality of the house with its context, incorporating natural materials such as stone and wood, and [...]
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Tags: Argentina, Sternberg Kohen Arquitectos, Stone, Swimming pool
→ July 31, 2009
Singaporean practice Formwerkz Architects has completed a modern tropical house in Singapore.
Hierarchies of spaces (and family cells) were carefully expressed in choice materials and architectural languages… Communal spaces were designed as light and open, inviting structures.
Formwerkz Architects
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How will you engage the very traditional Asian Concept of Multi-generation Living in [...]
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Tags: Concrete, Formwerkz Architects, Singapore, Swimming pool, Timber, Tropical architecture
→ July 26, 2009
Palabritas Beach House, recently completed by Peruvian firm Architect Jose Orrego, is a contemporary and stylish house designed to capture the view situated on the coast of Lima, Peru.
+ Project description courtesy of Architect Jose Orrego
The house is located on the first row of lots and was designed so that the architecture acted like [...]
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Tags: Lattice screen, Metropolis, Swimming pool, Waterfront architecture
→ July 25, 2009
K2Ld Architects has designed a private house – Khai House located in Singapore. The transparency and boundlessness are the key features of the house design.
The approach to spatial definition is most vigorously pursued at ground level, where there are spaces but with no trace of rooms bounded by walls.
K2Ld Architects
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Tags: K2Ld Architects, Singapore, Swimming pool, Tropical architecture
→ July 25, 2009
Hill Top Residence is a house that sits on a steep triangular plot located in Bukit Tunggal, Singapore, designed by K2Ld Architects.
+ Project description courtesy of K2Ld Architects
One of the first design hurdles designing this house was the topography and the land shape it sat on; that is, upon entering from the road, the ground [...]
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Tags: K2Ld Architects, Lattice screen, Singapore, Swimming pool, Tropical architecture
→ July 25, 2009
Singapore-based architecture firm K2Ld Architects has designed a landscape house located in Cluny Hill, Singapore.
The primary motivation behind the project was to respect this ground and to only allow the house to “touch the ground” as lightly as possible.
K2Ld Architects
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A stunning landscape calls for a house to merge discreetly [...]
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Tags: K2Ld Architects, Lattice screen, Singapore, Swimming pool, Timber, Tropical architecture
→ July 18, 2009
The five-star Hilton Hotel in Bandung, Indonesia, designed in contemporary-modern style by Singapore-based architecture firm Warner Wong Design | WOW Architects, yet fused with local traditional craft.
We began the entire design process by understanding the cultural, economic and geo-climatic context of the Bandung area… In order to tap into the visitors of this great city, [...]
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Tags: Bar Lounge, Lattice screen, Restaurant, Stair, Swimming pool, Tropical architecture, WOW Architects
→ July 18, 2009
The Vivanta, designed by Singapore-based architecture firm Warner Wong Design | WOW Architects for Taj Group of Hotels. Taj Vivanta is located at the entrance to the International Tech Park in Bangalore, India, a contemporary 5-star hotel featuring touches of whimsy and contemporary technology. The hotel’s unique façade changes colour, texture and tone [...]
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Tags: Bar Lounge, Color architecture, Concrete, Glass, India architecture, Randam pattern, Restaurant, Stair, Swimming pool, WOW Architects
→ June 29, 2009
Cyprus based Armon Choros Architektonikis has designed a private house – Chalkidos Street Residence.
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It was asked for an introvert residence, with internal yard where the water would constitute the sovereign element of the space but also of the whole work. Exploitation of the natural parameters to the best possible [...]
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Tags: Armon choros architektonikis, Concrete, Cyprus, Swimming pool
→ June 16, 2009
The multi-Award winning Cascade House by Canada-based architect firm Paul Raff Studio, is an eco-friendly house equipped with solar design systems.
We always start from first principles of human scale and flow, and in search of opportunities to engage light and landscape, once we began to work with glass and slate, the house became characterized by [...]
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Tags: Canada, ESD design, Green architecture, Paul Raff Studio, Stair, Swimming pool
→ May 18, 2009
Singaporean architect firm Wallflower Architecture + Design recently has completed a multi-courtyard house located at Six Ramsgate Road, Singapore. Due to its deep site, two big courtyards have been inserted in between the major spaces. A strong axis leads from the entrance foyer, swimming pool, formal living area, internal garden court and formal dining [...]
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Tags: Courtyard architecture, ESD design, Features, Lattice screen, Singapore, Swimming pool, Timber, Wallflower, Wood
→ May 16, 2009
Jardim Paulista residence in São Paulo, Brazil, by Brazilian architect Arthur Casas. I personally like the stair well where featuring the floating of staircase on the minimal internal water court. It creates a pleasant experience when walking around the house.
+ Architect’s statement provided by Arthur Casas
This house was constructed in two lots. One of them [...]
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Tags: Arthur Casas, Brazil, South American architecture, Stair, Swimming pool