House of the Tree, located at the 48th and 49th floor of a high-end residential tower in Shenzhen, China, is a penthouse designed by Kokaistudios with the concept of “living between the city and the nature” offers a modern lifestyle with luxury and relaxation. The elegant and exceptional entrance, punctuated by a tree incredibly planted [...]
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio’s design for The Scotts Tower unveiled today in Singapore UNStudio’s design for The Scotts Tower in Singapore will be the first development to be unveiled today under the Far East Organisation’s new SOHO brand. Designed to conserve space whilst maximizing live/work/play areas, The Scotts Tower presents a new dimension of [...]
Astarte Suites Design Hotel is suggested place to stay in Financial Times (2007), NY Times(2010) and Conde Nast Traveler(2009), while on 2007 became member of Boutique Hotels & Resorts International, and won 3rd place as “Greece Leading Boutique Hotel” 2011 World Travel Awards. Astarte Suites is a spectacular 9-room complex designed by Aygoustis Krousis and [...]
Israeli based Architect Alex Meitlis has recently completed “House in Savion“, Israel. A single family residence located not far from Tel Aviv. The plot has been divided by vertical walls creating many different spaces, some enclosed with roofs, some semi enclosed and some totally open. The house only occupies a third of the site, while [...]
Phil Darwen Design has designed the Serpentine House. This hilltop location cried out for a structure of unparralleled design and unique liveability. The house itself contains virtually no straight walls and instead consists of generous curves and sinuous connecting arcs to create a unique courtyard style design. The entry boasts a crescent shaped intrusion of the [...]
Phil Darwen Design has designed the Kings Beach House. Equivalent to a lavish, five-star resort, this residence occupies one of the best, elevated ocean-view blocks in Kings Beach, Caloundra, with spectacular 280-degree ocean views both north and south over the Pacific. Spread over four palatial levels with a separate guest wing, this home exceeds expectations at [...]
The original house was a massive monochromatic, cavernous, almost windowless building that was remodeled to create spacious, bright interiors with warm contemporary exterior finishes including hardwood for the roof eaves. The cozy interior consists of a living room, kitchen, dining, office, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, master ensuite and appointed with wood veneers + natural-colored tiles. [...]
Cascading Creek House was conceived less as a house and more as an extension and outgrowth of the limestone and aquifers of Central Texas. The primary formal gesture of the project inserts two long native limestone walls to the sloping site, serving as spines for the public wing and private wing of the house. The [...]
Studio E Architects Designs Environmentally Responsive Living for UC Davis SAN DIEGO, CA. Studio E Architects is proud to announce the grand opening of West Village at University of California, Davis. The official ribbon cutting of UC Davis West Village’s $300 million first phase was held Saturday, October 15th. Now the largest planned Zero Net [...]
To build a new sports center in Oakland’s Ira Jinkins Park and make fitness and recreation accessible to the low-income Brookfield neighborhood has been the city’s dream for more than 20 years. After San Francisco’s 2012 Olympics bid failed in 2002 and dashed plans to build an Olympic training center on the site, the city [...]
The P-K House is oriented north-south and located in a setting in southern Burgenland that has an agricultural character which it was wished to preserve. The approach driveway from the road comes from the north-west and is incised into the terrain. It starts with an embankment on both sides and is then flanked by a [...]
The leading global design firm HBA / Hirsch Bedner Associates has completed the Residence Zanzibar. The all-villa resort is located on a remote corner of the island of Zanzibar and is the first project on the African continent for HBA’s Singapore office. Stretching over 80 acres, the 66 villas designed by HBA boast a colonial [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
