Tag: Tropical architecture

Cigadung House | designstudio

Cigadung House | designstudio

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| November 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

Indonesia-based architectural firm designstudio has designed the Cigadung House in Indonesia. + Project description courtesy designstudio It is a concept of stacked house/villa approached in an urban site at Jalan Cigadung, Bandung, and West Java, Indonesia. It derives from the ‘crowd’ of its residential complex that challenges us to recreate the program within the site. [...]

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Sun Cap House | Wallflower Architecture + Design

Sun Cap House | Wallflower Architecture + Design

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| October 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

Singaporean architectural practice Wallflower Architecture + Design recently has completed the Sun Cap House located in Sentosa Cove, Singapore. Although the site was devoid of any development during the inception of the project, it was foreseen that the future built environment would be dense with neighbouring residences barely metres away on either side. The tropical [...]

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Green House (Rumah Hijau) | designstudio

Green House (Rumah Hijau) | designstudio

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| August 8, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Indonesian architectural practice designstudio has designed the Green House (Rumah Hijau) which was developed from a concept of a modern house that interact fully with the surrounding environment and derived from ‘green concept understanding’ to optimize the design approaches with major concern from two aspects which are electricity management with optimum natural light & [...]

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Water-Cooled House | Wallflower Architecture + Design

Water-Cooled House | Wallflower Architecture + Design

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| July 8, 2010 | 4 Comments

Wallflower Architecture + Design has won the 10th Singapore Institute of Architects Design Award (Individual House Category) for a project titled ‘Water-Cooled House‘. The project is hidden away from the road, the site is surrounded by a verdant screen of mature trees from adjacent properties. Breezes blowing transversely across the site being another notable aspect [...]

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TT-Villa | WE Architecture

TT-Villa | WE Architecture

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| May 16, 2010 | 0 Comments

The young Danish architectural firm, WE Architecture, designed this TT-Villa located in one of the most attractive island in asia – Phuket, Thailand. The house is composed of 3 linear forms which are well integrated into the landscape. We have chosen to split the program of the house into three categories. These are divided on [...]

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The Sail @ Marina | NBBJ

The Sail @ Marina | NBBJ

Category: Architecture, Mixed Use, Residential, Selected Tags: , , , , , , ,
| April 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Sail @ Marina Bay by NBBJ is the mixed-use building comprising apartment units, several restaurants, health clubs, recreation decks with pools and tennis courts, and parking. As the 10th largest residential high-rise in the world, and the largest high-rise in Singapore, the Sail @ Marina Bay has become Singapore’s newest city icon. It carves [...]

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S House | Formwerkz Architects

S House | Formwerkz Architects

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| April 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

Singapore-based Formwerkz Architects recently has completed the S House along Lorong Selangat, Singapore. The house is consisted of 4 levels with each unique formal characteristics in responding to different programmatic demands. We derived formal strategies that celebrate these vertically stratified spaces, making the transition from one level to the next an experience. Formwerkz Architects + [...]

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House at Xavier Estate | Zubu Design Associates

House at Xavier Estate | Zubu Design Associates

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| March 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Philippines-based Zubu Design Associates has designed this house at Xavier Estate which features continuous strip, linearity and randomness. + Project description courtesy of Zubu Design Associates House at Xavier Estate Design Model: continuous strip, linearity, randomness The house is located on a rectangular corner lot, with this opportunity of 2 exposed view from the street [...]

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Ala Moana | Omiros One Architecture

Ala Moana | Omiros One Architecture

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| January 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

Ala Moana, is a recently completed project on Hamilton Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The house was designed by Australian architect Omiros One Architecture to maximize the views and set at different levels to follow the natural ground slope with minimal cutting into the site. Together with the harmonious exterior colour scheme, these elements diffuse [...]

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The ‘Alley-way’ House | Formwerkz Architects

The ‘Alley-way’ House | Formwerkz Architects

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| August 9, 2009 | 0 Comments

The ‘Alley-way’ House, is an intermediate terrace house designed by Singapore-based Formwerkz Architects for a family of four and their pets in Singapore. The transparency of the alleyway spaces is only fleetingly noticeable from the street when the dwelling is viewed head-on, blurring the boundary between the street and the “alleyway’. Formwerkz Architects + Architect’s [...]

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Seletar Close | Formwerkz Architects

Seletar Close | Formwerkz Architects

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| July 31, 2009 | 1 Comment

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 + Architect’s Statement courtesy of Formwerkz Architects How will you engage the very traditional Asian Concept [...]

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Khai House | K2Ld Architects

Khai House | K2Ld Architects

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| July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

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 + Project description [...]

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