The house Levitate by Bauen in Asuncion, Paraguay sits on an unconventionally narrow stretch of a site. To that, its atypical response is being suspended from just the columns in a way that the floor plate gets completely lifted off from the ground and the house seems to levitate.
The Sarang House by RAW Architecture in Jakarta, Indonesia stands as a strong reaction to the architectural constraints of the site. The stacked levels at protruding angles are a dialogue with its West- South orientation. Traditional red bricks are contemporised by exposed concrete and the house is finished in an industrial style. The light penetrating through the perforated walls, gaps, windows, and skylights play out from the grid and become this organic and dynamic flow of basic reactions toward nature.
Early BKK by Space + Craft, is a small two-storey building in the corner of the road. The entrance at the corner is a small double space courtyard with a big tree and pet parking area. The cafe is based on a green and sustainable concept being an inspiring showcase of how interesting upcycling and waste materials can finally be transformed into something impactful. The elements like the 600 used beer bottles placed in the metal rings structure facade create stunning effects of lights and shadow in the cafe space.
An uncomplicated linear site with a dramatic gable-roofed structure with timber rafters and a clutter-free floor plan is the essence of the Aqua House. The green of the house blends into the lush Goan landscape but also stands as a threshold between the busy fabric of Anjuna and the beach.
QMM Cultural Center by Materia, is designed as a cultural space comprising a sunken art gallery, a bookstore, a workshop space, a plaza and gardens, and offices. Fashioned in an existing architectural icon and adorned with locally sourced stones, QMM Centre is set against the existing old trees that serve as portals of intertwined spaces and thus enable passive cooling. The columns frame views of the gardens, pavilion, and house, and create a central courtyard enveloping the public space.
Materia is an Architecture and Interior Design studio based in Mexico City. Their work and design philosophy focuses on the idea of sensory experience linked to the careful work of material and detail, a philosophy and process that we call “detailed atmosphere”. This approach provides an architecture that is both pragmatic, fully responsive to its needs, innovative, and highly sensitive
With so many golden feathers already to his crown, architect Balkrishna Doshi has been posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan-the second highest honor…
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Casagranda House designed by TriKa Arquitetura is a single-storey family residence that sits on a gentle slope in an environmentally protected area that tucks away the intimate areas facing the woods and the open services enjoy the topography. The result is a semi-opaque architectural object of horizontality that seems like it is made out of the environment that surrounds it.
The Multipurpose Court by Playball Studio at St. Mary’s school, Rajkot embraces the multipurpose character, by having its peripheral seating only on three sides and opening itself to the open ground on one side. The seating is devised in a way that it gradually rises from the ground, starting from a single step and leading to a staggered formation of seven steps increasing in height.
The Green Village is a garden center located in the eastern industrial area next to the municipality of Cittadella, in the province of Padova. The mall is a parallelepiped entity made up of two levels connected by a central green courtyard with sales and relaxing zones at ground level and a basement parking that is designed keeping in mind the underlying aquifer.
Characteristics that distinguish Studio Bressan’s modus operandi are the attention to the context, the structural enhancement of the building, the sustainable approach to the projects- both from an environmental and an economic point of view, energy saving, study and attention to detail in the design. The goal is to combine innovation and research with professional skills, capable of responding to the complexity of requests at various scales of interventions.
A Brewery for Long Boat Brewing CO designed by Nilay Patalia Architects is organized around an open landscaped courtyard: the microbrewery, kitchen, bar counters and seating areas are interwoven in harmony with the natural elements of the landscape. A bold composition of projecting mass with solid and void texture forms the external façade with a landscaped trellis structure as the entrance pavilion.
In Nova Rio Housing designed by António Paulo Marques, Arquiteto e Associados, Lda vertical communications and distribution spaces are located in the center, in the interstice formed by the two volumes. The access to the building converges to its center, this route is accentuated by the proximity and tension between the volumes.
António Paulo Marques, Arquiteto e Associados, Lda is an architecture firm based in Porto, Portugal.
A teacher, educator, architect, urban planner, Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Laureate Architect B V Doshi passed away on January 24, 2023….
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Lantern in the Park designed by Dar & Wagh connects to the surrounding precinct through multiple entries and pedestrian walkways – weaving itself into the housing fabric. Their intent was to create a variety of spaces within and around the building for people with diverse interests to find their own place.
In Noodlology Restaurant designed by MARS Studio has created the atmosphere of an urban kitchen that encourages the interaction between interior and exterior, emphasizing the sense of layering from inside to outside. The terrazzo of the dark floor and light wall set off each other, and the metal Mazha lighting of the modular structure system echoes the small wooden arrayed seats below.
MARS Studio attaches great importance to every link from project planning, and conceptual design to project construction is committed to the perfect pursuit of design quality, attaches great importance to the design of engineering details and the real completion of the design, attaches great importance to the real needs of owners and the unified relationship of architectural expression of social significance.
The House of Wine designed by CHYBIK + KRISTOF challenges traditional notions of restoration of historical buildings. The presence of two distinct structures, each with its own history and original function, inspired us to adopt likewise distinct approaches to renovation. On the one hand, we adhere to a rather orthodox restoration, based on preservation; on the other hand, we embrace a more experimental – and unusual – approach that fully rethinks the initial structure.
Hidden amidst a lush wild coconut wood, the Visun Greatland Art Villa designed by 31 Design offers an open view of a meadow, coconut wood and a stream, creating a unique experience. Away from the hustle and bustle of city life and immersed in the fresh air of the jungle, this home provides a spiritual retreat. The boundary between the interior and the outside is blurred, to bring wind and sunshine into the building and create a breathing space.
Cool house by Samira Rathod Design Atelier is designed like a box, rather inward-looking with windows that are strategic to bring in the cool breeze and diffuse the sharp light. The south facade is kept fairly dead and the wind is allowed to pass from the southwest courtyards and escape from the northeast courtyard ventilating the entire house. One courtyard has a shallow waterbody that cools the incoming wind before it enters the house.
At SRDA every project is treated with fervour for exploration, innovation, sustainability and tested for relevance in physical and social contexts against the land which will cradle it and against the man it is meant for. SRDA subscribes to the philosophy of the architecture of BLIRS – beautiful, local, indigenous, recycle and small.
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The concept of the Corporate House for BG Agro designed by STARH was to serve not only as headquarters but also to be the “home” of a successful business. That is why the ascending direction of success is encoded in the white elements on the building’s façade. The volumetric spatial composition is a result of the analysis of the surrounding area. The soft and elegant shapes are an intended effect, which makes the building fit in the limited urban space in the central part of the city.
