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Baoman Abalone Showroom by AD Architecture in Shantou, Guangdong, China talks about the space being a product and a reflection of the self. The floating forms, and the stone-texture paint contrasting with the metal materials, all imbibe a sense of luxury in the space.
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MINI Urban Exhibition Hall by ARCHIHOPE in Changsha, Hunan, China, a retail gallery that integrates the spirit of the brand wi the “urban exhibition hall” expands its audience, causes emotional links besides commercial links, and enables people to understand the spirit of the brand in the dialogue with the exhibition hall.
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Sea House by Studio Bressan in Croatia is a residence on the rocky coastline that slopes down to the private beach and panoramic vistas. Refurbished in an existing rural house, it camouflages well with the existing surroundings but is also materialised by new elements like the added pergola and distinct black doors.
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The Terraces by Accent Design Group, in Brih, is a residence that sits horizontally across the stepped topography of Chouf mountains, with majestic views of the Mediterranean sea. It camouflages itself in the natural stone of the topography but also contrasts with the white stucco masses.
Practice1 month ago
Accent Design Group, based in Dubai and Beirut specializes in architecture and interior design solutions that are rooted in cultural and environmental behaviors of the projects along with a sustainable approach with minimized design- execution gap. Their solutions are space efficient, per user- preference, adjusted to modern-day living, and climate-oriented concerns.
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Sky City TOD by Superimpose Architecture in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, China is a robust building complex that houses Hangzhou’s Silicon Valley. It is a project of 72,000 square meters with two office towers, 4 office villas, and retail stores.
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Equator Peak Coffee by WJ Studio in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China is a cafe wanting to cater to the growing coffee demand and to the need for social interactions using the cafe as a medium. The upward folding windows bring the busy street node inside thereby, enabling the inside-outside interaction.
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P&T House by SILAA in Hue city, Vietnam, is a residence for a family of four that was required to be both- internally connected and to the green courtyard garden as well. The vertically stacked house is articulated in such a way that terraces are generated. The big inclined roof that slopes in towards the central garden unifies the individual spaces. Spaces with glass enclosures have a layer of louvered timber for harsher weather conditions.
Practice1 month ago
BHA Architects, in Hue City, Vietnam, focuses primarily on residential architecture, Hospitality, Institutional, and healthcare architecture. Founded by Nguyen Xuan Minh, it has been engaged in residential architecture and more, since 2007.
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Grandstand Building – Training Complex of the Municipal Stadium in Aveiro, Portugal by SUMMARY, is a public stand that faces both pitches on opposite sides. This configuration generates a series of situations where public life can unfold and a sense of community can be more strongly felt.
Project1 month ago
New construction of a residential and commercial building Europacity Riverside in the Mitte district, Berlin, Germany is a residential building project by Zanderroth GmbH architecture. The location and its proximity to the water benefit the building by providing expansive views over the city. All the four sides are designed such that the building’s light-flooded apartments are oriented in all directions.
Practice2 months ago
The architecture of Zanderroth GmbH from Berlin, Germany is characterized by a consistent concept, and organization through all of their works along with housing development, designing schools, developing technical office buildings and continuing consideration of the lesser-known “Plattenbau” housing.
Selected Academic Projects
Project2 months ago
Sako House by Tomoaki Uno Architects in Nagoya, Aichi Pref, Japan is a unique residence for a middle-aged university professor- that has almost no openings on the facade. It is a response to his desire to read and live on a spiral staircase and so, half of the floor space was turned into a spiral staircase designed to feel like a maze.
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Wonder House by XIGO Studio in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China is a refurbished interior residence designed as a ‘kitschy collage’ to cater to a child’s needs but- is also rooted in ‘Dadaistic’ and ‘functionalist’ styles. The elements like the flowing hallway, cat- toilet, multifunctional living space, and of course the ‘eyelid’ installation keep the design interesting.
Practice2 months ago
XIGO Studio, Beijing, China, an Interior design collective, finds its name from two words- Xi being ‘a realistic beautiful dream’ and Go being ‘ logical construction’. They specialize in creating organic, contemporary, and pure interior spaces for homeowners.
Compilation2 months ago
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Sahi Homestay Retreat | SILAA. Along with this, the weekly highlight contains a few of the best projects, published throughout the week. These selected projects represent the best content curated and shared by the team at ArchiDiaries.
Project2 months ago
Kloof House by SAOTA in Cape Town, South Africa is a residence that sits below the Lion’s Head, with the views to the Table Mountain, the cityscape of Cape Town, mountains of Boaland and of the vineyards at a distance. Which is why the house wants itself to take in as much of the surrounding as is possible.
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Celosia Habitada by Peris+Toral Arquitectes is a housing structure that is a part of the Remodelling Plan for the neighborhood of Bon Pastor which awaits the demolition of the 784 Casas Baratas and would be welcoming the single-storey houses of Celosia Habitada that stand along the Besòs river corridor in Barcelona, Spain.
Practice2 months ago
Based in Barcelona, Spain, Peris+Toral Arquitectes enhance their practice with ongoing research in the fields of collective public housing and urban space, with a line of thinking that places the individual at the center of the action and makes the architect a social agent.
Academic Project2 months ago
TRAVERSE- an academic project by Arya Panchal from Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University, is part of his undergraduate course in architecture. A pedestrian bridge, located near the fort wall of Lakhpat, Kutch, was designed by taking inspiration from Pole Vault, a famous athletics sport; and furthering it through tectonic explorations, form- derivation and modeling.
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Vivienda Ensayo Rojo or, The Red House by Bauen in Asunción, Paraguay uses humble materials and enormous openings to cater to the need for connection with nature. The floor area- with almost no visual barriers due to the minimal structural system, spills seamlessly into the lush green front yard.
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Flintstone 6 by Mitti is a residence in Kodiga Timmanapalli, Tamil Nadu. The house serves the larger purpose of simply camouflaging with its arid surroundings and coexisting trees; with a neutral material palette leaving almost no footprint. The house has parallel debris walls on the northern and southern sides that mimic the characteristics of the rocky Mountains in the Cauvery basin region.
Practice2 months ago
Mitti, an eco-friendly architecture, and Interior Design practice founded by Fawaz Thengilan and Vishnu Kuruvanamchery, is based in Tamil Nadu, India. It focuses on using waste and vernacular as primary materials along with alternative building techniques.
Project2 months ago
Moss House by Girish Dariyav Karnawat Architect, is a residence in Morjim, Goa, that sits on an east-facing lush green site and slopes down by six meters to the beach. The residence is a four-armed pinwheel by design which accommodates air movement and represents the directions or the four elements of nature or the movement of the heavenly bodies.