A peaceful water mirror forms part of the roof of the Grid House by Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Architects, and it echoes a larger body of water at the end of the site. but most of the roof is a green roof. The house is suspended above ground, designed for a humid part of [...]
A peaceful water mirror forms part of the roof of the Grid House by Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Architects, and it echoes a larger body of water at the end of the site. but most of the roof is a green roof. The house is suspended above ground, designed for a humid part of [...]
A peaceful water mirror forms part of the roof of the Grid House by Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Architects, and it echoes a larger body of water at the end of the site. But most of the roof is a green roof. the house is suspended above ground, designed for a humid part of [...]
One of the loveliest sustainable designs shortlisted for the 2010 Aga Khan Awards in Architecture is this two-storey weekend retreat by Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai Architects, in the form of a pair of buildings in the cool coastal shade of a coconut plantation overlooking the sea. The functions of the house are split into two [...]
Finns love to keep a cottage on the archipelago on the Baltic Sea where they can commune with nature during the long hours of “midnight sun” – as seen here. at the typically Finnish ‘Villa Mecklin’ designed by Helsinki firm Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects, a very uncontrived fire pit is covered over when not in use. (This [...]
Forte Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Architects have recently completed the Natura House Santo André for a large cosmetics company in Brazil to use as a meeting place with its consultants..Description of the Natura House Santo André by Forte Gimenes & Marcondes FerrazWhen we first began the Natura House Santo André project, we came from the [...]
Finns love to keep a cottage on the archipelago on the Baltic Sea where they can commune with nature during the long hours of “midnight sun” – as seen here. At the typically Finnish ‘Villa Mecklin’ designed by Helsinki firm Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects, a very uncontrived fire pit is covered over when not in use. (This [...]
Pitagoras Architects have sent us some photos of the CS House in Guimarães, Portugal..Description from the architects:The built body results from a manifested desired integration with the uneven topography that characterizes the land it occupies. Thus, the house is addorsed to the land, with the objective of defeating its accentuated slope.this three-storey building embodies distinct [...]
Estudio Ramos brutal ‘Las Lomas House’ evokes public works like a dam or a freeway. the home is designed almost as if the architects had appropriated a public freeway for private use. Yet the anonymous structure, set amidst a dense foliage of aged trees and slabs of concrete holding green vegetation is a private residence. [...]
Ong & Ong Architects have designed the 45 Faber Park house in Singapore..45 Faber Park by Ong & Ong ArchitectsThe clients for this Project are a couple with three young children, – a set of twins and a younger child, all under 10. Their main aim was to maximise outdoor space whilst not compromising living [...]