Laurynas Žakevi?ius Architects designed the “Seaside Garden” building complex in Palanga, a vacation town in Lithuania next to the Baltic Sea. The surrounding natural environment had a significant impact on the development and future identity of the empty site. As a result, year-round creation of a lively living environment was necessary. And the residential duplex […] More
La Mirateca has recently completed work on the “House Behind a Wall” project in Elche, Spain. The project was completed based on the initial premise of offering an opaque response to its relationship with the public thoroughfare, allowing for better privacy for users and a more pleasant interior operation without having to be influenced by […] More
Architect Ralph Germann designed this stunning residence for a two-person household on a 991 square meter property along the Lake de Joux. His clients’ main request was that every main room face the lake without any supporting pillars so they could take in the expansive view of the lake, which was an engineering marvel. Ralph […] More
Design studio nicolas&nicolas teamed up with Caá Porá Arquitectura to design this stunning private residence in Puembo, Ecuador. Magnolia House offers an alternative to the typical housing enclave. Instead of looking at it from the standpoint of an architectural component, it tries to understand it from the perspective of a family’s habitation of a number […] More
Filipe Pina Arquitectura has completed this stunning private residence in the historic centre of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, Portugal. The project’s main goal is to restore a decaying building from the end of the 19th century and turn it into a single-family home, adapting its historic architectural features to the needs of modern housing. […] More
Architecture studio The DHaus Company has completed work on The Arches, a row of six brick-clad townhouses in a north London conservation area. The terrace, which replaced a defunct gas station, is named after the gigantic arches that form the facades of each half sunken, three-level dwelling. It all started with a two-year planning process, […] More
Kennedy Nolan Architects have recently completed work on this stunning private residence situated on a cliff in Flinders, Australia. A spectacular site is both a gift and a problem for new architecture. The positives are self-evident, the negatives less so, but apparent in single-orientation, glassy boxes which proliferate on such sites. The architects balanced the […] More
Appels Architekten have recently completed work on this stunning wooden residence in Bavaria, Germany. This family home uses a straightforward architectural figure to convey its inner life, context of seasons, light, and surrounds. Conceptually, it makes a distinction between private rooms and a sizable open area for regular family activities. Every private room has a […] More
Kennerly Architecture & Planning and Mithun|Solomon have recently completed work on the affordable housing project at 1180 Fourth Street in San Francisco . The 216,000-square-foot project, which has three distinctive facades that each draw inspiration from the various ground-floor uses, serves as a prominent corner gateway to the Mission Bay South neighborhood. This adds variety to a […] More
Architecture for London has recently completed work on this stunning Grade II listed villa in Islington, London. An addition and renovations were made to provide thr villa with spacious rooms for gathering and family life. Discover more after the jump. The rear addition is designed after a pavilion made of stone. Agglomerate stone serves as […] More
Coonvite has recently completed this stunning house in the mountains. The house is located in a rural location between Medellin and the municipality of Guarne in the eastern highlands of Antioquia, in the western mountain range of the Colombian Andes, with a humid tropical environment, with average temperatures of 14 °C and relative humidity of […] More
m arquitecturA designed this stunning private residence in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The residence suggests a style of living that begins with an ongoing conversation with the surroundings. The residential neighborhood where TOMM House shines with its potent personality of right angles is completed by an irregular topography at the end of a closed […] More