UNStudio‘s design for Palas Residential, the IULIUS company’s most recent project in Iasi, Romania’s historic city center, has been chosen as the winning design. Foster+Partners, MVRDV, and Zaha Hadid Architects were among the four international companies chosen for the competition to create the best design for a new development in the city’s center in Romania. […] More
Architect Mário Alves has recently completed his latest residential project in Aveiro, Portugal. The multi-family building is integrated in the city center where its laminated facade follows the cosmopolitan movement on the outside and creates privacy inside. Take a look at the complete story after the jump. From the architects: The project is based on […] More
About three-quarters of homes in the US have a cooling system. The AC units in the country consume approximately six percent of all electricity produced. Energy bills cost homeowners about 29 billion dollars annually. Modern cooling systems provide comfortable chilled air to enclosed spaces, using the least energy possible. While these energy-efficient units come in […] More
Arquitetura Gisele Borges haves recently completed the CASAMIRADOR Savassi residential project in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The building comprises 14 lofts and 24 studios distributed across nine floors and is set on a tight lot with a width of 12.7 meters. Discover the complete story after the jump. From the architects: The CASAMIRADOR Savassi […] More
Yucatan based design firm Arkham Projects have recently completed their latest residential project in Merida, Mexico – Wóolis. Wóolis in Mayan means ball, round, or circle. The home was named after the central cylinder, which serves as the project’s heart. Discover more of the project after the jump. From the architects: Wóolis was named by […] More
CB Arquitectas Estudio designed the ACNA El Terron House in Mendiolaza, Córdoba, Argentina. The home is the result of a search for a housing unit that can be utilized in two separate blocks, producing a one-of-a-kind experience of total and continuous contact with the outside world. Discover more after the jump. From the architects: House […] More
Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design have recently completed their latest residential project – Art House in Palo Alto, California. The Art House project includes the addition of three small structures on two adjacent parcels, retaining the original 1920s home where the owners raised their four children, while more than doubling their living space. The new buildings accommodate […] More
Casa Waldo is the home of former designer and entrepreneur Heidi Steele, who founded her company Surface Resources to promote the sustainability movement across the Southwest. Located in a traditional village outside of Santa Fe, Heidi and her husband crafted the compound to align with these values as well as the surrounding 19th-century aesthetic. The […] More
concrete have recently completed works on a one-of-a-kind residential building in New York City, with loft-style apartments designed in an up-cycled brick base, penthouse-like apartments located in the cloud, and an open and bright top of the building that takes advantage of views of the Hudson River and the cosmopolitan New York skyline. Housing 222 […] More
KLAR was asked to design a two-generation home that would be made of wood, cost-effective and easy to build, partially even by the clients themselves. Responding to the brief, building limitations and surrounding picturesque landscape, two elongated volumes with pitched roofs intersect at an angle, creating a vestibule that acts as a metaphoric entrance signpost […] More
Running your AC units for several months every year can rack up a sizable electricity bill, but there are ways to mitigate that problem. Here are some tips that can help you reduce how much power is needed to cool off your house. 1 – Check your filters The filters at your AC vents — […] More
Donnelly+Estévez Arquitectos designed this stunning private single family residence in Rio Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina. The home is divided into two levels. The ground floor has an entry hallway with a stair leading to the upper floor, a guest en-suite bedroom with a walk-in closet, a double height living room, a kitchen, a terrace with a […] More