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Infinity Park | STARH
Svetoslav Stanislavov和STARH设计的住宅Infinity Park位于保加利亚首都圣索菲亚的丹尼尔尼古拉耶夫大道和宁静的扎伊莫夫Zaimov公园之间。建筑的独特性和毗邻公园的地理优势是设计的出发点,旨在打造一座整洁优雅造型的现代住宅建筑。
▽建筑概览©Dian Stanchev
▽城市鸟瞰©Dian Stanchev
Svetoslav Stanislavov and STARH present Infinity Park, a residential building on property locked between dynamic General Danail Nikolaev Blvd. and peaceful Zaimov Park, in the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia. The specificity of the property and the proximity to the park are the basis of the architectural concept for creating a contemporary residential building with a clean and elegant geometric volume.
▽南立面特写©Dian Stanchev
▽西南立面©Dian Stanchev
▽南立面©Dian Stanchev
▽南立面特写©Dian Stanchev
建筑的每个立面都由其面朝的环境所决定。该建筑不分正面与北面,而是有不同的两面。起居空间位于南立面,整个宽度都是玻璃,能够俯瞰到公园与山峦的“无限”美景。同时,建筑的北立面毗邻街道,极大程度上保持完整与简约。像素化、大尺 ...查看全文 -
Azazil Villa | Shomali Design Studio
The Shomali Design Studio, led by Yaser Rashid Shomali and Yasin Rashid Shomali, recently designed a 3-level. The design aimed to follow their specific design language, featuring sharp sloping roofs with stroke edge lines, while also meeting the client's needs. The design characteristics were well-suited to the climate, design preference, and local conditions.It’s a 3-level villa with a sloping roof, wide terrace, and contemporary design. The exterior showcases a combination of concrete, wood, glass, and a distinctive metal roof with a striking black metal line at the edge. The villa offers a seamless indoor-outdoor flow with expansive glass windows and sliding doors, flooding the interior with natural light and providing stunning views. The ground floor includes a spacious living area, a state-of-the-art kitchen, and a dining space, while the upper-level features bedrooms with living room between them. Also, the third floor has a big master bedroom.In conclusion, Azazil Villa project ...查看全文 -
The Lumina Loft | Mohammad Hossein Rabbani Zade & Morteza Vazirpour
Italy's countryside. With a design ethos centered around minimalism and warmth, this 150-square-meter A-Frame house offers a sanctuary for families seeking both contemporary luxury and serene comfort.As one approaches Lumina Loft, the striking façade immediately captures attention. A symphony of concrete and glass, the exterior showcases clean lines and geometric precision, inviting admiration from afar. Yet, it's not merely a sight to behold; it's a promise of the inviting haven that lies within.Stepping over the threshold, visitors are enveloped in a sense of spaciousness and light. Floor-to-ceiling glass panels usher in natural light, infusing the interior with an ethereal glow that dances across the sleek surfaces. Here, the marriage of concrete and wood creates an ambiance of modern elegance and timeless warmth, beckoning guests to linger and explore.The ground floor unfolds into a seamless blend of functional living spaces, thoughtfully designed to accommodate the needs of a mode ...查看全文 -
Antonio Sola | Módica Ledezma: a new typology of housing in the vibrant Mexico City
A project that combines the square meters of an apartment with the privacy of a house in Mexico City. This is a housing project located in Colonia Condesa, Mexico City designed by the Módica Ledezma office. It arose from an impulse to seek opportunities within real estate development that would allow flexibility to promote the search for a new typology of housing that responded to the needs of the context.It is located on a lot measuring seven meters wide by twenty-seven meters deep where one of the first approaches was to pay specific attention to the context since it is an area full of trees and terraces that open to the facade due to the nobility of its weather. However, when it comes to properties of this type there are spatial hierarchies, the front apartments tend to have greater privilege in terms of ventilation, views and location. Therefore, a strategy was proposed so that each housing unit enjoyed these privileges regardless of its location within the property: spatial democ ...查看全文 -
Vertical House, Algemesí, Spain | Ruben Muedra Estudio De Arquitectura
Ruben Muedra Estudio De Arquitectura: CASA VERTICAL is located in a residential area on the northern outskirts of the municipality of Algemesí. The urban area where it is located is bordering agricultural land with predominantly citrus crops.The house has access from two streets, and is developed in the closest part to the rutic plots, which gives it in the north orientation long views in all its floors to the orange groves.PROGRAMIt is a four-story house, one of which is underground and contains the basement program, from which the remaining three floors are raised above ground. Through the north road is the road access that has a covered outdoor parking space and allows access to the basement through a landscaped ramp.In the basement there is a large parking lot with capacity for four vehicles linked to technical rooms. Through this leads to the leisure program of housing through a lobby with elevator that connects all the floors of housing. The floor is organized with a multipurpose ...查看全文 -
Wooden Cottages | Faeghe Madadi
Faeghe Madadi: A collection of circular chalets located in different areas of a mountainous landscape presents itself as a sanctuary for weary mountaineers and climbers. These structures, inspired by the intricate architecture of bird's nests, showcase a harmonious blend of wood, leaves, and tree branches that affords them both a rustic allure that possesses a rustic charm that transports us to a bygone era and an environmentally sensitive footprint. The steeply pitched roofs with overhanging eaves not only protect the chalets from the heavy snowfall but also lend a sense of elegance to their exteriors. These architectural marvels seamlessly blend with their natural surroundings, showcasing a harmonious union between human creativity and the beauty of nature. As twilight descends upon the mountains, gentle lights illuminate the pathways leading to these chalets, casting a warm glow on the stone and greenery. Each chalet is carefully placed to ensure privacy while still fostering a sense ...查看全文 -
Russell & Bromley opens first of new concept stores in Hampstead with long-standing design partner Shed
Russell & Bromley unveil the design of their new interiors scheme at the opening of their latest store in Hampstead, London. Created by design and architecture studio Shed, a long-standing design partner since 2019, the new look and feel of this prestigious store compliments the origins of the original concept yet elevates the unmistakable Russell & Bromley brand to celebrate the exceptional in the everyday.The Hampstead store opening is the first of several Russell & Bromley boutiques that will open across London ‘villages’ in the next few years it is anticipated. Pared back and elegantly presented, this unique collection of new stores will fit seamlessly into the local village aesthetic. The focus is firmly on subtle yet clever story-telling design details throughout to create an appealing shop front and interior that is tailored to more traditional conversation areas. Attention to lighting has been crucial in accentuating the key design elements and product and is the result of wor ...查看全文 -
House No. 11 – Santa Isabel | 2021 | Camarim Arquitectos
This project has a peculiar condition: between an industrial school and a cemetery, it gained an unexpected prominence, so much that, in 1942, Lisbon City Council intended its demolition. This was not to be, and so it remained: a collective housing building from the early 20th century, with a refined front façade, blind side façades and a utilitarian rear façade.
Our clients acquired the building to convert it into a house with an ambitious programme, and we added the desire to give a sense of integrity and context that would probably have been unfitting when it was built. We sought to react to each confrontation – street widening, verdant cemetery, garden, river – and articulate these reactions in a continuous movement around and through the house.
To do so, we demolished the building’s interior, the east and rear façades, and launched, from the front façade, a compositional programme that bends the building’s edges, transforming – purifying or saturating, attenuating or ampl ...查看全文 -
Domino Sugary Refinery
In 2017 PAU started the design for an adaptive-reuse of the Refinery building, an industrial urban landmark constructed by Henry Havemeyer, intended to be the crown jewel of the new mixed-use neighborhood, according to the master plan conceived by founder Vishaan Chakrabarti, complete with an activated mix of creative office space, market-rate and affordable housing, neighborhood retail, and community facilities. PAU was tasked with creating open architecture that seamlessly connects the existing neighborhood to the recaptured waterfront a quarter-mile long. The result is a state-of the-art, 425,000-square-foot workspace housed within a beautiful, idiosyncratic urban artifact that is unique to post-industrial Williamsburg, offering a singular experience for its inhabitants and the larger community alike.
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The transformation of the Refinery entailed three major design moves—inserting a contemporary building in the sleeve of the historic structure similar to the machinery it once housed; creating a glass barrel vault form that pays homage to the American Round Arch style of the original; and opening the ground floor to the park and the surrounding Williamsburg neighborhood.” said Vishaan Chakrabarti, Founder and Creative Director of PAU. "This approach has created an iconic landmark for the 21st century, offering users natural light, luscious greenery, waterfront views, and a contemporary dialogue with history that most new commercial projects lack. Although conceived before the pandemic, the Refinery represents a future of work that offers a unique rootedness in place and community that is invaluable going forward.”]
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Fire and rescue center
To envision a technical installation’s adaptability from the get-go when its functional requirements tend to eclipse its architectural qualities may seem too lofty an ideal. Yet, there are urban situations and programs that have a certain interest in providing modifiability. The relocation of the Ille-et-Vilaine provincial fire and rescue service along the banks of the Vilaine in Rennes is one such case. Situated along the right bank, whose urban front needs reinforcement, and facing the Baud plain to the south of the river, now a development zone, the new fire and rescue service is a prototype and harbinger of future constructions and usages. The new facility will integrate a fire station into the provincial fire and rescue services office already present at the site. This offers an opportunity to optimize the fuctioning of this structure and to define the identity of this future neighborhood. As a result, its architectural presence must rise to the challenge of its operating needs. B ...查看全文 -
Nanterre prison
In Nanterre, in a diverse urban area composed of pavilions, housing projects, and industrial buildings, the Minimum-Security Prison, or CSL, and the Reintegration and Probation Services Center, or SPIP, have been joined to form a monumental enclosure and a symbol of the justice system in the Hauts-de-Seine Department. This represents a complex challenge: two programs must be organized on the same site whose workings are diametrically opposed. During the day, the SPIP supervises individuals on probation and helps them reintegrate into society. At night, the CSL houses prisoners on work release. For that matter, more than simply constructing a contemporary image of the justice system, the project must mobilize its urban potential to reinvent the disconnected stretch of land hosting the program. With a single volume, the SPIP building extends the row of the housing projects to the south and reinforces the corner of rue des Acacias and boulevard du Général Leclerc. It is set back from the ...查看全文 -
Waves of glass and clouds of metal
A ground floor shop in a banal and narrow 70’s housing block was to be transformed into an apartment for two. The program is clear, the layout not so much.
Waves of glass brick and clouds of metal mesh solve a non domestic space that could remain as such. Two curved walls run smoothly through both levels gently dissociating private and public. A longitudinal axis is emphasised by two metallic masks. The back façade is a compound layering of glass, mirror, metallic cutouts, steady patters, and fiddly handrails. The front is a misty mass of clouds.
The material palette dissolves the traditional boundaries of a house. Vast surfaces of glass brick, tiles and light blue are occasionally interrupted by dots of marble, lines of wood and blatant red elements. One could refer to Ito's sense of erotic transparency and Hasegawa's experiments with overlays and layers.
The project is a spectacular answer to a non spectacular question. The domestic space is a stage and dwelling becomes performing; ...查看全文 -
Toy Story, KLE Sanskruti pre primary school
A square with a triangular top hat sure does make a home. A similar approach has been taken in the sketching of this school. Built like a toy house, the massing has been designed with certain innocence in its rather rudimentary shapes and geometries. Entire forms of playful construction in projected cantilevers with recessed windows makes the elevation of the school block.
A dual entrance on the southern front allows for the movement of the usual traffic, while a sloped entrance leads directly into the nursery’s play area. Both accesses are monitored by the centrally positioned principal’s cabin.
Loud chuckles and louder chatter flood the corridors here at KLE Sanskruti. A space designed by the drive of climate responsiveness is an essential criterion for learning spaces. Made possible with architecture responsive to stack effects, north lighting and cross ventilation, a space that imparts an atmosphere of learning, reflection and sensitivity is created.
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Wilgah Residence
Wilgah Residence is a bold, colourful, contemporary addition to a heritage home.
A once closed off, claustrophobic home, has now been transformed into an open, bold contemporary family home.
Designed for a young family who host many events and BBQs. The brief was to create a house that could host a large group of people, whilst still feeling intimate when it was just the family. Connection to the yard and outdoor spaces was also critical.
The addition features a green metal shroud with vertical battens, labelled the 'green screen' by the clients. It functions on many different levels. It acts as a privacy screen for the adjoining neighbours, a solar protection from the Northern Sun, and also is designed to be seating which catches the mid morning sun. The result is a crisp, bold, contemporary facade.
The design borrows colours, textures and patterns from the original fabric, but uses them in a contemporary language which compliments the home. Bold Greens in the interiors as well as text ...查看全文 -
Breakthrough
The site appealed to the visitors, two entrepreneurs in search of a new home. They were enchanted by the size of the property, the surrounding area and the view of Montreal. This house, which had been renovated in 1990, struck them as the kind of place where they could finally settle down.
They could see the potential of this place, but decided to meet with the designers to confirm their impressions before signing an offer to purchase. Enchanted by Marc Bherer's proposals, they seized the moment.
To connect the residence and its occupants to the surrounding nature, the living areas - living room, dining room and kitchen - were moved down to the basement level. A portion of the original ground floor was then removed, opening up the space, letting in the light and allowing for a new mezzanine. The square footprint of the original house was expanded with an extension enclosed with a curtain wall.
This opened up the living and dining rooms to views of the swimming pool and courtyard beyond. ...查看全文 -
Interno 5
The project emphasizes the differences and heterogeneities of the individual spaces, in which ambiguity and contradiction are favored over stylistic unity.
The narrow and elongated entrance is configured as a study/wardrobe.
The central volume of the living area contains the service bathroom, which allows the perimeter walls to be left free and at the same time to hierarchize the function of the domestic spaces.
The sleeping area with the second bathroom is made with a translucent wall which allows the natural light coming from the rooms to filter and illuminate the passage corridor.
The intervention aims to read and maintain the stratifications of signs coming from different historical eras and to find relationships capable of holding together the complexity of things.
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Il progetto enfatizza le differenze e le eterogeneità dei singoli spazi, nei quali viene privilegiata l'ambiguità e la contraddizione all'unitarietà stilistica.
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ECEPDI - East China Electronic Power Design Institute
The construction of the new Shanghai headquarters of the East China Electronic Power Design Institute started in January 2021. The building, designed by Archea Associati with the structural support of ECADI - East China Architectural Design & Research Institute, was created with the aim of renewing the existing urban fabric.
The project aims to integrate the various functions within a single block in which all functional requirements are centralised, making the project more economical and efficient. The intervention sought to respect the existing scene and respond to the characteristics of the site, taking into account the urban landscape and general planning requirements, as well as the desire to make the building a landmark for the company itself.
The building faces two main roads in Shanghai city: Wuning Road to the east and Zhongshan North Road (Inner Ring Elevated) to the south, a location that gives it the potential to become a city landmark. The project maintains two entrances on ...查看全文 -
MC House
The MC House is nestled on a gentle slope within the Chicureo Estate, Santiago, Chile, seamlessly blending with its natural surroundings. Its main access, an ascending staircase, leads to the second floor, where one can enjoy a panoramic view towards the northeast. The facade facing the street presents itself as a solid wall, protecting the residents' privacy, while the facade overlooking the gardens opens generously, establishing a seamless connection between the indoor and outdoor spaces. At its core lies a double-height central courtyard, acting as a focal point and unifier of the different spaces.
The first floor boasts an indoor pool, garden-views terraces, a spa, living areas, and parking. The design of the first floor focuses on transparency and fluidity, allowing a clear view between the various environments and the central courtyard from any point in the house. This layout promotes a sense of openness and spaciousness, creating a welcoming atmosphere.
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Salle des fêtes
Located alongside the departmental road serving the valley, the building overlooks an agricultural wasteland created by the same road, the railway line below and an old local road, to which the building must logically connect to. A hybrid is formed from an iconic "roadside" architecture and a regionalist reimagination of the agricultural barn, the hall emerges from the ground as a softly materialized mineral volume, covered by a two-faceted, slender gable roof that cuts into the landscape.
The building is composed of three architectural elements whose roles and identification are made clear by the change of materiality. The mass-colored concrete base anchors the architectural object in its site. Going beyond the simple function of a wall and protective volume, the plinth expands like an attic, extending into a terrace that allows the inhabitation of the slope and the distant landscape. The wooden roof framework sits on the top of this plinth, outlining the object and its attachment to t ...查看全文 -
One House Fang Lei’s New Work | The New Office of One House Design
In 2001, Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti was invited to plan the cityscape of the New City of Pujiang, Shanghai. Twenty years later, One House Design moved into its new office in the iconic two-story building of OCT ECO CENTER created by Gregotti, thereby opening a dialog of design across time and space. As an important vehicle that connects the enterprise to its employees, the new office offers more than a physical experience: it represents emotional perceptions as well as the company’s image and aesthetics, providing an excellent opportunity for the One House Design team to put their philosophy into practice.
“We hope to create a healthy, comfortable, dynamic and convenient working environment in terms of scale, functional layout, user experience and design empowerment, providing sufficient space for the team’s growth and helping us adapt to new challenges and rapid changes faced by the developing industry,” says the designer Fang Lei.
01 The Foundation of Architecture: A Dial ...查看全文