Bak Gordon Arquitectos designed this two level house located in Pousos, Portugal. The house, constructed on an inclined terrain facing the city, welcomes the visitors with only four volumes welded together with a full straight lower level. This operation allows to diminish the impact of the 700 square meter constructed area, and contributes to the […]
GH+A designed a building clad in wood and glass for olive oil manufacturers Olisur, located 200 km south of Santiago, Chile. The simple forms of the closed principal volume are complemented by a smaller volume made of wood and glass which houses the offices and services. The building employs sustainable technologies such as geothermic energy, […]
Jessica Helgerson remodeled a once run-down split-level ranch house into a mid-century modern house. The project involved removing the existing kitchen entirely to create a bright, airy great room. The existing master bath was removed as well and relocated to the back of the house where it now opens on to a lovely garden. The […]
The Hof house designed by Studio Granda is located less than 100 km from the Artic Circle. Externally the house rises from the tufted site as a series of sheer cedar and concrete walls that will weather according to the vagaries of the elements. The displaced grass of the fields is reinstated on the roof […]
The Selfridges & Co store in London asked Matthew Plummer Fernandez to create a window installation. The name Apifera is a botanical term given to flowers that are specialized in attracting bees. With this in mind he adopted design traits from flowers to make the window as dynamic and “alive” as possible. Originally Posted On […]
Located in Asse, Belgium, the Greenhouse, designed by Verdickt & Verdickt Architecten, stands out because of its affordability and heat trapping ability. The structure is framed by a ready-made steel structure and encased in an alternating series of super-insulating transparent glass and translucent polycarbonate plates. Extra insulation is also added at the back of the […]
Quim Larrea & Katherine Bedwell designed a house inspired in those Californian homes designed by Richard Neutra. The house is located nearby a natural park 3 kilometers of Barcelona, Spain. Surrounded by pine trees, oaks and holm oaks, the house with a V-shape plan, levitates on the site in order to simulate weightlessness. The materials […]
This unusual, yet beautiful chapel designed by Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office is located on top of a small hill in an arid and isolated place of Almadenejos, Ciudad Real, Spain. Sharp triangular surfaces, that are like sculptural projections on the horizon, trick the eye into seeing single surfaces. Inside there is no artificial light and only […]
The hut is situated in a small Alpine village in Slovenia. The client bought the site with an existing construction and hired Ofis to change the elements of the house to suit his family and open the windows towards the views. Ofis modified the existing hut of 6×9 meters with a 42 degrees pitched roof, […]
Cinimod Studio have created the second of Snog Pure Frozen Yogurt store, this time located in the heart of London’s vibrant Soho. In this store they introduce a different quirk in the design: a bubbling ceiling. This lighting feature is comprised by 700 glass globes containing LED lights and presents a new level of visual […]
