Architect Jorge Mealha designed this house located on an impressively sloping site in Paço de Arcos, a neighborhood in Lisbon, using an arrangement of several solids trying to attenuate the overall mass. The house form proposes a dialogue between a range of different solids and voids, using light to draw or reflect on the surfaces, […]
Arquitectura-G renovated a 160 square meter apartment in Barcelona, creating new and unique spaces. Here is the project description: The original condition of the apartment had a linked room layout, with rooms connected to each other by double leaf doors. These rooms were also related to a service corridor which split the circulation into two. […]
Hoffice Architecture renovated this house located in the city of Oporto, Portugal. Here is the project description: The program content and management of same for pre-existing claims to meet the expectations expressed by the client so that it is possible to constitute a dwelling type T4 within certain parameters. The existing building, for his […]
Bates Masi Architects designed this residence that occupies a hill in Montauk with a distant view of ocean, a site that the owners spend years to find. The house is entered through multiple areas for different guests and occasions: large glass doors slide open to the living area for a large gathering, a frond door […]
Nicole Jewel from Interior Design Training is our honorary guest writer on CoolBoom.net, who is going to share with us some extraordinary protects, starting with the Caixa Forum in Madrid. Madrid is an easy city to love. It’s got a great climate, active nightlife, fantastic cuisine and rich history. But I always feel as if […]
The Chiaroscuro house designed by architect Marcos Samaniego, from Mas Arquitectura studio, is reflected in the stark contrast between the pure white walls and the black color we can find on the floor, curtains and carpentry. The house´s bright atmosphere is an oasis for its tenants. Natural light is the distinctive sign of this […]
Studio SKLIM designed this office space for an IT company and multi-media setup in a refurbished postwar building in Singapore. Given the creative clientele, the design of the working environment aims to provide wide flexibility to allow for maximum overlap of working trajectories. The resulting space aims to remain anonymous and to provide a […]
Caramel Architects designed this beautiful house sitting on a swimming pond in the city of Linz, Austria. Here is the project description: Sitting on the slope of pöstlingberg in Linz, the 12 x 12 meter cube takes full advantage of the lot by establishing itself as far into the north-eastern corner of the site as […]
Atelier Archiplein renovated an old stove farm house located in Rochebaudin, France. Here is the project description: The goal, here, is to sublimate qualities and the feelings already present on the spot. The large gate is the basic element which generates the entire project: its symmetrical is deferred on the northern frontage generating a crossing […]
CSAR Architecture transformed an old city hall of the village of Noordwijkerhout, which also had been used as a bank, into one big family house. Here is the project description: The inside was completely stripped before rebuilding it. In the back façade new glass sliding doors have been installed as well as a roof light, […]
