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Summer House

Built in a gated community on the southern coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, this summer house, with its 950 square meter, had its architectural approach defined by the natural beauty of its surroundings: one of Brazil’s most gorgeous landscapes. Both for its technical features and for the design freedom it provides, steel was the material of choice for the house structure. Its outward look, however, is covered in wood, a device used to protect it from the sea air and make it more familiar-looking amid the green Mata Atlântica. In order to provide maximum integration between the ...

Restaurant PaCatar

Interior design restoration in a space located in the city center of Seville into a Restaurant themed around the world of wine. The main aim was to create a space where to integrate the tradition of wine culture and modern cuisine. via

Casa la Roca

The house overlooks the environment incorporating the landscape, making an atmosphere of outdoor life, reconstructing the dynamic perception of the space with an emphasis on the emotional bonds between subject and nature. Working with nature is a way of working towards the understanding of our world.via

Great Renovation Made for the Contemporary Furniture Company

Spanish practice XPIRAL has made this great renovation in Murcia, Spain for the contemporary furniture company Quarta.

Modern Family Residence

Singapore-based practice Ong&Ong has recently completed 'jkc1', a single family residence in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Visitors enter through a series of elevated wooden platforms which lead to a swimming pool deck. A void within the stacked stone perimeter wall leads into the ground level dining and living area. resting above the windowless solid enclosure, textured concrete bands beginning at the first level floor plates and roofline frame an upper level veranda which extends to overlook the front and back yards. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows border the bedrooms, providing privacy with moveable wooden screens while sliding doors allow direct access to the ...

Fantastic Two Levels Residence

Individual, stylish ,beautiful place to live has designed by Anastasia Architects. The 370 square meters residence distributed in two levels is situated in a manly residential neighborhood in the city of Belo Horizonte – Brazil – on a 450 square meters flat site. The architectural approach seeks to privilege the maximum integration of external and internal areas, mixing up their boundaries, and, then amplifying the feeling of wideness. via

Luxurious Apartment in Rome

The client’s main need of opening the space toward the outside landscape, generated a design characterized by light and airy rooms.

Two story beach house

Lance Herbst, principal of Auckland-based studio Herbst Architects has build this two story beach house is located at Piha North, a northern New Zealand coastal settlement. via

Hawaiian pavilion

The program is arranged as a series of pods distributed throughout the property, each having its own unique features and view opportunities. The pods are programmatically assigned as two sleeping pods with common areas, media room, master suite and main living space. An exterior gallery corridor becomes the organizational and focal feature for the entire house, connecting the two pods along a central axis. Local basket weaving culture was the inspiration for the entry pavilion which reenacts the traditional gift upon arrival ceremony. Various digitally sculpted wood ceilings and screens, throughout the house, ...

Family Beach House on Waiheke Island

Auckland-based practice Daniel Marshall Architects has completed the Waikopua house project in 2007. Located in Waikopua Bay on the Waiheke Island, 11 miles from Auckland in New Zealand, the single-family residence was another 2010 New Zealand’s HOME of the year finalist.