The Haack House is a lovely two-story contemporary residence designed by Brazilian studio 4D-Arquitetura… and located in GuaÃba, Brazil. Because it is located in a neighborhood where fences are not allowed, the architects had to come up with a plan that would ensure a maximum level of privacy: “this house had the design developed in three parallel horizontal bars that
By Lavinia
Canadian architects from gh3… have been behind the facelift of a 1970 residence located on 101 Russel Hill Road in Toronto. Originally built with large open spaces, the renovation involved a futuristic approach that converted to a more cellular room design where everything flows together. And the most striking features are the white interiors that make it look clean and
By Alex Ion
Just on the other side of the Melbourne Club at the eastern end of the central business district, the Monaco House in Melbourne was designed by McBride Charles Ryan architects for the Honorary Consul of Monaco. Meant to make you stop by, stare for a few seconds and to intrigue, the four storeys high building has a 101 square meters…
By Alex Ion
Up until now, I was dead sure houses can’t climb, but the talented people from Kovac Architects made me reconsider my position. In the Pacific Pallisades of Los Angeles, they managed to design a house with a contour that climbs up the steep hillside. They named it (how else?) the Hillclimber House. Using lots of stone accents and wood, they…
By Alex Ion
The Plus House is a pre-fab two-storey house with the generic proportions of a traditional Swedish bard house, designed by Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune…. Now the most interesting part of the house I think that is this beautiful and simple staircase. Now here are a few words about this project from the Swedish architects website : “Instead of
Hyder Consulting… decided to amaze the whole world with a structure that will be twice as tall as the Burj Dubai, according to a consultant involved with the project making it by far the tallest tower ( skyscraper ) in the world. Considering the Burj Dubai will rise to 818m, the new tower will be over 1,600m tall, making it
By Mihai
Tetris Apartments is an innovative project completed by slovenian architects Ofis… in Ljubljana. As you can see from these pictures these apartments are inspired by the well known game named Tetris. The building stands on the edge of the 650 apartments development which was finished year ago. By urban rules the block is 3 floors high and 65 meters long.
By Mihai
I’ve found this project – Single Hauz… by Front Architects a few days ago but I wans’t sure if I should post about this project. Finally to many people told me about this project and I’ve saw so much buzz about this project and I’ve decided to post. As you can see from these pictures the Single Hauz is an
By Mihai
The Delta Shelter, designed by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects…, is a weekend cabin made of steel, that can be completely shuttered when the owner is away.
This 1,000 square-foot weekend cabin, basically a steel box on stilts, can be completely shuttered when the owner is away. Situated near a river in a floodplain, the 20’ x 20’ square
By Mihai
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