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Viewfinder House in Truckee, California, by Faulkner Architects

“Can all of the rooms enjoy this view?” was Faulkner Architects client's question on its first site walk. They were looking at the Pacific Crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the distance. This question formed the seed of its conceptual approach to the design of the house. They organized the family-driven program of 7,200 square feet into a simple two-part scheme. The lower-level base follows the street geometry, while the upper levels are twisted slightly to align with the view...

Richard Beard Architects designed the Blue Oaks Residence to enjoy the surroundings

Richard Beard Architects projected the Blue Oaks Residence in Geyserville, California. This house features interiors by BAMO Interior Design, that reflect the client's extensive travels.The structures are simple and straightforward, reminiscent of the ranches, farms and vineyards that typify the Anderson Valley north of San Francisco. Hillside setting is populated with oaks and madrone trees...

New Àtic Blanc project by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Located in the center of Valencia, the project seeks to reinterpret the approach of this type of housing, recovering the potential of disused roofs. Fran Silvestre Arquitectos like to think that each building takes away an open space from the city and gives it back on the roof.The central access of the house allows the program to be organized in an orderly manner, on the one hand the day area, where a continuous space is articulated for the kitchen, dining room and living room...

Eco Wood House, bio-construction in El Cabanyal (Valencia) by Fernando Olba

Fernando Olba Arquitectura + Urbanismo has designed a wooden house in the Cabanyal district of Valencia, Spain. This is how the studio tells us,Construction of a new two-storey house in the old fishermen neighbourhood of El Cabanyal in Valencia. The dwelling is built in the space left by the demolition of an old semi-barraca (Old vernacular construction linked to the orchards surrounding Valencia, made out of bricks, wood and straw roofs)...

Casa AA Architecture and Interior design Project, by Horma Estudio

The Valencian architecture and interior design studio, Horma Estudio, presents one of its latest projects, Casa AA in Puerto de Sagunto (Valencia).Horma explains the development,The project aims to respond to a corner where a continuous elevation, without edges, is offered to be seen from all angles, without prioritizing one look over another...

IAAC Builds a Prototype of a "Quarantine" Cabin Using Zero KM Structural Wood

The Voxel is a prototype of an advanced ecological building. Constructed with natural KM.0 materials and industrialized techniques in the natural park of Collserola (Barcelona, Spain). The project proposes a space for confinement as an architectural solution to the current pandemicCollserola natural park, in the surroundings of Barcelona, is the setting for The Voxel project...

Song Art Museum in Dongcheng Qu, China, by Vermilion Zhou Design Group

Song Art Museum is an “Art Container“, with “Art” as the Mainstay and “Container” as the Supplement. It Transforms Everything into Geometry and Purity and Takes “Non-Action” from the Outside to Within. A project by Vermilion Zhou Design Group. The studio explains it,The original architecture of Victorian style with Western-style gardens, like a woman with excessive makeup, is out of fashion. Owner's intention is to transform its function into an artistic space for the public to appreciate...

The new mixed-use infrastructure “Estación San José”, by FRPO, becomes the new cultural, economic and activity hub of Toluca, Mexico

FRPO, an international architecture office based in Madrid, has designed Estación San José, a new mixed-use infrastructure in Toluca de Lerdo, the capital city of Estado de Mexico. The complex is located at the northern end of Avenida Juárez, which links the historic district with the university area...

Yellowstone Residence by Stuart Silk Architects. Steel and concrete at a height of 8,100 feet

Perched at 8,100 feet on the side of a mountain in Montana's Madison Range in Montana (USA), the massing and materials of this house are derived from the powerful landscape. The exterior of the house is a composition of Core-ten steel and board-formed concrete, materials which metaphorically and directly embrace the harsh realities of the site and its immediate environment. A project by Stuart Silk Architects...

Space, Light and Materiality, keys for the renovation of this house by Paul Bernier Architecte

Paul Bernier Architecte carried out the renovation project of a detached duplex of the Rosemont district, Montréal (Canada).The owners wanted to transform the ground floor and the semi-basement to make it their home. The second floor was preserved for their tenant. A garden was also to be laid out all around the building as well as a terrace in the back, connected to the living area...

Skylab Architecture designed a house in Colorado wrapped in weathering steel

Perched on the hillside, with panoramic views of Snowmass Mountain Colorado (USA), the Owl Creek residence was built on the idea that a physical place can deepen the connections between friends, families and the natural world...

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