Atelier Kastelic Buffey has designed Hilltop House, a primary residence for a young family in Duntroon, Ontario, Canada. Perched high within the slope of the Niagara Escarpment, this stunning home offers panoramic views of Georgian Bay, surrounded by a 100-acre property densely covered in boreal forest.
Vietnamese studio HA Architecture has completed a monastery-inspired home for a Buddhist family, featuring concrete-brick walls that are animated by patterns of light and shadow. This Vietnamese house has 78 square-meter and is located in Binh Thanh, Saigon. The owners are all Buddhists looking forward to having a place of peace, tranquility and completely free from the
This English cottage-style home was renovated in 2015 by Atlanta-based Robert Cain Architect. Description by Robert Cain: Tucked into the sea of Virginia Highland (an Atlanta intown neighborhood) English cottage-style homes is an anomaly: a mid-century modern home with Eichleresque design connotations. Californian Joseph Eichler, America’s only “modernist merchant builder”, built nearly 11,000 speculative homes
“Under the Calvary” house was designed by Slovakian studio Architekti Šercel Švec for a family of four. Description by Šercel Švec: The area of architecture is placed in a centre of a small village Veľké Úľany (South West Slovakia). The ground is unique for its specific irregular shape which tends to be narrowed at the edge.
Project: Pure Spa Architects: MIA Design Studio Location: Da Nang, Vietnam Architect in Charge: Nguyen Hoang Manh Area 1600.0 sqm Photographs: Oki Hiroyuki Designed by MIA Design Studio, the Pure Spa is an oasis of tranquility and facilitates the five-star Naman Retreat, Danang. Fifteen stunning treatment rooms are endowed with lush open air gardens, deep
Pobble House is a contemporary cottage designed by London-based Guy Hollaway Architects. Description by Guy Hollaway: Pobble House takes its name from an old Kentish word for pebble and is located within the Dungeness Estate, a stark and open headland on the Kent & Sussex coast that is home to Europe’s largest expanse of shingle,
Architect: Studio Shito Project: YogaOne Location: Barcelona, Spain Photographs: Marcela Grassi Studio Shito was comissioned the design and construction of a new YogaOne center by DiR, the popular brand of gyms throughout Barcelona. A 400 sqmt venue, located in Ciutat de Balaguer, 19, in Barcelona, served the occasion for the company to update its brand.
A blend of features were carefully balanced to develop a final design that has an efficient footprint, meets the Passive House Standard (PHIUS+ Certified), and takes the form of a traditional farmhouse with some modern twists both inside and out.
