In the picturesque setting of Marin County, architect Barbara Shands has designed the San Anselmo House, a personal project tailored for her family. Situated on a sloping site, this 2,450 square foot residence cleverly utilizes its hillside position
This beach house faces due east, looking over the sand dunes of Whangamata in the Coromandel, towards the South Pacific Ocean. The exterior is primarily clad in a ribbed terne, chosen for its mottled and dappled finish as it ages. Care was taken to ensure that the ribbed terne extrusion gave a sense of floating atop the solid base.
David Lebenthal Architects have designed Mandelkern Residence, a contemporary townhouse in Tel Aviv, Israel. Description by David Lebenthal: The townhouse is situated on an urban threshold at the edge of the Ayalon CBD of Tel Aviv. The neighborhood in south east Tel Aviv, is defined by the highway to the west Givatayim to the east,
Xixi Project is a “village” with apartment buildings recently completed by David Chipperfield Architects. Xixi is located near Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, China.
HQ Architects have designed a dynamic street installation in Vallero Square in Jerusalem. A set of giant urban flowers react to different occurrences in the square by opening up or closing down. Description by architect: HQ Architects installs a “Warde”, a four-giant flowers and an urban installation located in Vallero Square, in the heart of
The Tent is a Spa salon built on a riverbank by Vietnamese studio a21 studio. Description by a21 studio: Located inside an operating hot spring and mineral resort, the Tent is a small spa perched in the folds of halfway terrace up to a rock hill, facing to the river. This seems to be the
Project: DomT house Location: Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia, 2015 Project Team: Martin Boleš, Aleš Berec, Erika Bányayová Consultants: Michal Grec, Martin Boledovič, Marián Piterka, Roman Horník, Rastislav Tokarčík, Beata Hriňáková Contractor: Martin Ščasný Photography: Erika Bányayová, Martin Boleš DomT house was realised for a couple and their two young children, who had previously lived in an
Standard Studio in collaboration with CASA Architecten have transformed an old school building into 10 spacious apartments. Description by Standard Studio: Ons Dorp is a school building that got converted into different apartments. This particular one was designed for a family of five. The teacher’s lounge got remodelled into the bedrooms and the classroom into
