A young couple starting a family in the city purchased this two story loft in Boston’s South End. Built in the 1990’s, the loft was ready for updates. ZED transformed the space, creating a fresh new look and greatly increasing its functionality to accommodate an expanding family within an urban setting.
Collingwood House is a prefabricated house with passive design completed by Melbourne-based ArchiBlox.
nitially it was an old house, with a traditional layout (the kitchen and the staff rooms were located at the end of it) and with so many rooms that avoided natural light into them. The aim of ÁBATON was to grant the flat a contemporary and clean appearance by unifying the spaces and allowing natural light inside.
Michael K Chen Architecture (MKCA) have designed a 390-square-foot studio in Manhattan, that features a mechanized moving wall to form different areas when needed throughout the day. Description by MKCA: The 5:1 Apartment is the latest evolution of MKCA’s research on micro housing, containing the functional and spatial elements for living, working, sleeping, dressing, and
Luca Andrisani Architect recently completed an apartment renovation in Miami, Florida. Description by Luca Andrisani: This two bedroom apartment renovation took place in a building called Oceanside Plaza, built in 1967 in the Millionaire’s Row neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The building’s architect was Morris Lapidus, famous for the Fontainebleau Hotel and identified by theatrical designs
Istanbul-based Ofist Studio has designed Y House, located in Gölköy, Bodrum, Turkey. Interiors of this oriental house evokes local culture and the Mediterranean. Description by Ofist: The Y House is situated within the Mandarin Oriental Residences in Golkoy, Bodrum. The project’s main focus was to evoke the Mediterranean and to create a house harmonious with
The site is a long, slender plot facing the edge of a forest. The diagonal offers view of the heath. The clients wanted to shut the house off to the adjacent buildings in order to have an exclusive experience of the forest. They wanted the house to create a spatial frame for large dinner parties and at the same time provide intimacy.
MVRDV in collaboration with Studio Bouwhaven designed a club house for IJburg Tennis Club, Amsterdam, which provides both a viewing platform and a club overlooking the water. Description by MVRDV: IJburg is a new district to the east of Amsterdam. On its six artificial islands, 18,000 homes will be eventually be built for 45,000 residents.
