A couple of clients moved from an apartment to a private three-story house in a regenerating neighborhood in the central area of Israel. The couple has two children aged 10 and 12 and one daughter at the age 22.
The Mocabee house is set like a stage that overlooks the orchard, the Monterey pine trees to the South, the neighbors sheep, and a distant Mayacamas Mountain and vineyard view.
Hila Israelevitz, one of the owners of the Israelevitz Architects Office, designed an exciting, powerful residential space for them that lends dignity to the natural resources surrounding them as well as natural materials, volume and dimensions.
Oktra were asked to reinterpret the way Gardiner & Theobald used their existing space in order to meet current workplace trends and employee expectations.
A house for a family of 5 was requested on the sloping land. The initial proposal was to build a multi-storey building to regain the vista toward the ocean.
The total area of the Green Park Apartment is 85 square meters. The customers wanted to get the most ergonomic space, with notes of brutalism and bright accents in the interior. In every room there are elements of wood.
The building’s 25,000sqm scale allowed COX to develop an Agile workplace with strong planning principles – rich in amenities, culture, connectivity and identity. The result is a tailored workplace design that consolidates the client’s resources to support communication and diversity, with a strong focus on human interaction.
Located in the bustling Hangzhou, Yi Shan restaurant offers a tranquil, simple dining environment that integrates into the atmosphere of daily life.
