Restelo House by João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos breathes new life into a 1950s semi-detached villa on Lisbon’s western edge. Nestled among terraced homes near Restelo’s bustling shopping street, this refurbishment reimagines the rear elevation and roofscape to balance privacy, light, and modern living.
A volume created from the urban needs after the emergence of a new avenue, changing the section of the street and the height of the buildings around it. That temporary space between what once was and what currently is planned, causes a hybrid street, changing and surprising.
Project: Cocoon House Architects: Landmak Architecture, JSC Architect in Charge: Ta Tien Vinh, Truong Tuan Chung Design Team: Le Minh Hoang , Ngo Hung, Dang Viet Anh , Nguyen Thao, Pham Dinh Hanh, Vu Nam Son, Do Tho Ha, Tran Viet Phu, Bui Huy Toan Project manager Cocoon House: Nguyen Trong Huan The Cocoon House
Project: Stained glass facades Artist: Stefan Glerum Architecture: Heren 5 Architects Stained glass is fabricated by Atelier Schmit Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Two stained glass facades reaching up to 60 feet / 18 meters for a new residential project in Amsterdam by housing corporation Ymere. The complex is designed by Heren 5 Architects, the stained
Project: Apartment Building Architects: EDAA – design, advertising, architectural development, construction supervision Client: GARBA – real estate development, sales and marketing Typology: housing Construction area: 1,800m2 (19,375sqft) Site area: 440m2 (4,736sqft) Design team: Luis Arturo García, Jahir Villanueva, Juan Hernández, Hans Álvarez, Enrique Villalón, Antonio Rivas, Ana Rodríguez Consultants: PBS Ingenieros (structural engineering), MS (soil
Project: Villas Complex Architects: UNStudio Team: Ben van Berkel, Hannes Pfau with Markus van Aalderen and Shoujiong Zhang, Whenzen Yi, Fernie Lai, Yuchen Liu, Irina Bogdan, Cristina Gimenez, Gil Greis Client: Guorui Group Location: Yunteng Road 2#, Miyun Economic & Technical Development Zone 1, Beijing, China Building surface: 26,455 M2 (GFA) Building site: 23489 M2
Jonathan’s own home was designed to make the most of the north facing aspect of one of the few remaining, undeveloped sites in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden. The design response to this core idea is the formation of a black cedar barrier wall which slices centrally across the site …
