To meet the need for expansion, the agency recommended that the house be renovated by occupying the night area, giving it more intimate spaces, and designing a contemporary steel extension, by means of a very open volume for the day spaces.
Utilizing only six natural materials and elements: stone, glass, wood, steel, tile and water; this Park Avenue penthouse apartment is being entirely rebuilt from the top down. The entire roof of the building has been raised to make way for the addition of a new mezzanine level.
Inspired by the essence of a home that becomes more beautiful with age, Skyline Drive House by FGR Architects is the result of a two material palette, concrete and glass chosen for their qualities of beatification with time, sustainability, simplicity of build and integration into the building’s existing environment.
Suspended Patio House is located in a quiet neighborhood near Tel Aviv, Israel. The rectangular prism, three story house comprising the ground floor, the first floor and the basement, has an exposed concrete frame from which the internal spaces and their openings were removed.
Toro Canyon Residence was designed by ShubinDonaldson, mixing concrete, steel, and glass to create a sophisticated effect. The house is located in Montecito, California, USA. This residence on a 10-acre site is approached via a narrow, tree covered drive, ending at a small clearing with views of the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands. The residence is sited on axis with the canyon and views beyond.
Our clients selected a rural south facing wooded site with a clearing on top of a knoll for their retirement home. We chose to abandon an existing driveway in favor of keeping the knoll as open space for a court yard garden for the residence.
Project: Villa V3, Modern Nordic House Architects: ARDESS Location: Risskov, Denmark Area: 371,5 square meters Photographs: Jesper Ray Villa V3 is a single-family nordic house designed by Danish studio ARDESS. The house is located in Risskov, Denmark and has a built area of 372 square meters. The house is defined by a sharp and simple geometry with an
Combining a stone cavern with a glass house, the building is shaped like a mountain crystal. The jointless walls and triangulated roof are made of monolithic insulating concrete. Uniting structure, insulation and technical installation in one massive layer beautifully balanced by the transparent and reflective nature of glass.
A high-altitude suspension bridge with glass-bottomed opened Thursday in China. The bridge spans the gap between two cliffs at the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Pingjiang County, Hunan province, and is thought to be the highest glass-bottomed bridge in the country. The bridge, called “Haohan Qiao” in Chinese, spans a 300-metre canyon and is 180 metres
