The architects Alicia Cabrera and Javier Blesa of OX Arquitectura, have reformed this duplex penthouse in the center of Madrid. The key: a perfect and sober handling of space, light and materials. The house is located next to the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain. An achievement of closed pieces only connected by doors, and […]
Located on the roof of a 12 storey building of a duplex apartment, this space was conceptualized as a ‘Veranda’. (Hindi meaning: A transitional space between public and private area or, between a house and a street). A concept, which conjures up an image of a welcoming social space meant for all.
Architecture surrounds you every minute. At Arriba we want to enhance how you experience everyday life through the reinterpretation of the spaces you live in, from the door handle, to the room, to the city.
This mid-century modern house was transformed from a municipal garage into a private house in the late 1950’s by renowned modernist architect Paul Rudolph. At project start the house was in pristine condition, virtually untouched since it won a Record Houses award in 1960.
Carmens House is a single-family residence located in Washington DC, designed by KUBE Architecture. From the architect: Carmen grew up and lived her formative years in Puerto Rico. As a young woman she moved to the United States to pursue a career. After more than 30 years of traveling and living away from Puerto Rico,
The clients, an interior designer and a DJ, requested a complete renovation and addition of a 1960’s kit house in Amagansett, NY to be a weekend retreat from their urban apartment.
The relationship between open and closed, between heavy and light, between clean new materials to those who have been already scratched and used and mainly the relationship between exposed concrete and… All the rest. It is not an easy material. Concrete that is. It requires the best professionals, it does not have any mistakes range and it is expensive.
Located in the Toronto’s east-end community of Riverdale, this residential house, faces a favourite neighbourhood park. Riverdale Dormer House was refurbished by the Toronto-based firm Post Architecture. Post Architecture was brought in to dramatically open up the house to exterior the views, while collaborating with a team of engineers, builders, and designers to make the century- old
