Architecture
Karuizawa Museum Complex by Yasui Hideo Atelier
The Japanese architects studio Yasui Hideo Atelier designed this facility for the Hiroshi Senju museum in Karuizawa. The building is inspired by Nippon culture, and notably by the origami. Its forms is thus adapted to the traditional architecture of the neighbor dwellings while combining the modernity of curved lines with linear plans that evoke the surrounding mountains. An [...]
Island Retreat by Fearon Hay Architects
New-Zealand’s studio Fearon Hay Architects designed the plans of the Island Retreat, a residence located on Waiheke Island and inspired by the camps. The space is thus divided into independent volumes fitted around a central courtyard. The architects chose concrete as main material as an aluminum covering for the roofs. These are simply laid on the dwellings [...]
Osler House by Studio MK27
Marcio Tanaka and Gabriel Kogan’s studio MK27 imagined the Osler House in Brasilia, a 270m2 residence shared among two levels. The house is made of two volumes arranged perpendicularly. The top floor shelters the living spaces (kitchen, dining- and living-room) and benefits form a large view on the city thanks to the picture windows. On the contrary, [...]
The Long Studio by Threefold Architects
The british office Threefolds Architects designed “The Long Studio”, an artists atelier located in the Norfolk. Externally, the building is dark, made of black corrugated sheets, referring to the local agriculture architecture. On the contrary, the interior is bright, opened on one side to the garden thanks to large sliding windows and, on the other facade, pierced with dormers [...]
Woning DZ by Graux & Baeyens Architecten
The Belgian studio Graux & Baeyens designed the Woning DZ, a house of 260m2 located in Oudenaarde (BE). The architects had to face two constraints: to allow the fitting of a residential space with a medical office and to preserve the interior despite the closeness of neighbor dwellings. Indeed, the adjacent building disturbed the intimacy of the home while [...]
Casa W by 01ARQ
The Casa W is a 130m2 residence designed by the architects of the chilean studio 01ARQ. Located in Huentalauquén, it is made of glass, stone and wood. The inhabitable space includes 3 sleeping rooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, a dining room and a kitchen. A pine fence lines three facades of the house and forms two [...]
The 360 House by Subarquitectura
The Spanish studio Subarquitectura made the 360 House in Galapagar nearby Madrid. The challenge of this program was to face the slope of the plot. A constraint the architects overcame imaging a snail structure inspired by the highway access roads. With this principle, they opened different spaces which, depending on their distance from the ends, have less or more [...]
Patio House by Line Studio
The architects of the Ukrainian Line Studio designed the Patio House. A single-storey 75m2 residence which, as shows its name, hinges around a central courtyard. The house, which hosts two sleeping rooms, a bathroom, a kitchen and a dining and living room, is characterized by a dialogue interior/exterior that an artificial garden perched on top of the [...]
House Hafner by Hornung And Jacobi Architecture
Hornung And Jacobi Architecture, the architects studio founded by Peter Thomas Hornung and Elsa Katharina Jacobi, imagined the House Hafner, a small residence of 180m2 located in Büschelhof (Germany). The house is characterized foremost by its form. A structure that follows the slope of the plot. This fitting of the building allows to open the inhabitation to [...]
