Architecture

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Designer: Georgios Nikolaou Work: House Classification: Architecture

M Two

M Two is a house located on the outskirts of a village on a hill in Limassol, Cyprus. The design and materials suit the natural landscape and respect traditional village house designs, with a modern aesthetic. The layout follows a traditional pi shape, which gives a calm and ergonomic flow between interior and exterior. Family and public spaces blend together, yet function independently and offer privacy where needed. Four living areas allow all aspects of the mountain and sea views to be enjoyed. The colour palette uses natural beige, brown, green and blue tones.

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Designer: Eisuke Yamazaki Work: Building Classification: Architecture

KIBA Tokyo Residence

The project is to rebuild a residential building at a small site in KIBA Tokyo, Japan. Even though the size of the building is small, the different types of housings are being together in the same building, therefore, constructed the fine community of a residence in a city. In addition, the facade, especially the wooden louver, is designed in harmony with a specific site KIBA which was once known for lumber dealings. KIBA Tokyo Residence would make new values and new lifestyles from the inside (interior spaces), and to show the lost landscape and heritage from the outside (exterior spaces).

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Designer: Hans-Petter Bjørnådal Work: Housing Classification: Architecture

Selfors

Selfors is a house created through the rehabilitation of a modernist villa from the 1960s. The original villa was partly altered by a prefabricated addition in the 1980s. The new design respects the modernist character of the earlier building. The three-story house covers 200 square meters and is arranged around a central staircase that acts as a natural ventilation shaft between the floors. A glazed south facade collects sunlight. The original wood structure was reused, and a new facade and new windows were added. Sheltered outdoor spaces surround the house.

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Designer: Gronych + Dollega Architekten Work: Private House Classification: Architecture

Goethestrasse 1

Goethestrasse 1 is a private house in Bad Homburg, Germany. The design transforms a strict development plan into a calm architectural form shaped by its location. The building develops its own scale in relation to the landscape and the surrounding buildings. Generous relations between inside and outside are created on a small plot with valuable trees. Light, shade and the reflections of the water surface in front of the glazed facades shape the interior atmosphere. Concrete, steel supports and prefabricated wooden elements form the structure.

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Designer: Polina Nozdracheva Work: Equestrian Pavilion Classification: Architecture

Oat Wreath

Equestrian pavilion is a part of the newly creating equestrian center. Object is located on the cultural heritage and protected by cultural area of the historical ensemble of the exhibition. Main architectural concept is the exclusion of massive capital walls in favor of transparent wooden lace elements. The main motive of the facade ornament is a stylized rhythmic pattern in the form of wheat ears or oat. Thin metal columns almost imperceptibly support the light rays of the glued wooden roof, which lifted up, with the completion in the form of a stylized silhouette of the horse's head.

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Designer: FLÁVIO MELO FRANCO Work: Single Family Residence Classification: Architecture

AD House

AD House is a single family residence located in Teresina, Brazil, a region with a very warm climate. The house offers 495 square meters of constructed space on a site of 814 square meters. The ground floor holds the kitchen, garage, living and dining rooms and a patio, while the bedrooms are placed on the first floor. A communal space for gathering and rest is set on the rooftop. The walls are made of ceramic bricks, the structure of concrete and the roof of thermo-acoustic aluminum tiles. Charred wood screens and integrated green spaces reduce the heat indoors.

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Designer: Constantinos Yanniotis Work: Yoga Shala Building Classification: Architecture

Metamorphosis

This project is about a Yoga Shala proposal submitted in an International Architecture Competition Call. The site is part of a mountain Yoga Retreat Complex located in a breathtaking forest region of central Portugal. The new Yoga Shala building is inspired from the Yoga philosophy, being a spiritual practice rather than a physical exercise. The new development apart from the Shala with an atrium space, consists of the Teahouse cave volume. Both buildings are framed by the biomorphic xeriscaping garden islands, the curvilinear walking concrete stone paths and the cultivation activities levels.

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Designer: Torres Arquitetos Work: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Arte Residence

Arte Residence is a residential building located on Torres beach, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the south of Brazil. The building has twenty floors, with two apartments per floor. Each apartment offers 200 square meters of private area, three suites and large social areas. The volume is a vertical monolith with horizontal planes arranged in half levels, where large balconies face the sea. Exposed concrete, wood and ceramic tiles form the finishes. The building also includes energy efficiency, careful water use, and thermal and acoustic comfort.

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Designer: Hangzhou Green Development Design Work: Experimental School Classification: Architecture

Jiyang Binhe

Jiyang Binhe is a school building designed for nine years of compulsory education in Jiyang District, Jinan, China. The campus has a gross floor area of 24,462 square meters and adjoins a landscape park overlooking the Yellow River. The plan follows one main axis with two courtyards and two auxiliary axes that hold functional zones. Ordinary classrooms are placed on a south to north orientation for daylight, and the library and functional classrooms stand at the ends of the auxiliary axes. External walls use thermal insulation mortar, and double glazing reduces outside noise.

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Designer: Svetoslav Stanislavov Work: Residential Building Classification: Architecture

Royal River

Royal River is a high rise 75 meters tall residential building, located in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. RR uses has several integrated technologies that makes it a contemporary residential building sustainable ventilation and air conditioning system, waste collection system, high speed elevators, maximized glazing for each apartment and tight structure core with compact emergency staircases that is helping a maximum usage of floor area. The facade system uses composite aluminum panels that allows it usage of freeform and easy and quick installation methods.

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Designer: Yoshiaki　Tanaka Work: Clinic Classification: Architecture

Playful Child Care

TSC Architects has designed a distinctive roof with three layers in three design strategies. The first is to gently wrap the patient. Next, the space is divided into infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases, and the space is designed to feel the wholeness. Finally, the light from the windows in the gaps in the roof illuminates the eaves ceiling, giving a glimpse of the activities inside. Surrounded by the warmth of wood and picture books, the atrium waiting room is a place where patients and children can be energetic while taking precautions against infection.

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Designer: Ghiath Al Masri Work: Residential Home Classification: Architecture

Slabs House

The Slab House was designed to juxtapose construction materials, combining wood, concrete, and steel. The design is at once hyper-modern yet discreet. The huge windows are an immediate focal point, but they are protected from the weather and street-view by concrete slabs. Gardens feature heavily in the property, both on the ground level and at the first floor, allowing the residents to feel connected to nature as they interact with the property, creating a unique flow as one moves from the entrance to the living areas.

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