Project4 years ago
Nuestro sueño, designed by Espacio 18 Arquitectura, is a residential clay box containing coherent, concrete structures based on a 60cm module, marking and distributing the program, indicating the heart and soul of the house. This house was made with wide and adaptable spaces, so in the future, accommodations can be done. The idea was always to create a welcoming-life full space that will show you how Mexico embraces you, a place where you can finally feel being in Oaxaca.
Practice4 years ago
Espacio 18 Arquitectura is a Mexico-based architectural practice located in Oaxaca.
News4 years ago
The winners of the 5th European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention were announced by the jury yesterday in the courtyard of the Frederic Marès Museum, a historical site in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. The announcement of the 15 finalists, four winning works and two Special Mentions for Restoration was made during the 5th International Architectural Heritage Intervention Biennial.
Project4 years ago
Silver Pine, designed by SAOTA, is a contemporary home set among the pine woods that introduces a revolutionary outward-looking approach to the city’s architectural tradition. The pinewoods that the site overlooks are thus a significant motivation for the design’s open, outward-facing orientation. This approach explores a new kind of architecture that invites as much natural light as possible during the dark winter months to compensate for the lack of sun and mitigate its absence.
Project4 years ago
Casa Havai, designed by Garoa, is a residence that turns itself to the inside; in a way, it is introspective, a feature that comes from the place’s specific constraints. The house’s structure is of structural masonry, with the walkway and the gable roof’s structure designed in metallic structure, the slabs – made in loco – are inverted to facilitate the distribution of the hydraulic installation, the electrical pipes are apparent, the floor used was hydraulic tiles, green as grass.
Practice4 years ago
Practice4 years ago
Garoa is a collective laboratory of architecture that takes practice by the bias of experimentation, not having preconceived methods of guiding. Based on the specific constraints of each situation, they choose the intervention methods and procedures. Collaborative because of the character in which the works are developed, where the different and complementary qualities of the team members are added up to develop a plural and concise work.
News4 years ago
Winners of the competition “Remote Work Cabin” are announced which aimed to develop one drawing to communicate an architectural design.
Project4 years ago
MVRDV House, designed by MVRDV, is an interior renovation for their new office with a core idea to capture and enhance their DNA. The Atelier for the project teams takes up the main bulk of the central space and is light and quiet. A glazed wall, covered in doodles and working diagrams, separates the atelier from the living room, stretching right across the center of three main arches. MVRDV’s new office is a large community of creative, technical, and entrepreneurial industries; everything ranging from small tech start-ups to larger design firms.
Project4 years ago
Middle Park House, designed by Mitsuori Architects, is a renovation and addition to an existing Victorian home responding to the changing needs of an active, growing family by creating flexible and relaxed spaces. The new addition merges into the existing house to reduce visibility from the street and minimize its impact on the rear garden and neighboring properties. Soft whites, muted color tones, natural timbers and dark polished concrete are used to create a sophisticated yet relaxed urban family home.
News4 years ago
Between the 13th and the 17th of June 2021, the competition jury debated in order to decide the results for the “Children’s Hospital Cluj-Napoca” International Design Competition. The Contracting Authority of the competition is the Cluj County Council.
Project4 years ago
Mamun Residence, designed by SHATOTTO architecture for green living, is a single-family residence in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The intense southwest winds flowing from the Bay of Bengal and the scorching sun all year round are two major considerations affecting this design. The architect was motivated to create a ‘dream world’ of colors, greenery, and water bodies. The philosophical cue here came from the traditional mathal (hat) that farmers in this region wear during harvesting to protect them from rain and sun.
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Project4 years ago
Earth Villa, designed by Svamitva Architecture Studio, is a home interior that travels along the lines of earth and sustainability. The interior setting transcends with the Pairing of age old technique of lime plastering with mid-century themed furniture. With delicately chosen décor that complements the theme of wellness and the colour palette of natural tones exhibits strength, sound and health. Diffused natural light complements the warm hues of the decor to add a ethereal element to the space.
Practice4 years ago
Svamitva Architecture Studio is an architectural and interior design studio with a team of dynamic architects, engineers, contractors, and interior designers who’ve come together to transform dreams into reality! They pride themselves in offering solutions that will make your spaces reverberate with an identity of its own. These modern, affordable, and sustainable solutions will not only set your spaces apart, but also give it the warmth to attract positive energies.
News4 years ago
We are extremely excited to announce the winners of the Tiny Library 2021 Architecture Competition. The architectural design competition posed a challenge for the participants to rethink and re-imagine the idea of the Library as a 21st-century self-learning and educational incubation space that not only sheds light on conventional means of knowledge but also encourages its users to interact, share ideas and grow together.
Compilation4 years ago
Archidiaries is excited to share the ‘Project of the Week’ – Jetvan by Design Work Group. Along with this, the weekly highlight contains a few of the best projects, published throughout the week. These selected projects represent the best content curated and shared by the team at ArchiDiaries.
Project4 years ago
Buda Mill & Grain Co., designed by Cushing Terrell, is an adaptive reuse project preserving the bones of what was there while making the existing structures and new facilities a cohesive complex in Texas. The redeveloped site now offers more than 27,000 square feet of retail, restaurants, and community-oriented spaces that unite locals and visitors within a vibrant setting. Together, the renovations and new structures create a popular venue for the community.
Project4 years ago
Restaurant City, designed by FFWD Arquitectes, evokes the region’s tradition where traditional cuisine roots and the use of the Palou area local products are its basic essentials. Used materials, such as enamelled ceramic tiles, oak wood, twill fabrics, marble and brass are related with the Valles’ industrial and artisanal tradition. This results in a traditional rooted space with sharply sophisticated and timeless aesthetics. We offer users a unique experience settled on gastronomy and design.
Project4 years ago
Du Noon Primary School, designed by Meyer and Associates Architects, is a replacement school located within a very dense urban fabric. The existing school operation had to be accommodated on the site while the new school was built. A concept of “Fragmentation” was developed to reduce general building size & proportions, linking the scale of the building more closely to its surroundings. “Publicness” is maintained through height in certain areas to allow place-making in the otherwise very low, dense urban fabric.
Project4 years ago
Mod Apartment, designed by Sergey Makhno Architects, is a home interior reflecting simplicity interpreted with an eye for details and emphasizing textures and tactility. Sergey Makhno team has no strict boundaries among the first-floor zones in the technological and multifunctional interior to keep it airy. Despite minimalist mood, the apartment was filled with touches meaning a lot to owners and based on their tastes. A spectacular view out of the windows was the additional point to leave the interior iconic.
Project4 years ago
Project Awas, designed by Studio PKA, is a conception of an art village and a residence of an art curator. A six-acre narrow piece of land in a village called Awas in Alibaug, near Mumbai, forms the base for this idea. The scattered individual shelters designed with workspaces marking their entrance, encourage communication, and motivate their art to initiate conversations and form new relationships.
Interview4 years ago
Rahul Bhushan is an architect and Founder of NORTH – Himachal Pradesh Craftsmanship and Design Innovation Institute. He is an unshakable optimist and visionary; born and brought up in Himachal. His works involve research-design-build project based on positive environmental impact and development of better future of Himachal Pradesh.
Interview4 years ago
Compartment S4 is a unique practice with eight architects who have come together with their passion for design, sustainability and vigour to do something good for the society. In this conversation with the team members, we dwell onto their practices, various initiatives and their future goals.
Project4 years ago
Jetvan, designed by Design Work Group, is a residence blending perfectly with nature, giving the feeling of being one with its surroundings. The series of spaces unfold as one enters deep into the house. Various pockets have been created that aim to balance the layout of different void and solid mass. Respecting the context, we kept the material pallet very subtle and used exposed concrete(gray), Mud Brick(Gerua), Wood(brown), and Stone(Dark Gray).
