January 22, 2012 – 2:19 am
The design of casual house that evolved is based on a simple L shaped plan with two wings. The east wing includes the kitchen and family room on the ground floor, with children’s bedrooms located on the upper level. The south wing consists of an office, media room, and guest suite at the lower level, with the master suite located on the second floor. Connecting the two wings is a living / ...
December 29, 2011 – 8:13 pm
On top of this Future Private House concrete structure sits a light steel frame system, completed with an exterior insulation finishing system.
Due to the steep topography of the site, this future private house has two storeys on the eastern side, and just one on the western side.
This means that on the western side there is a relevant part of the structure buried.
This is achieved ...
December 16, 2011 – 5:50 pm
Located at Miami Beach, Florida has multiple rooms, both interior and exterior, have been added to a non-descript, one-story home transforming it into a receiver of Miami’s tropical climate.
While the effect is striking, minimal alterations were made to the existing structure of Villa Allegra. The house is entered through a 20′x30′x30′ volume where a reflecting modern swiming pool and ...
November 15, 2011 – 4:09 pm
The volume of the modern and unique black house consists of two elements. the shell and the fragile glass membrane as the core of the modern and unique black house. The shell with its perforations allows framing; reduced views and protection of the transparent core.
A modern and unique black house requires a lot of client’s confidence. Designing two black houses, one of which for rental ...
November 10, 2011 – 9:10 pm
Simpson Park Hammock Pavilion is easily accessible from downtown Miami at the intersection of South Miami Avenue and SW 15th Road. Simpson Park Hammock’s history dates back to 1913 when residents requested that 5.5 acres of native hardwood hammock be preserved as a natural area as Simpson Park Hammock Pavilion.
Since then there have been many highs and lows and this new pavilion structure, by ...
November 10, 2011 – 7:55 pm
Cornell Plantations Welcome Center Sited within the University's botanical garden, the Welcome Center and site improvements advance Cornell Plantations leadership role in environmental stewardship education and identity as a ‘green garden'. The orientation and educational center, bio-swale and new gardens, provide integrated visitor and educational experiences.
Sited and embedded into a ...
November 6, 2011 – 6:22 pm
Called house folded, here’s a home configuration that uses Voronoi line segments that devide equally the shortest distance to create spaces. The slanted (folded) center wall is focal to the staircase corridor that provides access to each floor in this three-story floor plan. A very interesting, organic and prism-like construction indeed.
On the assumption House Folded Architecture that there ...
November 6, 2011 – 5:58 pm
This contemporary Los Feliz Residence is located in Los Feliz, an affluent, hilly neighborhood in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, USA.
Foundations for any project in Los Angeles are expensive (sometimes approaching 20%-25% of total project costs). Seeking to eliminate these costs, this remodel used the structural lines of the existing house
to organize the re-design – ...
October 22, 2011 – 3:07 pm
Chowara, a fishing village located 30 minutes from South India. Along the coast of the Arabian Sea coastline is surrounded by a lush green. Its most prominent feature is the roof slope. Stand out of the roof structure of the title of a different style was effective.
Warm sea breezes embracing the building covers an area of 1397 square meters. Lustrous surface of the building's exterior and ...
October 20, 2011 – 8:35 pm
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