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Moët Hennessy, New Workspaces in Paris | Barbarito Bancel Architectes
Enthusiasm, curiosity, and pleasure: these three keywords guided the approach of the architects of the Barbarito Bancel practice in designing the Moët Hennessy group’s new workspaces. The group, representing excellence in wines and spirits, has established its French headquarters above the Grande Épicerie de Paris, on the upper floors of Bon Marché, with a floor space of over 10,000 m² in the gastronomic heart of Paris.
Koroi Collection | Maja
Produced by master craftsmen in Bangladesh, the materiality and composition of the award-winning Koroi side table ensure that each piece is unique.
Highway Pole Barn | Dory Azar Architect Inc.
Located along Highway #3 in Tecumseh, Ontario, a fresh take on the traditional pole barn sits surrounded by 64 acres of farmland. The owners’ passion for contemporary architecture led them to Dory Azar Architect Inc. (DAAi) for a reimagined version of the classic building typography, designed and built strategically and specifically for the site.
Telluride House | Efficiency Lab for Architecture
Efficiency Lab for Architecture PLLC, a firm comprising a team of architects, planners, designers, and educators committed to a better understanding of efficiency in the built environment, is proud to unveil the Telluride Glass House, nestled into the steep cliffs of the Telluride Box Canyon in Colorado. Carved into a vertical wall of Aspen trees, rock cliffs, and wandering creeks, on a 3.4-acre lot adjacent to majestic Bridal Falls, the house consists of three cascading glass boxes with a combined floor area of approximately 7,000 sq. ft.
Sterling Forest House | Alexander Gorlin Architects
Alexander Gorlin Architects was commissioned to create a part-time residence for a large family that would be both private and unobtrusive. The main design challenge was to gain approval for a bold, contemporary architectural statement in a village famed for its historical residences. To achieve that balance, the house was nestled into the rock of its steeply sloped site and utilized locally quarried stone to blend into its surroundings. Many sustainable design strategies were implemented to reduce the environmental impact of the house and its visual impact on the local community. The resulting home sets a new architectural standard for its community, and demonstrates how the house construction process can be conducted in a minimally impactful way.
House in Minohshinmachi | Yasuyuki Kitamura
House in Minohshinmachi expresses the idea that it is possible to build a beautiful, interesting house that is also economical.
Residence Alma: A discreet transformation | Atelier Barda
“The main idea was to preserve the existing façade, and to use the envelope to deflect from what is happening inside,” explain the architects. “We tried to respect the past, while making slight additions to delineate old from new, including rounded brick columns that subtly contrast with the angular architecture of the original building.”
Saltbox Passive House | L'Abri, Construction Rocket
The Saltbox Passive House is a primary residence designed for a family of four and built on the southern flank of Mont Gale in Bromont, in the Eastern Townships.
XiangyuXiangyuan Home Stay | The Design Institute of Landscape & Architecture China Academy of Art Co., Ltd.
The project is located in Dazhai Village, Xiang'an District, Xiamen. Dazhai Village has a history of more than 800 years and sits adjacent to mountains and seas, on flat terrain. New LinkSo, it’s become the inheritance place of the traditional culture of southern Fujian and the gathering place of traditional houses. Nowadays, affected by globalization of the economy and the construction of modern cities and cultures, the traditional houses in Dazhai Village are disappearing day by day. In response, the question of how to use traditional old buildings as carriers for retaining the rural memories of Southern Fujian, while reactivating its quaint villages through the power of design, has become a topic of time and locality.
The Salt Box Residence | Parnagian Architects LLC
he Salt Box Residence is a 2,400 square foot home sited in the low-lying, flood-prone salt marshes of New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay. The client’s brief was to design a lasting replacement for a multi-generational family home that had been damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Sandy. The site is situated at the end of a small peninsula, bound directly to the west by a commercial shipyard and marina, and to the north, south, and east by expansive views of the Barnegat Bay.
KOA Apartment | Marty Chou Architecture
This is an atypical home. It is a space that reflects the life of a unique urban family in its current stage. The entire area of 90m² is completely open, with hidden cabinets and a strip of deep-recessed windows surrounded on four sides. At the center, a 3.5-meter countertop is the anchor of the space, serving as a multi-functional table. The recessed windows receive constant northern-light by day, and transition into private sleeping quarters when closed at night. The sanitary space and its components are a play of geometrical volume and framed-view composition. The countertop and furniture, with their abstract appearance, resemble stone slab, woodblock, and clay. The architects treated them as sculptural pieces within the space. There is no definite spatial division within the space.
Queen Mary Residence | Atelier Barda architecture
Atelier Barda completed the Queen Mary Residence, a rear extension project of a historic home in Montreal’s Hampstead district. The project involved the renovation of a Tudor-style home, built in 1927, to render it more suitable to the needs of a large family.
J Residence | Dory Azar Architect Inc.
Nestled in the side streets of Windsor Ontario near Lake St. Clair, a Scandinavian-influenced trio of volumes stands in stark contrast to their neighbours. The ‘J’ Residence is the work of Dory Azar Architect Inc., and it exemplifies the firm’s philosophy of wrapping a home around the clients’ lifestyle. An intuitive and bold last-minute decision by the owners changed the trajectory of the design for the better, and saved their home from mundanity.
Hara House | Takeru Shoji Architects Co.,Ltd
Hara house is located in an agricultural village in Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture. Most functions that are required in a fully self-reliant house were already present on-site, such as a parents' house, storage areas, and private rooms.
Chalet in Oka | Paul Bernier Architecte
The site presented a major challenge. A very small area was located outside of the 100-year flood line, which must be kept intact according to urban planning regulations.
Offices for Modern Life | Zooco Estudio
The main characteristic of the new Goodman offices in the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid is to respond to the new demands of the workspaces in these days and age.
Forest Glamp | Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects
The architects opted to experiment with prefabrication. Each of the twin units consists of two modules, prefabricated before being shipped to the site to be assembled. Although the process was meant to be relatively straightforward, it led to unexpected challenges, among them a variety of mechanical connections between the modules. Meticulous site coordination was required during final assembly. Two operations, however, had to take place on location: the pouring of the radiant concrete slab, and installation of the long, reflective glass walls.
The Hill in Front of the Glen | HW Studio
The inspiration behind this project is derived from carefully listening to the subtle murmurs and whispers of environments like this, as well as the client's search for protection and shelter.
Rudra Jewellers | Axinode Design Studio
The design blends traditional forms of arches with the royal colour - blue interwoven with traditional golden and blush pink to break the monotony and create a traditional ambience with a modern touch.
While moving around in the store, you'll perceive that the layout is designed to provide a high-end customer experience, with functional area segmentation.
The displays are designed with flamboyant concepts for multiple kinds of jewellery in order to attract customers with its distinctive features. The store's massive luxury décor is complemented with overhanging showcase tables that offers an airy look.
The inviting ambience is aimed at increasing the desire to purchase by offering the one-of-a-kind experience.
While moving around in the store, you'll perceive that the layout is designed to provide a high-end customer experience, with functional area segmentation.
The displays are designed with flamboyant concepts for multiple kinds of jewellery in order to attract customers with its distinctive features. The store's massive luxury décor is complemented with overhanging showcase tables that offers an airy look.
The inviting ambience is aimed at increasing the desire to purchase by offering the one-of-a-kind experience.
Lantern House | Atelier Messaoudi Architects
The Lantern House is the result of the transformation of a house which's construction was almost finished and ready to be occupied. Looking through the initial project, we noticed that there were numerous issues in the functioning of the house and its relationship with its environment. Based on the program established by the client, we completely redesigned the entire house on all levels in order to take the most advantage out of the building site.
Mor-Chaal Concept for Kekarav Experience Centre | The Blank Slate
Perched on the hilly naturescapes of Bavdhan lies Kekarav, a scenic luxury oasis that boasts of a bevy of peacocks, amongst other fauna. Kekarav is an exclusive gated villa community by TRU Realty, designed to be an experience in healthy, sustainable living that leaves behind a low carbon footprint. The brief was to create an immersive space to catalyze and forge customer relationships - The Kekarav Experience Centre.
SPYKKY | STIPFOLD
On this small, 400 square meter area we decided to go with a simple and straightforward configuration: the first floor is allocated to the daytime spaces and a garage, the second floor is dedicated to the bedrooms and the third floor is allotted to a terrace and a small studio. The cozy and cloistered yard surrounds and easily unravels in front of the first floor.
LENVIX | STIPFOLD
The modern oval-shaped building exterior influenced the development of interior aesthetics. The apartment looks over the city through the curved glass walls, through which daylight diligently pierces the space and playfully bounces off of the convexed surfaces of the apartment.
Villeneuve Residence | Atelier Barda architecture
Atelier Barda has converted a building that once housed two apartments above a grocery store into asingle-family home, "Résidence Villeneuve". The façade consists of two wood-framed storefront windows on either side of a central door. The plot on which the building stands is located between a southwest-facing side yard (formerly used for unloading and storing merchandise) and a long garage with a shed above.
The Black Core House | Axelrod Architects
Axelrod Architects, led by Principal Irit Axelrod, recently transformed a single-family house in Tel Aviv to reflect the homeowners’ love of serenity and sleek modern design, and the firm’s vision of modern residential architecture. The firm provided architectural design and interior design services for this 510 sq m / 5500 sq ft residence, consisting of two levels plus a basement, on a landscaped lot size: 710 sq m / 7600 sq ft.