Month: March 2022

the intervention keeps the structure intact while re-distributing the spaces in accordance with the clients’ needs, as well as passive design strategies.
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Sitting in the afternoon shadow of Lone Mountain in Scottsdale, sits the Boulders residence, a new 2400 square foot home designed by Phoenix-based architecture firm The Ranch Mine. The property is located in the Sonoran Desert on the northern edge of Scottsdale, an area with unique geology highlighted by extremely large, 12 million-year-old boulders.

Colourful and geometric, these are not your average Hippos! Made from polyresin and finished with golden details, these modern animal figurines & candy dishes make eye-catching decoration. Get it here. Recommended Reading:  50 Awesome Animal Sculptures & Figurines For Home Decor

When this family of four lost its California wine country home in the Tubbs Fire in 2017, it was devastating but it also offered a chance to reshape plans for the future. The homeowners hired architect Craig O’Connell to build a new house that would b…

“You call that small?” tiny-living purists might ask about any kitchen that accommodates more than a hot plate and a fork. But U.S. kitchens are expanding in size and offering increasing amenities, making what was once considered a small kitchen seem …

The proposal aimed for a minimum intervention on the ground in the surroundings of the Ermita del Castillo, located in Cerro del Búho de Cabezabellosa, Cáceres province, whose environmental qualities turn the landscape into the main character of the intervention. Under this approach, it was a matter of preserving, consolidating, and ultimately, valuing the natural space and landscape essence. For this reason, the intervention always revealed itself from the minimum aggressiveness and maximum efficiency. Aiming to enhance this powerful setting whose determining factors are the amplitude of the visual field and light quality, without forgetting the variety and richness of the different species, typical of the Mediterranean climate in this location. Among the different biotypes, you can find Oaks, Chestnuts, Holm Oaks or Brooms, and an abundant number of birds of prey, such as vultures, eagles, and hawks, which fly a few meters from our position.

the small structure is installed on a set of removable steel foundations, minimally intervening into the area.
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