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Habitat TorreMalilla Residential Building / NAC Arquitectos

July 25, 2022 Valeria Silva 0

The project begins with the urban development of the plot, located within the city’s southern limit. In the development of volumetry, it is intended to define a volumetric arrangement focused on favoring the optimal application of bioclimatic criteria and reducing energy consumption. Criteria are fundamentally based on an optimal orientation of the bodies to facilitate solar gain and a building depth that allows the resulting dwellings to have a double facade to facilitate cross ventilation. The aim is also to increase the environmental quality of the open spaces inside the plot with the objective that they have maximum sunlight to the south and that the distances between the building bodies are as large as possible.

Luar House / Felipe Caboclo Arquitetura

July 25, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

On Luar Street (moonlight street) is the residence that not by chance has the same name. On a site of 669m², and a challenging 8m slope, the architect was given the mission to design a single-family residence that best accommodates this challenging area.

MAD surrounds Passivhaus housing block in white curved balconies

July 25, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

MAD housing at Clichy-Batignolles in Paris

Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled the 13-storey UNIC residential tower in Paris, France, which is its first completed project in Europe. Designed in collaboration with French studio Biecher Architectes, the 50-metre-high residential tower forms part of the Clichy-Batignolles development of a former rail yard in the north of Paris. The 6,600-square-metre apartment tower is designed as

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5 Home Design Trends From Popular Search Terms on Houzz (one photo)

July 25, 2022 Mitchell Parker 0

We recently looked at search terms on Houzz and compared them with searches from the same time period last year to see what we might learn about the things homeowners are interested in now. And a range of designs trends emerged. Regional and global e…

John Pawson designs pair of “intimate” limestone villas on Ibiza

July 25, 2022 James Parkes 0

John Pawson designs two luxury limestone villas in Ibiza

British designer John Pawson has revealed designs for two luxury limestone villas, which will be built on the residential Sabina estate on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. The two Pawson-designed villas are set to be built in Ibiza’s western village of Sant Agusti des Vedrà within a private luxury residential estate. Named Can Almendro and

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Terraced Building along the Alster / blrm Architekt*innen

July 25, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

Along the banks of Hamburg Alster, one can find the recurring typology of the so-called “Alsterterrassen” terraced buildings built in the last third of the 19th century. blrm reference this typology with their newly built housing project along the Alsterchaussee corresponding to the existing structures in cubature and color.

Frama designs apartment for filmmaker Albert Moya in Renaissance villa

July 25, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Assorted Frama chairs in wood panelled living room of Villa Medicea di Marignolle apartment by Albert Moya

Copenhagen design brand Frama has contrasted modern furnishings against dark wood panelling inside this hybrid apartment and workspace in Florence, which belongs to Spanish director Albert Moya. The self-contained residence occupies a number of rooms inside the Villa Medicea di Marignolle, a Rennaisance villa and estate nestled among the hills of Florence’s southwestern suburbs. The

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MK&G Hamburg presents optimistic visions for an uncertain future

July 25, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

Teahouses of Domesticity by Objects of Common Interest at Ask Me if I Believe in the Future exhibition at MK&G Hamburg

Inflatable “teahouses” and futuristic foods feature in Ask Me if I Believe in the Future, a conceptual exhibition at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. Curated by Maria Cristina Didero, Ask Me if I Believe in the Future comprises a series of objects and installations based around topics that could shape the future of humanity.

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Mixed-Use Architecture in Latin America: 10 Examples Incorporating Diversity

July 25, 2022 Agustina Iñiguez 0

As engines of the economy and production, cities are home to the largest masses of people and it is estimated that by 2050, they will be home to 70% of the world’s population. In this context, architects are incorporating the articulation of mixed uses in their buildings on a daily basis, seeking to encourage diversification and avoid mono-functionalisation.

Ruiz Community Center / bgp arquitectura

July 25, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

The Community Development Center project aims to be a place to attend the necessities of a high marginated area by offering educational, legal and medical services, and a community dining room; it also could be used as a distribution point for food and supplies in case of natural disasters. The project is organized in three parallel volumes in an East-West orientation to reduce sun exposition directly on the facades and the heat gain it implies, and it is distributed in one single level to guarantee universal accessibility.