Month: September 2023

The residential building for the Marquis of Amurrio was built between 1925 and 1927 by the architect Gustavo Fernández Balbuena, founder and first director of the magazine Arquitectura in 1918, being one of the oldest active magazines in Europe. Due to the quality of its architecture and the relevance of the author, this building is included in Madrid’s heritage list. Located in the Chamberí neighborhood, the volume of the complex, with an open courtyard to the outside, responds to hygiene strategies that were used at the time due to intensive urban planning, which resulted in dark and poorly ventilated interior courtyards. As a consequence of this urbanism, the living floors end up being long and with enclosed damp cores inside, always close to the secondary entrance where the service staff entered. 

In a sloping plot overlooking the sea and the “White Mountains”, it was designed and constructed a villa of highly functional and aesthetic standards. Its main feature are the pure forms, which stand out from detail in design and implementation. The access from the southern and highest point of the plot, reveals only a small part of the building. The stone of the plot dresses the monolithic volumes that stand against the slope and open to the view. At the same time, they ensure privacy for the guest and harmonious integration in the landscape.

This mostly east-facing yard in London posed several challenges for landscape designer Nigel Gomme. Its position meant it was shady, with the row houses at the back blocking light in the morning and the tall Victorian row the home belongs to creating …

Evocative curved decor shapes these two warm white modern home interiors, sculpting scenes of contemporary finesse. The sumptuous curvature of furniture and decor elements plays the protagonist’s role, adding a graceful dimension to every corner of these living spaces. As we delve into the heart of these designs, we’ll discover how the interplay of light […]

The subject of the project was the design of a garden house in the suburbs of Shiraz for a family of three whose morality was different from each other, and each family member had different demands from their living place.

the renovation centers on optimizing space to take full advantage of the scenic views.
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Dialogue with horizon – The owner of this house and his family selected this recreational seaside residential site beside Incheon Bridge as their last nest of life after finishing their nomadic life as urbanites of modern society. They wanted to dream about their unpredictable future of wishful life, looking over the horizon of the sea.