Serrano Flats / A-cero

The luxury, comfort, design and quality are united in the center of Madrid to provide eight new homes, brand new first class, newly renovated and designed by A-cero. There are eight rental apartments built in an old building on Calle Serrano has been completely rehabilitated to provide a spacious, bright and decorated according to modern and clean style of A-cero in full golden mile of the capital . These are the conditions that meet these apartments, owned by VP Group Hotels, which all properties have been leased before they are fully equipped.

Photo: © Luis Hernandez Segovia
from Plataforma Arquitectura by Giuliano Pastorelli

Urrezkoenea House

Peña Ganchegui y Asociados projected this unique house located near the Cantabric Coast in Getaria, Spain.

The physical constraints of the terrain explain both the desire to vanish, as well as the need to shelter, which arises on days, not unusual in that rough part of the coast, when pouring rain together with northwest gale make it an unsettling site. By turning seeking shelter from the wind, the road takes the form of a bulwark looking for a secluded vantage point to enjoy the full view of the landscape. Throughout the walk, the views come and go as a way to becoming less obvious.

from CoolBoom by Sylvia

Hill End Ecohouse by Riddel Architecture

Riddel Architecture of Queensland demolished a house in Brisbane, Australia, and then built a new home out of the salvaged materials. (more…)

from Dezeen by Catherine Warmann

herzog and de meuron: vitrahaus exterior

the concept of the 'vitrahaus' connects two themes which are occurring in the architectural practice of herzog & de meuron: the theme of the archetypal house and that of stacked volumes. the five-storey structure is comprised of 12 'houses' - five houses are set at the base in which seven other houses are stacked upon one another. each of the structural volumes appear as if they have been shaped by an extrusion press and are cantilevered up to 15 metres in some places. the floor slabs intersect the underlying gables, resulting in a three-dimensional assemblage or 'pile of houses'.

from Designboom - Weblog

House S

Located in Mechelen, Belgium, dmvA Architecten realized an addition that needed a subtle yet practical solution that allowed not only the spatial requirements requested to accommodate the family, but also an experience full of comfort, well being and connectivity.

Due to the light problem on the ground floor, a central void was created, cutting three floors, so light could enter the house via a huge dormer window. In order to lose space, the void was filled in with glass floors. This light-shaft organizes and connects all different living-functions. By means of the glass floors, a spatial transparency is created through which all spaces are connected.

from CoolBoom by Sylvia

Aloni / decaARCHITECTURE

The design of the house is a dual response to the particular topography of the site and to the rural domestication techniques that in the past shaped the raw ‘Cycladic island’ landscape. In the past, dry-rubble stone walls domesticated the land for agricultural purposes and were the most prominent man-made interventions in the landscape. The walls retained earth and transformed a steep topography into a series of arable plateaus. Today, the Cycladic islands are being reshaped by a very different force: the demand for holiday homes. The design uses the precedent of earth-retaining stone walls to create an artificial landscape that is both rural and domestic in use.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Bent + Sliced Residence / Hufft Projects

Representing the second take on the originally proposed “Bent House”, the “Bent and Sliced House” incorporates the original concept of bending the home to accommodate the curving slope of the site. Furthermore, the idea of slicing and unfolding the home in a manner similar to Japanese Origami is introduced to create clerestories allowing opportunities for daylighting and natural ventilation.

Photo: Mike Sinclair
from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Villa Vals studio SeARCH by Christian Muller & Architect

Designed by the architectural studio SeARCH Netherlands in collaboration with Christian Muller Architects , this underground home, is located in the Swiss village of Vals, close to the world famous thermal baths. The house is designed in such way in order not to disrupt the bath’s view while still allowing the dwellers of the house to exploit the wonderful views and allowing light to enter the building.

from CubeMe by Chantal

pugh and scarpa architects: cherokee lofts

located in los angeles, the cherokee lofts by pugh + scarpa architects is the first LEED(leadership in energy and environmental design) gold certified mixed-use or market-rate multifamily building in southern california. the five storey building consists of 12 lofts located on floors 2 through 4. the first floor is a 2800 square feet retail space. there is also one underground level of parking and a rooftop deck / green roof.

Photo: Tara Wujcik
from Designboom - Weblog

Albatros / HVDN

The area around the van Hasseltweg in Amsterdam Noord is to be developed, setting large urban scale projects amongst the existing small ‘garden-village’ housing estates. The planning activity is concentrated around the location of the new noord/zuidlijn metro station and the Albatros is the first of the projects to come on stream.

Photo: Luuk Kramer
from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

Capdell Will be Part of the Project Gaia of Eco-City Planning in Barcelona

Capdell will colaborate with the architect Luis de Garrido in the project Gaia with the placement of the chairs Elizabetha and Eboli in the appartment number 3 which has a surface of 361,30m2 and it is located in Barcelona. This project will be finished by March 2010. Capdell consolidates this way its policy of innovation and continues its advances which consist of introducing furniture pieces in the field of “sustainable architecture”.

from CubeMe by Chantal

St. Falls / Elenberg Fraser Architecture

Situated in Falls Creek, the development is an essential and exciting new Gateway concept for the Village. Com- prising two elegantly formed buildings emerging from the landscape, the view on arrival is complimented by the clearly framed aspect up to the ski fields beyond. At ground level there will be a new retail strip fronting Bogong High Plains Road enlivening the street frontage and creating weather protected spill out zones for visitors to the Village. Entries to the upper level apartments are integrated into this dynamic facade language with prominent entry canopies announcing the unique interiors of the St Falls lobbies.

from Arch Daily by Nico Saieh

atelier tekuto: H house

located in setagaya ku, tokyo is 'H house' designed by atelier tekuto.
the three storey residence has a frontage of 5.3 meters by 1.8 meters and a volume
of 2.4 meters. the design incorporates open spaces and includes a balcony.

from Designboom - Weblog

Kensington Lighthouse by Tandem Design Studi

Tandem Design Studio of Melbourne have completed a house with a wooden interior in Melbourne, Australia. (more…)

from Dezeen by Ruth Hynes

WOHA: the met residential skyscraper, bangkok

the met, a bangkok residential skyscraper designed by WOHA won world's best housing development award this year at the world architecture festival. influenced by thai tiles, textiles and timber panelling, the concept behind the complex was to explore ideas of how low-rise tropical housing can be applied to create outdoor-indoor spaces in the sky. with the aim of creating a better lifestyle for metropolitan living, the met was developed less from western temperate models and more on the possibilities of low-wind, tropical climates in dense urban conditions - it is within tropic climages where you experience cooler breezes, less dust, more privacy, security, less noise and better views the higher you go.

image by patrick bingham-hall
from Designboom - Weblog

Casadetodos by Veronica Arcos

Chile-based architect Veronica Arcos has completed an angular house in the El Arrayán area of Santiago, Chile. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington

Team Germany Wins Solar Decathlon…Again

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that ‘Team Germany’ from the Technische Universität Darmstadt has won the 2009 Solar Decathlon with their project surPLUShome. This is the second time in a row that a team from TU Darmstadt wins this international contest after already snatching the title in Solar Decathlon’s last edition in 2007.

from Bustler.net News by Vanilla Hustler

Multi-tenant Project in Fukuyama

UID Architects projected a multi-tenant building to enclose a dental clinic, an beauty salon and UID’s architectural office. The building, located in a long and narrow plot surrounded on all three sides by neighboring houses, has a cedar-clad plywood shell that neatly encloses the steel structure. The dental clinic is located on the first floor while the beauty salon and the architectural office are on the send floor. Truly a mixed-program regarding the businesses in the multi-tenant building.

from CoolBoom by Sylvia

Slit Court by EASTERN Design Office

Japanese architects EASTERN design office have completed a five-storey residential project in Sumizome, Kyoto, Japan. (more…)

from Dezeen by Jasmin Gunkar

Q-house by asensio_mah

Spanish architects asensio_mah have designed a house on a steep site in the north of Spain. (more…)

from Dezeen by Rose Etherington