Designed by Brasil Arquitetura, the Villa Isabella covers 330 m2 floor area which the construction was completed last year. As mentioned by the architects, this building is integrated to the landscape according to the seasons.
Its integration into the landscape will be orchestrated according to the seasons, to varying light conditions and functional circumstances, and the experience of the materials, colours and structural elements will be transformed.
Designed by MMA Architects the sand-bag houses costs only $8,600 per unit. This works is part of the 10×10 Housing Project in Cape Town, South Africa.
“The bags have now all been packed in for the bottom floor, and the shuttering was made right on the top for the concrete ringbeam, which was cast on Friday,” says project manager Nadya Glawe.
Intalian architect, Iosa Ghini Associati, has designed fluid-form residential in Cyprus. The architecture is contextual to the Pedieos river where the site is located.
All external walls are treated with photo catalytic concrete, allowing the transformation of harmful organic and inorganic matters into harmless compounds. The outside shell, both organic and fluid, grants the harmonic fusion between traditional and contemporary materials as the local stone.
Located in Chile, the Hotel Tierra Atacama was designed by Architects Rodrigo Searle y Matías González. The hotel was built using stone, mud brick (adobe) and rammed earth.
The architecture, interiors, grounds and spa of Tierra Atacama were designed by Chilean professionals with an aim to preserving local cultural influences while also creating a place that speaks to guests, saying… relax, enjoy, share tales of your day’s adventure, sit back, laugh with friends, take a nap, savour your dinner and wine, wonder at the stars, and fill yourself with the awesome beauty of this unusual part of the earth.
Proposed by Pascal Arquitectos, the design of Pedregal Shopping Centre is already spotted on the net since last summer. As you see the picture, the facade of the building consists of two element that make it contrast to the city with organic approach.
This project comes to set a new architectural statement in the Pedregal area of Mexico City, which has been neglected because nothing new and important had happened since its beginnings when “Cuidad Universitaria” was built.
The guest house for a Buddhism expert has been built in Brentwood, California. The design was made by François Perrin of Air Architecture with the concept of self-sufficient in energy by utilizing photovoltaic panels and wind turbines. The reports said that the similar structures will be build in Taiwan and Sri Lanka.
The project is using an “air” insulation, which is a void in between the wood frame and the translucent skin that protects the interior (the anthropologist’s collection) from the cold and the heat. The project is also using cross ventilation from the specific position of the opening and the operable skylight on the roof to cool down the building in extreme summer heat, catching the ocean’s breeze in the afternoon through the operable skylight.
